8B Unit 5 International charitie知識點解析

〈知識鏈接〉⑴afford sth買得起…；有時間做…，通常與can, could, be able to連用，一般用于否定句、疑問句中。e.g. can we afford a new car?  ⑵afford to do sth有足夠的錢做某事，e.g. ①we can’t afford to buy a new house. ②can they afford to go abroad this summer?　　5. by training local doctors and nurses, we hope to help even more people. →by介詞，通過。　　6. you’ve done such an important job that people must be really grateful to you. (p79)　　
〈知識鏈接〉be grateful to sb for sth因某事而感激某人→grateful＝thankful，注意不要把grateful寫成greatful。e.g. i’m grateful to you for your help and support.  　　7. however, the most important thing for us is that we can help people see again. that引導的表語從句。　　8. thank you very much for your time, dr ma. is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers? 　　馬醫(yī)生，感謝你抽時間接受我們的采訪。你還有別的話要對我們的讀者說嗎？　　9. modern medicine is developing so quickly that we can treat and cure most eye problems and improve the lives of patients.現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學發(fā)展如此之快，以至于我們能治療并治愈絕大多數(shù)眼疾，從而改善病人的生活。 注意so…that…結構中so后面形容詞或副詞的使用規(guī)則。　　
〈知識鏈接〉⑴life→lives生活；生命，lose one’s life/lives喪生，save one’s life/lives挽救某人的生命，物主代詞或名詞所有格的單復數(shù)決定了life/lives。e.g. lose his life, save their lives　　⑵improve改進；改善；提高，e.g. you need more practice to improve your english.　　10. all we need is enough money to carry on with our work.我們所需要的足夠的錢，以繼續(xù)我們的工作。→all we need是all that we need的省略。　　
〈知識鏈接〉carry on with sth＝carry on doing sth＝continue to do sth＝continue doing sth繼續(xù)做某事，e.g. they carried on working, though they were very tired. 　　11. we hope people will support our work by sending donations to orbis.　　＝we hope people will send donations to orbis to support our work.　　
12. dr ma said that 80% of the cases of blindness can be either prevented or cured.  (p81)　　
〈知識鏈接〉either ⑴(兩者中的)任何一個，e.g. you can park on either side of the street.　　
⑵either…or…(對兩事物的選擇)要么…要么…；不是…不是…；或者…或者…，作主語時謂語動詞的形式遵循“就近原則”。e.g. ①i think she’s either english or american. ②i’ll buy either a camera or a mp3 player with the money. ③this afternoon he will either stay at home or go to the cinema. ④either he could not come or he did not want to.他要么是不能來要么是不想來。⑤either he or you are going to be invited to attend the presentation this coming friday.　　⑶either (用于否定句句尾)也，①peter can’t and i can’t either. ②—sandy won’t go there. —i won’t go there, either.＝neither/nor will i.＝me either.