英语选修七UNIT4Language points(2017.3.27).pptVIP

1. It was wonderful to hear from you. hear from ... 意为“收到……的信”, receive a letter from ... 。 注: hear from 后面只能接表示人的名词或代词，不可接letter作为它的宾语。 I hear from my mother every week. 每星期我都收到妈妈的信。 其区别如下： hear from 不是指具体接到信件, 而是指得 到音信、信息; receive 往往指收到具体的信件。 e.g. 我好久没得到他的音信了。 I haven’t heard from him for a long time. e.g. 我已经好几个月没有收到他的信了。 I haven’t received any letters from him for several months. 2. I know you’re dying to hear all about my life here… be dying to do sth. “极想做某事” e.g. _______ __________a long distance, the athelites _____ ________ ___ _________water. 跑了那么长的距离后，运动员们极想喝水。 be dying for sth. 极想得到 After running are dying to drink e.g. _______ __________a long distance, the athelites _____ ________ ___ ___ drink. After running are dying for a 3. When I reach the school grounds there are lots of “goodmornings” …sometimes up to two hours, to get to the school. up to 多达, 直到……, 胜任, 由……责 / 决定 be up to sth. 忙于, 从事 = be busy doing sth. it’s up to sb. to do sth. 由某人负责做某事 relevant (adj.) → relevantly (adv.) “有关的，有实际价值(重要性)的” 反义词：irrelevant ★ be relevant to 与……有关 = be connected with have sth. to do with 4. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, ... 这种工作与性别无关。 The work of this kind is not relevant to sex. wonder 用法归纳 wonder wh-词 + to do 想知道…… wonder wh- / if + 从句　想知道…… e.g. I was ________ ______ ____spend the weekend.(想知道去哪里) I ______ ___you are free this afternoon.(想知道是否) wondering where to wonder if It’s no wonder + (that) 从句 难怪，怪不得不足为奇 e.g. No wonder that he has passed the examination. 5. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boys’ lives at all. e.g. What has happened to her at all? 她究竟发生了什么事？ at all 在否定句中, 用来加强语气, “一点也(不), 完全(不), 根本(不)”。 e.g. I don’t know about it at all. 我根本不知道这件事。 We aren’t tired at all. 我们一点也不累。 另外，“Not