大学生英语第一册知识点整理.doc

English Homework Course 2 Unit 6 Text A: I’m GOING TO BUY THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE 短语： Resist the temptation 抵制诱惑；be consumed with 因…而心劳神疲；consume away 消耗 Item by item 逐条；hit/strike home 言语等击中要害；get one’s act together 将自己的各事安排的有条不紊；urge sb.to do 催促某人干某事；achieve/have one’s heart’s desire 达成某人的目标；bide one’s time 等待良机；at intervals 断断续续的；move on to 转而干某事；race the clock 争分夺秒的工作；put pencil/pen to paper 动笔写 句型： It seems to do sth. Eg: It seemed to say, are movers and shakers—not only during office hours, but in their spare time as well. It’s sb. who do sth. Eg: When my faith in myself falter, it’s they who urge me on,whispering,”Go for it, lady!”. Text B: BEGINNING ANEW 短语： take/get/gain credit for sth. 因…获得荣誉或赞赏；soak up 吸收，吸取；at every opportunity 利用一切机会；weight down 使忧心忡忡；take back 收回，取回；set out to do sth. 着手做某事；in control of sth. 对…有控制权或支配权；seek after 寻找，设法得到；have courage to do 有勇气干某事；walk the floor 来回踱步；a breath away 一步之遥；early mid-life crisis 更年期；make a fresh start 重新开始；help with expenses 补贴家用；take back one tear 后悔； 句型： It turn out to be… Eg: It turned out to be a journey well worth the effort. As …as… Eg: He was as worried as I was. What would I do… Eg: What would I tell my husband and what would be his reaction? It’s not so much A as B. Eg: It’s not so much the results of the action that have reshaped me as it is the realization I have within myself what it takes to do what I set to do. Unit 7 Text A:THE GLORIOUS MESSINESS OF ENGLISH 短语： ban sb. from doing sth. 禁止某人干某事；strictly speaking 严格地说；to a…extent 从某种程度上来说；language of the planet 全球性的语言；stir up 提神；descend the stairs 下楼梯；descend from 起源于；come up with 想出；pass sth. on to sb. 把…传递给某人；put into practice 付诸实践；strike out 开创；intellectual elite 知识分子精英； 句型： There is something that… Eg: There is something direct to the heart that speaks to us from the earliest words in our language. Sth. would not have been … Eg: The English language would not have been what it is if the English had not been for centuries great respecters of the