Book 4 Unit 1 Women of achievement
2.this means going back ….由定語從句修飾的place做go 的賓語
3.only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project….only+副詞 （部分倒裝）
only in this way can we learn english better.
4.but the evening makes it all worthwhile
step 2.words and expressions
1. mean的用法
mean doing sth. … 意味著做…
eg. doing such a thing means wasting time.
mean to do sth… 打算做某事
eg. do you mean to go without money?
2. leave sb. doing 讓某人做某事
e.g they went off and left me sitting there all by myself.
3. wander的用法
1）可以解釋為漫步，逛，常與about搭配
e.g we love wandering about the hills
2）還可以解釋為脫離，迷失
e.g don’t wander off the point
4. worthwhile adj. 值得做的,值得花時間(金錢)的
it is worthwhile to do/ doing
it was worthwhile to visit paris.
= the visit to paris is worthwhile.
去巴黎訪問是值得的.
it’s worthwhile discussing/ to discuss the question again.
這個問題值得再討論一下。
it is a worthwhile book 那是一本值得一讀的書.
5. observe 觀察到，注意到
eg.she observed his actions with interest.
她很感興趣地觀察他的行動
his neighbour observed a stranger go into his house
他的鄰居看到了一個陌生人進入他的家.
6. “only + 狀語” 開頭的句子要用倒裝
eg. only in this way can we learn english better
only then did i realize my mistake.
直到那時我才知道我的錯誤.
only you understand me.
i met her only yesterday.
7.work out
eg. i can’t work out the meaning of the poem.(理解，說出)
things have worked out badly. （進行，發展）
work out his income （算出）
work out a plan （制定，擬定）
8. have/ has been doing 現在完成進行時，表示動作從過去就已開始，一直持續到現在，可能還會繼續下去.
eg. he has been reading since this morning.今早起，他一直在看書.
he is very tired; he has been working hard all day
he has been writing a letter.他一直在寫信.
he has written a letter.他已寫過信了.
9. argue 爭論；辯論；說服
argue for / argue against 主張/反對
argue about sth.
argue with sb.
argue sb. into doing sth. 說服某人做某事.
10. inspire sb. to do
eg. his speech inspired us greatly.
the teacher inspired us to make greater efforts.
the memory of his childhood inspired his first novel(促成；賦予靈感)
inspired 有靈感的
inspiring 激勵人心的
period 4 grammar points.
step i revision
review the text by checking the answers for exercises 2, 3 and 4 on page 4 and 5. these exercises are about the useful words that appear in the text.
step ii word-formation
there are two tasks in this part. one is leading in, in which teacher trys to give students as many words as possible. let them guess the meanings of the words. the second one is to finish exercise 1 on page 4.