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课件网) 人教版（2019）高中英语选择性必修一 Unit 5 Working the Land 词汇讲解 1. devote vt. 把 ……献(给)；把 ……专用于；专心于 (教材P50) 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看起来和他为之奉献了一生的千千万万的中国农民一样。 (1)devoted adj. 忠实的；全心全意的；深爱的 (2)devotion n. 热爱；献身；奉献 (3)devote ... to (doing) sth. 把……献给(做)某事；致力于(做)某事 =devote oneself to (doing) sth. (to 为介词) (4) be devoted to (doing) sth. 献身于(做)某事；专心致志于(做)某事 . 翻译：she devoted her life to teaching English. 她致力于教英语 = she devoted herself to teaching English. = she was devoted her life to teaching English. 单句填空 ①Society even praises “burning the candle at both ends” as a sign of our (devote) to work and family. ②If you are a student,do devote yourself to (digest) your teachers’ instruction until you fully understand it. ③The couple’s son, whom they are so devoted,went abroad for further education,leaving them alone in the small town. (2)我最崇拜的人是我的英语老师，他致力于教学。(2020·全国Ⅰ，书面表达) ①The person I admire most is my English teacher_____ _____.(定语从句) ②The person I admire most is my English teacher_____. (过去分词短语作后置定语) devotion digesting to who/that devotes himself to/is devoted to his teaching devoted to his teaching (2022·全国甲卷：应用文写作) All in all, it is high time that _____ _____. 总而言之，现在是我们致力于保护海洋的时候了。 we should devote ourselves to protecting the ocean (1) a shortage of 缺乏...；...短缺 a shortage of water = water shortage水短缺 food shortage 食物短缺 (2) short adj. 短的; 矮的; 缺乏的; 短缺的 翻译：I am a little short of money. in short 总之 (3) shorten v. 缩短；变短 2. shortage n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺 (教材P50)what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. 最让他忧心的是，农民经常歉收，有时甚至严重缺粮。 be short of ... 缺少 一句多译：这些人因食物短缺而生活贫困。 These people are living in poverty _____. (a shortage of) These people are living in poverty _____. (shortage) These people are living in poverty _____. (be short of) because of a shortage of food because of food shortage because they are short of food 3.tackle vt ①处理/对付(难题) ②与...商谈/交涉 ③（足球等）抢球；抢断 =deal with a difficult problem or situation The government is determined to tackle inflation. 政府决心解决通货膨胀问题。 2. He was tackled just outside the penalty area. 他就在罚球区外让对方把球抢断。 3. I tackled him about the money he owed me. 我就他欠我钱的事与他进行了交涉。 4.crisis n [C]&[U]危机;紧要关头 the financial crisis金融危机 危机干预 【pl】crises 5. convince v. 使相信；使确信；说服 (教材P50)Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. (1)convinced adj. 确信的；深信 ... ...
