Reading
Para 1:
1)media---medium
2)Experienced editors and reporters make informed decisions about what events to report and how to report them.经验丰富的编辑和记者对于该报道什么事件以及如何报道作出明智的决定。
a. 句中的experienced(富有经验的)和informed(见识广的,有知识的) 都是动词的过去分词作定词,修饰动词。单个的分词作定语时,通常放在它所修饰的名词前面。
e.g. a fallen tree一棵倒下的树 a broken chair一把破椅子
stolencultural relics被盗的文物
b. make a decision-----make decisions
c.. inform (vt) “通知,告知,获悉”
inform sb. of sth.告知某人某事―――-为什么不把秘密告诉他?译:________
inform sb. that -clause 告知某人
informed (adj.)"见多识广的,有知识的,了解情况的"
an informed opinion. "基于可靠信息做出的见解"
informer (n.) "告密者,通知的人"
3)make sure “确定,确信,证实”
make sure ______ sth (n./pron) A. in B. of C. about D.with
我不能确定它的缘由(cause)―――译:
make sure + that-clause eg: Make sure that you have closed the window.
make sure 后通常不接动词不定式to do, 但是可以用make sure of doing
4)relate
relate to sb./ sth. 与……相关的/相联系的;理解或同情某人(事)
relate A to/ with B 将A和B联系起来
eg. Some adults can’t
relate to children.____________________
Wealth is seldom
related to happiness. ______________________
5)
talent (n.) “天才,才能,才干”
talented (adj.)"有才能的"
have a
talent for sth/ doing 在…方面有天赋
李阳在学习语言方面有天赋____________________
6) agree"同意,赞成,与......一致"
agree _________(do) "答应做某事"
agree + that-clause
agree + 介词 + sb/sth (n./pron) 介词:to, with, on 区别
agree with 后面一般跟某人或是某人说的话,后面还可以跟words。agree with 还可以表示与(气候或食物等)相适宜,适应.
agree to "赞同,同意" 后面一般跟建议、议案、安排、计划等词
agree on 一般不用来表示单个人的意见,而是指某些人在某个问题上达成一致
eg:1.We agreed ___ a price for the car.我们商定了这辆汽车的价格。
2. I agree ___ you =I agree ___ what you said.=I agree ___ your words.
3. The
climate here doesn’t agree ____ me .我不适应这儿的气候。
4. Do you agree to that plan?
7) switch
v.转变,改变
eg. Switch the conversation from one topic to another.
请开灯:___________
8) for once 就这一次
eg. For once you are right. 只有这一次你是对的
9) rather than "与其,不愿,不要,不是"
rather than的特点是连接前后两个平行结构,即要求前后成分及形式要基本一致。
e.g. He
decided to write to rather than (to) phone.他决定写信而不打电话了。
I’d like to go there in autumn rather than in summer.我愿意秋天去那里而不愿意夏天去。
He was engaging in
writing a letter rather than
reading a newspaper.他正忙着写信而不是看报纸。
Para 2
1)The editor’s job is to keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to the readers.
a.balanced (adj.)“平衡的” ---balance (n.)"平衡,天平"(v)"平衡,称,权衡"
平衡的饮食:balanced diet
b.keep
keep sb/sth from doing sth _"__________________"
keep sb/sth + ____________________________
宾语 宾补
Your job for these days is to keep the flowers alive like before.
He kept me waiting for half an hour.
You must keep us informed of what is going on there.
He always keeps his books in good order.
Para 3
1)by doing
我将会打电话告诉他这个消息___________
2)interview(v.)---interviewee(n.)----interviewer(n.)
3) get
Get有时候的用法相当于一个使役动词"使/让..."但是它与make,let,have等使役动词不同:一般,使役动词后不用动词不定式,而用动词原形如:make sb do sth 不能用make sb to do sth:但是get做使役动词用是后面必须用动词的不定式get sb/sth to do sth,不能用get sb/sth do. 不管是哪个使役动词,当用在被动句中时都必须用动词不定式
We should get more students to clean the playground.
We should make more students clean the playground.
More students should be made/got to clean the playground.
4) present (v. n. adj.)
v.赠送 present sb. with sth. present sth (to sb) 他把花送给了老师_____
v.引见,介绍 (introduce) present A to B 老师向同学们介绍新同学_______
n.._______(He gave his mother a present)目前,现在(at present当前,目前,此刻)
adj._________ What is your present job?
Para 4
1)My favourite article is the one I wrote about the efforts to bring
stolencultural relics back to China.我最喜欢的文章是我写的一篇关于如何努力把被盗的文物带回中国。
本句中的one是代词,用来指代article。one常用来代替前文提到的一种可数的事物。
e.g. I haven’t a pen. Can you lend me one?
指代可数名词复数用ones。
e.g. On the desk there is
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