必修4Unit2Workingtheland..doc

年 级 高一 学 科 英语 版 本 人教实验版 内容标题 必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 【本讲教育信息】 一、教学内容 必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 重点单词 重点短语 重点句型 二知识精讲 （一）重点单词 1. struggle (1) vt. vi奋斗挣扎努力 She struggled to keep back h tears. 她努力地忍住泪水。 The poor had to struggle for life. 穷人必须为生活而努力They had to struggle with / against all kinds of difficulties. 他们必须和各种各样的困难作斗争。 The lion made a sudden angry noise and truggled to its feet. 狮子突然发出一阵怒吼，挣扎着站了起来。 (2) n搏斗；斗争；努力；奋斗 It was a hard struggle to get my work done n time. 为使工作按时完成, 我做了一番努力。 2. hunger (1) n. 饥饿；欲望 Many people die of hunger before liberation. 解放前很多人死于饥饿。 His hunger for/after excitement got him into a lot of trouble. 他寻求刺激的欲望给他添了许多麻烦。 （2）vt vi.（使）饥饿；渴望 There is no food; they have to hunger the children. 没有食物了他们不得不让孩子们挨饿。 All the time she hungered for/after news from her youngest son. 她每时每刻都在渴望得到她小儿子的消息。 知识拓展 hungry adj. 饥饿的；渴望的 We’re hungry for news about our brother. 我们渴望得到弟弟的消息。 I’d rather go hungry than eat that. 我宁愿挨饿也不吃那东西。 3. disturbing adj. 令人烦恼的；令人不安的 It is disturbing that there has been an increase in crime in the last six months. 过去六个月里犯罪案件的增加令人非常不安。 知识拓展 disturbed adj. 心烦的；不安的 disturb vt 打扰；扰乱；妨碍；使（人）心神不宁 I felt disturbed to hear of your illness. 听说你生病我感到不安。 Don’t disturb me while I am reading. 我读书的时候不要打扰我。 4. therefore adv 因此，所以，因而 We have a growing population and therefore we need more food. 我们的人口在日益增长，所以我们需要更多的食物。 There is still much to discuss. We shall, therefore, discuss it at our next meeting. 要讨论的问题还很多，所以，我们将在下一次上讨论这个问题。 辨析：therefore/so therefore是副词放在句子中，前后要有逗号隔开so可以作连词后接从句。 I was ill and therefore I couldn’t go to the party. =I was ill so I couldn’t go to the party. 我病了所以不能去参加这个聚会了5. equip vt. vi. 配备；装备; 使胜任 equipment n. [] 装备；设备 Your education will equip you to earn a good living. 你所受的教育会使你过上富裕的生活。 Your training will equip you for your future job. 你的训练使得你能够胜任将来的工作。 He equipped his bike with a head light. 他给自行车装上了前灯Our lab is well/poorly equipped. 我们的实验室配备良好/简陋。 6. confuse vt 使困惑使迷惑；混淆 They asked so many que