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重点单词点击 【词条1】bother 【课文原句】There are a lot of tourists around. Don’t they bother you? (page 32) 【点拨】bother在本句中的意思是“打扰；烦扰；麻烦”。bother sb (about / with) sth “使（某人）烦恼（或担忧、不安）”。这句话的意思是“这儿到处是游客，难道他们不打扰你们吗？”再如：[来源:gkstk] I just didn’t want to bother my mother with my problems last night. bother后面还可以跟that引导的从句。如： You’d better not sound too bothered about it. Does it bother you that he earns more than you? 【拓展】 （1）动词bother还可以表示“费事，烦心”，后跟介词with/about或不定式。如： You needn’t bother to ask me. She never bothered about clothes. bother还可以作名词，表示“麻烦，困难”的意思时是不可数名词，表示“令人烦恼的人或事”时是可数名词。如： She caused a lot of bother by losing her wallet. His lazy daughter is quiet a bother to him.[来源:gkstk.Com] 【词条2】pretty 【课文原句】Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quiet cold in winter. (Page 32) 【点拨】pretty在本句中作副词，相当于very，意思是“很，相当”。这句话的意思是“夏天气候很湿热，但冬天非常冷。”再如： That play was pretty impressive. 【拓展】pretty还可以作形容词，表示“漂亮的；赏心悦目的”。如： My sister looks so pretty in that dress. What a pretty village it is! 【词条3】approach 【课文原句】Now we’re leaving the business district and approaching the harbour. (Page 32) 【点拨】approach在本句中作动词，在这里意思是“（在距离或时间上）靠近，接近”，这句话的意思是“现在我们离开商业区去海港”。如： We heard a car approaching. 【拓展】approach还可以作名词，意思是“（距离和时间上）靠近，接近；（待人接物或思考问题的）方式，方法；道路”。如： I hadn’t heard her approach and jumped as the door opened. There is no very easy approach to English. 【词条4】afford 【课文原句】… people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there. (Page 39) 【点拨】afford在本句中的意思是“买得起，有能力支付”，该词不用于被动语态，常与can, could, be able to等连用。这句话的意思是“那个地区的人们在那里买不起房子”。再如： We cannot afford to go abroad this winter. 【拓展】(1) afford还可以表示“（有时间）做，能做”。如： He felt he couldn’t afford any more time off work. (2) afford作动词还可表示“提供，给予”。如： The plan affords young people the chance to gain work experience. 重点短语透视 【短语1】a number of 【课文原句】There are a number of reasons for this. (Page 39) 【点拨】a number of在这句话中的意思是“许多，大量”，后跟可数名词复数；作主语时谓语动词用复数。number前可用large, great, huge, good, small等词来修饰。如： To my surprise, a great number of problems have aris