高二英語Unit17 The United States of America知識點總復習教案
【注】burn out也可表示將建筑物或其他物體燒掉。如：the building was burned out and only walls remained. 大樓被焚毀，只剩下殘壁。
13. atlanta quickly recovered from the destruction caused by the civil war. 亞特蘭大很快從戰爭的破壞中恢復過來。(p.43 reading 第三段 第1行)
▲recover在本課中作不及物動詞用，通常與from連用，意為“從……中恢復”；作及物動詞用時，意為“恢復”，通常與from連用，意為 “從……中恢復”。如： ① a healthy child quickly recovers from a fever. 健康的孩子發了燒很快就會好。② the athlete soon recovered his breath after the final dash. 這位運動員在沖刺之后很快就呼吸正常了。③ she had not yet recovered from the shock. 她還沒有完全從驚嚇中恢復過來。④ don't go back to work until you have fully recovered.等你痊愈了，再去上班。
【注】 recover與反身代詞連用時意為“鎮定下來”“恢復原樣”。如: ① she soon recovered herself and stopped crying. 不一會兒，她冷靜下來，不再哭了。② the skater stumbled but at once recovered himself. 滑冰的人絆了一下，但立即恢復了平衡。③ she made a great effort to recover herself. 她極力使自己鎮定下來。
【注】recover “恢復(能力，健康等)” i'm slowly recovering my strength after a flu. 流感以后我身體慢慢恢復。she recovered her consciousness. 她已恢復了知覺。
【注】recover還有“重新找到” “找回(被盜，遺失之物)重新獲得某事物” “收復(回)”之意。如: ① recently a man -made satellite we sent up has been recovered.最近我們發射的一顆人造衛星已返回地面。 ② the police helped them to recover their stolen jewellery.警察幫助他們把被竊的珠寶找回來了。③ the boy recovered his football from the neighbour's lawn.男孩從鄰居的草坪上找回了自己的足球。
【注】重新控制 (自己，行為，情緒) she recovered herself and smiled. 她恢復了常態笑了笑。the murderer never recovered his peace of mind. 這個殺手心里從沒有平靜過。
【注】重新獲得(金錢，時間，地位) they sought to recover damages from the firm. 他們設法向那家公司索取賠償金。
14. despite the hardships of the post – war years and the great depression,… 不管戰后年代和大蕭條時期有多么艱難，… (p.43 reading 第三段倒數第2行)
★介詞despite的用法
▲ despite意為“不管”“任憑”，相當于in spite of，后接名詞、代詞或動詞，但語氣比后者輕，不如后者常用。如: ① he went out despite bad weather. 他不管天氣惡劣出發了。② despite the fogs we went out for a walk. 盡管有霧，我們還是外出散步。③ despite myself, harry's remarks had caused me to stop and reflect. 盡管不是我的本意，哈里的話使得我停下來想了想。④ despite waiting to see him again, she refused to reply to his letter. 盡管很想再見到他，她卻拒不答復他的來信。