Working the land
unit 2 working the land核心單詞
1. struggle
v.掙扎；努力；拼搏；斗爭
n. (為爭取自由、政治權利等而進行的)斗爭，奮斗
常用結構：
struggle with與……斗爭
struggle for 為爭取……而斗爭
struggle against與……斗爭；為反對……而斗爭
struggle to do sth. (=make great efforts to do sth.)
努力做某事
struggle to one’s feet 掙扎著站起來
she struggled to keep back the tears. 她努力忍住淚水。
it was a hard struggle to get my work done on time.
為使工作按時完成, 我做了一番努力。
易混辨析
struggle/fight
struggle指較長時間的、激烈的斗爭，往往指肉體及精神上的戰斗。
fight意為“搏斗，打斗，打架”，表示“斗爭”時，包含體力和勇猛的因素。
高手過招
(1)單項填空
the working people have never stopped their struggle unfair treatment. （ •01•山西太原五中檢測）
a. against b. for c. from d. to
(2)完成句子 （原創）
①我們應當幫助那些仍在為獨立而斗爭的人們。
we should help those who are still .
②他們得和各種各樣的困難作斗爭。
they had to .
(1)解析：選a。struggle against意為“同……作斗爭”；struggle for意為“為了……而斗爭”。
(2)①struggling for independence
②struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties
2. expand
v.擴大；擴展；增加；增長；（使）膨脹；闡述；使變大
常用結構：
expand...into...將……擴展/發展成……
expand on 闡述；詳談
he is thinking of expanding his business.
他在正考慮擴大他的生意。
in ten years the city’s population expanded by 12%.