5-4 Cultural Corner 32张.pptVIP

1．event n. 1)事件；大事；(运动)项目；比赛： Coming events cast their shadows before them. 未来之事先有预兆。 2)结果，结局 Those who play with fire will get burned in the event. 玩火者到头来必自焚。 词语辨析：event, affair, business, matter 1)event常指重大事件。 2)affair用作单数形式，意为“事情；事物”，常指小事、私事，已经发生的事或要去做的事；affair用作复数形式，意为“事务；业务”，常指重大事务(如国内事务、国际事务)或头绪较多的事情。 3)business表示“生意；商务”，以赚取利润为目的；也可表示“事情；事务”，相当于affair，但更强调出于责任或任务去做某件事。 4)matter表示“事情；东西；问题”，通常指需要加以考虑或处理的事。 ①A daughters marriage is quite an event for a father. 女儿的婚姻对父亲而言确实是件大事。 ②How I spend the money is my own affair. 我怎么花钱是我自己的事。 ③Thats none of your business. 那不关你的事。 ④Youd better think the matter over. 你最好考虑一下这件事。 即学即用 On New Years Eve, New York City holds an outdoor ______which attracts a crowd of a million or more people. A．incident　　　　　　　 B．event C．case D．affair 答案：B 2．concentrate v. 全神贯注，精神集中；集合，集中 ①I cant concentrate with all that noise going on. 吵闹声不绝于耳，我精力无法集中。 ②The Governments plan is to concentrate new industries in areas of high unemployment. 政府的计划是将新的工业集中于高失业区。 搭配 concentrate on 聚精会神，集中思想 ①He doesnt concentrate on his schoolwork. 他不专心做作业。 ②We should concentrate all our efforts on improving education. 我们应该集中精力努力改进教育工作。 词语辨析：concentrate, focus △指“集中(精神、精力)”时两词可以换用，但focus一般不以具体事物作宾语，concentrate则可以。 知识拓展 concentration n. [U]专心，专注 I lost my concentration and nearly drove into a bridge. 我走神了，驾车时差点撞到一座桥上。 即学即用 He is generally considered 　　　　 the World Wide Web, on which all the information is shared by all. A．to have founded B．having founded C．founding D．to found 答案：A 3．produce vt. 1)提出；拿出 He can produce evidence to support his idea. 他能提出证据以支持自己的观点。 2)出产；生产 The cars which that factory produces sell all over the world. 那家工厂生产的小汽车销往世界各地。 3)生产(小动物等)；下(蛋)；产(卵) The cow has produced a calf, which makes the family happy. 母牛生下了一头小牛，这让一家人感到很高兴。 4)导致；引起；带来 Georges jokes produced a great deal of laughter. 乔治的笑话引起了哄堂大笑。 5)n. [C]产量；(总称)出产产品；农产品(尤指水果、蔬菜等) We sell fresh produce in the market. 我们在市场出售新鲜的农产品。 注意： (1)produce作名词时和作动词时，读音有别。 (2)作“农产品”解时为不可数名词，作主语时谓语动词