1、Unit 1 Will people have robots? 1. fall v. come or go down from force of weight, loss of balance, etc; drop; become 落下;跌落;变成 fall用作动词时,主要有两种用法。一种是作为实义动词,可以和介词或副词搭配,表示“落下;跌落”,例如:I fell back in my chair. 我跌坐到自己的椅子上。另一种是作为系动词,与形容词连用,表示进入某种状态,如:fall asleep 入睡(进入睡眠的状态)。fall的动词过去式是fallen。fall用作名词时,表示
2、落下;降低”,例如:I sat listening to the fall of the rain on the roof. 我坐着听雨点落在屋檐上的声音。fall还可以表示“秋天”,与autumn意思相同。 词汇扩展 常用搭配:fall asleep 入睡 fall behind 落后于(某人或某物) fall down 跌落 fall in love with 喜爱;爱上 fall off 掉下 fall over 跌落;被绊倒 2. alone adv.
3、 Without any companions 独自地;孤独地 用法 解析along 和lonely: (1)alone 既可用作形容词,又可用作副词,意思是“独自的(地);单独的(地)”,侧重于说明独自一人,没有同伴或助手。alone和on one's own,by oneself意思相近。alone用作形容词时,一般与be 动词连用,在句中作表语。例如:She is alone at home. 她独自一人在家。alone 用作副词修饰动词时,放在动词后面作状语。例如:I like to work alone. 我喜欢独自一人工作。alone 用作副词时,也可作定语,意思是“只有
4、仅仅”,但必须置于它所修饰的名词或代词之后。例如:This year alone, we've already planted ten thousand trees. 仅是今年,我们已经载了一万颗树。 (2)lonely只用作形容词,它在句中既可作定语,也可作表语,表示“孤独的;寂寞的”。该词带有“孤寂”的感情色彩。用作定语时,意思为“孤单的;荒凉的;偏僻的”等。例如:That's a lonely island. 那是一个荒凉的岛屿。Lonely用作表语时,可以表示“孤寂的;寂寞的”。例如:I was alone but I didn't feel lonely. 我独自一人,但我并不感
5、到孤独。 词汇拓展 常用搭配:let / leave somebody / something alone 不干涉某人或某物;听其自然 let alone 不管;不必考虑 3. dress v. put clothes on yourself or someone else 穿衣 用法 dress还可以用作名词,表示“女服;连衣裙;服装”。例如:Mary wore a long red dress last evening. 玛丽昨晚穿了件红色的连衣长裙。 辨析dress,put on 和wear: (1)用作动词时,dres
6、s既可以表动作,也可以表状态,常用人作宾语,意思是“……穿衣服”,例如:She is only a girl of three. She can't dress herself. 她只是一个三岁的女孩,她还不能自己穿衣服。需要注意的是,在表示“给自己穿衣”时,我们通常说dress oneself (= get dressed);当dress表示状态时,一般要用be dressed in 结构,例如:She was dressed in a red coat. 她穿着一件红色的上衣。 (2)put on 意思是“穿(戴)上”,强调动作。例如:He put on his coat and wen
7、t out. 他穿上大衣就出去了。 (3)wear意思是“穿(戴)着”,强调状态。例如:Lucy's mother often wears a pair of glasses. 露西的母亲常常戴着一副眼镜。 词汇扩展 常用搭配:dress (somebody) up (in something / as somebody or something) 化妆打扮 谚语:Eat to please myself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用,穿是使别人受用。 Unit 1 Will people have robots? 词汇(2) 1. un
8、pleasant adj. not pleasant; not enjoyable 使人不愉快的;不合意的 用法 unpleasant可以表示“令人不快的;讨厌的”,例如:I found his manner very unpleasant. 我觉得他的态度讨厌极了。 词汇拓展 相关词:unpleasantly adv. 厌恶地 反义词:pleasant adj. 令人愉快的 记忆导航 unpleasant 是由pleasant 加上否定前缀un-构成的。类似这种构词法的词还有:able有能力的——unable没有能力的;happy高兴的——unhappy不高兴的。 2.
9、hundred n. the number 100; a very large number of things or people (一)百;许多(事物或人) 用法 hundred 用于数词或含有数量意义的词之后,一般不用复数形式,例如:three hundred, a few hundred 等。但当hundred 表示“成百的;许多的”意思时,它面前不用具体数字,而常用hundreds of 结构。注意hundred 在这个结构中要用复数形式,前面可加some,a few,several等词修饰。例如:Her coat cost hundreds of dollars. 她的大衣价
10、值几百美元。类似的搭配还有thousands of数以千计的;许多的,millions of 数以百万计的;无数的。 3. such adj. of the same kind as the thing or person which has already been mentioned 这(那)样的;这(那)种 用法 辨析such 和so: (1)such 是形容词,意思是“这(那)样的;这(那)种;如此的”,修饰名词。例如:I have never seen such a beautiful place before. 我从未见过这么美的地方。需要特别注意的是,such修饰单数可数
11、名词时,应该按照如下词序:such + a / an + 形容词 + 单数可数名词。 (2)so是副词,意思是“这(那)么;这(那)样;如此地”,修饰形容词、副词和分词。例如:I have never seen so beautiful a place before. 我从未见过这么美的地方。同样,需要特别注意的是,so修饰单数可数名词时,应该按照如下词序:so + 形容词 + a / an + 单数可数名词。此外,当名词前有few,many,little,much等修饰词时,要用so。例如:so many people,so few days,so much time,so little
12、money等。 词汇拓展 常用搭配:such as 例如 such and such 某某;这样那样的 Unit 1 Will people have robots? 词汇(3) 1. in prep. 在……之后(用于将来时) in 100 years 在一百年后 People will have robots in their homes in 100 years. 2. less, fewer 比较少;more 比较多 less 是little 的比较级,修饰不可数名词 fewer是few的比较级,修饰可数名词 more 是much和
13、many的比较级 much 修饰不可数名词,many修饰可数名词 I have less money than he has. 我的钱比他的少。 There are more building in this city than in that city. 3. fall in love with ... 爱上…… Last year I visited the art exhibition and fell in love with the work of Picasso. 4. a kind of ... 一种;some kinds of ... 几种 a k
14、ind of book 一种书five kinds of flowers 五种花 many different kinds of goldfish 各种不同的金鱼 (fish 单复数相同,此处是复数) 5. as well as 也;与too 同义 He likes this book and he likes that book, too. / He likes this book as well as that book. 他喜欢这本书,也喜欢那本书。 She can come here, too. / She can come here as well
15、 她也能来。 6. worth adj. 值……;值得……;相当于……价值 This house is worth $10 000. 这个房子价值一万美元。 be (well) worth doing sth. (很)值得做 That film is (well) worth seeing. 那部电影(很)值得看。 These books are worth reading twice. 这几本书值得看两遍。 7. knock down ... 击倒,撞倒;拆除 knock down the pins 击倒球柱
16、knock down the machine 拆除机器 knock 组成的词语还有: knock on (at) the door 敲门 knock into sb. 撞了某人knock up 叫醒 Unit 1 Will people have robots? 词汇(4) 1. prediction n. 预言,预测 predict v. predict + that 后接从句,如 I predict that he will win. 2. paper money paper n. 纸,纸张,是不可数名词,如a piece of
17、paper。 paper money 中paper是名词做定语,表材质,只用单数。 3. space n. 表示“宇宙,空间时”,不可数名词;通常前面不用冠词。 There are many stars in outer space. Travel through space to other planets interests many people. 4. besides prep. 除了……还;相当于as well as, in addition to。如: Besides basketball, he also plays soccer well. 除了打篮球以外,他踢足球也踢得很好。






