演示文稿1英语模块7Unit5 language points in reading.pptVIP

10. Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her lots of good advice.谢蕾住在当地一户人家里, 这家人给了她很多的建议。 a host family意为“寄宿家庭”。寄宿家庭就是给自己家庭成员以外的外国人临时提供住宿条件等的家庭。我们也可以通过其英文释义来了解它的含义：A host family is a family or individual who opens their home to an international student. Hosts provide comfortable accommodations, meals and introduce foreign students to their way of life. host n. 主人; 主持人 vt.主办, 主持或作为主人接待客人 e.g. The host on tonight’s show is Mr Li. He will host the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. hostess n. 女主持人, 女主人 11. comfort vt. 安慰; 慰问; 使……安逸舒适 n. 安慰; 慰问; 给予安慰的东西; 安逸; 舒适 comfortable adj. 舒适的；舒服的 uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的，不安逸的 discomfort n. 不舒服；不安 comfortably adv. 安逸地 e.g. You are a great comfort to your parents. 你是父母最大的安慰。 She comforted the sick child. 她安慰这个生病的孩子。 12. substitute n. v. 代替, 替代品 常用搭配： substitute A for B 用A 代替B substitute for 代替 as a substitute 作为代理人(代替品) make a substitute of 替换，取代 e.g. We can use plastics as a substitute for steel. 我们可以用塑料做钢的代用品。 The coach substituted Smith for Jones. 教练让史密斯上场, 换下了琼斯。 拓展: 表示“替代”的短语 take one’s place take the place of in place of instead of Substitute和replace的区别： (1)这两个词的含义略有不同，substitute强调“代替，顶替”，而replace强调“替换，更换”，即把旧的或坏的东西更换成新的(通常用take the place of更通俗些)。 (2)在句型结构上，通常是： substitute A for B用A代替B(使用A) replace A with B 用B替换A(使用B) She substituted sugar for honey. 她用糖代替蜂蜜。 We replaced a flat tyre with a new one. 我们用新轮胎替换爆胎。 * Language points in reading (b7u5) KEEP IT UP, XIE LEI. keep it up 保持优秀成绩；继续干下去 keep up 保持；继续 keep up one’s spirits / appearance 振作起来/装门面 keep up with sb./sth. 与……保持联系；跟上，不落在后面 keep sb. up 使某人熬夜 e.g. 我们一直谈到半夜。 We ______________ until midnight. 努力别落在别人后面。 Try to ___________ the others. kept up the talk keep up with [小试] My sister ______ her shorthand(速记） ability by taking notes in shorthand lectu