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Unit4 Reading Ⅱ Language points: right away at an end dig out a great number of thousands of give out two thirds in ruins in honour of judging from / by burst into laughter / out laughing dig out rescue sb from danger Explanations: 1. rise (rose, risen) rise to one’s feet 站起来 = stand up give rise to 引起，导致 give sb. a rise 给某人升工资 辨析：rise and raise rise: vi. “上升”， 常用于日，月，物价，温度，河水，人的职位等。 raise: vt. “举起，提出，饲养，种植” *He _____from his chair when the door bell rang. *Her job is _______chickens. *Her temperature is still______. *He ________ in rank recently. *Since so many people are out of work, how can you the people’s living standard. * She has seen the and fall of the British Empire. * Kids on a diet of hamburger must be fat. 2. 6.burst : to come open or fly apart suddenly vi.破裂,爆炸, The balloon burst when I stuck it with a pin. vt. 突破,冲撞 They burst the door open. 短语: burst in burst into / out burst with 他高兴极了. He was bursting with joy. n. a burst of ...一阵... a burst of laughter /thunder /applause burst into+ n. burst out + doing…… He burst into laughter.= He burst out laughing He burst into tears.= He burst out crying. 3. It seemed as if the world was at an end. 1) as if 似乎，好像 = as though She spoke to me as if she knew me. 她和我说话的神情，好像她早就认识我 似的。 2) as if 在表语从句中相当于that: It seemed as if the meeting would never end. 看起来会议没完没了。 本文中as if 的用法就是第二种。 It seemed as if the world was at an end!= It seemed that the world was at an end! 4. Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end at the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到……结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最后、终于”。 1) . His father will return home ___________this year. 2) . He will be a scientist __________. 3) . How many