Unit 9 Health care (詞匯與知識點)

4. if i had had insurance, the sickness wouldn’t have caused such a big problem. i don’t want this to happen to anyone else in my family.
5. a total of 15.1 billion yuan was spent on supporting those who were unable to make a living.
6. as our country develops, we must also remember the responsibilities that come with wealth and prosperity.
7. extra lessons on sundays put more pressure on li ming, who already has piles of homework.
8. thanks to the constant effort of the government, some laid-off workers can attend courses at special job-training centres.
7.部分知識點講解
1. be diagnosed with: be identified with a disease
mary was diagnosed with aids when she was only seven years old.
this sentence means that when mary was seven , the doctor told her that she had the disease aids.
2. lay sb. off: dismiss sb.
if sb. is laid off, it means she or he loses her or his job. and the adjective “laid-off” comes from this phrase. 由于效益不佳，工廠不得不解雇五名工人，王林就是下崗職工中的一名。
the factory has to lay off at least 50 workers because of the low benefits, thus wang lin becomes one of the laid-off workers.
3. to make matters worse: what’s worse
i lost my way to the hotel, to make matters worse, i forget the name of the hotel where i live.
4. thanks t because of
thanks to the kind help of mr. wang, i could arrive at the station on time.”
= if mr. wang hadn’t helped me, i could not have arrived at the station on time.
5. fundamental: elementary, basic
the fundamental laws of the universe = the basic laws of the universe.
6. to consult: to seek advice or information of something
if you are ill, you should go to hospital to consult a doctor, it means you should ask for advice on how to cure the disease.
if you don’t understand a word, you can consult a dictionary, it means you can look it up in the dictionary.
7. they cannot afford to consult a doctor or purchase medicines from a chemist when they get sick, nor can they make sure that their children keep a healthy diet.
這里表示否定意義的副詞nor 置于句首, 后面的句子應采用部分倒裝形式,意為“也不……”
if you don’t wait for him, nor shall i. 具有相同用法的否定意義的副詞還有never, nor，neither，no sooner, little, hardly, seldom, in no way, nowhere, not only等。
1) not a single mistake did he make in his exam.
2) visit our stores. nowhere else will you find such magnificent bargains.
3) hardly had he finished his work when the telephone rang.
4) not only did he complain about the food, he also refused to pay for it.
8. it is sometimes said that a society can be judged by the way it cares for its weakest members.
當way 作先行詞，并在定語從句中做狀語時, 關系詞用that或in which或省略。
如： i don’t like the way that / in which he treats me.