Unit1ThisismeDevelopingideas1

Many

works

of

literature

have

described

characters

in

search

of

their

values.許多文學(xué)作品都描寫了追尋自身價(jià)值的人物。（教材P9）

search

/s?:t?/

n.尋找；搜尋

常用短語：in

search

of尋找……

Tom

went

to

a

big

city

in

search

of

a

good

job.湯姆去了大城市，想找一份好工作。

［動(dòng)詞］尋找；搜尋search

for

sb./sth.搜尋（或?qū)ふ遥┠橙?某物

The

police

use

it

to

search

for

bad

guys.警方用它搜尋壞人。

Many

people

choose

to

leave

their

towns

and

villages

to

search

for

work

in

the

city.許多人選擇離開他們的城鎮(zhèn)和村莊去城市里找工作。

value

/?v?lju:/

n.價(jià)值

價(jià)值；重要性be

of

great

value有很大價(jià)值/重大意義be

of

little

value沒什么價(jià)值

Remember,

the

value

of

you

is

not

decided

by

your

appearance,

but

by

who

you

are

as

a

person.要記住，你的價(jià)值不是由你的外表決定的，而是由你的為人決定的。（眉山中考）

The

Book

of

Songs,

the

earliest

collection

of

poems

and

songs

in

Chinese

history,

is

of

great

value.《詩經(jīng)》是中國歷史上最早的詩歌總集，具有重要價(jià)值。

（1）［動(dòng)詞］重視；珍視value

sb./sth.

（for...）

（因……）而重視/珍視某人或某物

I

hope

all

of

you

will

value

music

and

make

it

a

part

of

your

life.我希望你們都能重視音樂，讓它成為生活的一部分。（長沙中考）

Mr

Li

valued

Jane

for

her

hard

work.李先生因簡工作努力而看重她。（2）【語境串記】We

prove

the

value

of

life

by

doing

meaningful

and

valuable

things.我們通過做有意義和有價(jià)值的事情來證明生命的價(jià)值。2

He

just

needs

to

realise

it.他只需要明白這一點(diǎn)。（教材P11）

realise

/?r??la?z/

v.知道，明白

［及物動(dòng)詞］不用于進(jìn)行時(shí)，其后可接名詞、代詞或從句作賓語。

He

didn’t

realise

his

mistake.他沒認(rèn)識(shí)到自己的錯(cuò)誤。We

should

realise

that

not

sleeping

enough

is

a

serious

problem.我們應(yīng)該知道睡眠不足是一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問題。（重慶中考A卷）［及物動(dòng)詞］實(shí)現(xiàn)主語一般是人，后面常接dream、goal等名詞作賓語。

Could

Bill

realise

his

dream

of

being

an

“all-school”

runner?比爾能實(shí)現(xiàn)成為一名“校級(jí)”賽跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員的夢想嗎？（襄陽中考）同義短語：cometrue3

Nothing

is

impossible,

the

word

itself

says

“I'm

possible”.沒有什么事情是不可能的，即使“不可能”這個(gè)詞本身，也在說“不，可能”。（教材P12）

nothing

/?n?θ??/

pron.沒有任何東西；沒有事.

.

作不定代詞，表示否定意義，相當(dāng)于not...anything。nothing在句中作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。

I

have

nothing

to

worry

about.=I

don’t

have

anything

to

worry

about.我沒有什么可擔(dān)心的。

There

is

nothing

interesting

in

today’s

newspaper.今天的報(bào)紙上沒什么有趣的事情。典例

（瀘州中考）—The

best

things

in

life

are

free.—Couldn’t

agree

more.

Air

costs

___,

but

we

can’t

live

without

it.BA.something

B.nothing

C.anything

D.everything[解析]

根據(jù)“The

best

things

in

life

are

free”和“but

we

can’t

live

without

it”可知，空氣是免費(fèi)的，不用花錢，但是離了它我們卻不能生存。nothing“沒有任何東西”符合題意，故選B。

impossible

/?m?p?s?b?l/

adj.不可能發(fā)生的；辦不到的

由“im-（否定前綴）+possible（adj.可能的）”構(gòu)成。

It’s

impossible

for

me

to

get

such

great

success

without

their

help.沒有他們的幫助，我不可能獲得如此大的成功。（海南中考）

Nothing

is

impossible

if

you

put

your

heart

into

it.世上無難事，只怕有心人。典例

用括號(hào)中所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（南京中考）The

noise

made

sleep

__________（possible）,

so

I

got

up

and

read

a

book.impossible4

Audrey

Hepburn,

the

British

actress

and

star

of

the

silver

screen,

said

this.英國女演員、電影明星奧黛麗·赫本說。（教材P12）

British/?br?t??/

adj.英國的；英國人的Britain英國，不列顛

可作定語或表語。

He

was

born

in

Britain

but

his

parents

aren’t

British.他生在英國，但父母不是英國人。

the

British“英國人”，表示復(fù)數(shù)概念。

The

British

have

a

very

odd

sense

of

humour.英國人的幽默感很奇特。

silver

/?s?lv?/

adj.銀制的，銀質(zhì)的

He

was

wearing

a

silver

ring

on

his

middle

finger.

他的中指戴著銀戒指。5

①However,

doubts

and

fears

often

hold

us

back.然而，疑慮和恐懼常常會(huì)阻止我們前進(jìn)。（教材P12）②People

doubted

his

decision.人們懷疑他的決定。（教材P13）

doubt

/da?t/

n.&v.懷疑

（1）［名詞］疑惑；疑問（①句用法）without

doubt毫無疑問；的確no

doubt無疑；很可能there

is

no

doubt

that...毫無疑問……

No

doubt

winter

is

a

good

time

to

make

snowmen.冬天無疑是堆雪人的好時(shí)節(jié)。

There

is

no

doubt

that

Yuan

Longping

is

a

great

hero.（=Yuan

Longping

is

without

doubt

a

great

hero.）毫無疑問，袁隆平是一個(gè)偉大的英雄。（吉林中考）（2）［動(dòng)詞］懷疑（②句用法）其后接名詞、代詞或從句作賓語。

You

shouldn’t

doubt

him.

He

is

an

honest

man.你不應(yīng)該懷疑他。他是一個(gè)誠實(shí)的人。

I

doubt

whether

the

plan

will

work.我懷疑這個(gè)計(jì)劃是否可行。

fear

/f??/

n.害怕，恐懼；擔(dān)憂in

fear

害怕地；擔(dān)心地without

fear

無懼地

The

children

looked

at

her

in

fear.孩子們擔(dān)心地看著她。

［及物動(dòng)詞］害怕；懼怕后接名詞、代詞、動(dòng)詞不定式、動(dòng)詞-ing形式或從句作賓語。

Children

usually

fear

to

go

out

alone

at

night.孩子們晚上通常不敢單獨(dú)外出。

He

fears

that

he

may

lose

his

job,

so

he

works

hard

every

day.他害怕失去工作，所以每天都努力工作。

hold

back阻礙發(fā)展；阻擋；控制（感情等）

為“動(dòng)詞+副詞”型短語，人稱代詞作其賓語時(shí)，要位于hold和back之間。

She

wanted

to

tell

him

but

pride

held

her

back.她想告訴他，可是自尊讓她猶豫了。

The

police

held

back

the

crowd.警察攔住了人群。

She

managed

to

hold

back

her

anger.她盡力控制住了自己的怒火。6

How

can

we

face

them

and

succeed?我們該如何面對它們并取得成功呢？（教材P12）

succeed

/s?k?si:d/

v.成功，達(dá)成

［不及物動(dòng)詞］其后不能直接跟賓語。succeed

in

（doing）

sth.在（做）某事上取得成功

Don’t

lose

heart.

If

you

keep

working

hard,

you

will

succeed

some

day.不要灰心。如果你繼續(xù)努力，總有一天你會(huì)成功的。（北京中考）

In

the

end,

they

succeeded

in

climbing

to

the

top

of

the

mountain.最后，他們成功登上了山頂。

succeed的相關(guān)詞：典例根據(jù)所給漢語提示填寫單詞。（遂寧中考）Boys

and

girls,

work

hard!

I

believe

you

will

________（成功）in

the

exam.succeed7

The

runner

Su

Bingtian

gives

an

excellent

answer

to

this

question.短跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員蘇炳添對這個(gè)問題給出了精彩的回答。（教材P12）

excellent

/?eks?l?nt/

adj.卓越的；極好的

不與very連用，其前有不定冠詞時(shí)應(yīng)用an。be

excellent

in/at...在……方面極好

Keep

practising,

and

you'll

be

an

excellent

football

player.

堅(jiān)持練習(xí)，你就會(huì)成為一名出色的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。（連云港中考）

Bob

is

excellent

in

English.鮑勃的英語學(xué)得極好。8

This

was

a

very

risky

decision.這是一個(gè)非常冒險(xiǎn)的決定。（教材P12）

risky

/?r?ski/

adj.有危險(xiǎn)的，有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的

由“risk（n.危險(xiǎn)，風(fēng)險(xiǎn)）+-y（形容詞后綴）”構(gòu)成。

Life

as

an

aid

worker

can

be

a

risky

business.救援人員的工作會(huì)有危險(xiǎn)。近義詞:dangerous9

Nothing

is

impossible

as

long

as

you

try

and

stick

to

it.只要你嘗試并堅(jiān)持下去，沒有什么是不可能的。（教材P13）

as

long

as只要

引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。當(dāng)主句為一般將來時(shí)或主句謂語含有情態(tài)動(dòng)詞時(shí)，as

long

as引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句常用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表示將來，即“主將從現(xiàn)”。

As

long

as

you

drivecarefully,

you

will

bevery

safe.

你只要小心開車,就會(huì)很安全。

We

can

go

for

a

picnic

as

long

as

the

weather

isfine.

只要天氣晴朗，我們就能去野餐。一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)一般將來時(shí)謂語含情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)

as

long

as的用法還有：（1）和……一樣長（屬于as...as結(jié)構(gòu)）

The

red

ruler

is

as

long

as

the

blue

one.這把紅色的尺子和那把藍(lán)色的一樣長。（2）