人教修订版高中二年级 ( 下 )

Unit 16

1.entry n

a street with a ‘No Entry’ sign

进入 ; 竞赛参加者或作品

This music film is Mrs Wilson's entry in the competition.

The magazine received 400 entries for its poetry contest.

There is nearly fifty entries for the Marathon race.

vt. enterHer dream to enter the famous university came true.

We will not enter the discussion of the plan for the moment.

The train entered the tunnel.

进入 ;

竞赛作品

竞赛作品

竞赛参加者

2.mental adj. 精神的 , 智力的mental powers. 智力Mental test

3.physical 身体的 , 物质的 , 自然的 , 物理的our physical environment 我们的物质环境

体格检查A physical examination.

自然法则physical laws

体育锻炼physical training

adj. 贪吃的 , 贪婪的 , 渴望的

4.greedy

他们渴望证明他们能力的机会They are greedy for the opportunity to prove their ability.

greedy traders 贪婪的商人5.unemployment U.. 失业 , 失业人数Unemployment is a serious social evil

There is more and more unemployment in the world. un+employ+ment

6.unrest 不安的状态 , 动荡的局面social unrest.

7. sacrifice n. 牺牲 , 献身 , 祭品 , 供奉他的父母为供他上学作出了牺牲。

His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.

他为国牺牲了。He gave his life as a sacrifice for his country.

v. 牺牲 , 献出 , 献祭 , 供奉She sacrificed her life to save her child from the fire

他为了玩乐而牺牲健康。

He sacrifices health for/to pleasure

8.reconstruction n. 重建 , 改造v. reconstruct

建造 , 构造 , 创立vt.construct

9.former adj. 从前的 , 以前的在游泳和足球中他更喜欢前者。

Of swimming and football he much preferred the former( to the latter).

He is one of my former classmates.

Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a

pianist; the latter is a singer.

10. vain ： ①. adj.“ 徒劳的、白费功夫的” All our work was vain (in vain).

我们的工作全都白干了。 It is vain to resist.

反抗是没有用的。

②. in vain ： He tried to save his son from drow

ning, but in vain.

He tried in vain to memorize the p

oem.

他怎么背都没办法把那首诗背出来。

“ 徒劳、白辛苦”

11.take a chance 冒一冒险 , 碰碰运气 , 利用一下机会链条也许会断 , 但我不得不冒这个险。

The chains might break but that's a chance I'll have to take.

12.leave alone 不打扰；不理会；别管；别碰Leave him alone and he will work it out.

I should leave that question alone if I were you

Leave that box alone.

13.insist 坚持 , 强调1.insist that

They insisted that he (should) stay for supper.

2.Insist on / upon doing sth.

They insist on his / him staying for supper

He insisted on seeing us home.

注意： insist 的另一意义：“坚持说”带从句时要用陈述语气She insisted that she wasn’t wrong.

She insisted on her opinion at the meeting.

14.put out

熄灭：They put out the fire with water.

出版：They are constantly putting out new works.

关掉Put out the lights when you leave the room

生产The products they put out are of very good quality.

15.on sale 出售，上市The old books are on sale as waste paper.

The goods are already on sale

16.resist 抵抗 , 反抗 ,

the power to resist disease 抗拒疾病的能力They were ordered to get ready to resist the enemy attack.

17.in turn 转而；反过来；轮流

理论的基础是实践，又转过来为实践服务。Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.

speak in turn 依次发言

(1)by turns 轮流、交替

他们轮流洗碗碟。 They wash dishes by turns.

她一阵发热，一阵发冷 She went hot and cold by turns.

(2)take turns 轮流，依次护士和医生轮流值夜班。

The nurses and doctors take turns to be on night duty.

The nurses and doctors are on night duty by turns.(3)It’s one’s turn to do sth. 轮到某人做某

事It’s your turn to read.

Whose turn is it to clean the room?

drive

fasten

open

teach

-er

driver

fastener

Opener

teacher

Revision of word formationRevision of word formation

Noun formation

amaze

develop

pay

retire

-ment

amazement

development

payment

retirement

admire

examine

organize

-ation

-ness

admiration

examination

organization

happiness

kindness

darkness

happy

kind

dark

Adjective formation

dirt

hair

smell

pain

hope

care

-y

-ful

dirty

hairy

smelly

painful

hopeful

careful

1. Pick out one word from each line

that is different from the others and

explain why it is different:

1) settler trader heater

westerner explorer

2) reconstruction respect recover

replace rebuild

1. Pick out one word from each line

that is different from the others and

explain why it is different:

1) settler trader heater

westerner explorer

2) reconstruction respect recover

replace rebuild

3) development government

unemployment movement moment

4) non-violent understand unrest

unpleasant injustice

5) greedy hungry entry

windy smoky

6) display disappear disagree

dissatisfied disadvantage

2. Write the correct form of the

following words:

adj. n.

hard _________

willing _________

______ greed

poor _______

__________ commerce

hardship

willingnessgreedy

poverty

commercial

v. n.

suffer ________

begin ________

destroy __________

depress _________

reconstruct _____________

suffering

beginning

destruction

depression

reconstruction

adj. adv.

social ______

economic ___________

_____ rapidly

slow ______

____ surely

socially

economically

slowly

rapid

sure

3. Fill in the blanks using the correct

adjectives from the box:

1. There is a __________ belief among

bioengineers that it will one day be

possible to create life under laboratory

conditions.

widespread

mental physical former greedy widespread chief

2. It is easier for a _______ wound to

heal than a ______ one.

3. Although Samuel left school more

than ten year ago, he still keeps in

touch with his ______ classmates.

physical

mental

former

4. Some people are ______ for

money and some for power.

5. If you have any questions about

this ship, go and ask Johnson, who

is the ____ engineer.

greedy

chief

Grammar:

Nonfinite

Verbs (2)

It is impossible for lost time

to be made up.

He asked for the letter to be sent at

once.

I don’t mind his being invited.

She enjoys being interviewed.

Grammar

to be done

to have been done

being done

having been done

Rewrite the following sentences using

the correct nonfinite passive form:

Example:

I hope that I will be chosen.

I hope to be chosen.

Exercises 1:

1. I expect that more about the south

is told.

2. I don’t want anyone to bother me.

I expect more about the South to be

told.

I don’t want to be bothered.

3. I don’t mind him saying bad things

about me.

4. I want other people to leave me alone.

5. He insisted on us showing him respect.

I don’t mind bad things being said

about me.

I want to be left alone.

He insists on being shown respect.

Read the article and then fill in the

blanks with the proper form of the

verbs in brackets.

People have always been _________

(interest) in _______ (know) about world

records. They want _______ (know)

interested

knowing

to know

Exercises 2:

about the biggest, smallest, fastest,

slowest, longest, shortest, oldest and

youngest. The first book of this kind

was The Guinness Book of World

Records.

The idea for this book came from

Hugh Beaver. One day, after ________

(watch) some birds, he told his friends

that he thought those birds were

probably the fastest birds in Britain.

Several of his friends disagreed with

him. However, when

watching

they tried _______ (solve) the problem

by _______ (look) it up, they found

that none of the books they had

contained the information that they

were _________ (look for).

Beaver decide _____ (put) out a

book that would contain all kinds of

world records.

to solve

looking

looking for

to put

Hugh Beaver began ______ (look) for

someone who could help him write the

book. Soon he heard of two brothers who

had a small fact agency in London. They

worked on ______ (find) and ________

(check) facts for people.

to look

finding checking

As a result, Hugh Beaver went

__________ (interview) the two

brothers and found their knowledge

_______ (amaze). He offered them

jobs in his company.

On August 27, 1955, The Guinness

Book of World Records went on sale.

In four months it became a best-seller.

to interview

amazing

plant more trees

move away the heavily polluting

factories

protect buildings that date back to

ancient

Suggestions made by others:

build a new road

broaden old roads

build a park in the city centre

Your suggestions: ____________