Unit 2 课 文 重 难 点 解 析
1.The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than the interviewers ...
这两位记者同意交换角色,做一次被采访者而不是采访者…… (Reading)
rather than作并列连词,连接两个并列成分,表示“是……而不是……”、“做……而没做……”。它连接的主要成分有以下几种: (1)名词
What attracted him is her personality rather than her beauty. 吸引他的是她的人格魅力,而不是她的美貌。 (2)形容
The color seems green rather than blue. 这种颜色像是绿色而不是蓝色。 (3)谓语动词
He ran rather than walked to the school. 他是跑着而不是走着去学校的。 (4)不定式、-ing 或-ed形式
I come here to help you rather than to harm you. 我到这里是来帮助你的,不是来伤害你的。 (5)介词短语
Victory is awarded to the team rather than to an individual. 胜利的荣誉应授予集体而不是个人。 (6)分句
We should know what he meant rather than what he said. 我们应该知道他的真实想法而不是他说了什么。
注意:rather than连接两个主语时,谓语动词的数与前面主语的数相一致。如: Jean, rather than her brothers, is to meet her parents. 是琼而不是她的兄弟们去接她父母。
2. The media can often help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed. 新闻媒体有助于解决问题,引起人们对需要帮助的情况的注意。(Reading) (1)draw attention to意为“引起注意”。如:
She drew my attention to a mistake in my homework. 她要我注意作业中的一处错误。
(2)where引导定语从句,修饰situation。又如:
Can you think of a situation where this phrase can be used? 你能想出使用这一短语的情景吗?
Unit 2 知识点巩固
I. 汉译英: 根据所给汉语,完成下列各句。 1.他醉心于阅读英语故事。
He _____________ English stories. 2.公共汽车上挤满了乘客。
The bus _____________ passengers.
3.在我昨天晚上看的电影里,男主人公第一次见到女主人公时就爱上了她。
In the movie I saw last night, the hero _____________ the heroine when he first sees her. 4.他没有给我钱而是给了我一些很有价值的建议。 He gave me some valuable _____ _____________. 5.交通问题本应引起地方的注意。
The traffic problem ____________ the local _____________. II. 用所给动词(短语)的适当形式填空。
burn down , reflect, injure, complete, ignore 1. His house _____ by the enemy soldiers. 2. I can’t _____ his rudeness any longer.
3. Dead and _____ people lay everywhere after the bomb went off. 4. The calm lake _____ the trees on the shore.
5. I need one more stamp before my collection _____.
III. 句型转化: 每空填一词, 使该句与所给句子的意思相同。 1. Maybe he is in his twenties.
Maybe he is _____ _____ twenty years old. 2. Wealth is seldom connected with happiness. Wealth is seldom _____ _____ happiness.
3. When he was asked where he was from, the Frenchman said he was from Paris. _____ _____ _____ _____ from, the Frenchman said he was from Paris. 4. The road that is covered with ice is very slippery. The road _____ _____ ice is very slippery. Key:
I. 1. is addicted to reading 2. is /was crowded with 3. falls in love with
4. advice rather than money
5. should have drawn, government’s attention II.1. was burned down 2. ignore
3. injured 4. reflected / reflects 5. is completed III. 1. more than 2. related to 3. Asked where he was 4. covered with
