(课件网) WELCOME UNIT Period Four Reading for Writing & Building Up Your Vocabulary 词汇拓讲 curious adj.好奇的;求知欲强的 (P8)I’m curious about everything. 我对一切感到好奇。 Out of curiosity,the little boy opened the magic bag. 出于好奇,这个小男孩打开了那个魔术盒。 【用法详解】 【语境串记】 The girl was curious to know what was inside the box.So she ran to her mother and asked curiously,“Mommy,can you open the box for me?” Her mother agreed to open it to satisfy her curiosity. 女孩想知道盒子里面是什么。于是她跑向母亲,好奇地问道:“妈妈,你能帮我打开盒子吗?” 她的妈妈同意打开它来满足她的好奇心。 [针对练习] 单句语法填空 (1)Children are always curious _____ the world around them. (2)He was standing a few feet away from me,looking at me _____(curious). about curiously 完成句子 (3)I _____ _____ _____ what keeps him abroad. 我好奇是什么使他留在国外。 (4)I _____ _____ _____ find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了些什么。 am curious about was curious to 句式解读 1.(P8) If I’m not in class,I’m either in the library or in the computer lab. 如果我不在上课,我要么在图书馆,要么在电脑室。 本句中的either...or...意为“不是……就是……;要么……要么……”,连接两个表示地点的介词短语。 You can either find a job or go abroad for further study. 你要么找份工作,要么出国深造。 either...or...可用于连接两个对等的成分,当连接两个并列的主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于离谓语动词较近的主语,即“就近原则”。类似用法的还有:not...but...,not only...but also...等。 【考点提炼】 [针对练习] 单句语法填空 (1)Not you but your brother _____(be) to blame. (2)Not only I but also my parents_____(be) fond of travelling around. (3)Either he or you _____(be) going to attend the meeting this afternoon. is are are 2.(P10)I wish I didn’t have to do this! 我真希望我不必这么做! 【句式剖析】 本句使用了虚拟语气,表示和现在事实相反。 wish后宾语从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气,表示“未实现或不太可能实现的愿望”。 【考点提炼】 I wish I were rich enough to buy a new car. 我希望我足够富有能买得起新车。(与现在事实相反) I wish I had been to my sister’s wedding last Tuesday,but I was on a business trip in New York then. 我真希望上周二参加我妹妹的婚礼,但是那时我正好在纽约出差。(与过去事实相反) I wish that someday I would/could live on the moon. 我希望有一天能到月球上居住。(与将来事实相反) [针对练习] 单句语法填空 (1)I wish that you _____(call) Mr White yesterday. (2)I wish that I _____(be) a bird and could fly freely in the sky. (3)How I wish I _____(travel) with you next week! had called were would/could travel ... ...