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模块六第六单元Reading
1.surround vt.围绕，环绕
___________________________, (有围墙围着)，the yard looks peaceful.
with many journalists _____________ her, the actress was getting impatient.
surrounding adj. 周围的，附近的
surroundings n. 环境，周围的食物
I’d like to bring up my child in healthy surroundings.
2. junior adj.
1）青少年的 a junior gymnast
2) 地位（或职位、级别）低下的（反义词：senior）
a junior doctor _________________
junior high school _______________
be junior to __________________（级别）低于某人
Wang got promoted. As a result, _________________________________________（现在只有一个经理职位比我低了）
3.apart adv.
1）相隔（时间，距离）
The two hills are 22 miles apart.
我们的生日正好相差一个月。____________________________________________.
2）分开
keep work and life apart
apart from
1)远离，和……不在一起
她独自站在旁边，沉思者。_________________________________________________.
2)除了=aside from
Apart from a bottle of water, he ordered some whisky.
除了一些拼写错误之外，这篇文章不错。
____________________________________________________________________.
练一练：
_______ the watch ______ and see if you can see what’s wrong with it.
A. Tell, apart
B. Take, apart
C. Apart, from
D. Set. Apart
He did a part-time job________ working in the office in the day time.
A. as well as B apart from C except for D except
4.severe adj. 严重的，严厉的，艰巨的，极（冷，热）
The flood is increasingly severe
我们经历了1984年以来最冷的冬天。
We experienced the severest winter since 1984.
对孩子不要太严厉。_____________________________________________
severely adv.
5.accomplish vt. 完成，实现(to succeed in doing sth, especially omething that you have been
trying to do for a period of time)
accomplish one’s aim/ a task
He is a man who will never accomplish anything.
本周他在工作上没取得什么成绩。
__________________________________________________________________________.
accomplishment 拿成绩，成就=achievement
arranging the piece talk was a remarkable accomplishment.
accomplished adj.已完成的，有才华的
an accomplished fact _______________________
one of Scotland’s most accomplished pianists _________________________________
6.adapt
1）(使)适应
adapt (oneself) to sth
be well adapted to sth
Our eyes slowly adapted to the dark.
适应新环境花费了我一段时间。_______________________________________________ 桑兰非常适应她的新生活。____________________________________________________
2.）改编，改进，改写\
The coat was adapted for use of the little son.
这部电影由JK Rowling 的一部小说改编而来。
_______________________________________________________________________. 试比较：adapt adopt
Distance learning is being __________ in several countries to help children in remote rural school obtain higher education.
A. attended
B. adopted
C. adapted D admitted
7.advocate vt. 维护；支持；提倡
advocate sth./doing
Many education advocate liberal education.
你支持市中心禁行汽车吗？
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8. accompany vt. 陪伴，陪同；伴随；为…..伴奏
.Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
她陪同朋友去听音乐会。
_________________________________________________________________.
Beef steak accompanied by boiled potatoes
那位教授演讲附带着动作。_________________________________________________.
She accompanied the singer on the piano.
company n. 陪伴
He is always happy and positive. I really enjoy his company.
Reading语言点：
1….during times of a personal catastrophe.(line 12)
times 时代，时期
in ancient times behind the times
ahead of time ahead of his time
at one time at the same time
at times from time to time
for the time being Times________(have) changed.
at a time
2.expect 预料，指望
我预料他会通过考试。
____________________________________________________________________.
最新消息预计在今晚7点到达。
_____________________________________________________________________.
年轻人，别对他期望太高。
_____________________________________________________________________.
我在期待着他的道歉。
_____________________________________________________________________.
我希望角落里有一个书架。
______________________________________________________________________.
1) Mum is coming. What present ________ for your birthday?
A you expect she has got B. you expect has she got
C. do you expect she has got
D. do you expect has she got
2.) According to the art dealer, the painting _________ to go for at least a million dollars.
A. is expected B expects C. expected D. is expecting
3.) I’ve worked with children before, so I know what ______ in my new job.
A. expected
B. to expect C>C to be expecting D. expects
3.Well, in case some of our viewers don’t know her story, can you …(line 20)
in case-clause 1）在…..情况下，万一的话
2）以防，免得
in case of +n 在…情形下，万一（通常放在句首）
万一发生什么重要的事情，给我打电话。
____________________________________________________________________________ 我认为我不需要钱，但我带些钱以防万一。
____________________________________________________________________________ 今早我比往常早些离开办公室以防交通堵塞。
____________________________________________________________________________ as is often the case in any case
in no case as the case may be
4. By the time she completed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years.(line 23)
我到火车站时火车已经走了。________________________________________________ compete vt. 竞争，竞赛
为得奖与人竞争_______________________________________________________
五个孩子参加赛跑。____________________________________________________
竞争；竞赛(n.)__________________ 有竞争力的(adj.)________竞争者（n.）____________
5.devote vt. 奉献于….致力于….忠诚于…
devote one’s time/life/energy/attention etc. to (doing)
devote oneself to (doing) sth
devoted adj. 忠诚的；挚爱的；专心的 a devoted friend/father
be devoted to (doing) sth
他离开了政府把时间花在家里。
___________________________________________________________________________ 他把毕生的精力都投放到了对穷人的帮助中。
___________________________________________________________________________ 专注于研究，他腾不出时间来和我们度周末。
___________________________________________________________________________ devotion n. [to]
6. cost vt.&n.
这本书我花了50元。_________________________________________________
他的粗心使他付出了生命的代价。____________________________________________ 租一辆自行车要多少钱？________________________________________________ 他以生命为代价，从火海中救出了那个小男孩。
_________________________________________________________________________
7. She was rushed to a hospital in New York. (line 35)
rush sb. To/into/off…
(be) in a rush 急速地，匆忙地
救护车火速将伤者送往医院。
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You can’t rush someone into marrying you. ______________________________________ Try not to rush into a decision you may later regret._________________________________
8.Everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like Leonardo Dicapario from the film
Titanic , who went to see her in the hospital to cheer her up, all said she was in good spirits.
试理解该长句。
in good/high spirits in low/poor spirits
keep up/raise one’s spirits lose one’s spirits
team spirit