2016屆高考英語單詞及語言點總結(jié)2
6) in the end =at last; finally
he will be a scientist in the end.
3. dig out
1) to get sth out of a place, using a spade or your hands
2) to find sth you have not seen for a long time, or that is not easy to find
let’s dig out the roots.
why did you dig out all those old magazines?
we must dig the truth out of him.
4. a (good \ great \ large) number of+ n.(pl.)
many; a large quantity of; a lot of
a good number of students are not interested in modern art.
i’ve seen the film a number of times.
the great wall attracts a great number of foreign tourists every day.
the number of…
the number of private colleges has increased.
= private colleges have increased in number.
5. give out
1) to give sth to a number of different people, especially to give information to people
2) to produce light, heat, a sound, a gas, smell etc
you have no right to give my telephone number out.
students were giving out leaflets(傳單)to everyone on the street.
the teacher gave out the examination papers.
the radiator (散熱器) is giving out a lot of heat.
與give有關(guān)的常用短語還有：
give away 送掉，捐贈
give in 讓步，屈服
give off 發(fā)出（氣味、光、熱、聲音等），此時相當(dāng)于give out
give up 放棄
give back 歸還
6. thousands of
基數(shù)詞＋s，并不表示確切的具體數(shù)字，可以單獨使用，也可以先接介詞of再接復(fù)數(shù)名詞。
there are thousands of people in the park on may day.
thousands of people died of hunger.
mr. smith gave thousands of books to the school.
注意：tens of thousands of 數(shù)以百萬計的
hundreds of hundreds of 成百上千的
hundreds of thousands of 數(shù)十萬的
millions of 數(shù)百萬的
unit 5 nelson mandela — a modern hero
word usage
1. willing adj: desiring to do what is wanted; not objecting
eg. they are willing to come.
eg. he is willing to do the job without payment.’
2. prison n: building for confining person convicted or accused of a crime
eg. he was sent to prison for damaging public property.
詞組be in prison在獄中，
eg .he is now still in prison.
put /throw sb into prison 把某人投入監(jiān)獄
the two noblemen put/ threw dr. manette into prison without mercy.