Unit 2 Exploring English（课内知识预习） 一．单词学习 词汇 释义 用法&拓展 behavior n.举止,行为 good/bad behavior 良好/恶劣行为 behave v.表现;表现得体,有礼貌 behave well/badly towards sb.对待某人好/差 behave oneself 守规矩;表现得体 burn up 烧毁,烧尽;消耗,耗费 He burned up all the old letters.他烧毁了过去的全部信件。 Which burns up more calories—swimming or cycling 游泳和骑自行车,哪种运动消耗热量更多 burn down (被)烧毁 burn down通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌; burn up也有“烧毁,烧掉”之意,但一般不是指建筑物。 The school building was burned down in that big fire. 在那场大火中,学校大楼被烧毁。 alarm n.警报器;闹钟;恐慌;警报v.使惊恐,使害怕 in alarm 惊恐地(常作状语) raise/sound the alarm 发出警报 an alarm clock 闹钟 creativity n.创造性,创造力 create v.创造 creative adj.创造(性)的,创新性的 creator n.创造者,创作者 creation n.创造;创作 wind up 给(机械)上发条 摇上(车窗等) 使(活动、会议等)结束 Tom was late this morning because he forgot to wind up the clock.汤姆今天早上迟到了,因为他忘了给钟上发条了。 They drove along with all the car windows wound up. 他们摇上全部车窗,驱车前进。 If we all agree, let's wind up the discussion.如果我们大家都同意,那就让我们结束讨论吧。 unfamiliar adj.不熟悉的,不了解的 be unfamiliar with 不熟悉/不通晓…… familiar adj.熟悉的 addition n.增加物,添加物;增加,添加;加法 in addition此外(=besides/moreover/furthermore/what's more) in addition to 除……之外(还) additional adj.附加的;额外的;外加的 additionally adv.此外;另外 comment n.评论;意见 v.表达意见;评论 make comments on/about...就……作出评论 comment on/upon...就……发表评论 comment that...评论说…… 二．课文精研读 原文呈现 Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple 1 Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning① English I hadn’t，until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham② in a hamburger【1】.There isn’t.This made me realize that there’s no egg in eggplant③ either.Neither is there pine④ nor apple in pineapple⑤【2】.This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn【3】. 【1】整个句子是“not...until...”句式。“I hadn’t”是“I hadn’t asked myself”的省略形式，until引导时间状语从句。在该时间状语从句中，whether引导的从句作asked的直接宾语，whether在此意为“是否”。 【2】“neither...nor...”是并列连词，意为“既不……也不……”；此处否定词Neither 位于句首，故句子用部分倒装结构。 【3】句中how引导的从句作thinking的宾语。句中“got me thinking”是“get＋宾语＋宾补”结构，此处用现在分词thinking作宾补。 2 For example，in our free time we can sculpt⑥ a sculpture and paint a painting，but we take a photo.And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi，but on the train or bus！While we’re doing all this traveling，we can get seasick⑦at sea，airsick in the air and carsick in a car，but we don’t get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of⑧ home，why aren’t homework and housework the same thing 3 If “hard” is the opposite⑨ of “soft”， why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair If harmless⑩ ... ...
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