高二英语课件：高二英语上学期unit 1 reading.pptVIP

* 1.Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student and at one of the top university in the world. a. Promising adj. 有希望的;有前途的 (1)他是位很有前途的画家. He is a promising painter. (2)小麦有望好收成. The wheat crop looks promising. b. Promise vt. 允诺,答应 Promise sb. sth. Promise (sb) to do sth. Promise (sb.) that + clause (1).我答应给他立即回复. I promise him an immediate reply. (2).他答应从今以后要表现得好些。 He has promised to behave better henceforth. (3).她答应弟弟将给他写信。. She promised her brother that she would write to him. (4).The winter is already here, and _____ to be a most severe one. A. Shows B. expects C. assumes D. promises D 注意: 当promise 以物作主语,表示“有希望，有可能” (5).Guessing the meaning in Chinese The clouds promise rain. 表示预示，征兆 = threaten c. promise n. 诺言；希望 （1）.他不遵守诺言，没来看我。 He broke his promise and did not come to see me. (2).这消息使和平无望。 The news brings little promise of peace. 2.Most of us would probably feel very sad and give up our dreams and hopes for the future. 辨析:probably perhaps maybe possibly Probably 很可能 指根据一些证据或逻辑推理是可能的 Perhaps 或许 暗示实际希望不大，甚至完全不肯定. Possibly 可能 常与may, might 连用,can`t ,couldn’t 连用 Maybe 大概常用于口语 其可能性大小: probably perhapsmaybepossibly 3. There did not seem much point in working on my PhD__ I did not have more than twelve months to live. (1).There is no sense no point (in) doing sth. 做….没有意义 做….没有用处 (2).It is no good/ use + doing sth. 做….是没有好处/用处 (4).to live 不定式作定语 (3).有关point的短语: Come to the point 谈正题 Beside/off the point 离题: 跑题 To the point 中肯,切题 4.In fact, things were going well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice. (1). go well 进展的很好 go 还可以用作系动词+形容词 “变成” go hungry/bad/ wrong (2).be/get engaged to sb. 与某人订婚 be engaged in doing sth. 忙于;从事….. engage oneself in doing sth. 6. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of Nor 引起的到装句 含有否定意义的副词: 如hardly , never, not nor ,neither, not only ,little,