Unit 5 Wild animals
词汇精讲
1. wild adj.野生的,野蛮的,狂热的,疯狂的 n.自然环境；野生状态
如: a wild elephant野象; wild flowers野花
注意①wild的副词形式为wildly②wide的比较等级形式为 wilder; wildest
③由wild构成的词组有: in the wild野生的,在荒野中;run wide撒野,放肆; go wild兴奋;高兴得疯了似地
2. free
①(adj.) 自由的，不受束缚的
Students have a free choice of cours in their final year.
②(adj.) 有空的，空闲的
be free = have time 有空
in one’s free time 在某人的空闲时间
③(adj.) 免费的
Come to the robot show on 14 March and you can receive a copy of Robot magazine for free.
④n.freedom adv.freely (adj. wi n. wisdom adv. wily)
3. die (vi) 死 （三单）_____________（现在分词）______________（过去式）___________
(1) 死于.....:die of：死于自身原因（如疾病等）
die from：死于外因（灾难、战争等环境因素）
In the 1960s, many Chine ________________________（死于饥饿）.
(2) dead (adj.) 死的，失去生命的
His mother is _________. She _______ in 1987. (die)
When autumn comes, many _________ leaves fall onto the ground. (die)
In the film, a wealthy doctor is found _________ in his hou. (die)
(3) dying (adj.) 临死的，垂死的
The doctor are trying to save the ___________ man. (die)
(4) death (n.) 死，死亡
He has decided to donate his body for medical rearch after his ________. (die)
The victim was wounded with a knife and bled to _________ as a result. (die)
练习：
1)The _________ old man is his enemy.He ________ two days ago.
A. died; died B dead; dead C. died; dead D. dead; died
2)The doctor ________ a _________ yesterday.
A. saved;dying B saved; dead C. safe;dead D. safe;dying
3) Wang Wei, the young pilot,________(die) for our country.He will live in our hearts forever.
4) Hurry, doctor! It's a matter of life and_______(die).
解析：dies;dying;died;(1)died from hunger;(2)dead;died;dead(3)dying(4)death;death
1-4 DA died;death
4. mean (vt.) 意思是， 意味着 过去式： meant meaning (n.) 意思，意义 meaningful (adj.) 意味深长的，有意义的 meaningless (adj.) 无意义的
(1) --What does this ntence mean? =What’s the meaning of this ntence?
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-It means “Thanks”.=Its meaning is “Thanks”. (mean)
(2) 动词mean的使用：
mean vi/vt | + doing sth | 意味着做某事 |
+ to do sth. | 意在想要干某事 |
+that clau | 后加宾语从句 |
What do you mean by sth /doing sth? | 做……什么意思 |
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练习：
(1) A word usually has veral ___________. (mean)
(2) She does not have as much money as before, but she thinks her life is _____________ (mean).
(3) It is ____________ to work as volunteers at community centres or in libraries at the w
eekend. (mean)
(4) We fill our lives with _____________ tasks. We feel bored. (mean)
(5)你坐在那儿不说话是什么意思?
What do you mean________ _______ there ________ _______ anything.
(6)误了火车就等于要再等上一个小时。
________ _______ the train _______ ________ ________for another hour.
(7)-I didn't mean ________ her.
But talking like that means________her.
A. to hurt; to hurt B. hurting; hurting
C. to hurt; hurting D. hurting; to hurt
解析：1. meanings 2. meaningful 3. meaningful 4. meaningless 5. by sitting without saying 6. Missing means waiting 7.C
5. in the beginning的含义:开始,开端,起初。
请同学们注意区分与 beginning相关的结构
at the beginning(of) | 其常常跟of短语连用(如: of the week, of the year, of the book等),如果后面没有跟of短语,则大都可以从上下文看出来。应当注意, at the beginning在单独使用时,有时与 in the beginning同义。如: He disliked it at (in) the beginning. |
in the beginning | 通常单独用作时间状语或定语,而较少跟of连用,其意义为:起初,在开始的时候,相当于at first,暗含着后来有变化的意思 |
请同学们了解相关的固定表达形式: A bad beginning makes a bad ending.[谚]不善始者不善终。from(the) beginning to(the)end= from first to last从头到尾,自始自终 |
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练习；
(1) At the ________(开始)of last century,they invented the machine.(根据句意和汉语提示写出单词)
(2) It was a great day but we did not enjoy it ______ the beginning.
A. on B. for C. with D. at
解析：1. beginning 2. D
6. sadly (adv.) 令人遗憾地，不幸地，伤心地 sad (adj.) 难过的 (sad -sadder -saddest)
sadness (n.) 悲哀，忧伤
sadly的用法:与用在句首的luckily及 unluckily相似,都用作“评价性状语”
练习：
(1) _______, giant pandas face rious problems in the wild. (sad)
(2) He cried ________________ than anyone el. (sad)
(3) _______, Pierre was not there to share the joy with her. (sad)
(4) She looked ________________ at her broken bike. (sad)
(5)大理寺
She looked ______ . (sad)
(6) I felt terribly ________ about it. (sad)
(7) The news made them much ___________. (sad)
(8) This is one of the ___________ stories that I have ever heard. (sad)
(9) We are sad ________ (hear) that you are leaving.
(10) Blue reprents calm and __________. (sad)
(11)-Did you e Wu Hua here just now?-Yes, he walked away _______(sad)
