高中英语人教版必修二unit5知识点_习题+详解

Unit 5 Music

1. Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert … …

dream of sth. / doing sth. 梦想做某事

dream of a better future 梦想一个美好的未来

go like a dream 容易的，完美的

E.g. When she was young, she dreamed of being a doctor in the future.

2.Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan?

pretend to do sth. 假装做某事

pretend to be doing sth. 假装正在做某事

pretend to have done sth. 假装已经做了某事

E.g. I pretend to give him the cold shoulder (冷落)

我故意假装冷落他。

He pretended to be reading an important when the boss entered.

3. To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.

Ⅰ. be honest with sb. 对某人说实话，对…诚实

to be honest= honestly speaking = honestly说实在,实话说

quite honest about it (插入语)老实说

E.g. I shall be quite honest with you.

我会跟你说实话的.

to make a long sentence short 长话短说

to tell (you) the truth 说实话

to begin with

to make matters worse

Ⅱ.attach… to… 认为…有(重要性,意义等); 附上,连接,贴上

E.g. I attached great importance to this research.

我认为这项研究十分重要.

She attached a stamp to the envelop.

她在信封上贴上一枚邮票.

attach A to B A附属于B

the High school attached to Zhejiang University 浙大附中

help with non condition attached 无附加条件的帮助

4. But just how do people form a band?

A) n.

in the form of… 以……形式

in good/fine/great form 状态很好

fill in the form 填表格

B) vt. & vi.

form into 组成,排成

form a habit of 养成…的习惯

5. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway … …

复合名词变复数规则:

A) 将主体名词即中心词变复数

passer-by→passers-by 路人

looker-on → lookers-on 旁观者

son-in-law → sons-in-law 女婿

editor-in-chief → editors-in-chief 主编

good-for-nothing → goods-for-nothing 无用之人

B) 若无主体名词,则只在最后一个词加复数词尾

go-between → go-betweens 中间人

grown-up → grown-ups 成年人

C) 由man, woman构成的复合名词变复数时,两个都要变

woman servant→women servants 女仆人

6. … …so that they can earn some extra money for themselves ... …

A) vt.

earn one’s living (by…)= make a living (by…)=live on sth

靠…谋生/生活

B) adj. 剩余的，特别的adv 剩余地，特别地

I bought this picture at an extra high price.

7. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Put on performances 上演

8. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.

play jokes on sb. : speak highly of or amusingly about sb. / sth.

拿某人开玩笑，与某人开玩笑

play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑

have a joke with sb. 与某人说笑话

make a joke about 以…为笑柄

just for/as a joke 只是(为了)开玩笑

make fool of 愚弄，戏弄

It’s no joke. 这可不是开玩笑的

E.g. He is a serious, don’t play jokes on him.

9. As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them.

rely on/upon sb. /sth. 依赖某人/某物