Language Points 教材原句： 1. Indeed, his slim but strong body was just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he had devoted his life. 确实，他瘦削但结实的身躯，与其为之奉献毕生的千千万万的中国农民无异。 1）“介词 to + whom”引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词millions of Chinese farmers。 2）被提到关系代词whom前面的介词to与devote搭配：devote to。 【点拨】“介词+关系代词(which/whom)” 引导的定语从句，介词的确定遵从 “一先、二动、三意义” 原则。 介词选择的原则： 一先：根据先行词的搭配 二动：根据定语从句中动词的搭配 三意义：根据从句的意义 e.g. The moment at which we made a decision was exciting. Who is the girl with whom you just shook hands The colourless gas without which we cannot live is called oxygen. 【语境应用】完成句子。 1) My computer, _____(没有它) I can’t surf the Internet, broke down yesterday. 2) The old man has two sons, _____(两个都是律师). devote vt. to use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone 致力，献身，倾注 【常用搭配】 devote ... to ... 把……用在……上，为……付出…… devote oneself to ... 献身于，致力于，专心于…… devote one’s life / time / energy / attention to … 把某人的生命/时间/精力/注意力奉献于…… e.g. He devoted his energies to writing films. She devoted herself full-time to her business. The meeting will be devoted to health and safety issues. 【拓展】 devoted adj. 献身的；忠实的 devotion n. 献身，致力；忠实，热爱 【语境应用】翻译句子。 1) 我叔叔决定把余生献给科学研究。 2) 她欣然放弃了兼职工作，全身心地投入到艺术事业中去 教材原句：2. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. 他最关心的是农民经常粮食歉收，有时甚至出现严重的食物短缺。 what引导的主语从句，that引导的表语从句 shortage n. a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need 短缺，不足，缺乏 e.g. There's a shortage of food and shelter in the refugee camps. 教材原句： 3. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. 而是农民们需要提高他们已有土地上农作物的产量。 1).boost v. to increase or improve something and make it more successful 促进，推动，使兴旺 e.g. The win boosted the team's confidence. 2). boost n. something that gives someone more confidence, or that helps something increase, improve, or become successful 激励，帮助；增长 e.g. The community will get a boost from a new library. 3).yield n. the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces 产量；收益 e.g. high yield 高产 low yield 低产 It will bring you a 6% yield on your investment. Shareholders are expecting a higher yield this year. 教材原句： 4. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. 袁隆平确信答案可以在杂交水稻的培育中找到。 convince vt. to make someone feel certain that something is true 使确信; 使信服 【常用搭配】 convince sb. that… 使某人相信…… convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 e.g. I've been trying to convince Jean to come ... ...
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