考點(diǎn)-1. curious

　　【教材原句】He was bright and curious about the world outside his home town.(P42)

　　他天資聰穎，對家鄉(xiāng)外部的世界充滿了好奇。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①Babies are curious about everything around them.

　　②People were curious to know why the accident happened.

　　③It is curious that Billy hasn’t phoned when he promised he would.

　　④The curious neighbor is always talking about the privacy of others.

　　【答案】①對……感到好奇

　　②渴望/很想做某事

　　③奇怪的是……

　　④愛管閑事的鄰居

　　【自主歸納】

　　curious adj.好奇的，求知欲強(qiáng)的→curiously?adv.好奇地→curiosity?n．好奇心

　　對某事好奇 be curious about sth.?

　　很想做某事，渴望做某事?be curious to do sth.

　　奇怪的是……?It is curious that…

　　out of curiosity 出于好奇

　　meet/satisfy one’s curiosity 滿足某人的好奇心

　　show curiosity about sth 對某事表現(xiàn)出好奇心

　　?

　　【即時鞏固】完成句子

　　①Everybody on board was worried and we

　　(急于想了解出了什么事) .

　　②The cat

　　(看到自己在鏡子中的映像，感到很好奇).

　　③

　　(奇怪的是)she didn't tell anyone.

　　④

　　(出于好奇心)，She read the letter written to him.

　　【答案】①were curious to find out what had happened

　　②felt curious when she saw her own reflection in the mirror

　　③It was curious that

　　④out of curiosity

　　考點(diǎn)-2. preserve

　　【教材原句】Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. (P42) 在這些墳?zāi)怪校l(fā)現(xiàn)了大量的珠寶和黃金，同時還有已故國王經(jīng)過處理的遺體。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①I think the interesting old customs should be preserved.

　　②We have taken effective measures to preserve our natural resources.

　　③All countries should try their best to preserve the world peace.

　　④You look well preserved.

　　⑤Ice helps to preserve food.

　　⑥We preserve fish in salt.

　　【自主歸納】

　　preserve與protect的區(qū)別

　　protect vt. (一般意義上的)保護(hù)，保衛(wèi)。著重表示“保護(hù)或保衛(wèi)不受外界的傷害或侵害”。

　　preserve vt. 保護(hù)，保持，保存。著重表示“保持原有的狀態(tài)”或“保持完好的狀態(tài)”?因?yàn)楸４婧枚Ｗo(hù)。它還有“維護(hù)、維持、腌制(肉等)”的意思。

　　選用上述詞并用其恰當(dāng)?shù)男问教羁?/p>

　　①Fish are __________ in ice and salt until they are sold.

　　②You need warm clothes to __________ you against the cold.

　　③In times of danger he always ___________ his calmness.

　　④An organization was set up to ____________historical houses in the city.

　　⑤The union was formed to __________ the rights and interests of miners.

　　⑥Policemen are ___________ public order in the streets.

　　【答案】①preserved

　　②protect

　　③preserves

　　④preserve

　　⑤protect

　　⑥preserving

　　【即時鞏固】完成句子

　　①I think these

　　(有趣的習(xí)俗應(yīng)該被保留).

　　②We have taken effective measures

　　(保護(hù)自然資源).

　　③The laws are made

　　(保護(hù)婦女兒童的權(quán)益).

　　考點(diǎn)-3.content

　　【教材原句】Afterwards, all of its contents would go into a museum.(P42)

　　隨后，所有墓中的東西都將進(jìn)入博物館。

　　【例句研讀】根據(jù)英語句子完成漢語句子

　　①This is a good book so far as its content is concerned.

　　，這是一本好書。

　　②The children enjoyed themselves to their heart's content.

　　孩子們

　　。

　　③He seems to be quite content with his life at present.

　　他似乎對目前的生活

　　。

　　④We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only.

　　我們絕對不應(yīng)該只是

　　。

　　⑤I’m more than content that they’ve done everything I asked.

　　他們做了我要他們做的一切，對此我

　　。

　　【答案】①就內(nèi)容來說，這是一本好書。

　　②孩子們盡情地玩。

　　③他似乎對目前的生活心滿意足。

　　④我們絕對不應(yīng)該只是滿足于書本知識。

　　⑤他們做了我要他們做的一切，對此我心滿意足。

　　【自主歸納】

　　content n. 內(nèi)容，目錄；容量；含量；容器所裝之物；滿足

　　adj.滿足的，滿意的

　　vt.使?jié)M足

　　be content to do sth.?樂于做某事

　　be content with對……滿足/滿意=be satisfied with=be pleased with

　　content oneself with 滿足于；使(某人)自己對……感到滿足

　　to one's heart's content 心滿意足地、盡情地

　　【即時鞏固】用content詞組填空

　　①I can swim in the river

　　.

　　②That rich man is tired of city life, so he

　　live in the country.

　　③I can’t

　　the work I've done this past year.

　　考點(diǎn)-4.present

　　【教材原句】Then, a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who was also present when

　　the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt. (P43) 接著，在卡特打開陵墓數(shù)月后，

　　當(dāng)時也在掘墓現(xiàn)場的卡那封勛爵突然生病，發(fā)高燒，最后死于埃及。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①There were 200 people present at the meeting.

　　②The Golden Globe Awards will be presented on January 18.

　　③He often gave his neighbor's kids little presents.

　　④We don't need it at present.

　　⑤On his retirement, his friends presented him with a gold watch.

　　⑥The committee will present its final report to Parliament in July.

　　⑦Let's stop doing it for the present.

　　【答案】①出席會議 ② 頒發(fā) ③小禮物 ④現(xiàn)在 ⑤贈給他 ⑥向……提交它最后的報告 ⑦暫時/暫且

　　【自主歸納】

　　be present at 出席/在場＝attend

　　at present 現(xiàn)在、目前、眼下＝now

　　for the present 暫且，暫時＝for the time being

　　present sb. with sth. 贈送給/呈獻(xiàn)給/頒發(fā)給=present sth. to sb.

　　【即時鞏固】單項(xiàng)選擇題

　　①Teaching a pronunciation class to a mixed group of learners can __________ a teacher with many challenging problems.

　　A. provide

　　B. produce

　　C. present

　　D. offer

　　②The mayor will personally ________the gold medal________ the winning athletes at the sports meeting.

　　A. present; by

　　B. present; with C. present; to

　　D. present; for

　　③Your idea sounds inspiring, but it’s not practical

　　.

　　A. present at

　　B. at present

　　C. at last

　　D. at a loss

　　【答案】CCB

　　考點(diǎn)-5. disturb

　　【教材原句】When a tomb is opened, fresh air disturbs the viruses.(P43)

　　一旦打開陵墓，外界的新鮮空氣就攪動了這些病毒。

　　【例句研讀】根據(jù)英語句子完成漢語句子

　　①If you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else.

　　如果你早起，

　　其他任何人。

　　②He was disturbed by the news that his mother fell ill suddenly.

　　得知媽媽突然生病的消息，他感到

　　。

　　③It is disturbing that the housing price is rising very fast.

　　房價上漲太快

　　。

　　【答案】①如果你早起，不要打擾其他任何人。

　　②得知媽媽突然生病的消息，他感到很不安。

　　③房價上漲太快令人不安。

　　【自主歸納】

　　disturbing?adj.令人不安的→disturbed?adj.感到不安的

　　disturb, interrupt的區(qū)別

　　disturb“打擾；妨礙；擾亂”，側(cè)重對某人動作或行為的干擾或干預(yù)，給別人帶來較長時間的耽擱或使某人不能專注于某事

　　interrupt“中斷，打斷”，主要指對別人談話或某一活動的打擾，使對方活動停下來或不能繼續(xù)

　　Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone to see you.

　　Please don't disturb?the child while he is doing his homework.

　　【即時鞏固】單項(xiàng)選擇題

　　①You needn’t have ________ the speaker when he was speaking; there was enough time afterwards for you to ask questions.

　　A. affected

　　B. interrupted

　　C. encouraged

　　D. disturbed

　　②The mother opened the door quietly so as not to ______ the sleeping children.

　　A. trouble

　　B. disturb

　　C. interrupt

　　D. annoy

　　考點(diǎn)-6. result

　　【教材原句】If breathed in, they can result in illness or even death.(P43)

　　如果這些病毒被人體吸入，它們就可能導(dǎo)致疾病甚至死亡。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①If you obtain good results, you have to work hard.

　　②He was ill. As a result, he was absent from school.

　　③As a result of politics, they had to leave for America.

　　④She telegraphed from Beijing to Shanghai for news of her son, but without result.

　　⑤His failure resulted from not working hard enough.

　　⑥His carelessness resulted in two deaths.

　　【答案】①好的結(jié)果

　　②因而，結(jié)果

　　③由于政治原因

　　④沒有著落/結(jié)果/徒勞(=in vain)

　　⑤由于不夠努力工作的結(jié)果

　　⑥導(dǎo)致

　　【自主歸納】

　　result in的同義語：lead to/contribute to/cause

　　result from ...?由……造成，因……而產(chǎn)生

　　as a result結(jié)果

　　as a result of ...?由于……的結(jié)果?

　　without result沒有結(jié)果；白費(fèi)

　　with the result that ...?其結(jié)果是……

　　【即時鞏固】單項(xiàng)選擇題

　　①Last night, their house was broken into. _________, they suffered heavy losses.

　　A. Result in

　　B. As a result

　　C. Result from

　　D. As a result of

　　②Jenny nearly missed the flight _________ doing too much shopping.

　　A. as a result of

　　B. on top of

　　C. in front of

　　D. in need of

　　③There in the corner happened an accident, which _________the death of two passengers

　　A. resulted from

　　B. devoted to

　　C. reached to

　　D. resulted in

　　【答案】BAD

　　考點(diǎn)-7. remain

　　【教材原句】What is certain, though, is that ‘the curse of the mummy’ remains a riddle to this day.(P43)

　　但是，有一點(diǎn)可以肯定的是，木乃伊之咒語至今仍是一個謎。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①Peter became a manager but John remained a worker.

　　②Whatever great progress you have made, you should remain modest.

　　③In fact, the work remained unfinished.

　　④They remained listening.

　　⑤Whether it will do us good remains to be seen.

　　⑥I have remained in touch with the Greens for more than 10 years.

　　⑦The remaining 10 computers belong to me.

　　【答案】①仍然是一個工人

　　②保持謙虛

　　③還沒有完成

　　④一直在聽

　　⑤有待觀察/還要看一看

　　⑥保持聯(lián)系

　　⑦剩下的10臺電腦

　　【自主歸納】

　　remaining 與left都有“剩余的、剩下的”的意思，注意它們的不同用法。

　　remaining常作前置定語；而left則只能作后置定語。

　　There are only 5 books left. 只剩下五本書了。?

　　He bought me a gift with the remaining money. 他用剩余的錢給我買了一件禮物。

　　注意：remain是不及物動詞，故沒有被動語態(tài)。

　　【即時鞏固】單項(xiàng)選擇題

　　①(2010高考重慶卷)The palace caught fires three times in the last century, and little of the original building

　　now.

　　A. remains

　　B. is remained

　　C. is remaining

　　D. has been remained

　　②(2009高考安徽卷)

　　a certain doubt among the people as to the practical value of the project.A. It has

　　B. They have

　　C. It remains

　　D. There remains

　　③(2009高考四川卷)Ladies and gentlemen, please remain __________ until the plane has come to a complete stop.

　　A. seated

　　B. seating

　　C. to seat

　　D. seat

　　考點(diǎn)-8. apply

　　【教材原句】①Only experience that is in connection with the job being applied for is listed.(P54)

　　只有與所申請的工作相關(guān)的經(jīng)歷才列到表上。

　　②In 1998, he applied to be a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhu.(P58)

　　1998年他申請成為“921”計劃即現(xiàn)在名為“神舟”計劃的成員。

　　【例句研讀】譯出下列句中劃線部分

　　①We decided to apply a new method.

　　②In this way we can better apply theory to practice.

　　③These methods apply to learning English.

　　④More than 30 people applied for the position.

　　⑤Last year he applied to join the Party.

　　Last year he applied for membership in the Party.

　　⑥They applied to the government for financial help.

　　⑦She applied herself to/applied her mind to learning English.