江苏省姜堰市张甸中学高三英语一轮复习 Module 3 Unit 2 重点词语.docVIP

牛津英语模块三Unit 2 重点词语 单词讲解（上） Welcome to this unit Reading 1. confusing adj. “令人迷惑的”，现在分词具有主动性，作表语或定语时用来描述事物，过去分词表示被动，常用来描述人。 be confused in mind 心烦意乱; be /get confused迷惑不解; a confused look不迷惑不解的表情。 The more he explained, the more confused I became. 【】Don’t confuse Austria with Australia. 不要把奥地利与澳大利亚弄混淆了。 2. be made up of 表示“由……组成”，与consist of意思相近。 The UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 【拓展】You needn’t make up for it, because it’ll just be a party for friends. 3. vocabulary n. vocabulary n. 词汇（量）、词表，指某一门语言或专业的词汇量。have a large vocabulary of English有丰富的英语词汇；enlarge / enrich one’s vocabulary扩大某人的词汇量。 In order to improve your reading, you should enlarge your vocabulary. 4. create vt. “创造；创作”，create an excuse 编造借口；create a poem 写诗。 It is the people who created the history. 【拓展】“有创造性的”，creative work创造性的工作。creativity n 创造力 This job is challenging, which needs creativity. 5. pick up 表示“拿起；举起”，是由“动词+副词”构成的短语，宾语为代词时，须置于动词和副词之间。如： There is book on the floor. Please pick it up. 【拓展】 Don’t worry. I’ll pick him up at the airport. When I stayed in Paris, I picked up some French words. 6. take control of 表示“控制；取得……的近控制”， Control可以作动词和名词“控制”，含control的常见短语有：control oneself 自我控制; bring …under control使……在控制之下；lose control of…失去对……的控制；out of control 失控。 She controlled herself and tried not to show her anger. 她控制住自己不把生气表现出来。 The car lost control and fell into the river. 汽车失去控制，掉进了河里。 How can I bring those naughty boys under control? 我怎样才能控制住那些调皮的男生呢？ 7. despite prep.尽管；虽然 相当于in spite of.。如： Despite his illness, he is still working with us. 由介词despite表的短语可以转换成although, though, even though等引导的让步状语从句。 Despite the bad weather, they still had the match. 相当于：Although / Though / Even though the weather was bad, they had the match. 8. adopt vt. 表示“采纳（建议、方法），常见搭配：adopt an idea采纳方法；adopt a suggestion采纳建议。如： I offered him some advice, and he adopted it. 【拓展】…被包括在……中。如： What items should be included in the first aid kit? 现