boy missing police puzzled Language points 课件.pptVIP

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained;Language points; Boy missing, police puzzled. puzzled adj. “困惑的，迷惑的”（人;人的“look, expression ,voice, face”等） e.g. John seemed puzzled about what the question meant. phrase: puzzled look/expression “迷惑的表情” 单词积累: puzzle vt. 使迷惑；使为难；n. 迷惑；困惑，难题；令人费解的事 puzzling adj. 令人迷惑不解的。 ;;2. Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing… step up 增加，加速，提高 e.g. He has to step up his training to prepare for the race. 他为准备那场赛跑不得不加强训练。;词语拓展：;辨析：incident, accident event incident:指“偶然事件”,也可指引人注意的并在政治上产生影响的“事件” There were several incidents on the frontier(边境). accident: 指未曾预料到的不幸的“事故”事件 A traffic accident happened at the crossing. event: 指大大小小的，重要或不重要的“事件”，还可以指“赛事”。 The film festival is a big event in the city. 　;1. I didn’t say one more word to him due to his rudeness. 2. The scheduled visit to a factory has been put off due to illness. 3. The team’s success was largely due to her efforts. ;辨析：due to, because of, owing to, thanks to due to: 状语，表语和后置定语，一般不置于句首。 He arrived late due to the storm. Because of: 状语，句首或句末。 Because of his wife being here, I said nothing about it. owing to: 状语，句首或句末 The game was cancelled owing to a heavy rain. thanks to:“幸亏，多亏，由于”，作状语，大部分位于句首，也可置于句末。 Thanks to your help, we finished our work on time.; due to 由于，因为（可作状语和表语） 近义短语： because of/owing to/on account of/thanks to多亏，幸亏/as a result of …的结果（只作状语）;1) 由于糟糕的天气，运动会不得不被推迟了。 As a result of/ Owing to /Because of/Due to/On account of the bad weather, the sport meeting has to be put off. 2) 这次事故是由于司机开车不小心所致。 The accident was due to careless driving.;disappear: vi.“消失，失踪” The mother watched the train until it disappeared in the distance. 单词积累： appear: vi. 出现；看起来 appearance: n. 外表；出现 disappearance: n. 消失，失踪;4. Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m. ● witness n. 目击者; 见证人 v. 目睹; 目击; 见证 谁目击了这场车祸？ Who witnessed the accident？ I was a witness to this car acciden