1.The country covers six of the world's 24 time areas.
▲关于时区(time areas)请参见TB(A,L.2-1)。
▲cover是及物动词,本作“覆盖”“遮盖”解,本句中的cover是“占有(多少面积)”(occupy the surface of)的意思。又如:
①The city covers 20 square miles.这座城市占地20平方英里。
②He owns a farm which covers nearly 900 areas.他拥有一个将近900英亩的农场。
▲此外,cover还可以作“采访(新闻)”解,如第14课中第一段的句子,Reporters are then sent to cover the events.(新闻记者被派去采访这些事件。)请看下列句中cover的不同词义。
③Jim was sent to cover the Science Conference in Shanghai.吉姆被派去采访上海的科学大会了。
④Please cover the table with a tablecloth.请把桌布盖在桌子上。
⑤The Red Army covered over 1,000 kilometres during the Long March.红军在长征途中走过了两万多里。
⑥China covers about 9.6 million km2.中国的版图大约占960万平方公里。
⑦I covered one third of the book.我读完了这本书的三分之一。
2.Plants grow well all the year round and the parks and gardens are famous for their flowers.一年四季植物生长良好,这里的公园和花园都以花卉而闻名。
▲all the year round是名词词组,作“一年到头”、“一年四季”解,在句中作时间状语,类似的名词词组还有:all day long(整天地,一天到晚地),all night long(整夜地), all the time(一直,始终地)。例如:
①The grassland beyond this mountain has little rain all the year round.山那边的草原终年少雨。
②The nurse sat by the patient all night long.护士整夜守在病人身边。
③They had to work all day long, and have no time to talk.他们整天都得工作,没有时间谈话。
核心知识
常用单词积累
generally speaking notice differently settle
all the year round be famous for
a great deal of make use of race
clear up from time to time
基础知识精讲
1.settle
▲ settle 作“殖民;殖民于,定居,决定”解
句 式
(1)〔settle(+名词/代词)〕 殖民(于)
(2)〔settle + 名词/代词;settle to do sth〕了解,决定
(3)〔settle +疑问词+to do sth./疑问词从句〕解决
①The Dutch settled in South Africa.
荷兰人在南非殖民。
②Let them settle the problems themselves.
让他们自己来解决这些问题。
③Have you settled where to go?
他们已决定去什么地方了吗?
联想 settle down sb settle sb down
settle down (to sth) settle (down) to sth
▲settle (在活动过后)安适地坐下或躺下
▲settle (sb) down (使)镇定;(使)平静
▲settle down (to sth) 立身;安顿(于新的生活方式,新行业等)
▲settle (down) to sth. 避免分心,专心工作
▲settled 形容词,“稳定的,不变的;永久的”
▲settlement “解决,和解”
▲settler 殖民者,侨居新兴国家者
2.notice
▲ notice 作动词,“注意(到);看到”
句式
(1)〔notice +名词/代词〕 (2)〔notice +that+从句〕
(3)〔notice +疑问词从句〕 (4)〔notice +疑问词+to do〕
(5)〔notice +名词/代词+动词原形/v-ing形式/过去分词〕
①He was too proud to notice me.他太傲慢了,连理都不理我。
②I noticed that he left early.我注意到他提早离开了。
③Did you notice what happened?你可看到发生什么了?
④I noticed where to fish.我注意到哪儿能捕到鱼了。
⑤I didn't notice you enter.我没注意你进来。
注意:
notice属感观动词(即表感观意义的及物动词)。通常感观动词都有notice的以上五种常见用法。这类动词常见的有see, observe, watch, look at, listen to, hear, feel等
3.struggle against
▲struggle against 后既可接表人的名词,亦可接表示事物的名词,表示与之对立(对抗)的人或物进行斗争,意为“同……作斗争”,against可与with互换。
①He struggled against/with those who opposed his plan.他同反对他计划的人作斗争。
②They struggled against poverty.他们同贫穷作斗争。
▲struggle for后通常接抽象名词,意为“为(真理,事业解放等)而奋斗”
③All the black slaves struggled for freedom.所有的黑奴都为自由而斗争
④The poor have to struggle for a living.穷人不得不为生存而斗争。
4.refer to
▲refer to 表“查阅;参考”
①You can refer to your note when you are speaking.你发言时可以看稿子。
②You have to refer to a dictionary to find the meaning of this word.你得查阅字典找出这个词的意思来。
注意:refer表“查阅”意义时,可与consult换用,但不可与look up换用。
③考试时不准查字典。
[误]Don't look up a dictionary while having an examination.
[正]Don't look up new words in a dictionary while having an examination.
[正]Don't refer to a dictionary while having an examination.
[正]Don't consult a dictionary while having an examination.
▲refer to 表“指……而言;适用于”
④I didn't know whom she was referring to when she said that.她这样说时,我不知道她指的是谁。
⑤The regulations refer to children.这些规定适用于小孩。
▲refer to 表“提到,提及”
⑥Don't refer to that matter again.不要再提这事了。
⑦The author begins by referring to the early history of Africa.作者在开头提了一下非洲的早期历史。
▲refer to 与介词as连用,即“refer to…as…”结构表示“将……称作……”的意思。
⑧He heard them refer to her as“Big sister”.他听见他们叫她“大姐”。
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