1、Unit 4 TV Programmes(1) 第四单元 电视节目 课文祥解 1. I’m far too busy to go shopping. 我实在太忙了,没时间去买东西。 ★far用作副词,意为“很”“非常”,常修饰形容词、副词、比较级或最高级,强调程度,表示“……很多”。如: ①He’s fallen far behind in his work. 他的工作无远没有做完。 ②Their room is far larger than yours. 他们的房间比你们的大很多。 ③This room is far too warm. 这个房间太热了。
2、 ④He is a man of far sight. 他是一个目光远大的人。 ⑤I’m far too busy to go shopping. 我真的是太忙了,没时间去购物。 ★far用作副词,意为“远”“遥远”“久远”,指表示空间与时间上的距离。如: ①How far did you go? 你走了多远? ②He always works far into the night. 他总是工作到深夜。 ③The plane is flying far above the clouds. 飞机在云霄上飞。 ★far用作形容词,意为“远的”“遥远的”。如: ①I li
3、ke to travel to a far place. 我喜欢到远处去旅行。 ②She was sitting at the far end of the room. 她坐到房间的那一头。 ③They live in the far south of the city. 他们住在那个城市的南面。 ④In the far north, days are short in winter. 在较北的地方,冬日的白天较短。⑤⑥ ★as far as意为“与……一样远”,强调到某一地方,as far as还可表示“就……而言”的意思,表示某种程度。如: ①I can’t swim
4、as far as you. 我游不到你那样远。 ②We walked as far as the station. 我们一直走到火车站。 ③I only walk as far as the foot of the mountain. 我仅走到山脚那么远。 ④As far as I know, he will be away for two weeks. 据我所知,他要离开两星期。 ⑤As far as I know, she’s not coming, but I may be wrong. 就我所知,她不打算来,但我或许会错。 ★so far意为“到目前止”,可以
5、放在句首,也可放在句尾。如: ①So far the weather has been good, but it might change. 直到现在为止,天气都很好,但也许有变。 ②I have been here for three months, and so far I’ve enjoyed myself. 我来这里已经有三个月了,我一直过得很愉快。 ③I have written to Jim, but I haven’t received his letter so far. 我已经给吉姆写过信了,但到目前为止我还没有收到他的回信。 2. Then I’
6、ll have lunch and a little sleep between 2 and 7. 然后,在两点至七点之间我吃午饭并睡会儿。 ★between用作介词,意为“在……和……之间”,常与and连用。如: ①You can sit between him and me. 你可以坐在我和他中间。 ②A football match is going on between a Chinese team and a Japanese team. 中国队和日本队之间正在进行一场足球赛。 ★between强调在两者之间,而among一般指三者或三者以上。如: ①Th
7、ere is a picture hanging between the two windows. 两扇窗户中间挂着一幅画。 ②The animals usually hide among the trees in the daytime. 野兽白天通常藏在树林里。 ③I couldn’t find him among the crowd. 我在人群里找不到他。 【注】当表示三者以上的事物每两两之间时,仍用between。如: ④There is a canal between the three cities. 这三个城市之间有条运河。 ⑤Agreements have
8、been made between different countries. 不同的国家之间已达成了协议。 3. Every one of them has their own favourite TV programme. 他们每个人都有自己最喜欢的电视节目。 ★everyone通常情况下写成一个单词,但在后面接一个表示范围的of短语时,应写成两个单词。如:原句中every one of them。当anyone后面接of时,也写成两个单词,即any one of…。如: ①Every one if the students in the class has passed
9、 the exam. =All the students in the class have passed the exam. 这个班上的所有的学生都通过了这次考试。 ②Every one of the them has their own idea. 他们每个人都有自己的主意。 ③Any one of the boys can do what the two grown-ups are doing. 这些男孩中随便哪一个都能干那两个成年人在干的活。 ④I like all the novels, any one of them. 我喜欢所有这些小说,它们中的任
10、何一本。 ★every用作形容词,表示“每一个”,在句中只作定语,与单数名词连用,着重于整体中每个人或事物,即把分散的项目集中成为一个整体来看待,强调整体。如: ①Every minute is important to us. 每分钟对我们都是重要的。 ②There are TV stations in every big city in China now. 现在中国每个大城市都有电视台。 ③We make experiments in chemistry every day. 我们每天都做化学实验。 ★every与数字连用,可表示“每……一次的”“每隔……的”。如:
11、 ①You must change the oil in the car every 5000 miles. 你必须每行上5000里给汽车换一次油。 ②I usually go to my uncle’s every three days(=every third day). 我通常每三天(每隔两天)去我叔叔家一次。 ★every可与other+单数可数名词连用,表示“每隔……”。如: ①Please write on every other line. 请隔行写。 ②They planted a tree every other meter along the ro
12、ad. 他们在马路边每隔一米栽一棵树。 ★each用作形容词,意为“每个的”,强调一个群体(至少两个)中个别的个体。如: ①Each child learns at his/her own plan. 每个儿童均按自己的进度学习。 ②There is a tree on each side of the house. 房子两边各有一棵树。 ③Each day is better than the one before. 一天比一天好。 ★each用作代词,意为“各个”“每个”,作主语时,谓语用单数。如: ①Each of the houses is slightly
13、 different. 每座房子都稍有区别。 ②Each of the students had his own bike. 孩子们各有自己的自行车。 ★each放在主语后,作主语(一定是复数)的同位语时,谓语用复数。如: ①We each have an orange in the hand. 我们每人手里有一只桔子。 ②They each have different opinions about it. 他们对那件事各有不同的意见。 4. on与about ★on用作介词,意为“关于”,意味着具有严肃的学术性内容。如: ①Have you read the a
14、rticle on France in the newspaper? 你读过报上那篇关于法国的文章吗? ②That book is on an important subject. 那本书是讲一个重要的问题。 ★about用作介词,意为“关于”,是一个普通用词,强调一般性和通俗性。如: ①They held a discussion about dinosaurs. 他们举办了一次关于恐龙的讨论会。 ②He likes watching a TV programme about school life. 他喜欢看有关学校生活的电视节目。 5. They are wr
15、iting their own TV programmes for a writing competition. 他们正在编写自己的电视节目来参加一场写作比赛。 ★one’s own用作形容词,意为“自己的”“特有的”。如: ①That is my own camera. 那是我自己的相机。 ②I saw it happen with my own eyes. 我亲眼目睹了那件事的发生 ③The orange has its own scent. 桔子有它独特的香味。 ★own用作代词,意为“自己”。如: ①May I keep it for my own? 我可以
16、把它作为己有吗? ②I’ll do the work on my own. 我将独立地工作。 ③Why didn’t you tell her to use her own? 为什么你不叫她用她自己的呢? ★on one’s own是一个习惯短语,意为“独自”“独立”。如: ①He runs a factory on his own. 他独立经营工厂。 ②She still lives on her own. 她仍然独自一人生活。 ★own用作动词,意为“拥有”“有”,指具有法律上的所有权,其主语往往是人。如: ①Who owns this land? 这块地为谁拥
17、有啊? ②He used to own a lot of houses. 他过去拥有好几处房子。 ③His family owned neither land nor house. 他家既无田地又无房子。 6. A weekly round-up of what is happening in sports, with lots of up-to-date information. 体育方面所发生的事件一周综述,为你提供大量的最新的体坛信息。 ★weekly用作形容词,意为“每周一次的”“每周的”。如: ①They are doing the weekly cleani
18、ng. 他们在进行每周一次的大扫除。 ②Have you read the weekly newspaper? 你看过周报了吗? ★weekly它还可以用作名词,表示“周刊”,monthly表示“月刊”。如: ①I have subscribed to a weekly. 我已经订了一份周刊。 ②This is a monthly magazine. 这是一个月刊。 ③Our club has a monthly meeting. 我们俱乐部每月开一次会。 ★weekly也可以用作副词,意为“每周地”。如: ①He receives his wages weekly
19、 他每周领一次工资。 ②Mr. Davies pays me rent weekly. 戴维斯先生每星期付我一次租金。 7. happen的用法小结 ★happen用作不及物动词,意为“(偶然)发生”,指具体客观事物的发生,往往带有偶然的意味,其主语往往是物。Happen不用于被动语态。如: ①This story happened in Shanghai. 这个故事发生在上海。 ②A fire happened in his factory last night. 昨晚那个工厂发生了火灾。 ★happen to sb. / sth. 意为“某人/物出了某事”,to为
20、介词。主语一般是某物。如: ①If anything happens to the machine, do let me know. 假如机器出了什么毛病,务必通知我。 ②What has happened to him (=What’s wrong / the matter with him?) 他怎么了? ③What finally happened to the boy? 这男孩最后怎样了。 ★happen to do sth. 意为“碰巧做某事”,如: ①Her birthday happens to be New Year’s Day. 她的生日碰巧是元
21、旦这一天。 ②I happened to be out when you called. 你来访时我碰巧出去了。 ③He happened to be watching TV when his father came home. 父亲回来时,他碰巧晨看电视。 ★It happened that + 从句。意为“碰巧……”。如: ①It happened that I saw him yesterday. 昨天我碰巧见到他了。 ②It happened that she was thinking of something when the teacher called
22、her. 当老师叫她时,珍妮碰巧在想事情。 ③It happened that he had seen the film. 他碰巧看过那部电影了。 【注】happen注意其否定句中否定词的位置转移。如:“我碰巧身上没带钱”可有多种译法。 I happened not to have any money with me. I didn’t happen to have any money with me. I happened to have no money with me. It happened that I had no money with me. I
23、t happened that I didn’t have any money with me. ★take place也表示是“发生”的意思,指事先布置或策划好,然后发生,没有偶然的意思,是不及物动词词组,没有被动语态。如: ①Great changes have taken place in our city in the past 5 years. 过去的五年里,我们市发生了巨大变化。 ②The October Revolution took place in 1917. 十月革命发生在1917年。 ③Great changes have taken place
24、in my hometown since 1980. 自从1980年以来,我的家乡发生了很大的变化。 ④He asked me whether the sports meet would take place the next week. 他问我运动会是否在下星期召开。 8. up-to-date的用法 ★up-to-date是复合形容词,意为“现代的”“新式的”“最新的”。如: ①This book is up-to-date. 这本书是最新的。 ②The equipment here is really up-to-date. 这里的设备很新式的。 ★out
25、 of date意为“过期的”“过时的”。如: ①Her clothes are about ten years out of date. 她的衣服已经过时十年了。 ②This information is out of date. 这资料已经过时了。 9. The programme covers different sports, such as basketball, swimming, badminton and football. 本节目涵盖了不同的体育项目,诸如篮球、篮球、游泳、羽毛球和足球。 ★cover用作动词,意为“包含”“包括”“涉及”。如: ①Th
26、e lectures covered a lot of subjects. 这些讲座涉及的内容极为广泛。 ②The survey covers all aspects of the business. 调查包括这个企业的各个方面。 ③The exhibition covers an area of 5,000 square metres. 展览会展出面积为5,000平方米。 ★cover用作动词,也可以“盖”“遮盖”。如: ①Flood water covers our fields. 洪水淹没了我们的田地。 ②Lies cannot cover up facts. 谎
27、言掩盖不了事实。 ③Please cover the bowl with a piece of paper. 请用纸把碗盖上。 ④A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot. 一辆驰过的卡车溅了我们一身泥。 ★cover用作动词,意为“报道”“(记者)采访”。如: ①He is covering the sports meeting. 他正在报道运动会的情况。 ②He was sent to cover the traffic accident. 他被派去采访了那起交通事故。 ★cover用作动词,还可表示
28、行过”“走过(路程)”。如: ①They covered three hundred miles that day. 那一天他们走了三百英里。 ②He wants to cover 100 miles before it gets dark. 他想在天黑之前走100英里。 ③I covered 10 miles today. I never guessed that I could walk that far. 我今天走了10英里路,我从没想过我能走那么远。 ★be covered with意为“覆盖”“遮盖”,表示一种状态。如: ①The ground is
29、 covered with snow. 地上覆盖着雪。 ②The trees are covered with fruit. 树上结满了水果。 ③The table is covered with dust. 桌子上都是灰尘。 ★cover也可作名词,表示“盖子”“罩”“封面”。如: ①The cover of a pot is called a lid. 盖壶的盖子叫作壶盖。 ②My book needs a new cover. 我的书需要一个新封面。 ③He always reads the paper from cover to cover. 他总是把报纸从头到
30、尾看一遍。 10. However, if you are not a football fan, you might find this week’s programme a bit boring. 然而,如果你不是一个足球迷,那么你可能会觉得本周的节目有点乏味。 ★原句中的a bit boring是谓语动find的宾语补足语。find可接多种形式的宾语补足语。如: ①You will find it a difficult book. 你会发现这是本很难的书。(名词) ②He found a lot of people working there. 他发现很多人在那里干
31、活。(现在分词) ③We found the place much changed. 我们发现这地方有了巨大的变化。(过去分词) ④They found him already in the care of a doctor. 他们发现已经有一位大夫在照顾他了。(介词短语) ⑤She fitted the clothes on and found them to be the exact size. 她把衣服试穿了,发现大小正合适。(动词不定式) ⑥I find the story very interesting. 我觉得这个故事很有趣。(形容词) ★当fin
32、d的宾语是一个动词不定式短语时,这种结构常写作“find it + 形容词 + to do sth.”的形式,意思是“发现做某事很……”。如: ①I find it useful to learn English well. 我发现学好英语很有用。 ②He found it easy to make friends with others. 他发现和人交往并不难。 ③We find it necessary to get a map while traveling. 我们发现旅游时有一张地图很必要。 ★find out是指经过调查、询问、打听才发现事情的真相。如: ①I
33、’ll try to find out who broken the window. 我会想法子查出谁打破了那扇窗户。 ②He wrote to find out about a job in Shanghai. 他写信去了解上海的一份工作的情况。 ③She found out how much the house would cost. 她打听这座房子要卖多少钱。 ④I found out from her that she knew the subject very well. 我从她那里了解到她对这门学科了解很透彻。 11. a bit的用法 ★a b
34、it意为“稍微”“少许”“相当”用来修饰动词,也可以修饰形容词和副词及其比较级。如: ①The speaker spoke up a bit / a little so as to make himself heard more clearly. 演讲者把嗓门提高一点,以便使别人听得更清楚。 ②I’m afraid I’ll be a bit late tonight. 恐怕今晚我要晚一点到。 ③I’m a bit tired. 我有点累。 ④The coffee a is a bit cold. I don’t like it. 咖啡有点冷,我不喜欢喝。 ⑤It’s
35、a bit cold today. 今天有点冷。 ⑥This pair of trousers is a bit too long for me. 这条裤子对我来说太长了一点。 ★no a bit意为“一点也不”,相当于not at all。如: ①He wasn’t a bit hungry. (=He wasn’t hungry at all.) 他一点都不饿。 ②I’m not a bit tired. 我一点也不累。 ③The holiday was not a bit what we had expected. 这假期一点也不像我们所预料的那样。 ★not
36、 a little意为“非常”,与not a bit意为相反。如: ①I’m not a little tired. 我非常疲倦。 ②He’s not a little pleased with my work. 他对我的工作相当满意。 ③I’m not a little hungry because I had three eggs and two pieces of bread for berakfast. 因为我早饭吃了三个鸡蛋、两块面包,所以一点也不饿。 ★a bit of修饰不可数名词,表示“少量的”“少许”“一点”。如: ①Would you like an
37、other bit of cake? 你想再吃点蛋糕吗? ②Please lend me a bit of money. 请借我一点儿钱。 ③My uncle knows a bit of Japanese. 我叔叔懂一点日语。 12. It’s all about football, including a number of interviews with local football players. 它全是有关足球方面的,包括许多对国内足球运动员的采访。 ★including在句中作介词,意为“包括”,表示谈及整体中的一部分。再如: ①Twenty studen
38、ts of our class, including two American students, went on a trip. 我班二十个学生,包括二位美国学生,去旅行了。 ②Many people, including my mother, want to buy this kind of cloth. 很多人,包括我母亲,都想买这种布料。 ③Fifteen persons were present, including the chairman. 十五个人都到了,包括主席。 ★include用作及物动词,表示“包括”“包括”。如: ①The plan in
39、cludes most of your suggestions. 这项计划里包括了你们大部分的建议。 ②The price includes postage charges. 价格包括邮资在内。 ③The class of twenty includes seven girls. 全班二十人中包括七个女生。 ④Your duties include putting everything in order. 我的事务包括整理一切。 13. a number of的用法 ★a number of意为“若干”“许多”,后接可数名词的复数形式,作主语时,谓语用复数。如: ①A
40、number of boys have been absent some time during the term. 这学期有许多男学生有时候缺课。 ②A small number of women are now holding key jobs. 现在有少许妇女身居要职。 ③A number of students in our school like listening to music. 我校许多学生喜欢听音乐。 ★the number of表示“……的数量”,后接可数名词的复数形式,但其整个短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。如: ①The number of th
41、e students in our school is 2.300. 我们学校的学生数是2,300。 ②The number of the factories in my hometown has reached 100. 我家乡的工厂数量已经达到了100家。 ③The number of the people in that city is growing fast. 这些年小汽车的数量在增加。 14. This year’s Beijing Music Awards will be covered live. 本年度的北京音乐大奖赛将现场直播。 ★award用作
42、名词,意为“奖”“奖品”“奖赏”。如: ①His painting was given the highest award at the show. 他的画在展览会上获得最高奖。 ②He won the award of $5000. 他获得了5000美元奖学金。 ★award也可以作动词,意为“奖赏”“奖励”“颁发”等。如: ①The teacher awarded the boy a prize. =The teacher awarded a prize to the boy. 老师颁奖给那男孩。 ②A medal was awarded (to) him. 颁给他
43、一枚奖章。 15. 形容词live,alive,living和lively的使用情况 ★live用作形容词或词,意为“现场播出的”“实况转播的”“实地”。如: ①The show is going out live. 这场演出正在实况转播。 ②The football match is covered live on TV. 电视上正在现场直播那场足球赛。 ③Some television and radio programs are live. 有些电视和广播节目是实况播送的。 ④There is going to be a live TV programme thi
44、s evening. 今晚有电视现场直播节目。 ★live作形容词用,读作[laiv],意为“活的”“活着的”,通常用来修饰一个表示动物的名词,但一般不用来修饰表示人的名词。Live是这样用时,通常只用作前置定语,不作表语。如: ①The cat was playing with a live mouse. 那只猫正在玩耍一只活老鼠。 ②Have you ever seen a live whale? 你曾经见过活的鲸鱼吗? ③That is a live fish. 那是一条活鱼。 ④Have you ever touched a read live snake? 你有没
45、有摸过活蛇? ★alive为表语形容词,意为“活着的”“在世的”,既可以修饰人也可以修饰物。Alive作定语时,要放在被修饰名词之后,alive也可用作表语和宾语补足语。如: ①She kept the little cat alive by feeding it warm milk. 她给那只小猫喂热牛奶,使它可以活下去。 ②The fish were caught alive. 这些鱼被活捉。 ★living是形容词,意思是“活着的”,可用作表语,也可用作定语,作定语时,大多置于名词之前,有进也可置于名词之后;另外living可用作名词,常构成短语。如:the livi
46、ng意为“活着的人”;make a living或earn one’s living意为“谋生”。如: ①Are there any living things on one of those stars? 那些星球中,有没有一个上面有生物的? ②Every living person has a name. 每一个活着的人都有一个名字。 ③No man living could do better. 当代人没有一个能做得比这更好。 ★lively是形容词,意思是“生动的”“活泼的”“充满生机的”,可用作表语或定语,修饰人或物。如: ①He had a strange
47、way of making his classes lively and interesting. 他有一种奇特的方法使他教的课生动又有趣。 ②The sports ground is lively with all sorts of ball games. 运动场上进行各种球类比赛,呈现出一派生机勃勃的景象。 ③The boy has a lively mind. 那男孩头脑灵活。 ★live by意为“……靠……为生”。如: ①They lived by fishing and hunting. 他们靠捕鱼和打猎为生。 ②He lives by teaching
48、 他以教书为生。 ③They lived by honest labor. 他们靠正当的劳动生活。 ★live on意为“以……为食”“继续活着”。如: ①People in the south live on rice. 南方人以米饭为主食。 ②Mozart is dead but his music lives on. 莫扎特死了,但他的音乐还活在人们心中。 ③She still lives on her parents. 她仍然靠父母生活。 ④She lives mainly on fruit. 她的主要食品是水果。 16. The presentation
49、 will be held in Beijing this coming Saturday. 颁奖仪式本周六将在北京举行。 ★presentation用作名词,意为“赠送”“授予”“颁授”。如: ①The presentation of prize will begin at two o’clock in the afternoon. 颁奖仪式将在下午二点开始。 ②The Queen will make the presentation herself. 女王将亲自授予奖品(亲自颁奖)。 ★present用作形容词,放在名词前,意为“现在的”“现存的”。如: ①Do
50、n’t bother him. He’s busy at the present moment (=at present). 别烦他,他现在正忙着。 ②What is your present address? 你现在的地址是什么地方? ★present用作形容词,在句中用作表语或后置定语,意为“出席的、在场的”。如: ①How many people were present at the meeting? 有多少人参加了会议? ②All are present and all is going on well. 全体人员都到了,一切进展顺利。 ③Present at






