Unit 1:Stay Healthy
一、句型Sentence Pattern:
1、regret的用法:
u regret to do对要做的事遗憾(未做)
regret doing对做过的事遗憾、后悔(已做)
e.g.例句:A、I regret to have to do this,but I have no choice.我很遗憾必须这样去做,我实在没有办法。
B、I don’t regret telling her what I thought.我不为告诉她我的想法而后悔。
2、be afraid to do真正的意思是“害怕做某事”,也就是主语对做某事内心感到恐惧。
be afraid of doing表示主语内心里不情愿做某事,也可以说是不希望发生某事,但自己不一定能避免它。
e.g.:A、He was afraid to go out alone at night.他害怕晚上独自外出。(暗含的意思是“他对于晚上独自外出缺乏安全感”。)
B、He is afraid of being beaten by his father.他怕被他爸打。(不是他敢不敢的问题,他是不情愿。)
3、have/has/had no choice but to do something别无选择,只能做…
e.g.例句:I have no choice but to accept the fact.我别无选择,只能接受这个事实。
4、what kind of什么种类:What kind of food do you like?你喜欢什么种类的食物?
5、be made of+原材料:表示“由......制成”,从制成的物体上可看出原料,制作过程仅发生物理变化。
e.g.例句:The doors of the palace were made of beaten gold.宫殿的门由金箔做成。
be made from+原材料:表示“由……制成”,从制成的物体上看不出材料,制作过程仅发生化学变化。
e.g.例句:My father said cement couldn’t be made from chalk.我父亲说水泥不能用白垩来制作。
be made in+地名:表示“某物生产于某地”。
e.g.例句:It turned out to be “Made in China”.翻过来一看“中国制造”。
be made by+某人:表示“由谁制造”。
e.g.例句:Must a work of art be made by an artist?一个艺术品必得是艺术家做的吗?
6、as a result of为短语介词,后跟名词、代词等,意为“由于…的原因”,相当于because of;
e.g.例句:The train was delayed as the/a result of the heavy rain.由于大雨的缘故,火车晚点了。
as a result为副词用法,意为“结果是”,后面指事情的结果。
e.g.例句:He got up very late today. As a result,he missed the first bus. 他今天起晚了,结果没赶上头班车。
7、the +比较级,the+比较级,表示“越…越…”:
e.g.例句:A、The more,the better.多多益善。
B、The sooner,the better.愈快愈好。
C、The more youlearn,the more youwish to learn.你学得越多,你越是想学。
8、hundred、thousand、million、billion的用法:
u 数字+hundred、thousand、million、billion,表示准确的“几百、几千、几百万、几十亿”:
e.g.例句:A、I have two hundred dollars.我有两百美元。
B、He has four thousand apples.他有四千个苹果。
hundreds、thousands、millions、billions+of,表示数量多:
e.g.例句:There are millions of people. 现在有成千上万的人。
※注意:有数字时不加“s”,有of时加“s”。
9、dare to do something敢于做某事。
10、focus on的用法:
(1)aim(light) directly onto把(光)在…上聚成焦点:If you focus bright sunlight on dry wood with a magnifying glass,it will start burning.用放大镜把强阳光聚焦到干柴上,干柴就会燃烧起来。
(2)direct one’s thoughts firmly on 思想集中到…上:
e.g.例句:A、We must focus our attention on the question of reducing costs.我们必须把注意力集中到降低成本这个问题上。
B、The audience focused its attention on the speaker.听众把注意力都集中在演讲者身上。
C、She focused her mind on her lessons.她把她的心思都集中在学习上。
(3)have as its main point of interest重点是;中心是:
e.g.例句:This year our meeting focuses on the question of children’s rights.今年,我们的会议中心议题是儿童的权益。
11、because、becauseof、now that的用法对比:
because的意思是“因为”,一般只表示理由,没有必然的因果关系,加句子且表原因是不放在句首,同时口语中很少出现。
e.g.例句:The day breaks because the birds are singing.天亮了,因为鸟儿在歌唱。
because of 就是必然的因果关系,而且后面加名词,不加句子。
e.g.例句:Because of your birthday,I spend five hundred yuan buying a gift.因为你的生日,我花五百元买一个礼物。
now that 是既然的意思,后面可以加句子,做状语。
e.g.例句:Now that you are a man,you must not do such things.现在,你是一个人,你不能做这样的事情。