UNIT 3 —readinglanguage points.ppt

at a time 意为“每次；一次”。at one time 意为“同时；曾经一度”，常用于过去时。at the time 意为“在那时；在那段时间”。常用于过去时态。例如： ①Take two pills at a time. ②At one time they were friends, but they are seldom together now. ③He agreed at the time but later changed his mind. Not that 用于句首或短语之前表达否定含义，“倒不是；并不是说”。 Not that I care what they think, but it’s you I’m worrying about. 他们怎么想我不管，我担心的是你。 These performers will give us a musical performance in the theatre. The doctor performed the operation. What play will be performed tonight? 5．(教材P18) You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. 你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞了。 (2)astonished adj. 对……感到吃惊的 be astonished at/by 对……感到惊讶 be astonished that .../to do ... 惊讶于……/做某事感到惊讶 e.g. ①We were astonished at the news of his failure. 他失败的消息使我们震惊。 ②She he was drunk. 发现他喝醉了, 她很吃惊。（find） ③We ___________________ that their football team had won the champion. 听到他们的足球队获得了冠军的消息，我们很惊讶 (3)astonishment n.惊异；惊讶 in astonishment 愕然， 吃惊地 (用作状语) to ones astonishment 令某人吃惊的是 (多用作插入语) (1)badly off穷的；缺少的 比较级是worse off，意为“境况更差”。 be badly off for sth. 某物短缺；不够(=be short of/be lacking in) 反义词： (2)well off 富裕的；处境好的 比较级是better off，意为“更富裕/有” be well off 有钱；富裕；境况良好 be well off for sth. 某物充裕 bad/badly - worse -worst good/well - better - best (1)astonish vt. 使（某人）吃惊， 震惊。比surprise的语气要强。 e.g. The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 What astonished/ astonishes sb is that 令某人吃惊的是…… _______________________ he is always so modest. 令我十分惊讶的是他总是那么谦虚 What astonished me was that was astonished to find were astonished to hear eg. I looked around in astonishment. 我惊愕地环视四周。 eg. ____________________, the little boy swam across the river 令我们惊奇的是那小男孩居然游过了那条河。 To our astonishment 6. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family