8.1单词要点.pptVIP

Unit 1 A Land of diversity Word Study Book 7 * 1. distinction n. 差别；区分；卓著 常用结构： make a distinction between 对….加以区分 win a distinction for 因…而获功勋 without distinction 无差别地；一视同仁地 联想拓展 distinct adj. 清晰的；明显的；明确的 be distinct in ...from ... 在某方面与??不同 （as）distinct from ... 与??不同（的） He has a distinct gift for drawing. 他有很明显的绘画天赋。 You should make your writing distinct. 你应该把字写清楚。 翻译句子 ① There is a distinct possibility that she’ll be your teacher next term. 她下学期当你们老师的可能性非常大。 ②Those two ideas are quite distinct from each other. 那两种观点截然不同。 2. means n. 手段；方法（单数和复数形式相同） 常用结构： by means of 用??办法；借助?? by all means 一定，务必；好的，当然可以 by no means 决不，一点也不（位于句首时，句子用部分倒装） by every means 用尽一切可能的办法 (1)单项填空 — May I have a look at your book? — .________ By this means B. By all means C. By this way D. By any means 选B。by all means意为“一定；当然可以”，符合句意。。 温馨提示 means作主语且有every, each等词修饰时，谓语动词用单数；有some, several, many, few等词修饰时，谓语动词用复数 Every means has been tried. 每种方法都试过了。 All means have been tried. 所有方法都试过了。 She could not speak, but made her wishes known by means of signs.她不会说话，但她用手势表达了她的愿望 3. majority n. 大多数；大半 A/The majority of doctors agree that smoking is extremely harmful to health. 大多数医生认为吸烟对健康极为有害。 The majority was/were in favour of the proposal. 多数人赞成这个建议。 [重点用法] 1) a/ the majority of+名词，表示“多数”，其后的谓语动词取决于of之后的名词。如果该名词为可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数； 如果为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。 2) the majority 单独作主语，谓语动词单复数均可。 ①The majority of people (prefer) peace to war. ②The majority of the damage (be) easy to repair. ①prefer/prefers ②is ③Among the members of the committee those who favour the proposal are ______ (填介词) the majority. ④They had a large majority _______ (填介词) the other party at the last election. in over The majority was/were against the plan.. 4. occur vi. 发生；存在；出现 常用结构： occur to (主意或想法突然)浮现于脑中;被想起，被想到 it occurs to sb. to do sth. 使某人想到做某事 it occurs to sb. that ... 某人想到?? It strikes sb.that Just then an idea occurred to me. 就在那时我想起了一个主意。 It suddenly occurred to