广东省广州市培才高级中学高考英语复习课件：新人教选修9Unit1Breakingrecords-Learningaboutlanguage（共23张）.pptVIP

Learning about language 1. Complete the table and then choose a word to complete each sentence below. motivated/ motivating motivation motivate devoted/ devoting devotion devote accomplished accomplishment accomplish adjustable adjustment adjust approximate approximation approximate Adjective Noun Verb 1.He is _______to his wife and gives her anything she asks for. 2.Can you tell me the ____________ number of athletes in your club? 3.It was a huge _______________for her to be able to reach the top of the mountain. devoted accomplishment approximate 4. Some people have the ability to _________others to try to achieve their goals. 5. She has _________to the fact that she will never win the 400 metre swimming event. motivate adjusted conventional tough spiritual soul tough urged reality usual severe sacred spirit hard begged truth 2. Write down the pairs of the underlined words. 1. approximate approximate adj. 大概的；近似的 You have to pay approximate 100 dollars. 你得支付大约100美元。 Explanation 2．fascinate vt. 使着迷；入迷 What the expert said fascinated the present listeners. 专家的话使在场的听众入了迷。 3. While these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination. 虽然这些活动看起来孩子气且令人发笑而不是让人肃然起敬，但实际上，这些活动需要强大的力量，健康的体格和坚定的决心。 1) while 用作连词, 意为“虽然, 尽管”,引导让步状语从句。 [高考示例] _____ modeling business is by no means easy to get into, the good model will always be in demand.（浙江 2004） A. While B. Since C. As D. If A 2) rather than 而不是；……宁愿 …… rather than 前后结构相同，保持平衡 e.g. He is an artist rather than a writer. I would do it myself rather than ask him to do it. He prefers to rent a car rather than have one of his own. I should thank you rather than you should thank me. 注意： rather than 连接两主语时，谓语与第一个主语保持一致。 e.g. I, rather than you, am to blame. 常用搭配： would prefer to do…rather than do… Rather than sta