新PEP人教版九年级上册英语Unit 4 Section B 2a-2f.pptVIP

It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. (l) It is hard to believe that …是一个含有宾语从句的复合句。主句中it作形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句。 ? It is hard to believe that they finished so much work during such a short time. 在这么短的一段时间内他们完成了如此 多的工作, 这令人难以相信。 Language points When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together. seldom 作副词，意为“不常；很少”相当于hardly ever, 其反义词为often（经常）通常置于实义动词之前，助动词、系动词或情态动词之后。 ? She seldom goes out by herself. 她很少独自外出。 ? He is seldom late for school. 他上学很少迟到。 注 意： 1）seldom 具有否定意义，用于句首表示强调时，主谓要 部分倒装。 ? Seldom do I go shopping by tax, unless it’s raining. 除非下雨，我很少打车去购物。 2）seldom 用于反意疑问句时，附加问句不用否定词not。 ? They seldom come late, do they? 他们很少迟到，对吗? He was absent from classes and failed his examinations. 他翘课，并且考试不及格。 (l) be absent from …意为“缺席……此处用作形容词，意为“缺席；不在”。 ? A good student would not be absent from school. 好学生是不会逃课的。 拓展：absent 用作动词，意为“缺席；不参加”。 ? He absent himself from the meeting yesterday. 他昨天没有出席会议。 Finally, Li Wen’s parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school. Finally 用作副词，意为“最后；终于”，其同义词组是 in the end, at last。在句中作状语通常位于句首、句末或实义动词之前，be动词、助动词或情态动词之后。 ? Finally they got to the village. 最后他们到达了那个村庄。 ? He worked out the math problem finally. 他终于解出了那道数学题。 辨析： finally, at last 与 in the end finally: “最后”,只指一系列事物或论点的顺序,一般不带 感情色彩。 at last:有时可与finally互换，但往往用于一番拖延和曲折之 后，因而带有较浓厚的感情色彩，如“不耐烦、不 放心、不如愿”等。 in the end:“终于”可用于预测未来，finally和at last不能。 ? He tried many times, and finally succeeded. 他试验了很多次，最后成功。 ? At last I have obtained my wish. 我的愿望终于实现了。 (2) send…to…意为“把……送到……” ?His parents sent him to Shanghai to study. 他的父母送他到上海学习。 拓展：send 的固定搭配 1）send up “发射；发出” ?Man-made satellites have been sent up into space by many countries. 2）send away “解雇；开除” ? The boss sent away Tom. ? His mother was ill and he sent for the doctor. She advised them to talk with their son in person. 班主任建议李文的父母亲自和她们的儿