Unit 4 Astronomy-the science of the stars练习题.docVIP

Unit 4 new words and expressions 1. theory in theory 理论上 in practice 实际上 Your plan is good in theory, but it doesn’t work in practice. 2．in time 1) The storm was in time to stop before the sports meeting. 终于 2) You’d better return it in time. 及时 3) You’ll learn how to do it in time. 迟早，总有一天 on time 3. unlike \ dislike Unlike John, Tom dislikes playing football. 4. harmful be harmful to 对……有害 The sun can be harmful to your skin. Smoking is harmful to your health. harm n v 损害，伤害 do harm to对……有害 harmless adj. 无害的 5. in one’s turn When it’s in my turn, I’m too excited to speak. He cooked the meal in his turn this week. by turns 轮流 We drove the car by turns. in turn 依次，反之 They gave their names in turn. take turns to do sth 轮流做某事 6. prevent sb (from) doing sth stop sb (from) doing sth keep sb from doing sth 在被动语态中，from都不可省。 The rain prevented us (from) going there. We were prevented by the rain from going there. We should take measures to prevent the river from being polluted. 7. puzzle n.v. It’s quite a puzzle to us why he did that. The question puzzled them. puzzled adj. She listened with a puzzled expression. puzzling adj. We felt puzzled at these puzzling questions. 8. pull n. v. Give the rope a good pull. 用力拉一下绳子。 Help me move the piano, you push and I’ll pull. pull down 拆毁 pull away 驶离，开走 pull in （火车等）到站，进站 pull through 度过难关/危机 pull up停下 pull apart 拉开 9．cheer up I wrote that song just to cheer myself up. He cheered up at the news. Cheer up! The result isn’t too bad. 10. now that now that相当于since,引导原因状语从句，that可省去。另外不可和so连用。 Now that everyone is here, let’s begin our meeting. Now (that) you have grown up, you must stop this childish behavior. Now (that) you are ready, we can go now. 11. watch out (for sth) = look out (for sth) Watch out! There is a car coming. Watch out for thieves. Warming up 1. circle 1) v. 画圆圈；盘旋 The teacher circled the mistakes in red ink. The plane circled the airport before landing. 2) n. 圆, 圆形