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Unit 4 Newspapers 【基础知识精讲】 1.Whats on…?后跟时间或地点状语，表示“…(时间/地点)上演什么?”其中on是副词，作 “上演”“演出”解。 例Whats on at Xinhua Cinema tonight? 今晚新华电影院上演什么电影? 2.They are said to be very good. 据说他们很出色。 sb./sth.is said to do 可转换为It is said that… 或People say that… 例This book is said to have been translated into English.据说这本书已译成英文。 It is said that this book has been translated into English. People say that this book has been translated into English. 类似的还有：Its reported that… 据报道… It is believed that… 人们相信…… It is supposed that… 人们认为…… It is hoped that… 人们希望…… It is known that… 人们知道…… 例It was reported that nobody was killed in the accident.据报道事故中无一人伤害。 3.cover vt. 遮盖；走(多少)路；看完(书页)；采访，报道；占(时间，面积等) 作名词时，意为：盖子；(书籍，杂志等的)封面 例 The mountain was covered with snow.山上覆盖着雪。 How many pages have you covered?你看完了多少页? We have covered ten km.我们已走了10公里。 The building covers 400 square metres. He will be sent to cover the Science Conference.将派他去采访科学大会的新闻。 4.get down to 开始认真做，着手。to是介词，要接名词或动词-ing形式，不能接不定式。 例 Its time for us to get down to business.是我们该干正事的时候了。 They got down to discussing the problem.他们开始认真地讨论这个问题。 5.fix v. 固定，安装；修理；安排，确定；盯住，凝视 例 She fixed a picture on the wall.她把画固定在墙上。 I must get the radio fixed.我必须找人把收音机修好。 They have fixed the time and date for the party.他们已经确定了聚会的日期和时间。 fix ones eyes on/upon 注视着，盯着 fix ones attention on/upon 专心于 6.face to face “面对面地”，看成副词，用作状语 face-to-face “面对面的”，看成形容词，用作定语 例 We should praise her face to face.我们应该当面表扬她。 They had a face-to-face argument.他们进行了面对面的争论。 类似的词组还有：heart to heart 贴心的 shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩地 hand in hand 手拉手地 arm in arm 臂挽臂地 side by side 肩并肩地 7.interview n./v. 采访；会见，面试 例do telephone interviews 进行电话采访 Fortunately,I was in time for the interview.幸运地是，我及时赶上了面试。 The reporters interviewed the minister.记者采访了部长。 8.add 短语归纳 ①add up the money/costs/figures.把钱/费用/数字加起来 ②add…to… 加，增加 例 add sugar to the tea 往茶里加糖 add oil to the fire 火上加油 ③add to 增加，扩建，扩修 例Our school was added to last year.去年我们学校进行了扩建。 ④add up to 加起来是，合计为 例 Five and fi