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课件网) Unit 16 Stories -2- 1.abandon vt.抛弃,放弃,遗弃 n.放任,纵情 [教材原句]As we got nearer,we could see a house.It looked abandoned.(P5) 当我们靠近时我们能看到一栋房子,这房子看起来废弃了。 -3- 语境巧练 单句填空 ①Wang collected more than 7 million abandoned (abandon) bricks of different ages.(2018·全国Ⅲ卷,阅读理解C篇) ②After her son died in the accident,the mother abandoned herself (she) to despair. ③He owned a farm,which looked almost abandoned (abandon). 完成句子 ④No matter how old you are,remember never to abandon your individual ambition.? 无论你多么老,记住永远也不要放弃你个人的雄心壮志。 -4- 考点必记 ①abandon sb (不顾责任、义务等)遗弃某人 abandon sth (不得已而)放弃某物 abandon oneself to...沉溺于…… ②abandonment n.遗弃,抛弃,放弃,舍弃 写作佳句 Once we grow up,it’s better that we abandon the safe shelter of our parents’ protection as soon as possible.一旦我们长大了,我们最好尽快抛弃我们父母庇护下的安乐窝。 -5- 2.witness v.目击;亲眼看见;见证;作证 n.目击者,见证人 [教材原句]Around the end of the first century AD,a Roman writer called Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed as a young man.(P6)公元1世纪末左右,一位名叫普利尼的罗马作家描述了他青年时代亲眼看见的一场可怕的火山喷发。 -6- 语境巧练 单句填空 ①As a result it’s likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness (witness) strong economic growth over the longer term.(2017·江苏卷,任务型阅读)? ②I’m so glad that I can act as witness to the agreement between you. 完成句子 ③The young woman witnessed to having seen the old man fall down himself.? 那个年轻女子目睹了那个老人自己摔倒了。 -7- 考点必记 witness to sth(在法庭上)对某事作证 bear/give witness to sb/sth作证支持某人/某事 be a witness to是……的目击者 写作佳句 The last forty years has witnessed that China has made quantities of great achievements.过去的四十年见证了中国取得了无数个巨大的成就。 -8- 3.occur (occurred,occurred) vi.发生,出现;想起 [教材原句]The eruption had occurred on August 24th,79AD.(P6) 火山喷发发生在公元79年8月24日。 语境巧练 单句填空 ①Although every one of us would meet various obstacles,I don’t think the thought of giving up will occur to me. ②He was unconscious and as I looked at his face,something occurred (occur) to me.(2018·全国Ⅱ卷,完形填空) ③As a matter of fact,failure is a common occurrence (occur) in everyone’s life. 完成句子 ④It occurred to Harry that he should buy his father some Chinese tea.? 哈里突然想起他应该给他爸爸买些中国茶叶。 -9- 考点必记 ①sth occurs 发生某事 It occurs to sb that...某人突然想起…… If anything should occur...如果发生什么事情的话…… ②occurrence n.发生,出现 名师点津 表示“某人突然想起……”常可用下面结构: It occurs to sb that... It strikes sb that... It hits sb that... -10- 4.preserve vt.保护,保持,保留,保存 [教材原句]In a way,Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.(P6) 从某种程度上说,庞培古城如同一粒时间胶囊,保存了历史 ... ...
