人教英語新課標必修1全冊精品教案(Unit 2 English Around the World)
role: n. 1. the character played by an actor in a play or film; the position that someone has in society or an organization: matthews plays the role of a young doctor in the film. women are often forced into a supportive role in the family. 2. play a leading/major/key role in=be important in making changes happen: mandela played a leading role in ending apartheid in south africa. because of=as the result of a particular thing or someone’s action: he had to retire because of ill health. c.f. she got the job because she was the best candidate. native: 1. adj. your native country or town is the place where you were born: they never saw their native land again. 2. native language/tongue: the language you spoke when you first learned to speak. 3. n. a person who was born in a particular place:are you a native of new york?come up: 1. to be mentioned:a lot of new questions came up at the meeting. 2. to be about to happen soon:don’t you have a birthday coming up soon? 3. to move near someone or something by walking: come up to the front of the room so everyone can see you.other verbal phrases of “come”come about=to happen in a way that seems impossible to control; come across= to meet or find something or someone by chance; come along=get along; to appear at a time you don’t expect; to encourage sb. to try harder; come by=to obtain something that is difficult to find; come up with=to think of an idea; (the small word “come” has many phrasal verbs. it is better to ask the students to refer to a good dictionary.)present: adj. 1. be present: a) to be in a particular place: how many people were present at the meeting yesterday?(opposite of “ absent”) b) to be remembered for a long time: the memory of the disaster last year is still present in her mind. 2. (only before noun) existing now: what’s your present address? c.f. what he said amused all the people present.such as: used to give an example of something; such…as/that: used to emphasize that there is a small amount of something or that it is of good quality: the local economy still relies on traditional industries such as farming and mining. c.f. such food as they gave us was warm and nutritious.command: 1. vi & vt. to tell someone officially to do something, esp. if you are a military leader or a king to get something such as attention or respect: the general commanded that the regiment (should) attack at once. or the general commanded the regiment to attack at once. dr. young commands a great deal of respect as a surgeon. 2. get/ have a good command of english=to get/have a good mastery of english.