人教版高中英语必修四课件：Unit 2 Working the land Words and expressions.pptVIP

Unit 2 Working the land 1. struggle vi. 斗挣, 努力, 拼搏 1) We should learn to struggle with difficulties. 我们应该学会和困难作斗争。 2) They were struggling to get out the car. 他们挣扎着从车里往外爬。 3) She struggled up the stairs with her heavy bags. 她提着沉重的包艰难地走上楼梯。 [搭配] struggle against 与…斗争，为反对…而斗争， struggle for 为争取…而斗争 2.expand vt＆vi 使变大；伸展 1) Metals expand when heated. 金属受热则膨胀。 2) The sofa expands to form a bed . 沙发展开形成一张床。 搭配：expand …into 把…扩展/膨胀为… His studio was expanded into a big firm. 他的工作室扩大规模而成为一家大公司了。 拓展：expansion n 扩大；扩张；扩展 3. thanks to幸亏;由于;因为 Thanks to your help，much trouble was saved. 多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。 拓展:thanks to = because of 由于… 多亏… 由于交通堵塞我迟到了。 __________________________________ Thanks to the traffic, I was late. 4. rid…of … 使…摆脱/清除… rid a house of mice 清除室内老鼠 rid oneself of debt 还清债务 rid sb. / sth. of 摆脱某事/人 1) You must rid yourself of these old-fashioned ideas. 你必须摆脱这些陈腐观念的束缚。 2) He’s gone, and I’m glad to be rid of him. get rid of 摆脱 [类似用法动词] inform/ warn/ cure…of…, 5.be satisfied with 对…表示满足或满意 1) You’ve done well at school. I’m very satisfied with you. 你在学校干得不错，我对你很满意。 近义词组:be content with 同根词:satisfy vt. 满足;使满意; satisfaction n. 满意；满足 be satisfied to do对做……感到满意。如： 2) He was satisfied to win the race. 他对赢得赛跑感到满意。 6.would rather 宁愿，宁可 1) He’d rather work in the countryside. [用法1]：would rather…than… 宁愿…而不…，与其…不如… 2) I would rather watch TV at home than go out. [用法2]：would … rather than… =would rather…than… 3) Faced with the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面对敌人, 我们的战士宁死不屈。 7.therefore adv. 因此;所以;因而 1) we don’t have enough money and therefore we can’t afford the new car. 我们的钱不够，因而买