英语课件：Unit 2《King Lear》-Language points 52页

Language points Unit 2 King Lear 1. The burden of government sits heavily on my shoulders. burden n. 负担,重载 v. 使负重,装载,烦扰 Don’t burden yourself with unnecessary problems. 勿为不必要的问题所累。 2. I have decided to retire and hand over the heavy load of responsibility to you three. hand over 交出,移交 Having lied that I still had the money, I was in rather a corner when they asked me to hand it over.因我谎称钱仍在我处, 所以他们要我交出时, 我很尴尬. The case was handed over to Charles Elwell for investigation.这个案件转给了 查尔斯.埃尔韦尔去调查。 3. responsibility n. 责任 It’s my responsibility to lock the doors. I’ll bear full responsibility for the consequences. 我将对后果承担全部责任。 4. See, here is a map of my kingdom with all the boundaries drawn on it. boundary n. 分界线,边界 They marked the boundaries of the football fields. 他们画出了足球场地的 边界。 5. I have divided the kingdom into three parts, and allocated one part to each of you. allocate v. 分派,分配 I’d like to suggest that the money be equally allocated between these two areas. 我倒想建议把这笔款平均用在这 两方面。 That space has already been allocated for building a new hospital. 那块空地 已经拨出用来建造一座新医院。 6. I love you more than all the riches in the world, more than my freedom, more even than my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than life itself. 我爱您胜于爱世上所有的财富，胜于爱 我的自由，甚至还胜于爱我的眼睛。事 实上，我爱您胜于爱自己的生命。 这个句子是省略句，完整的表达应该 是“I love you more than I love all the riches in the world, more than I love my freedom, more even than I love my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than I love life itself.” 这个句子采用排比的修辞手法，一连 用了四个more than，从不同层次和不 同角度陈述同一内容，以加强I love you的语气。 rich是形容词，它的名词形式为 richness。而riches是名词，意思是 “财富；财宝；金钱”等，它只有复 数形式。 1.Riches have wings．[谚]钱财易散。 2.Content is better than riches. [谚]知足胜于财富。 7. I adore you more than anything else in the whole world. adore v. 崇拜,爱慕,喜爱(=love intensely ) The boys adore their mothers. 男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。 He adores his wife and children. 他深爱妻儿。 8. I pray you, speak. pray v. 祈祷,祈求,请求,恳求 They went to the mosque to pray. 他们去清真寺做祷告。 They prayed that their enemies might be defeated. 他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。 9. Try harder, Cordelia, or you may lose your share of the kingdom. [分析] “祈使句 + or ...”是一个常用 句型，意思是“……，否则……”；另 一个与其相对的句型是“祈使句 + and ...”，意思是“……，就会……”。 这两个句型均可以与由if引导条件句的 句子互换。如： Take care of what you say, or you may regret it. = If you don’t take care of what you say, you may regret it. Do that again and I’ll call the police. = If you do that again, I’ll call the police. [小试]用or或and填空。 1. Hurry up, ___ you’ll be late for school. 2. Work hard, ___ you’ll succeed. or and 10. My dear father, you brought me into this world, you cared for me and loved me. He doesn’t care for fish. 他不喜欢吃鱼。 He likes pop; he doesn't care for classic music. 他喜欢流行歌曲，不喜欢古典音乐。 care for 喜欢，爱好，照顾 比较：care about喜欢，在乎，介意 (通常用于否定句) The children behave badly, but the guilt lies with the parents, who don’t care about their behaviour. 孩子们行 为不端，但是这应归罪于他们的父母， 他们不关心子女的行为。 11. Gonefil, Regan, I shall distribute my kingdom between the two of you. distribute v. 分配,散布 Mother distributed candy among children. 母亲给孩子们发糖果。 12. Do not contradict me. It is done. 别来顶撞我。一切就这么定了。 contradict v. 反驳,顶触,矛盾 The two statements contradict each other. 两种说法相互抵触。 The report contradicts what we heard yesterday. 这个报道与我们昨天听到 的有矛盾。 That is true, and don't you dare contradict (me). 这是事实, 你还敢（跟我）强嘴。 13. But sir, please hear me out. I speak on behalf of Cordelia. 但是，先生，请听我说完。让我代表科 迪莉亚说几句话。 hear sb out听某人说完。如： Don't interrupt, just hear me out. 14. on behalf of代表；为了……的利益。 如：I am writing this letter on behalf of my mother, who wants to thank you for your nice gift. 我代表我妈妈写这封信， 她要感谢你送的美好礼物。 They are collecting on behalf of charity. 他们以慈善的名义集资。 15. Cordelia's devotion to Your Majesty is beyond question.科迪莉亚 对陛下您的热爱是毋庸置疑的。 beyond question(= without question =cannot be doubted)不用怀疑的，毋庸 置疑的。 His honesty is beyond question.他的诚 实是不容置疑的。 比较：out of the question不可能(根本 谈不上) 16. I have to speak out, my Lord. speak out vt. 大声讲(毫无顾虑地说出) The teacher asked her to speak out. 教师要她说得响一些。 The newspapers are afraid to speak out against the government. 报界不 敢大胆地讲出反对政府的话。 Just speak out. 你尽管直说。 17. You do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter. friction n. 摩擦,摩擦 Friction against the rock, combined with the weight of the climber, caused his rope to break. 与岩石之间的摩擦 加上攀登者的重量,使绳子断了。 My daughter and son always have frictions. 我女儿和儿子总发生矛盾。 Friction between two sticks can create a fire.两个棍棒相互摩擦能起火. There is a great deal of friction between the management and the work force. 劳资双方之间存在大量矛盾. 18. I forecast that such actions will cause great conflict throughout your kingdom. forecast 预测,预报 According to the weather forecast it will rain tomorrow. 天气预报说明天有 雨。 They tried to forecast the result of the football match. 他们试图预测这场足 球比赛的结果。 The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow. 天气预报说明天是晴 天。 19. How dare you oppose me. Get out of my sight. oppose v. 反对,以...对抗,抗争 They opposed the government’s new policies. 他们反对政府的新政策。 Don’t oppose your will against mine. 不要把你的意志同我的对立起来。 Unit 1 & Unit 2 知识点测试 suffer from, hand over, dream of, hear ... out, inspire ... to, waste time on, lie ahead of, die down, persevere in ..., give away, be fond of, block out I.用方框内所给词组的适当形式完成下 列句子（其中有两个词组是多余的）。 1. I tried my best not to think about the tests that ____________ me. 2. The unnecessary noises can be _____ ____ by using this kind of earphones. lay ahead of blocked out 3. Last night, she __________________ a handsome young prince coming to rescue her from her suffering. 4. It is reported that more than half of Chinese cities are ______________ air pollution. suffer from, hand over, dream of, hear ... out, inspire ... to, waste time on, lie ahead of, die down, persevere in ..., give away, be fond of, block out dreamed / dreamt of suffering from 5. Don’t judge me before I have finished what I have to say; _____ me ___ . 6. The Lake District scenery _______ the famous poet Wordsworth ___ write his greatest poetry. suffer from, hand over, dream of, hear ... out, inspire ... to, waste time on, lie ahead of, die down, persevere in ..., give away, be fond of, block out out inspired to hear 7. Teachers and parents always tell us not to ____________ computer games. 8. Despite the failure of his early experiments, he _______________ going on with his research. suffer from, hand over, dream of, hear ... out, inspire ... to, waste time on, lie ahead of, die down, persevere in ..., give away, be fond of, block out waste time on persevered in 9. She would rather __________ all her modern possessions and return to nature. 10. He resigned and __________ his business to one of his younger colleagues. suffer from, hand over, dream of, hear ... out, inspire ... to, waste time on, lie ahead of, die down, persevere in ..., give away, be fond of, block out give away handed over II. 用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。 1. He treated his friends ________ (freeze) for some time，which made them puzzled. 2. They stood there ________ (mourn) the death of their chief. 3. The letter was ______ (delay) three days by the heavy snow. 4. He regretted having been so ____________ (respect) to his mother and decided to apologize to her. freezingly mourning delayed disrespectful 5. He was so hungry that he began to eat the food _______ (greed) as soon as he sat at the table. 6. The company has improved the efficiency and ________ (short) working hours. 7. That cat ________ (scratch) me with its claws when I played with it. 8. Every thing should be _________ (confirm) before it is accepted as true. greedily shortened scratched confirmed 根据括号中的提示翻译下列句子。 1.消防员们在努力扑救化工厂大火时表 现出令人钦佩的勇气。(admirable) 2. 难道你不认为这些惩罚对孩子们来说 过于严厉吗？(punishment; severe) Don’t you think these punishments are too severe for children? The firefighters showed admirable courage when they tried to put out the big fire in the chemistry factory. 3. 政府提倡在市中心禁止摩托车通行。 (advocate; ban) 4. 我肯定她会通过考试。我对她很有 信心。(have faith in) I’m sure she’ll pass the test. I have great faith in her. The government advocates banning motorcycles in the city centre. 5. 你的支持对我的计划的成功是至关 重要的。(vital) 6. 大雪过后，每个司机都非常小心谨 慎地驾驶。（caution） After the heavy snow, every driver drove with great caution. Your support is vital to the success of my plan. 7. 这就是我加入这次去南极探险的原 因。（定语从句） 8. 我没有足够的机会练习我的英语口 语。（不定式作定语） I haven’t got enough opportunity to practise my oral English. This is the reason why I join the expedition to Antarctica. 9. 我要求马上派人去请医生。 （demand） 10. 他又一次因懒惰受到了斥责。(scold) He was scolded again for being lazy. I demand that a doctor should be sent for at once. 11. 为了出名，他不在乎他得付出什 么。（make a name） 12. 这些领带在质量和样式上都很好， 无论你选哪一条都与你丈夫很相配。 (whichever) The ties are good both in quality and style, so whichever you choose will match your husband. In order to make a name, he doesn’t care what he will have to devote. 1. —Would you rather watch TV or go for a walk? —_____ the TV programme is good this afternoon, I think I need the exercise more. A. Even though B. No matter C. No matter how D. Whether 语法练习 I 2. It was _____ everyone went to the beach. A. so hot a weather that B. such hot weather that C. a hot enough weather so that D. a very hot weather so that 3. _____ he will not accept the offer, I have to find somebody else. A. Until B. Though C. As soon as D. Seeing that 4. We must improve the farming methods _____ we may produce more crops. A. therefore B. as C. in order that D. if 5. We left the manager a note _____ he wanted to know where we were. A. in order to B. unless C. so that D. in case 6. _____, work songs often exhibit the culture of a people. A. Occurring where B. They occur where they are C. Where they occur D. Where do they occur II. 根据括号内的提示完成下列句子。 1. Seeing the snake, Fang Mei stood still, ______________ (说不出话来). 2. The meeting lasted _________ yesterday (两 个小时). 3. ________________________ (无论是生病还 是健康), she is always cheerful. 4. Unless you keep trying, ______________ (否则就不会成功). unable to speak two hours Whether (she is) sick or well you won’t succeed 5. ____________________________________ _______ (不管她读了多少遍课文), she still can’t understand it completely. 6. ______________________ (他一旦许下诺 言), he will never break it. 7. You may use my bike ________________ ___________________ (只要周五之前归还). 8. Ms. Green hasn’t been well _____________ ________ (近来). No matter how many times she has read the text Once he makes a promise as / so long as you return it before Friday lately / recently / of late