高中英语必须修读5高难词汇.docVIP

单元1-5高难词汇短语 01. devote…to… A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others. He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science. He devoted himself entirely to music. 02. fightWe are all brothers in the same fight against injustice. People often have to fight for their liberty. He and his wife are always fighting about who will take after the children. 03. selfish He worked selflessly in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers. 04. principle He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; people’s rights; people’s livelihood.05. be free from A judge must be free from prejudice.06. in a peaceful way07. be in prison/ in the prison08. the same as…/ be similar to… 09. the first man to land on the moon10. The time when I first met him was a very difficult period of my life./ The first time I met him, he was reading in the library, dressed in a funny shirt. 11. generous/ grateful He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful. He is generous with his money. I am grateful to you for helping me. Our grateful thanks are due to you.12. educate to have little education/ to receive little education/ be well educated/ be bad educated 13. whether/ that His decision depends on whether he can get his parents’ support. 14. jobless/ out of work I worried about whether I would become out of work. 15. hopeful I became more hopeful about my future. 16. as soon as/ the instant 17. see/ witness The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all. 18. …we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government. 19. Only… Only then did we decide to answer violence with violence. Only after being asked three times did he come to the meeting. Only when he is seriously ill does he ever stay in bed. 20. as a matter of fact/ in fact As a matt