选修七Unit4Language points in Reading.ppt

2) platform n. 台; 平台; 讲台; (火车站)月台 Your train is waiting at Platform 5. 你要坐的那躺火车在第五站台。 This is the young pianist’s first appearance on the concert platform. 这是这位年轻的钢琴家第一次在台上表演。 1) even though/even if 尽管, 即使 引导让步状语从句, 后常用虚拟式动词表示与事实相反的动作或行为。当让步状语从句的动词用虚拟表示与事实相反的假设时, 通常用even though/ even if, 而不用though, although或as。 14. I love listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though …. 4) imaginative adj. 富有想象力的, 爱想象的 an imaginative child/writer有想象力的孩子/富有想象力的作家 imaginary adj. 想象中的, 假想的 imaginable adj. 可想象的 imagine v. 设想 imagination n. 想象力 image n. 雕像, 肖像 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 7. 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…… I was wondering where to spend the weekend. I wonder if you are free this afternoon. It’s no wonder + (that) 从句 难怪，怪不得，不足 为奇 No wonder that he has passed the examination. 8. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boys’ lives at all. 说实在的, 我真的不知道我教的课究竟会不会让这些孩子的生活有所改变。 What has happened to her at all? 她究竟发生了什么事？ Do you know him at all? 你真的了解他吗？ at all在否定句中, 用来加强语气, “一点也(不), 完全(不), 根本(不)”。 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。用在条件句中, “(如果)真的, (假若)确有其事”。 I don’t think it is true, if at all. 如果真有其事, 我也不会相信这是真的。 If you are at all worried, you should tell me. 如果你真的有什么让你担心的事, 你也应该告诉我。 另外“not at all”常用于交际语中, “别客气, 没关系, 不要紧”。----Thank you very much. – ----Not at all. (=Don’t mention it. ) ----Are you tired？ ----Not at all. make a difference 有关系, 有影响, 起(重要)作用 Dollars make no difference to him. I don’t think it will make any difference. 9.