高二英语外研版选修8课件：Module4Languagepoints.ppt

n. 辩论, 讨论 她辞职一事引起群众议论纷纷。 Her resignation caused much public debate. 归纳拓展 debate on / about... 就……辩论 debate with sb. about sth. 和某人就某事辩论 debate whether to do sth. debate whether + 从句 have a debate with sb. about sth. 与某人就某事争论 beyond debate 无可争辩 under debate 在讨论中 考虑 / 讨论是否…… 活学活用 The two sides debated fiercely whether to raise the price of school meals. _____________________________________ 双方就是否提高学校用餐价格进行了激烈的辩论。 考点点拨 The quality of someone’s voice and their choice of words make a person instantly recognisable, even though you can’t see him or her. [考点1] choice作名词，意为“选择”，后常 跟介词of 或for。 [考例] Of the seven days in a week, Saturday is said to be the most popular ______ for a wedding in some countries. A. way B. situation C. event D. choice [点拨] 选D。way 方式，方法；situation情形，局势；event 事件；choice 选择。由句意“据说在一些国家，星期六是一周七天中举行婚礼的最佳日子”可知。 D [考点2] even though相当于even if，意为“尽管；即使”,引导让步状语从句。 [考例1] Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice, ______ they knew it to be valuable. (浙江2007) A. as if B. now that C. even though D. so that C [点拨] 选C。as if 好像；now that既然；even though 尽管；so that以便。句意：他们中的许多人不听他的建议，尽管他们知道那很有价值。 [考例2] Allow children the space to voice their opinions, ______ they are different from your own. A. until B. even if C. unless D. as though [点拨] 选B。句意：即使孩子们与你的意见不同，也要让他们发表自己的意见。even if 即使；until 直到……为止；unless 除非；as though 好像。 B 2. Perhaps correctness doesn’t matter — as long as speakers can understand each other — it’s communication that counts. [考点] count 此处作动词，意为“有价值，有重要性”。如：有知识而无常识没有什么价值。 Knowledge without common sense counts for little. [考例] Surely it doesn’t matter where the student associations get their money from; what ______ is what they do with it. A. counts B. applies C. stresses D. functions [点拨] 选 A。count有价值，有意义；apply应用，申请；stress强调；function 起作用。句意：毫无疑问，学生从哪里得到钱无关紧要，重要的是他们用这些钱来做什么。 A 随堂测试 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字 母提示，写出该单词的正确形式。 1. Adding salt and spice to food can improve its f______.