高二英语unit知识要点

Unit 6知识要点聚焦1. What will life be like in the future 未来的生活是什么样子in the future相当于in time yet to come，意为“将来”，指较长的将来一段时间。

Who knows what will happen in the future 谁知道将来会发生什么事I'd like to be a teacher in the future. 将来我想当一名教师。

(1) in future 相当于from now on，意为“今后；以后”，常指离现在较近的一段将来时间。

Don't do that in future. 以后别再干那种事了。

Be more careful with your spelling in future. 今后多注意你的拼写。

(2) for the future表示“为将来”，在句中作定语或状语。

We'd better lay up some money for the future. 我们最好为将来攒一些钱。

It's necessary to plan for the future. 对未来进行规划是有必要的。

用上述短语填空：①Could you be more careful ____②I'm sure at some point ____ I'll want a baby.(Keys: ①in future ②in the future)2. Having doubles would make people confused, because no one would know who the double really was or how to trea t it. 有个相似者会使人们迷惑不解，因为没有人会真正知道谁是相似者或者如何处理。

(1) double这里用作名词，意为“二倍”、“相似者”、“替身电影演员”。

如：He took double of what the other children did. 他所拿的两倍于其他小孩。

Have you ever met your double 你曾遇到和你相似的人吗double用作形容词，意为“两倍的, 双重的”。

如：The word ‘cool’ has a double ‘o’ in the middle. Coo l这个单词中间有两个字母o。

Everything he says has a double meaning. 他说的话都有双重含义。

double用作动词，意为“使加倍”。

如：The government aims to double the number of students i n higher education within 25 years. 政府打算25年内使高等教育学生增加一倍。

Company profits have doubled since the introduction of new technology.自从引进新技术以来公司利润翻一翻。

(2) make people confused是make后接复合宾语，形容词con fused作宾语补足语。

另外，名词、不定式、过去分词也可以充当其宾语补足语。

如：Have I made myself clear 我讲清楚了没有This photograph makes her look very young. 她在这张照片中显得很年轻。

Experience has made him a man. 经历把他磨练成男子汉。

(3) 这里连接代词who引导宾语从句，并充当从句的表语(有时作主语)。

如：I don't know who I should invite to the party. 我不知道该邀请谁参加聚会。

Go and see who is knocking at the door. 去看看谁在敲门。

完成下列各句：①The news ____ (使我们很激动).②Reed worked so well that they ____ (工资涨一倍).(Keys: ①made us very excited ②doubled his wages)3. What will the future be like in general 将来整体上是什么样子in general是介词短语，意为“一般地”、“大体上”、“大都”，在句中作状语。

如：I like games in general, and especially football.各种运动我一般都喜欢，尤其是足球。

I am glad to find myself in general accord with your o pinions.我很高兴地发现我的意见与你的看法基本一致。

in total总数 in det ail详细地in treatment在治疗 in comm on共同地in order井然有序的 in plac e在原来(合适)位置in doubt怀疑 in hosp ital在住院in prison在监狱(服刑) in sec ret秘密地in public 公开地in re turn 作为报答用上述短语填空：① ____ , men are taller than women.②He talked ____ about the curtains he's bought.③I'd never speak like that ____ .(Keys: ①In general ②in detail ③in public)4. One way to catch a glimpse of the future is to exami ne some of the major trends in contemporary society.了解未来概况的一种办法是察看当代社会主要流行趋势。

(1) catch a glimpse of sb.意为“瞥见, 一见”。

如：I caught a glimpse of our new neighbor. 我们的新邻居我只看过一眼。

(2) main, major, chief的区别①main意为“主要的”，强调事物的某一部分、分支的重要性，大小及潜力优于其他部分、分支，或表示该部分在整个事物中占有显赫的地位。

This article has in the main preserved the fairness of news reporting.该文章大体上保留了新闻报道所用的不偏不倚的风格。

His main reason for going to the library was to look up the book he spoke of yesterday.他到图书馆去的主要原因是去找他昨天谈到的那本书。

②major意为“重大的，主要的”，指在规模、数量、重要性方面超出同类的其他事物。

如：John has also played a major part in the improvement of the paper.约翰在改进这份报纸的工作中也起了较大的作用。

It was not until late afternoon that he began to tackle the major problem.直到傍晚，他才开始处理重大问题。

③ chief意为“主要的，首要的”，强调在顺序,等级,重要性,价值方面高于其他所有同类事物。

The chief engineer is the most important of a group of engineers in a job.总工程师是参加一项工作的一组工程师中首要的一个。

The chief reason for the great changes in the cultural field is the development of economy.经济发展是文化领域内发生巨大变化的主要原因。

(3) contemporary用作形容词，意为“同时期的”、“当代的”，用作名词，意为“同时期的人”、“同辈”、“报刊同业”。

如：contemporary literature 当代文学Marlowe was contemporary with Shakespeare. 马洛与莎士比亚同时代。

Keats and Shelley were contemporaries. 济慈和雪莱是同代人。

用main, major或chief填空：① She's the ____ executive of one of the country's la rgest charities.② My ____ concern about moving to London is the cost of housing.③ There has been a ____ change in attitudes recently.(Keys: ①chief ②main ③major)5 .A good example of how transportation is changing is the new maglev train, which is environmentally friendly, energy-saving and travels at an amazing 430 km/h. 公共交通正在改善的一个很好例子就是磁悬浮列车，它环保、节能而且以每小时430公里的惊人速度行驶。

(1) how引导的从句作介词的宾语；而关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词maglev train。

(2) 宾语从句可能作动词的宾语或者介词的宾语。

如：She's always thinking about how she can do more for ot hers.她总是在想如何能为大家多做点事。

It all depends on whether or not she's got the time.这完全取决于她是否有时间。

(3) 介词at可以表示“以……速度/价钱/比率”。

如：It flies at about 900 kilometers an hour. 它以每小时90 0公里的速度飞行。

They sold the beef at a high price. 他们高价卖掉牛肉。

本句中涉及到三种构词法：(1) maglev是magnetic和levitation缩写而成，是缩略词。