Reading-Ⅱ.pptVIP

Fill in the blanks. Wu Wei always searches for something better or ________ in order to share the best art with people. His friend thinks he is a _____ artist. His sculptures for the Sunshine Town Square have won high ______ from the art community. 【拓展】 take相关短语 take off 起飞；脱下；动身 take on 承担；呈现take over 接管 take down 记下；取下take place 发生；进行；举行；产生take a break 休息一会儿 take a look 看一下take action 采取行动 Write a short passage, introduce two people who are outstanding in their fields. 表示汽车、火车、飞机等交通方面的“相通”、“ 衔接”时，通常用with，而不用to或and。 e.g. This early bus from the village connects with the 8:30 train. 从村里发出的这趟早班公共汽车正好与 8:30的火车衔接上。 10. To us, a miss is as good as a mile. 对我们来说，失之毫厘，谬以千里。 a miss is as good as a mile是谚语，意为 “失之毫厘，谬以千里”。 as good as 简直是，和……几乎一样 (1) “as ... as”结构构成比较句型，意为“和…… 一样”。两个as之间只能用形容词或副词的 原级。as many as与as few as可修饰可数名 词复数，分别意为“多达……”，“少 到……”； as much as与as little as修饰不 可数名词，也分别意为“多达……”，“少 到……”。 (2) as ... as结构前可用倍数修饰。 e.g. He as good as said I’m a liar. 他无异于说我撒谎。 There are a small number of people involved, possibly as few as twenty. 牵涉其中的只有少数人，可能只有20人 。 11. We can’t afford to make any mistakes. 我们承担不起任何错误所造成的后果。 afford作动词，当意为“承担得起(后果)；买得起”时，常与can, could或be able to连用，常用结构为afford sth.(买得起/承受得起某物)和afford to do sth.(有能力做某事/负担得起做某事)。 e.g. I can’t afford to lose the ticket. 我可不能把票弄丢了。 Can we afford a new car? 我们能买得起一辆新车吗？ 12. All of us know that it’s necessary to pay attention to every detail. 我们都知道必须专注每一个细节。 attention n. 注意，专心 pay attention to 注意 其中to是介词，所以这个短语后的宾语可 以是名词(短语)、代词或动词-ing形式。 e.g. Mother always _________________ ___________. 妈妈总是关心我的健康。 Please ___________________. He doesn’t look well. 请多关注他。他看起来不太好。 Now I _________________________ my spoken English. 现在我关注于提高我的英语口语。 pays attention to my health pay attention to him pay a