选修7第5单元
Ⅰ. 要点导读
1. Xie Lei highly recommends the cour. (P38)
recommend v.“推荐” eg: Can you recommend me a good lawyer?
“建议；劝告”eg: I recommend that you walk to work.
recommend sb to do sth“建议某人做某事” eg: The doctor recommended me to take a long rest.
recommend for“推荐作某种用途 / 做某工作” eg: The pills are recommended for a cold.
recommend sb/sth to“向……推荐某人/某物” eg: The teacher recommended some good books to the students.
2. Also, when I miss my family, it’s a great comfort to have a substitute family to come home to. (P38)
comfort n. [C]“使人得到安慰的事” eg: The son was a comfort to his old mother.
[U]“舒适；安逸” eg: He had saved enough money so that he could live in comfort.
substitute (1) n.“代替品；代替者” eg: The manager was unable to attend but nt his deputy as a substitute.
(2) v.“代替；取代”，substitute sb / sth for sb / sth“用某人 / 某物代替另外的人 / 物”
eg: We must substitute a new computer for the broken one.
substitute for sb / sth“代替某人 / 某物” eg: The cretary substituted for the manager at the meeting.
3. Xie Lei’s preparation cour is helping her to get ud to academic requirements of Western university. (P38)
requirement n横劈叉.“要求；必要条件”，meet / satisfy the requirements“符合 / 满足必备的条件”
eg: The refugees’ main requirements are food and shelter.
To our delight, our latest products meet all the requirements t by the company.
require v.“需要；要求”，后接名词、代词、动词-ing形式(表示被动含义)或不定式被动形式及that从句，在that从句中常用虚拟语气，即(should + )动词原形。 eg: I require two experienced workers to help me.
Don’t you e the floor requires washing / to be washed?单的词语
The situation requires that we (should) stay up tonight.
4. She derves to succeed. (P39)
succeed v.“获得成功”， succeed in (doing ) sth“(做)某事成功”
全面的近义词eg: The astronauts succeeded in returning from the moon to the earth according to the plan.
“接替；继任”，succeed to“继承” eg: Do you know who will succeed him as president?
He had no son to succeed to the throne.
5. I have been so occupied getting ud to everything that I haven’t had time for social activities. (P39)
occupy v.引申为“忙”，本意为“占领；占有(职位)；占用”
eg: Enemy troops occupied the country.
My sister occupied an important position in her company.
Is anyone occupying the at?
be occupied with / in sth“忙于某事；正在做某事” eg: I am fully occupied with my daily work.
occupy onelf in doing sth“忙着做某事” eg: He occupied himlf with his garden after he’d retired.
6. Be prepared to share your comments with another group. (P40)
comment (1) n.“评论” make comments on / upon sth“对某事做出评论”
eg: He didn’t make any comments on my behavior.
(2) v.“评论；发表意见”，作不及物动词时，常和on / upon搭配。
eg:统一书号 Our English teacher refud to comment on the examination results.
Everyone commented on her new contribution to science.
7. Chine student 十一画的字fitting in well (P38)
fit in“相适应；相协调” eg: He tired to fit in with the others, but it was difficult.
fit on“穿上；装上” eg: I can’t make the cover of the tin fit on.
fit up“安装；安放” eg: Can we fit an extra cupboard up in the kitchen?
fit with“符合；适合” eg: What he said doesn’t fit with the fact.
8. You have to get ud to a whole new way of life, … (P38)
get ud to“对……适应；习惯于”，还可用be / become / grow ud to表达此意。to后可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。
eg: After three weeks she got ud to the extreme heat there.
I’m not ud to being treated like that.
ud to do sth我国的防灾减灾日“过去经常……(现在已不如此)” eg: Life here is much easier than it ud to be.
be ud to do sth / for sth“被用来做某事” eg: The money is ud to help the poor.
9. Besides, as far as he was concerned紧张的什么 what other people thought was not the most important thing. (P38)
as far as one is concerned“就某人而言”，as far as …“就……而论；据……”
eg: As far as I can e, you’ve done nothing wrong.
院门 They can go when they like, as far as I’m concerned.
as long as“只要” eg: As long as you make your grandma happy I’m content.
as well as“同(一样也)，和，也” eg: The conflict spread everywhere, into little villages, as well as into the cities.
10. Xie Lei told me she feels much more at home in England now … (P39)
feel at home“感到自在；无拘束”
be (feel) at home“(在……方面或中间)熟悉；感到自如；(使用……)不费劲”
eg: She always felt at home in her friend’s hou.
The boy didn’t feel quite at home in such a splendid hou.
He is becoming more and more at home with the language.
