2016届高考英语选修知识点复习课件36.pptVIP

1．complain vi.抱怨，不满，发牢骚。 ①We have nothing to complain about. 我们没有什么可抱怨的。 ②You re always complaining! 你总是发牢骚！ 知识拓展 complaint n．抱怨，不满；控诉 have complaints about 对……有意见 make a complaint against 对……提出不满意见，对……提出控告 complain that... 抱怨…… complain to sb. about sth. 对某人抱怨某事 2．telegraph n. [C]电报　v．打电报给；用电报发送 ①The news came by telegraph. 消息通过电报传来。 ②Mother telegraphed me yesterday. 妈妈昨天打电报给我。 知识拓展 by telegraph (＝by telegram)通过电报 telescope n．[C]望远镜 telephone n．[C]电话 television n．[C]电视 词语辨析 telegraph，telegram telegraph强调“电报”这种通讯方式；telegram强调一份电报或电报传达的信息。 3．media n. [pl. ，the～]新闻媒体，传媒 The media have/has a lot of power today. 现在大众传媒具有很大的力量。 提示：media是集合名词，但在非正式英语中也用做单数；medium(新闻媒介)是可数名词，其复数形式是mediums或media。类似的还有： bacterium→bacteria 细菌 maximum→maxima 最大值 minimum→minima 最小值 agendum→agenda 议事日程 datum→date 数据，资料 4．revolution n. [C，U]革命；大变革 ①Many people were killed in the revolution. 很多人在革命中被杀害。 ②Credit cards have brought about a revolution in peoples spending habits. 信用卡给人们的消费习惯带来了巨大改变。 知识拓展 revolutionary adj.革命的，革新的 n. [C]革命者 5．flavour n. [C，U]特点，特色；情调；味道 ①It gives our little meals an eastern flavour. 它给我们的便餐增添了一种东方风味。 ②The film retains much of the books exotic flavour. 这部电影保存了原著的许多异国情调。 ③I dont like the flavour of onion. 我不喜欢洋葱的味道。 flavour v. 给……调味，加味于 1．It is estimated that 1.3 billion people will use English as either a first or a second language by 2050. 据估计到2050年，有13亿人会把英语作为第一或第二语言。 It is estimated...据估计…… It is estimated that 300 people will attend the meeting. 据估计有300人要参加这个会议。 常见的类似结构： It is said that...据说…… It is reported that...据报道…… It is believed that...人们相信…… It is known that...众所周知…… It is supposed that...大家推测…… It is thought that...大家认为…… It is considered that...人们认为…… It is suggested that...人们建议…… It is said that they have got to the village. 据说他们已经到了那个村子。 即学即用 完成句子 ________(据估计)that the project will last four years. 答案：It is estimated 2．Experts believe that the future shape and grammar of English, especially in its spoken form, will no longer be determined in the traditio