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课件网) Module 5 Look after yourself Unit 2 Get off the sofa! &1& thanks to 多亏；归功于；由于&2& 教材语境 Thanks to better health care, most people are living healthier and longer lives. 多亏有了更完善的医疗保健（服务），大多数人生活得更健康、更长寿。（教材P42） &3& thanks to中to为介词，其后接名词（短语）、代词或动词-ing形式。thanks to常位于句首，有时可与because of 互换。 Thanks to your help, we finished the task on time. 多亏你们的帮忙，我们按时完成了工作。 Thanks to environmental protection, the mountains are getting greener and greener. 由于环境保护，山变得越来越绿了。（选自陕西中考A卷） thanks for （doing） sth. 意为 "因（做）某事而感谢"，强调感谢的原因。 Thanks for lending me your umbrella. 谢谢你借给我你的雨伞。 典例1 (天水中考)___ the kind-hearted lady, the homeless boy has a new family. A A.Thanks to B.Thank to C.Thanks for D.Thank for 【解析】句意：多亏这位好心的女士，那个无家可归的男孩有了一个新家。thanks to意为"多亏，归功于"；thanks for意为"因……而感谢"，强调感谢的原因。根据语境可知，选A。 教材语境 Someone who is born today can expect to live about thirty-five years longer than someone who was born in the nineteenth century. 现在出生的人有望比出生于19世纪的人多活大约35年。（教材P42） &5& expect / k spekt/ v. 预料；预计 You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months. 你不能指望在几个月内就学会一门外语。 I didn't expect him to become a successful writer. 我没想到他会成为一名成功的作家。 The train is expected to be late. 预计火车会晚点。 There's the doorbell — I expect it'll be the postman. 门铃响了，估计是邮递员。 &6& expect 作及物动词时，还可意为"等待；期待；盼望"。常见搭配：expect sb. "等待某人"，expect sth. "期待某事"，expect sb. to do sth. "期待某人做某事"。 You look absent-minded. Are you expecting someone 你看起来心不在焉的，你在等人吗？（选自无锡中考） Teachers expect all their students to make progress day by day. 老师们期待他们所有的学生每天都有进步。（选自青岛中考） &7& in the nineteenth century 在19世纪 &8& "in the+序数词+century" 表示 "在……世纪"。 &9& 表示"在……世纪……年代"用"in the+年份+-s/in the +年份+-'s"。 The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. 从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易发生在19世纪。（选自哈尔滨中考） He was born in the 1990s/1990's. 他出生在20世纪90年代。 典例2 根据句意及首字母提示写出句中所缺单词。 Young people in the 21st c_____ are full of hope and brave enough to take on a challenge. entury 教材语境 It is even thought that in the future more and more people will celebrate their hundredth birthdays. 人们甚至认为将来越来越多的人会庆祝他们的百岁生日。（教材P42） &10& It is thought that... 人们认为…… &11& 这是"It+be+过去分词+that从句."句型，相当于"People think that..."。其中it作形式主语，that引导的从句为真正的主语。 It's thought that eating too much meat is bad for health. 人们认为吃太多肉对健康有害。 &12& 类似的表达还有： It's said that… 据 说…… It's said that she lived to be over 100. 据 说她活了10 ... ...
