unit 17 reading Language points.pptVIP

Language points At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole e.g. Mr. Wang is always the first person to come and the last to leave. 居里夫人是世界上第一个两次获得诺贝奖的人。 Madame Curie was the first person in the world to receive two Noble Prizes. 2. celebrate表示举行正式仪式庆祝某一重大喜事，是对事而言 congratulate祝贺，指祝贺某人，对人而言，与介词on连用 e.g. We warmly celebrate our Nation Day every year. They congratulate us on getting married. 3.What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. 1) else “别的，其他”，放在不定代词（anybody, everything, somewhere,等）和疑问词（ who, what, where 等）以及all, little, much的后面 不能说which else，只能说what else E.g. Do you have anything else to say? What else would you like? Whose else can it be? =Who else’s can it be? It’s not mine, it must be somebody else. else’s 当else连同它的修饰词需用所有格时，’s加在else之后 2) but“除了……” 相当于except，常与不定代词，疑问代词连用。 e.g. In winter, bears can do nothing but lie down and sleep. 4. be about to (N.138) 不与表示将来的时间连用 但be to do 可以 5. just around the corner = likely to happen soon e.g. 1) Victory was just around the corner. 2) A big storm was just around the corner. 6. grow find oneself find sb doing sth (N138.2) 7. 1) had done… when… 刚一做某事，另外一种情况就出现了 e.g. I had hardly opened the door when the dog barked. The students hadn’t played football long when the bell rang. 2) put up ① Put up your hand if you find the answer. ②A new notice has been put up. ③He took down the old picture and put up the new one. ④A big building has been put up in our school. put on/put down/put out/ put away/put off 3) before “不等……就……” He asked a second question before I could answer the first one. 8. 1) threaten to do sth 2) none (N139.4) 9. die down 指（火，风等）渐熄，变弱 die away 渐渐平息，静下来 die out 灭绝 e.g. The fire died out. The noise died away. Many old customs are gradually dying out. 10. 1) light light- lit–lit 用于构成时态或语态 light- lighted-lig