2018年高三英语一轮总复习专题1.5NelsonMandela_amodernhero词汇短语含解析.docVIP

专题1.5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero 【学以致用】 一、重点词汇细解quality n.质量；品质；性质，特征 【教材原句】And what qualities does a great person have?一个伟人应该具有哪些品质？ 【归纳拓展】 be of good/high quality质量好的of poor quality 质量差的 in quality在质量方 He has all the qualities of a successful businessman.他具备了一个成功商人应具有的所有品质。 He has many good (quality), but his best quality is his kindness. 他有许多良好的品质，而最好的品质是为人善良。 As a matter of fact, air in many cities is . 事实上，许多地区的空气质量很差。 qualities （2）of poor quality （3）We all agree that the products of this factory are of better ________. A．quality B．quantity C．principal D．identity 2.devote vt. 献身；专心于 【教材原句】A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others. 伟人就是将他/她的一生致力于帮助别人的人。 归纳拓展 ①devoted...to (介词)...把……奉献给；把……专注于 devote oneself to 致力于；献身于devote one’s life/time/money/energy to (doing) sth. 把某人的一生/时间/金钱/精力奉献…… devoted adj. 深爱的；忠诚的 be devote to专心于；致力于 ③devotion n. 关爱；奉 I’m devoting all my time and energy to caring for my son right now. 目前我把所有的时间和精力都放在照顾儿子上。 Her son，to whom she is so devoted，went abroad last year，leaving her alone in the small village. 她非常疼爱的儿子去年去了国外，留下她一个人在小村子里。 His devotion to his wife and family is touching. 他对妻子和家人的关爱感人至深。 [即学即练] （1）这些艺术家把终生献给了艺术，为艺术事业作出了巨大贡献。 These artists ________ ________ ________ ________ ________art, and made great contributions to the artistic field. （2）I don’t think we should devote any more time to (persuade) such a stubborn man to change his mind. 我认为我们不应该再花时间来说服这么顽固的一个人改变主意。 3. mean adj.吝啬的；自私的；卑鄙的；刻薄的 The rich boss who is usually mean to his workers is mean with money.那位富有的老板通常对他的工人很刻薄，他对钱非常吝啬。 ①be mean with sth.　对某物吝啬 be mean to sb. 对某人刻薄 mean vt. 意指，意味着，意思是 mean to do sth. 打算做某事 mean doing sth. 意味着做某事 In my opinion，that is a mean thing to do. 依我看来，那是一件很卑鄙的事情。 [即学即练] （1）I’m terribly sorry，but I didn’t mean (upset) your plan. 真对不起，但我并非有意打乱你的计划。 （2）Bob is determined to get a seat for the concert even though it means (stand) in line