Unit 4 Book 2 Language Points

重點詞語用法

1．fix的用法

1)fix是個動詞，可表示“固定、安裝”或“修理”的意思

①He fixed a post in the ground.

他把一根杆子固定在地上。

②Mr Smith fixed a shelf to the wall.

Smith先生把架子裝在牆上。

③My watch has stopped. It needs fixing.

我的錶停了，需要修理了。

2)fix還可表示“確定，約定”或“安排”的意思

①We have fixed the time and date for the wedding.

我們已經訂好了婚禮的日期和時間了。

②Let's fix a time for discussion.

咱們約個時間討論吧。

③If you want to meet them, I can fix it.

如果你要見他們，我來安排一下。

④We haven't fixed (up) when to leave.

我們還沒定什麼時候離開。

3)常用的習語有 fix sth. in one's mind牢記某事，fix sth. on sth./sb．全神貫注於，凝視某人(某物)

①She tried to fix everything in her mind before she left.

她走之前，想把一切都牢記在心。

②He fixed his thoughts/attention on his work.

他全神貫注地工作。

③Her eyes were fixed on the candy.

她的眼睛緊盯着糖。

2．save的含義

1)save表示“拯救”“援救”的意思

①It was too late to save the sick boy, and he died.

那個男孩未得到及時搶救而死亡。

②The woman saved her jewels from the fire.

這個女人從火災中搶救出她的珠寶。

2)save還表示“儲存”、“儲蓄”的意思

①Bob is sawing (up) for a new bike.

鮑勃在攢錢買輛新車。

②Mr Smith always saves part of his salary each month for his old age.

史密斯先生總是把每月薪水的一部分存起來，以備年老時用。

3)save還可表示“節省、省去”，“節約”的意思

①I think shopping at the supermarket can save (on) time and money.

我認爲在超級市場上採購可以省時省錢。

②Walking to the office saves (me) spending money on bus fares.

步行上班可以省下汽車費。

3．hand的用法

1)hand用作名詞，表示“手”，“(時鐘、儀表的)指針”，也可表示“工作人員”，口語中還有“幫助”的意思。

①He came in with his hands in his pockets.

他雙手插在兜裏進來了。

②Hands off!

請勿動手！(不要用手摸)

③A clock has three hands, the second, minute, and hour hand.

鐘有三個指針，秒針，分針和時針。

④More hands are needed here.

這需要更多的人手。

⑤Do you need/want a hand?

你需要幫助嗎？

2)hand用作動詞表示“交，傳遞”的意思

①Please hand me that book.

請把那本書遞給我。

②She handed it to the boy.

她把它交給了那個男孩。

3)常用的習慣搭配有：

(1)by hand 手工製作的

①All the work had to be done by hand.

所有的活都得用手工做。

②The note was delivered by hand.

這封短信經由專人送交。(非經郵寄)

(2)at hand 在附近，在手頭，即將發生。

①He lives close at hand．他住在附近。

②I haven't my book at hand．我的書不在手邊。

③The examination is at hand．考試即將舉行。

(3)from hand to hand 從一人之手轉到另一人之手

Buckets of water were passed from hand to hand to put the fire out.

人們一桶又一桶傳遞着水把火撲滅。

(4)hand in hand 手拉手，密切相關

①They walked hand in hand.

他們手拉手走路。

②Dirt and disease go hand in hand.

骯髒和疾病是形影相隨的。

(5)on the hand…, on the other (hand)…用以引匯出相互矛盾的觀點、意見，常譯作“一方面……，另一方面……”

On the one hand the hotel is near the sea, but on the other hand it costs a lot.

好的方面是這家旅館靠海，可是另一方面房租太貴。

(6)hand sth. down (to sh.) 把某物傳下去。

①The ring had been handed down in my family.

這隻戒指是我家祖上傳下來的。

②Most of my clothes were handed down to me by my elder brother.

我的衣服大多是哥哥傳給我的。

(7)hand sth. in 上交，呈交

①Hand in your examination papers now, please.

請把試卷交上來。

②I have handed it in. The questions are not very difficult.

我已交卷了，問題不太難。

(8)hand sth. out (to sb.) 分發，分配某物

①The teacher is handing out the examination papers.

老師正在發試卷。

②Relief workers were handing out emergency rations to the survivors.

救濟人員正向生還者分發緊急配給品。

4．favourite的用法

1)favourite 可用作名詞表示“最喜歡的人或物”。

①The song is a great favourite of mine.

那首歌是我非常喜愛的。

②He is a favourite with his uncle. (=a favourite of his uncle's ;=his uncle's favourite)他伯伯特別喜歡他。

2)favourite也常用作形容詞，表示“特別喜愛的”。

①What's your favourite food?

你最喜歡什麼食物？

②My favourite food is Hamburger.

我最喜歡漢堡包。

【注意】美式英語拼寫爲favorite

5．information 的用法

information作“情報；消息；資料”解，是不可數名詞，無複數形式，在它後面的動詞也用單數形式。例如：

①He got a bit of information.

他得到了一點兒情報。

②The information he gave you is of great importance.

他告訴你的消息很重要。

③This is a useful piece of information.

這是一份有用的資料。

【注意】“一則消息”應爲a piece of information，而不是 an information；“兩則消息”應爲：two pieces of information，而不是 two piece of informations。類似的不可數名詞還有news, advice, furniture 等。

6．check和examine的用法區別

1)check表示“檢驗、覈對(是否正確，是否符合規格等)”

①After the examination, he couldn't wait to check his answers with his classmates.

剛考完，他就迫不及待地和同學對答案。

②Did you check your purse for the key?

你有沒有看過錢包，鑰匙是否在裏邊？

③Let's send the finished products to the head of the workshop to be checked.

我們就把這些成品送去給車間主任檢驗吧。

2)examine 表示“仔細檢驗以便有所發現”

①You'd better go to have your eyes examined.

你最好去檢查一下眼睛。

②His bags were examined when he entered the country.

他在入境時，行李包裹受到檢查。

重要詞組短語

1．as well和as well as的用法區別

1)as well =too是個副詞短語，表示“又，也，同樣”，一般放於句末

①She, an English-major student, studies French as well.

她，一位英語專業的學生，也學法語。

②The scholar has knowledge and ability as well. He is equal to the research work.

這位學者有知識又有能力，他勝任該研究工作。

2)as well 也可於句首，用作修飾全句的副詞性短語，意思是“也，同樣”

①He failed in the examination. As well, he lost the chance of promotion. Both made him feel disappointed.

他考試沒及格，也失去了提職的機會，這兩件事使他感到喪氣。

②He gave me financial support. As well, he encouraged me to continue the experiment.

他給予我經濟援助，同時他還鼓勵我繼續進行實驗。

3)as well as用於相等比較，表示“和……做得一樣好”。

①She tries to learn painting as well as her deskmate.

她力圖和同桌同學一樣學好繪畫。

②He can do everything as well as his brother.

他能和他哥哥一樣把事情做好。

4)as well as表示“不但，而且；和”的意思

①His mother, as well as his father, is hardworking.

他媽媽和爸爸一樣勤勞。

②The child is lively as well as healthy.

這孩子既健康又活潑。

【注意】當as well as連接兩個主語時，謂語動詞必須與第一個主語一致

He as well as I is responsible for it.

不但我，還有他對此也有責任。

5)as well as還可表示“除……之外”，相當於besides

①Hiking is good exercise as well as fun.

徒步旅行除了有趣以外，還是良好的運動。

②The old like to watch football matches as well as the young.

老年人也跟年輕人一樣喜歡看足球比賽。

2．get down to 的用法

get down to (=to start work; to begin to give serious attention to) sth. or doing sth．是一個短語動詞，意爲“開始認真(於某事)”。這裏to爲介詞，後跟名詞/代詞、動詞-ing形式。例如：

①They have got down to business.

他們已經開始談論正事了。

②You should work hard since you get down to it.

既然你着手幹工作，你應該努力地去幹。

③While the weather is fine, I must get down to repairing the house.

趁着天氣晴朗，我得着手修理房子了。

3．face-to-face的用法

face-to-face 面對面的，例如：

①They had a face-to-face interview with the farmers.

他們對農民進行了面對面的採訪。

②During the Anti-Japanese War, Chinese people had a face-to-face struggle against the Japanese invaders.

在抗日戰爭中，中國人民同日本侵略者進行了面對面的鬥爭。

【注意】face to face(不連寫)用作狀語，意爲“面對面地；面對着；碰面”。例如：

③The department store and the post office stand face to face across the street.

百貨大樓正對着街那邊的郵局。

④I have kept in touch with them by telephone for many years, but I never met them face to face.

我已經與他們保持多年的電話聯繫，但從沒和他們見過面。

▲類似的詞組還有：

⑤They have a heart-to-heart talk in the park.

他們在花園進行了坦率的交談。

⑥The soldiers fought against the enemy shoulder to shoulder in the battle.

在戰爭中，戰士們肩並肩地與敵人作戰。

4．work on 的用法

work on是一個常用的短語，意爲“從事(某工作)”。例如：

①She is working on a book.

她在寫一本書。

②He has been working on this painting for days.

他這幾天一直在創作這幅油畫。

③In the fields we met a group of girls working on tomato plants.

在地裏，我們看到一羣姑娘在管理西紅柿秧苗。

5．be popular with 的用法

be popular with 意爲“受到……歡迎”。例如：

①I am popular with the students as an English teacher.

作爲英語教師我受到了學生的歡迎。

②These books are popular with young people.

這些書很受青年人的歡迎。

6．in order to 是固定詞組，後接動詞原形。既可用在句首，也可用於句中，表示目的。例如：

①She went to the hall early in order to get a good seat.

她很早就到大廳去了，以便找到一個好座位。

【注意】in order that相當於so that，用來引導目的狀語從句，句中常用的情態動詞can, may, could, might, will等。例如：

②She got up early in order that she could catch the first bus.

她起身很早，以便能趕上第一班汽車。

▲in order that引導的從句的主語如果和主句的主語一致那麼可改爲in order to 引導的狀語短語。例句②可改爲：

She got up early in order to catch the first bus.

7．every day 與everyday的用法

every day 分開寫是名詞短語，意爲“每天”，在句中作狀語。everyday 合寫是形容詞，意爲“每天的，日常的”。如：

①Every day they went to the road nearby and stood there begging.

他們每天到附近的路上，站在那裏要飯。

②Do you read“China Daily”every day?

你每天讀《中國日報》嗎？

③Knowing some everyday English will be helpful.

會一些日常英語會有所幫助的。

④The film is about the everyday life of the people in the U. S. A.

這是部關於美國人日常生活的電影。

常用句型結構

1．be said to…與be said that…的用法。例如：

①He is said to be good at spoken English.

據說他擅長英語口語。

②You are said to have got some information about the computers.

據說你搞到了一些關於電腦方面的資料。

③It is said that a new factory will be built in our village.

據說我們村裏將建一座新工廠。

④It is said that the fire will be put out soon.

據說大火將會很快被撲滅。

2．What about…？的用法

“What about…?=How about…?”意爲“……怎麼樣？”，爲口語中的常用句型；常用來詢問消息，徵求同意，提出請示，瞭解看法；其後可接名詞或代詞、動詞-ing形式等。如：

①What (How) about the volleyball match?

排球賽的情況怎麼樣？

②What (How) about a game of chess?

下盤棋怎麼樣？

③What (How) about helping me off with the damp clothes?

幫我把溼衣服脫掉怎麼樣？

3．“There is (no) …left for sth./doing sth.”是一個有用的句型，意爲“還留下(沒留下)……可做”。例如：

①If we go on polluting the rivers, there will be no fish left in them for fishing.

如果我們繼續污染河流的話，河裏就也沒有魚供我們釣了。

②There will be no room left for standing if you let more passenger get on.

如果你讓更多的乘客上車的話，將連站的空也沒有了。