高三英语学案Unit-16---The-United-States-of-American.doc

Unit 16 The United States of America
1. deal with
1) 相处；对付；处理
That man is hard to deal with.
How will you deal with the naughty boy? = What will you _____ ______ the naughty boy?
I think this problem should be dealt with as quickly as possible.
2) 关于，论及
This book deals with the ancient history of China.
3) 与…交易 （无被动）
We have dealt with that store for twenty years.
*** a great deal of + u.n.
( )_________ money was spent the project.
A. A great deal B.A great deal of C. A large number of D.A good many
***It’s a deal. 一言为定。 成交。
---Can I buy the house for 20000 dollars?
---- It’s a deal.
2.greedy adj. 贪心的；渴望的；贪吃的
be greedy for 对… 渴望
be greedy to do sth. 热切盼望做….
He is a greedy man.
The young man is greedy for fame / money.
The little girl is greedy to see her parents earlier.
n. greed adv. greedily
3. sacrifice vt. 牺牲；奉献；把…做祭品
She sacrificed her life to save her child.
She sacrificed her career to marry him.
They sacrificed a lamb (羔羊) to God.
n. 牺牲；祭品
Parents often make sacrifices for their children.
He achieved his success at great sacrifice.
4. see vt. 经历，体验，遭遇，见证
I have seen various difficulties.
This old building has seen better days.
This century has seen two world wars.
My watch says five.
5. recover vt.
1) 找回（被盗，遗失之物）

It is exciting that he has recovered what was lost.
The police recovered the stolen jewellery.
2) 恢复（能力，健康等） / vi. 痊愈，复原
She recovered her consciousness soon after the accident.
He is badly ill and unlikely to recover.
recover from a cold / the shock 感冒痊愈/ 从打击中恢复过来
3) 挽回，弥补（损失，损害等）
We soon recovered our losses.
n. recovery 痊愈，恢复；复苏
6．despite prep. 尽管，不管 = in spite of + n. = although / though + 从句
They had a wonderful holiday, ________ the bad weather.
_______ what others say, I think he is very nice.
________ / __________ his illness, he went on working.
________ he was ill, he went on working.
7. vain adj.
1) 自负的，自视过高的
She is a vain girl.
2) 徒劳的，无益的，无效的
Don’t do any vain work.
in vain 徒劳(地)，无效(地)
I in vain asked him to help me.= I vainly asked him to help me.= I asked him to help me, but in vain.= Vainly did I ask him to help me. ( vainly 用于句首，部分倒装)
All our work was in vain.
8. host n.东道主，主持人
Beijing, China was chosen as the host of the 2008 Olympics.
He attended the meeting not just as a host but as an important guest.
It’s not clear whether the event will bring benefits to the development of the host country.

vt. 当… 的东道主， 主持
China will host the 2008 Olympics.
Which country is going to host the next World Cup?
9. be used to do sth
be used for doing
be used as sth
be used to do sth
used to do sth
Bamboo can be used ________ (build) houses.
_________ (build) houses.
A burnt stick can be used ______ a pencil.
He used _______(live ) in the country, but now I have got used to ________(live) in the city.
10. resist 1) vi. 抵抗，反抗
I could resist no longer.
2) vt. 抵抗， 抗拒 （计划，主张…）
The people there resisted the call of reform.
resist the enemy / an attack / disease
3) 忍住（常用否定句）
I can’t resist _________ (play) a joke on him.
I couldn’t resist __________ (tell) him the secret.
11. die out
1)（家族，物种）死光，灭绝，绝种
These animals have already died out.
Many of the living things are dying out.
2) (风俗习惯等) 消失
The old traditions are dying out.
die away (声音、光线、风等) 渐弱，渐息
die down (火、兴奋、暴风雨，光线等) 渐熄 ，渐弱
die off (家族、种族等) 相继死亡，（草木）先后枯死

重点词组
1. put sb. / sth. on the list
sb./ sth. be listed
The word ‘psychologist’ _________ under the letter ‘P’ in the dictionary. (list)
2. be angry with sb.
at / about sth./ what…
3. be connected with …. 和…有关系 / 和…有亲属关系
connect … with / to… 把…与…连接起来
4. look up to
look down upon / on
5. the following areas
6. drive off 驱赶
drive sb. mad 把…逼疯
7. shoot sb. to death
sentence sb to death
beat sb. to death
8. be proud of / take pride in
9. be determined to do

10.be known as
for
to sb.
11. in honour of
in charge of
in memory of
in praise of
in need of
12. .What… do with…? = How…deal with…?
13. in huge numbers 大量地
14. insist on doing
that…(should) do
15. China’s entry into the WTO
enter the WTO / the room）
16. recover one’s sight / losses
recover from the shock 从打击中恢复过来
17. a series of
18. force sb to do
into doing
be forced to do
19. in turn 轮流 / 反过来 / 转而
20. take a chance
by chance
The chance is that …
There is no chance that … / of sth.
21. overcome the enemy / difficulties
22. be willing to do
23. as a result of
because of
thanks to
due to
owing to
24. on sale 出售 / 上市 （商品）
for sale 出售 / 待售 （个人所有物）
25 . leave… alone 不理会 / 不打扰
26. in vain
27. resist doing
28. be greedy for / to do
29. sacrifice sth. to do
30. die out