必修四unit2LanguagepointsinReading.ppt

3. … for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. 常与现在完成时连用的时间状语: (1) already, yet, ever, just, recently, lately, never, before (adv.) e.g. The boy has already/just got home. I haven’t heard from him yet /recently / lately. I have seen the old man somewhere before. struggle vi. 搏斗, 挣扎, 努力, 拼搏 They were struggling to get out the burning car. 他们挣扎着从烧着的车里往外爬。 She struggled up the stairs with her heavy bags. 她提着沉重的行李艰难地走上楼梯。 [搭配] struggle against 与……斗争，为反对……而斗争， struggle for 为争取……而斗争 4. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. the first ... to do sth. 意为“第一个做……”。本句中动词不定式(to grow rice) 作定语, 修饰 the first agricultural pioneer。the first, the last, the second, the only等短语后面多用动词不定式作后置定语。 5. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. make it +宾语补足语+动词不定式, it 做形式宾语,动词不定式是真正的宾语。 it做形式宾语, 通常和下列动词连用: consider, think, make, find, believe, count, declare, deem, fancy, feel, guess, imagine, judge, prove, see, show, suppose, understand, take等。 6. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tool in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 1) thanks to表示“幸亏,多亏”多用于表达正面意思, 相当于感谢, 在句中作状语和表语。 Thanks to your help, much trouble was saved． 多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。 2) rid…of …用法 [寓词于境] 阅读下列句子，注意rid ... of的意思和用法。 1. The man rid himself of debt. 2. It is very hard for the people to rid the earth of pollution. 3. The dentist rid him of his pain by taking out the tooth. [自我归纳] rid ... of的意思是“__________”，此时, rid为___词。 常构成短语rid oneself of sb. /sth.，意为“摆脱、从……中解脱”(句1)；rid sb. / sth. of sb. / sth.意为“去除、清除”（句2、句3）。 7. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 英语中的倍