人教版选修九Unit2备课资料：课件Usinglanguage.ppt

She is not a competent driver and can’t cope with driving in heavy traffic. 她不是一个称职的司机，在交通拥挤时就开不好车。 deal with 只是采取行动去对付某人或某事，并不考虑成功与否。 psychologically adv. 心理上地, 心理学地 psychological adj. 心理(上)的 psychology n. 心理学, 心理状态 psychological research 心理学研究 psychological warfare 心理战 the psychology of war 战争心理 12. The tension in the boat got worse as the supply of food and water gradually disappeared. tension n. 紧张(状态), 不安, 拉紧, 压力, 张力, 牵力, 电压 e.g. The tension of the Far East is building up again. 中东的形势又逐步紧张起来。 strain 通常指过分吃力, 影响健康的紧张状态 tension 多指由于双方或各方面关系不好所 造成的紧张状态 e.g. Too much reading is a strain on one’s eyes. The government is doing its best to ease the tension in that area. gradually adv. 逐渐地 gradual adj. 逐渐的, 逐步的, 渐进的 e.g. The rock gradually wears away due to the action of the water. 由于水的作用，岩石逐渐磨损。 Computerization has resulted in the gradual disappearance of many manual jobs. 计算机化导致了许多手工工作的逐渐消失。 13. He kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomachs and our thirst. take one’s mind off 使某人的注意力离开 keep one’s mind on … 专心于，把注意力集中于 put one’s mind into/to … 专心于 thirst n. 渴, 口渴, (～ for) 渴望, 热望 e.g. The soldiers died of thirst in the desert. 士兵们在沙漠中因长期干渴而死。 He has a great thirst for knowledge. 他有强烈的求知欲。 thirsty adj. 口渴的, 渴望的, 热望的 e.g. He is thirsty for news. 他渴望获得新闻。 14. You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like ... [考点] 比较级表示最高级意义。在英语中，否定词 not, no, never, nothing 和比较级连用，有时可表示最高级的意义。若此时比较级修饰可数名词单数，其前要用 不定冠词，即“a + 形容词比较级 + 名词”或“a + 形容词比较级 + one”，one 代替前面提到的名词，以避免重复。 e.g. — Did you enjoy yourself at the party? — Yes. I’ve never been to ______ one before. A. a more excited B. the most excited C. a more exciting D. the most exciting [点拨] 晚会是“令人兴奋的”，应用 exciting, 排除A、B两项；结合语境可知“这晚会