高中英语必修五 Module Cultural Corner.pptVIP

知能提升 完成句子 这只鸟具有几种突出的特征。 This bird has________ ________ ________. 答案：several distinctive features 6．adopt vt. 采纳，接受；收养 ①After much deliberation, the president decided to adopt her suggestion. 总经理再三考虑之后，决定采纳她的建议。 ②Mr.Kern adopted the orphan as his own son. 克恩先生将那孤儿收为了养子。 思维拓展 adoption n. 采纳，采用；收养 adopt sb.s methods of teaching 采用某人的教学方法 adopt an idea 采纳意见 adopt a child 收为养子 注意：adapt的意思是“使适应”。 知能提升 To turn your dream into reality, you should first________the life here. A．come to B．adopt to C．refer to D．adapt to 答案：D 解析：adapt to表示“适应于”；come to life“恢复知觉，苏醒过来”；adopt“采用，收养”，不和to搭配；refer to“提到，涉及”。根据句意D项正确。 7．criticise vt. (1)批评；挑剔；责难 ①The decision was criticised by environmental groups. 这个决定受到了环保团体的批评。 ②He was criticised by the committee for failing to report the accident. 他因未对事故进行汇报而受到委员会的批评。 (2)评论 Would you like to read and criticise my new book? 你愿不愿意读一读我的新书并给以评论？ 词语辨析 criticise, blame 1)criticise一般表示找出某人或某物的缺点加以非难、批评。 2)blame指责备某人的过错并追究其责任。 知能提升 用criticise, blame填空 (1)I am really tired of her constant________. (2)Dont________the accident on me. 答案：(1)criticising　(2)blame 　thanks to 幸亏，多亏；由于 ①Thanks to the new computer, passengers can now buy their aeroplane tickets much faster. 多亏了这台新电脑，乘客买机票快多了。 ②It was thanks to his advice that I succeeded. 多亏了他的忠告我才得以成功。 ③Thanks to the bad weather, our journey was very uncomfortable. 由于气候恶劣，我们在旅途中感到非常不适。 注意：thanks to在句中一般作状语，所列的理由多为感恩性的。 思维拓展 because of 因为(作状语) due to 因为(常作表语，作状语时不可置于句首) owing to 由于(常作表语或状语) on account of 因为(作状语) as a result of 由于(作状语) 知能提升 It was________your timely help that we accomplished the task on time. A．because B．thank C．thanks to D．as 答案：C 解析：because和as虽然也表示“因为，由于”，但后面需连接句子，而句中是短语，故应用thanks to。句意为：幸亏你及时帮忙，我们才按时完成了任务。 1．And some words just seem to have too many letters. 有些单词似乎有很多字母。 seem作系动词，意为“似乎；好像；仿佛”，其用法如下： (1)后面接形容词、不定式(短语)、介词短语、名词或分词作表语。 ①John seems to win the race. 约翰似乎会赢得这场比赛。 ②She seems a clever girl. 她看起来是个聪明的姑娘。 (2)用于“It seems as if/as though...; It seems(to sb.)that...”和“There seems(