高二英語Making a difference教案
unit 1 making a differencesection ii 閱讀
8. imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. 想像一下：你已21歲，是世界上一流大學里很有前途的畢業生。(p.3 reading 第一段 第1行)
(1) promising 是形容詞，意為“有前途的，有希望的”。如: ① he is a promising new painter.他是位很有前途的新畫家。② the weather looks promising. 天氣看來有望好轉。③ the wheat crop looks promising. 看來小麥有望獲得好收成。
【鏈接】promise作動詞用時，可意為“有希望……，可能會(有)……”，后接名詞或不定式。如: ① the rainbow promises fair weather. 彩虹表明將有好天氣。② this year promises to be another good one for harvests. 今年看來又是個豐收年。
(2) top用作形容詞時意為“頂的；頂上的；最高的；頭等的”。如: ① when he studied in paris, he lived in a small room 0n the top floor. 在巴黎學習時，他住在頂層的一個小房間里。② we should drive at top speed in order to catch up with them. 要趕上他們，我們應以最快速度行駛。③ top officials 最高級官員④ the top news 頭條新聞
9. there did not seem much point in working on my phd — i did not expect to survive that long. 取得博士學位對我來說沒有什么意義，我沒有期望活那么久。(p.3 reading 第二段 第1行)
1) there did not seem...是there be句型的變體，類似情況還有: ① there appeared (to be) a war between them. 他們之間似乎有場戰爭。② there used to be a cinema here before the war. 戰前這兒有一座電影院。③ there's sure to be someone in the room. 房間里肯定有人。④ there is said to be a debate among the students about the new rule. 有關這項新規定據說在學生中有一場辯論。⑤ once upon a time, there lived a man known by the name of joe. 從前有一個名叫喬的人。⑥ there came a knock at the door. 傳來敲門聲。⑦ in front of the school gate there stands an old tree. 校門前有一棵老樹。⑧ there remains only twenty-eight pounds. 只剩28英鎊。
2) there's no point in doing sth. 表示“做某事沒有作用或意義”。如: ① there's no point in arguing further. 繼續爭執下去沒有意義。② there's very little point in protesting. it won't help much. 抗議沒有什么用，于事無補。
【拓展】point意為“作用，用處，道理，意義”。如: ① what's the point in telling her again? 再告訴她有什么用呢? ② i didn't see any point in his speech. 我看不出他的演講有什么意義。
【短語】come to the point 談正題，談主要問題; beside / off the point 不切正題，無關緊要; in point of fact 實際上，事實上; to the point 中肯，切題
3) work on 意為“繼續工作”，也可表示“從事于”。如: ① they'll work on till sunset. 他們將繼續工作，直到日落。② he's working on a new novel. 他正在寫一本新的小說。