Unit 5 Culture Shapes Us
4. leave vt.
※離開
①miss zhao leaves the classroom in a hurry.
趙小姐匆匆忙忙地離開教室。
※忘記
② he left his book on his desk.
他把書忘在桌子上了。
※把留給
③his grandpa left much money for him.
他爺爺給他留下一大筆錢。
※使……處于……狀態,常見結構為:leave+賓語+賓補,
其賓補可以是形容詞,名詞或介詞。
※he left his baby by itself.
他把自己的孩子單獨留下無人照管。
5. more than half of the canadians have british or french ancestors. (l38)
half of +代詞/名詞中half為名詞,意為“一半,半個”,
當該結構在句中作主語時,謂語動詞必須和該短語中的代詞或名詞保持數的一致。
①half of the watermelon goes bad.
半個西瓜壞了。
②half of the students are in the classroom.
一半學生在教室里。
6. believe vt. 認為,與think同義,其后可接賓語+賓補,或后接that從句。如:
①i believe him clever. 我認為他很聰明。
②i believe that she is honest. 我認為她很誠實。
believe +that從句,若從句為否定形式且主句主語為第一人稱,應將否定詞前移至主語。
③i don’t believe that she can sing the song in english.
我認為她不會用英文唱這首歌。
拓展:believe還有“相信”之意,
believe sb. 相信某人(所說的話是真的)
believe in sb. 信任某人。如:
④i believe my sister, but i can not believe in her.
我相信我姐姐的話是真的,但是我不能信任她。
7. canadians believe that people must respect and tolerate each other and help each other keep different languages, religions and customs alive. (l38)
alive adj. 活著的,在世的,存在的,
①the sheep is alive. 那只羊還活著。
辨析:alive ,live 與living.
※ alive是“活的,有活力的”之意,指人,
一般作后置定語 ,也可作賓語補足語。
②i am afraid his grandfather is no longer alive.
恐怕他爺爺已不在人世了。
※live意為“活的,實況轉播的”,用來指物,作定詞,也作表語。
③my mother bought several live fish.
我媽媽買了幾條活魚。