牛津英语模块七

Unit 1 Living with technology (Module 7)

【难点释析】

1. It is still uncertain who invented TV. 至今还未能确定谁发明了电视。

uncertain adj. 不确定的；无把握的；是certain的反义词

▲be uncertain about / of sth. 对…不确定/ 没把握

They are both uncertain about what to do. 他们两人都拿不定主意该怎么办。▲It’s uncertain + 主语从句

It’s uncertain whether he will come tomorrow. 他明天不一定会来。

2. superior adj. 优秀的；上等的；有优越感的；无比较级n. 上级；上司

▲be superior to 优于；胜过

His new computer is technically superior to mine. 他的新电脑在技术上超过了我的。I’m going to complain to your superiors. 我要找你的上司投诉。

3. wind vt. 上发条；缠；绕; 摇；弯曲前进；迂回；蜿蜒（wound; wound）

▲wind up 给…上发条

He wound up the toy car and let it go. 他给玩具车上发条然后松手让它跑。▲wind through 蜿蜒穿过

The river winds through the woods. 那条河蜿蜒流过树林。

▲wind one’s way 蜿蜒向前；曲直延伸

The Great Wall winds its way over mountains from the west to the east.

4. apply vt. / vi. 应用；运用；申请；

▲apply sth. to sth. 把…应用于…

Scientific discoveries are often applied to industry. 科学发明常运用于工业。

▲apply to （1）适用于（2）向…提出申请（得到…）

These rules only apply to part-time workers in our school.

这些规章制度只适用于我校的临时工。

He has applied to the company for the position. 他已经向这家公司申请该职位。

5. delight [U] 欢喜；高兴[C] 令人高兴的事；乐事；vt. / vi (使)高兴

She won the game, to the delight of all her fans. 她赢了比赛，令粉丝们很高兴。

It is a delight to see my grandmother in good health. 看到奶奶健康，真是件高兴事。This news will delight all the people in Shuyang. 这消息将使全沭阳的人感到高兴。▲delighted adj.

be delighted to do sth. 高兴做…

be delighted that 从句

be delighted at / by / with sth 对…感到高兴/ 满意

6. spring vi. 跳跃；弹起；涌出（sprang; sprung）

He sprang out of bed the instant he heard the alarm. 一听到闹钟声，他立即跳下床。Everyone sprang to their feet when the principal walked in.校长进来时，大家立即站了起来。spring up 迅猛发展；突然出现；涌现

Fast-food restaurants are springing up all over Shuyang.快餐店如雨后春笋般地出现在沭阳。

7. accompany v. 陪同，伴随accompanying adj 随同的，陪同的

He accompanied her friends to the concert. 他陪同朋友去听音乐会。

He accompanied the singer on the piano. 他弹钢琴为那位歌手伴奏。

▲accompany sb. to a place 陪同某人去某处

▲accompany sb.(at/on sth.) 给某人伴奏

▲accompany sth. (by/with sth.) 与某事物同时存在或发生

▲keep sb. company 陪伴某人

▲in the company of 在…的陪同下

8. up to up to date 最新的（表语）；up-to-date (定语)

▲多达；直到(= until)

I can take up to four people in my car. 我的车最多能容纳四人。

She hasn’t found a job up to/until now

▲胜任up to (doing) sth.

I am not sure if she is really up to the job.

▲由…负责，由…决定，是…的职责It be up to sb. to do sth

It’s up to you to choose good programs. 由你做主来选择好的节目。

▲正在干…，从事着（尤指坏事）；在捣蛋

What have you been up to?

9. weigh vi&vt 称，有…重；vt. 仔细考虑；比较；权衡

Have you weighed yourself lately? 你最近称体重了吗？

He weighed 65 kilos.

We have to weigh this plan against another.我们得把这个计划跟另一个计划比较。

I must weigh my words to avoid any misunderstanding. 我须字斟句酌免生误解。

10. measure n.&v. 尺寸；基准；测量measures (常用复数) 措施

The table measures 1.2 meters in height. 这张桌子1.2米高。

make clothes to one’s measure 按…的尺寸做衣服

The suit fits me. It seems to have been made to my own measure.

这套衣服适合我，它好像是根据我的尺寸做的。

▲adopt/take measures/steps/action to do sth. 采取措施/行动

11. shape v. 形状是；塑造；使…形成…的形状；塑造；决定…的形状；影响…的发展

It is elegantly shaped like a pen. 它很精致，形状像一支钢笔。

Shape the dough into a ball. 把和好的面揉成团。

▲in the shape of 呈…的形状

▲out of shape 变形，走样

12. expose 使暴露，使暴露于（有害或危险的环境中），揭露，将…曝光

expose sb./ sth./ yourself to sth.

The press exposed the terrible working conditions of the factory workers.

媒体曝光了工人们糟糕的工作条件。

Don’t leave your skin exposed to too much sunlight. 不要让皮肤在太阳下暴晒。

13. The amount of radiation was equal to using a mobile phone for two half-hour periods per day.

辐射量相当于每天使用两次、每次半小时的手机所接受的辐射。

equal (in, to) adj. [在数量、大小、价值、等级等方面]相同的，同等的，同样的

The two squares are equal in size; this one is equal to that one.

两个正方形的大小是一样的，这个和那个同样大。

▲be equal to…能胜任的

He somehow felt equal to carrying out the plan. 他总觉得似乎能够实行那项计划。

14. profit n. [C, U] 利润，利益，盈利v. 有益于

▲make a profit 获利

I made a handsome profit from the sale of my car.

▲profit sb.

It’ll profit you nothing to do that. 你做那件事没什么好处。

Y ou can profit by my mistakes and avoid them yourself.

▲profit by/from 从…中获益，得到教训

There’s very little profit in selling newspapers at present. 现在卖报纸利润很少。

15. acknowledge v. (as) 承认，供认，感激

She is acknowledged as an expert on the subject. 她被公认为这们学科的专家。

He acknowledged having made a mistake. 他承认犯了个错误。

16. theory n. [C] 学说；意见，看法，推测，假说[U] 理论，原理

Based on facts, the theory proved correct. 以事实为根据，理论被证明是正确的。

In theory the train should arrive at 9.15, but in practice it is quite often late.

在理论上，火车应该九点一刻到，但实际上它经常晚点。

【短语记忆】

1. long-distance TV broadcast 长距离电视播放

2. contribute to the development of TV 对电视的发展做贡献

3. be superior to 比…优秀

4. international standards for digital TV 数字电视的国际标准

5. have access to 200 channels 可以接收到200个频道

6. come onto the market 进入市场

7. respond to questionnaires 做问卷调查题目

8. wind sth. up by hand 用手摇动…

9. control an electric current 控制电流

10. be associated with 与…有联系

11. up to somebody 由某人决定

12. launch a portable CD player 把一款便携式CD播放机投放市场

13. take over 接管

14. spring up 大量涌现

15. be familiar with 对…熟悉

16. two and a half times 2.5倍

17. not necessarily 未必，不一定

18. without caution 无所顾忌

19. be exposed to 被暴露于

20. be equal to 和…等同

21. previous to this 在此之前

22. be unwilling to do 不情愿做某事

23. have faith in 相信，信任

24. for the time being 暂时

25. in colour 彩色的

26. be capable of 能够

27. a variety of = varieties of 各种各样的

Unit 2 Fit for life (Module 7)

【难点释析】

1. Some recipes recommended drinking a tea made from the dried leaves of a particular plant to reduce body pains.

1) recommend vt. (= advise) 建议

▲recommend (doing) sth.

▲recommend sb.to do sth.

▲recommend that sb. (should) do sth.

I recommend meeting her first. 我建议先见见她。

I wouldn’t recommend you to go there alone. 我建议你不要只身去那儿。

She recommended that you (should) quit your job. 她建议你辞职。

2) vt. 推荐

▲recommend sb. for sth. / recommend sth.to sb.

Would you please recommend me for a job? 你能给我推荐一项工作吗？

I strongly recommend that film to you. 我强烈推荐你看看那部电影。

2. Not only has aspirin saved many peopl e’s lives by reducing fever and helping stop pain, but there are also other things that aspirin can help with.

▲not only…but also…不仅…而且…；并列两个句子，not only放在第一句的句首时，部分倒装。并列两个主语时，谓语的数就近一致。

Not only is Lao Xu an actress but also he is a writer. 老徐不仅是个演员还是个作家。Not only can I read it, but also I can write it. 我不仅能读还能写。

Not only they but also I was invited to the party held yesterday.

3. … blood vessels in the brain burst suddenly or are blocked. …脑血管破裂或堵塞。

▲burst-burst-burst vt. / vi. 爆炸；爆破；涨破

If you blow that balloon any more it will burst. 你再吹一下气球，它就会炸的。Don’t get angry. Y ou’ll burst a blood-vessel. 别气啦，会把血管气崩的！

The aircraft crashed and burst into flames. 飞机坠毁起火了。

The baby girl burst into tears (= burst out crying). 那个女婴突然哭了出来。

I felt I would burst with anger. (with: 因为) 我感觉我要发火了。

4. He noted that mould had grown on a special transparent jelly that had bacteria on it.

note vt. 发现；注意到；记下；对…下注释

When you search f or information on the Internet, you’d better note its sources.

你在网上搜索信息的时候，最好注意它的来源。

He noted the importance of the problem in his lecture.

他在讲座中指出了那个问题的重要性。

A guard came and took our names and noted where each of us was sitting.

一个保安过来记下了我们的名字和我们坐的地方。

n. 笔记，短信；注释；便条等

▲make reference to notes 参照注释

▲take note of 注意到；留意到

▲make/ take notes(a note) of 记下；记录

5. It was not until World War II that the two scientists, Howard Florey (Australian) and Ernst Chain (German-born English), managed to use new chemical technology to pure it.

此句是It is(was)…that…的强调句型，其强调的部分是“not until”引导的时间状语。not…until “直到…才…”若放句首，句子要采用部分倒装

Not until I finish the homework can I go back home. 到作业写完了我才能回家。Not until the snow stopped did he leave the office. 他直到雪停了才离开办公室。

6. It was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century. 几十年以后，别人才把盘尼西林变成二十世纪伟大的药物。

It is/will be + 一段时间+ before从句. 过了多久才…

It was ten years before they paid off their debt. 十年后他们才还清债务。

It will be a long time before we meet again. 我们要过很久才能再见面

7. It has saved and brought relief to millions of people’s lives.

relief n. [u] 减轻；安慰；救济

relieve v. 减少；减轻

relieved adj. 解脱了的

The pills give her some relief. = The pills bring relief to her. 药片减轻她一些痛苦。

send relief food/fund to flooded areas 给洪灾地区发送救济粮/金

Pills can relieve much of your pain. 药片能减轻你大部分疼痛。We are all relieved to be back home. 我们回到家都很放松。

▲to one’s relief 使某人宽慰的是

▲in relief 轻松地；宽慰地

8. It was fundamental to saving many thousands of lives and is one of the most important medicines of contemporary society.

be fundamental to 对…来说是根本的、重要的、必要的

The medicine was fundamental to saving the children. 这药对救治孩子是重要的。That method remains fundamental to studying the behavior of nerve cells.

那个方案仍然对研究神经细胞的行为很重要。

9. Chinese medicine has amazed many people around the world with its different approach to health and is becoming more and more accepted by people in the west.

中医以其对人体健康的独特研究方法而令世人惊叹，它越来越得到西方人的认可。

▲approach n. 方法；途径；通道常与介词to连用

He told us a new approach to learning English.

All the approaches to the city were blocked. 所有通向那座城市的道路都被堵塞了。

▲approach vt/vi 接近

Women’s Day is approaching. 妇女节就要到来了。

We are approaching the village. 我们就要到达那个村庄了。

10. Acupuncture involves putting stainless steel needles into the skin at certain points on the body so that a disease can be cured or a health problem solved.

针灸是在身体一定穴位插入不锈钢针来治疗疾病或解决健康问题。

▲involve vt. 包含；需要；其后接名词或v-ing而不能接to do

Taking the job involves living abroad. 接受这项工作需要到国外定居。

▲involve … in …使……卷入到……

▲be / get involved in （被）卷入到……

Don’t involve me in your quarrel. 不要把我卷入到你们的争吵之中。

It is said that Tom has been involved in this case. 据说汤姆已被卷入到那起案件中了。

11. Some people have also used acupuncture to treat addictions to cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and food (overeating). 有些人也用针灸来治疗烟瘾，毒瘾，酗酒以及暴食。

▲addiction n. 瘾常与介词to连用；addicted adj. 有瘾的

▲be/ get addicted to sth/doing sth 对…..上瘾

Many teenagers are addicted to playing computer games today.

Don’t get addicted to drugs.

12. In the west, acupuncture has become very popular, as has Chinese traditional herbal medicine.

在西方，针灸已和中草药一样非常受人们欢迎。

…, as has Chinese traditional herbal medicine 是一个倒装的从句，as是连词。

= Chinese traditional herbal medicine has become very popular too.

▲as + be动词/助动词+主语，表示“……也”注意：从句的时态要与主句一致；从句的be动词/助动词要与从句的主语一致。

The US and Russia have sent astronauts into space, as has China.

美国和俄罗斯将宇航员送入了太空，中国也将宇航员送入了太空。

The US is one of the founding members of the UN, as is China.

美国是联合国的创始国之一，中国也是。

He likes dancing, as does his wife. 他喜欢跳舞，他妻子也是。

【短语记忆】

1. in powder form 以粉末的形式

2. the best-selling painkiller 最畅销的止痛药

3. reduce the risk of heart attacks 减少心脏病的发作

4. a study carried out in the USA 一项在美国开展的研究

5. prevent a stroke 预防中风

6. reduce blood sugar 降低血糖

7. increase the standard of people’s health 提高人们的健康水平

8. bacteria-killing medicine 杀菌药物

9. in contemporary society 在当代社会

10. produce…in large quantities (= in bulk) 大量生产…

11. mass production 批量生产

12. due to the widespread use of penicillin 因为青霉素的广泛使用

13. understand medical terms 理解医学术语

14. bring relief to millions of people’s lives 减轻了数百万人的痛苦

15. be fundamental to 对…很重要

16. put through 接通电话

17. decide on 对…做出决定；选定

18. look around 参观；四处看看；环顾

19. put off 推迟；延迟

20. fill in 填写

21. turn up 出现；到达(场)

22. split up 划分开来；分割/裂/离/手

23. a handful of 少量的

24. let…out 发出(叫喊声)；放掉(水，气)；泄露(秘密)；(衣服)放大/长/宽

25. involve (doing) sth 包含/需要(做)某事

26. check one’s pulses 诊脉；号脉

27. treat addictions to cigarettes 治疗烟瘾

be addicted to (doing) sth 对(做)…成瘾

28. relieve pain 缓解疼痛

Unit 3 The world online (Module 7)

【难点释析】

1. value n. 价值；估价；评价vt. 估价；评价；尊重；重视

the value of education 教育的益处be of value = valuable

The painting has been valued at ￡60 000. 这张画被估价6万镑。

I always valued his advice. 我一贯尊重他的意见。

valueless adj. 没有价值的；毫无用处的valuable adj. 贵重的；有价值的

2. turn to 转向；变成；求助于；致力于；开始行动

I tried to stand on my own two feet rather than turned to my parents.

我设法自立而不求助于我的父母。

I didn’t know to whom to turn. 我不知道该去找谁。

3. acquire v. 获得；取得；学到

We must work hard to acquire a good knowledge of English.

我们必须用功学习才能精通英语。

The collector has acquired a fine collection of impressionist paintings.

这位收藏家收集到大量印象派绘画。

How did he acquire his wealth? 他的财富是怎样得来的？

4. advance v. 促进，提高，增加；前进；提出；提议

advance the growth of rice 促进水稻生长

Our soldiers advanced bravely against the enemy. 我们的士兵勇敢地向敌人挺进。He advanced a new theory during the discussion. 在讨论中他提出一个新的理论。

▲advanced adj. 高级的；先进的

advanced English

advance of knowledge 知识的进步

▲in advance 预先，提前

5. remain v. 保持；依然；剩余；留下；逗留

When the others had gone, Mary remained and put back the furniture.

当其他人走了之后，玛丽留下来，将家具放回原处。

Our plan must remain a secret. 我们的计划必须保密。

Y ou are wise to remain silent. 你保持沉默，这很明智。

The fact remains to be proved. 事实尚待证明。

6. occur vi. 发生；出现；闪现；进入大脑(occurred, occurring)

Heavy rains often occur during summer periods. 暴雨经常出现在夏季。The idea occurred to me. 这个想法闪现在我脑海。

▲It occurred to me that ... 我刚刚想到...

It occurred to me that I saw him the other day in a supermarket.

7. addict vt. 使沉溺；使上瘾

▲addict oneself to (doing) sth. 使自己沉溺于…/ 醉心于…

▲be addicted to (doing) sth 沉溺于；醉心于

She was addicted to rock music. 她热衷于摇滚乐。

He was addicted to cocaine. 他吸可卡因上瘾。

8. handle vt. 运用；处理；操作

Handling problems efficiently is often appreciated by your boss.

有效处理问题易受老板欣赏。

Handle with care! 小心轻放!

9. present n. 赠品；礼物adj. 现在的；出席的vt. 给；赠送；提出；呈现

the present leader 现任领导

Thirty guests were present at the ceremony. 有三十位客人出席这次典礼.

He presented her with a bunch of flowers. 他献给她一束花。

10. wear out 用坏；逐渐用完或消耗

Her shoes wore out quickly. 她的鞋子很快就穿破了。

After half an hour, his patience began to wear out. 半小时后，他开始有点忍耐不住了。▲be worn out 穿坏；累坏

My coat was worn out. 我的外套穿坏了。

I was worn out after a day of shopping. 逛了一天商店, 我都累坏了。

11. predict v. 预知；预言；预报

The economists predicted an increase in the price of goods.

经济学家预言商品价格将会增长。

Experts predict that by 2010 China will produce more cars than Japan.

据专家预计，中国的汽车产量，到2010年将超越日本。

It is predicted that the sea level in the coastal zones of China will continue to rise.

据预测，未来中国沿海海平面将继续升高。

12. eager adj. 热心于；渴望着

with an eager expression 带着殷切的表情

Those who are eager for success succeed easily. 渴望成功的人易成功。

I am eager to do it. 我极想做这件事。

13. keep… in mind 记住

Y ou’ll keep my son in mind, won’t you? 你不会忘记我的儿子，是吧?

【注意】宾语较短时，放在keep和in mind之间，若宾语较长或是从句，则放在keep in mind之后。如：

I always keep in mind what he said. 我总是牢记他讲的话。

14. aid v. 帮助；援助n. 助手；辅助手段

▲aid sb with /in sth

▲aid sb in doing sth / aid sb to do sth

▲in aid of 作为对….的帮助

▲with the aid / help of 在…的帮助下；

These loans will aid our country in improving/to improve its economy.

这些贷款将帮助我国提高经济。

They collected a lot of money in aid of charity 他们筹了很多钱帮助慈善机构。

15. content n. 内容；容纳之物；常用复数。adj. 满足的；满意的

She hadn’t read the letter and so was unaware of its contents.

她没有读那封信，对内容一无所知。

▲be content with sth / be content to do sth 满足于（做）某事

Are you content with your present life? 你对现在的生活满意吗?

He is content to remain where he is now. 他对自己的现状很满意。

16. attach 附上；系上

▲attach sth (to sth)

They have attached a number of conditions to the agreement。

他们在协议上有附加了一些条件。

▲attach oneself to sb./ be attached to sb. 依附某人；依恋某人

A young man attached himself to me at the party and I couldn’t get rid of him.

聚会中有个小青年总粘着我，我也甩不开他。

【短语记忆】

1. 有积极的影响have positive effects on

2. 也就是说that’s to say

3. 价值观the sense of value

4. 形成友谊form friendships

5. 需要in need of

6. 转向turn to

7. 获得知识acquire knowledge

8. 与某人交流communicate with

9. 各种各样all sorts of

10. 浪费时间 a waste of time

11. 问题的答案answers to questions

12. 根据according to

13. 共同爱好common hobbies

14. 负面效应negative effects

15. 辩论的反方the con side of the debate

16. 在某人看来in one’s opinion

17. 抱怨某事complain about sth

18. 上交hand in

19. 普及gain popularity

20. 对什么有瘾be addicted to sth

21. 解决问题solve problems

22. 建立联系build relationships

23. 过正常的生活live normal lives

24. 重度使用者heavy users

25. 与…失去联系be disconnected from

26. 限制电脑使用limit the use of computers

27. 要求某人做某事require sb to do sth

28. 与…有关be related to

29. 通常来说as a general rule

30. 考虑到take sth into consideration

31. 搜…为了找…search sth for sth

32. 按照这些提示follow these few tips

Unit 4 Public transport (Module 7)

【难点释析】

1. mean vt.

▲打算；意欲

I didn’t mean you to read the book. 我本意不想让你看这本书。

We mean you no harm. 我们对你没有恶意。

▲意指，意谓

Whom do you mean? 你指的是谁？

What does he mean by canceling his performance? 他取消演出是什么意思?

▲意味着；即是

The dark clouds mean rain. 乌云意味着要下雨。

His promotion means a raise in salary. 他的提升意味着要增加薪水。

▲表示…的意思；意思是；作…解释

What does this sentence mean? 这个句子什么意思？

2. This sounds like my school in China.

sound link v. “听起来”，常用结构：sound + adj./like/ (to sb) as if/as though

His explanation sounds reasonable.

It sounds to me as if there is a tap running somewhere.

听起来好象哪儿有水龙头在淌水。

The music sounds like wolve s’ crying.

▲be/fall sound asleep 酣睡(sound是副词，酣畅地)

▲ a sound night’s sleep 睡一夜好觉(sound是形容词，酣畅的，沉的)

3. I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school, but it was

a bit challenging for me at first.

a bit = a little = a little bit“稍微；有点”，修饰形容词或副词的原级或比较级。

It is a bit cold today.

He is feeling a bit better.

▲ a bit of “一点，一块，一些”，修饰不可数名词（= a little）。

a bit of luck/time/water/money 一点运气/时间/水/钱

▲not a bit 一点也不

▲not a little 非常

4. My English improved a lot. 我的英语有了很大的提高。(improve vi.)

I improved my English a lot. 我的英语有了很大的提高。(improve vt.)

5. I do like eating desserts after meals as you mentioned in your article.

do (does/did) 用在祈使句、一般现在时态或一般过去时态的动词前以示强调。

I did tell it to him yesterday. 昨天我确实告诉过他了。

Do be still! 安静！

He does like surfing the Internet. 他确实喜欢上网。

6. upon / on + V-ing “（刚）一…就”

Upon / On arriving there, he telephoned her immediately.

▲in + V-ing 在……过程中

In judging the progress he has made in his studies, we must take account of the fact that he has been working under great difficulties for several months.

在评价他在学习上取得的成就时，我们要考虑到这样一个事实：他在极大的困难下持续学习了几个月。

7. The paintings David donated to the school are being displayed in the assembly hall.

▲donate sth to sb “捐赠, 赠予”

The famous professor will donate a lot of science books to our library.

【拓展】contribute (sth) to sb “捐助，捐献”

He contributed a thousand pounds to a charity 他捐助一千英镑给一个慈善团体。

▲display 陈列，展览，显示vt./n.；on display 被陈列；被展示（= on show）

It’s the first time the painting has been displayed to the public.

All the new products were on show / on display at the exhibition hall.

8. I can’t go home until my mum gets home from work.

until 介词“到…为止, 在…以前”；连词“到…为止, 在…以前, 直到…才”

She can’t leave until Friday.在星期五之前她不能离开。

We walked until / till it got dark. 我们一直走到天黑了下来。

Until she spoke I hadn’t realized she was foreign.

她要不说话我还一直不知道她是外国人。

【拓展】

①not until置于句首时，主句要用倒装结构。

Not until your work is finished can you leave.

②not until的强调句型：It is not until …+ that …

It is not until your work is finished that you can leave.

9. But I’m not one of those students who can do homework well in a new place.

He is one of the students who have failed the English test.

He is the (only) one of the students who has failed the English test.

【注意】

①在“one of +名词复数+定语从句”结构中，定语从句修饰名词复数，从句谓语动词

用复数。

②在“the (only) one of +名词复数+定语从句”结构中，定语从句修饰the (only) one，从

句谓语动词用单数。

10. I prefer one that has big desks.

▲prefer (doing / to do) sth

▲prefer sth to sth

▲prefer doing sth to doing sth

▲prefer to do sth rather than do sth

11. She seems to be a person who can’t pay attention to one thing for long.

seem 连系动词“好像，似乎”，

▲seem (to be) + adj/n.

▲seem like/as if/ as though

▲seem to do/to be done/to be doing/to have (been) done

▲It seems + that-clause

▲There seems (to be) …

The child seems (to be) healthy.

I can’t seem to understand the story. 我好像不能理解这个故事。

He seems to have worked in sales for several years. 他好像已在销售部工作多年。

It seems like rain. 好像要下雨。

It seems (that) you object to the plan. 你好像反对这个计划。

There seems (to be) no reason to postpone it. 似乎没有理由推迟它。

12. We regret to inform you that our library will be closed next Wednesday for the sports meeting.

regret“为…感到遗憾，后悔”，常用结构：

▲regret to say/tell/inform 很遗憾要说/告诉……

▲regret doing sth = regret having done sth = regret to have done sth 后悔做了某事

I regret to tell you that you failed in the English examination.

I regret not following his advice; otherwise, I could have done the job better.

= I regret not having followed his advice; otherwise, I could have done the job better.

= I regret not to have followed his advice; otherwise, I could have done the job better.

13. Our club is much more than just music.

注意more than在不同句子中的用法和含义：

He is more than a teacher; he is our best friend as well. (用于名词前，“不仅，不止”)

I have been here for more than ten years. （用于数字前，“比…多，超过”）

He is more than glad to help me. （用于adj.前，“非常，极其”）She respected him more than I (do). （用于比较状语从句，“比…更”）What he said is more than she can understand. （more than … can“难以，非…所能”）▲more … than …与其说…倒不如说…

▲no more than 只有，仅仅

▲not more than 不比…多；至多

【短语记忆】

1. 有…的名声have the distinction of

2. 在19世纪上半叶during the first half of 19th century

3. 对古建筑造成损害do/cause damage to historic buildings

4. 阻塞交通choke off traffic

5. 交通问题the problem with traffic

6. 导致…的发展lead to the development of

7. 首批开通的隧道the first opened tunnels

8. 提供地铁服务provide the underground service

9. 加快发展的步伐accelerate the pace of development

10. 在以后的25年里over the next 25 years

11. 负责设计新车站be responsible for designing new stations

12. 仍在使用be still in use

13. 用作防空洞function as bomb shelters

14. 一条新建的的地铁线 a newly built line

15. 被用作地下飞机制造厂be used as an underground areoplane factory

16. 名胜 a place of interest

17. 按照发展的顺序排列的年份years in the order of the development

18. 容许某人去做某事allow sb to do sth

19. 由事故造成死亡的人数the number of the deaths arising from accidents

20. 乘地铁旅行travel on the underground

21. 人们对这一问题的认识people’s awareness of the problem

22. 交通事故潜在的原因the potential causes of traffic accidents

23. 有责任预防事故的发生have / take the responsibility to prevent accidents

24. 因…而被罚款be fined for (doing) sth

25. 增加了30% increase by 30%

26. 需要集中注意力require concentration

27. 喝两杯啤酒have a couple of beers

28. 留意过马路的人watch out for people crossing the road

29. 很可能有……There is likely to be

30. 一些主要的原因some of the chief causes

31. 避免引起事故avoid causing accidents

32. 使……完好无误keep … in good condition

33. 横穿马路run across the road

34. 教孩子们如何安全过马路teach children how to cross the road safely

35. 有序地指挥交通guide traffic in an orderly way

36. 等候准行的绿灯wait for the light to turn green to go

37. 由某人自己决定做某事It is up to sb to do sth