选择性必修一 Unit 5 Working the Land单元词句讲练 1. P50 Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he had devoted his life. devote vt. 把…献给…, 奉献；把…专用于; 专心于 devoted adj. 挚爱的;全心全意的;忠诚的 devotion n. 奉献；忠诚；关爱；专心 devote one’s time/energy/life to…将时间/精力/生命献给… be devoted to (doing) sth. 献身于,专心于 that/those 表指代。that 用来指代“同名异物”的可数名词或不可数名词；those则指代可数名词复数。 1). He continued his work there for almost 50 years, _____(把一生都献给了他的研究工作). 2). _____(完全专注于实验)，Professor Li wasn’t aware of the weather change at all. 3). The book you bought yesterday cost less than _____ I had bought before. 4). The bikes made in China are as good as _____ made in USA. 2. P50 However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. what concerned him most was that…此句中，what引导主语从句，that引导表语从句。 shortage n. 不足；缺少；短缺 shorten v. 缩短；减少；变短 (have) a shortage of=be/run/go short of=lack=lack for=be lacking in 缺乏；短缺 lack of (lack为名词) 5). 漫长而炎热的夏季已经导致严重的用水短缺。 _____ 6). 由于缺乏经验，我们无法顺利完成这个任务。 _____ 7). _____(缺乏) well-qualified teachers of foreign languages here, especially of French and Japanese. 8). 让我最惊讶的是Tom居然通过了这么难的考试. _____ 3. P50 To tackle this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. tackle vt. 应付；处理；解决 tackle the problem处理问题 tackle sb. about sth. 与某人交涉某事 拓展：处理：deal with; do with; cope with, handle; solve; settle; dispose; work out; figure out; 9. 无论这个问题有都难，我都会想方设法把它解决了。 _____ 10). 我毫不费劲就解决了此次危机。 _____ 11). If Bill is late again, _____(我得和他谈谈了). 4. P50 Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. convince v. 使确信；使相信；说服 convinced adj. 确信的 convincing adj. 令人信服的 convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 be convinced of sth./that… 确信某事 12) 我坚信，只要坚持努力，你一定能有所进步。 _____ 13). 在申请这份工作的时候，你首先必须让他们相信你对这份工作的热情。 _____ 14). This is the most _____(convince) evidence that I can find to prove my point. 5. P50 The common assumption then was that it could not be done. P51 Given that Yuan’s hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. assumption n. 假定；设想；(责任的)承担；(权力的)获得 assume v. 假设 make assumptions about 对…做出假设 on the assumption (that…) 假设，假定… It is assumed that…据认为…（It is thought that…）assuming (that)… 假设/假定 given that… 假定，如果; 考虑到，鉴于 类似用法有：assuming (that), supposed/supposing (that), provided/providing (that), considering (that)等 (live) a life of leisure=live a leisurely life (live a/an adj. life) ... ...
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