Unit 12 You are suppod to shake hands
单元知识预览
一.重点词汇：
1. shake 摇动、振动 2. custom 风俗、习惯
3. bow 鞠躬 4. relaxed 放松的、宽松的
5. towards 对于 关于 6. pick 拾取、挑选
7. stick 刺、插 8. rude 粗鲁的、无礼的
9. toast 敬酒 10. knife 小刀
11. crowded职称英语免试条件 拥挤、充满 leyes12. rubbish 垃圾、废物
13. beside 在......旁边 14. e-mail 电子邮件
15. riddle 谜语 16. experiment 实验
17. plead 高兴的、满意的 18. normally 通常地、正常地
二.重点词组：
1. be suppod to 被期望/要求、应该 2. shake hands 握手
3. drop by 顺便拜访 4. after all 毕竟
5. pick up 拾起、捡起 6. make a noi 发出噪音
7. table manners 餐桌礼仪 8. get ud to 习惯于
9. be relaxed about 对......比较随便 10. as many/much as 尽可能多
三.重点句型
1. In your country, what are you suppod to do when you meet someone for the first time?
在你们国家，当人们第一次遇见某人的时候怎么做？
2. Where I am from, we are pretty relaxed about time.
我所在的地方，对时间的要求是相当宽松的。
3. Often we just walk around the town center, eing as many of our friends as we can.
我们经常走遍市中心，看尽可能多的朋友。
4. If someone invites you to meet them at 4：00，you have to be there at 4:00.
如果有人邀请你4:00见面，那么你必须4点钟到。
5. In Switzerland , it’s very important to be on time.
在瑞士，准时是很重要的。
6. We are the land of watches, after all.
毕竟我们是钟表王国。
7. Thanks for your message.
谢谢你的信息。
8. You are not suppod to eat anything with your hands except bread，not even fruit.
除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使水果也不行。
9. I have to say,I find it difficult to remember everything, but I am gradually getting
recommend是什么意思 ud to things, and don’t find them too strange any more.
不得不承认，我发现记住一切是非常困难的，但我渐渐习惯了，并且发现它们不再那么奇怪了。
10. Can you write in English? And can you also write e-mail in English? Maybe not.
你会用英语写作吗？你也会用电子邮件英语写作吗？可能不会。
精讲巧练
1. In your country, what are you suppod to do when you meet someone for the first time?
在你们国家，当人们第一次遇见某人的时候怎么做？
（1.）动词suppo的意思是“猜想、假设”。suppo的后面用that从句表示“猜测、假设”，that可
以省略。
例如：I suppo he is not yet twenty. 我猜想他不到二十岁。
（2.）be suppod to的后面用动词原形表示“被期望做某事、应该做某事”的意思，相当于情态动词
should。
例如：You are suppod to say hello to the foreigners. 你应该跟这些外宾打招呼。
随时练
【考例】You are suppod _____ hands when you meet for the first time.
A. to shake B. shake C. shaking D. shooktiffany意思
2. Where I am from, we are pretty relaxed about time.
我所在的地方，对时间的要求是相当宽松的。
（1.）特殊疑问词where是连词，它引导的是表示地点的状语从句，它的意思是“在......的地方”。
例如：Where there is no rain, farming is difficult or impossible.
在不下雨的地方，农业是很困难的或者是不可能的。
（2.）动词短语be relaxed about的意思是“对......要求宽松、不严格”。
例如：The work is pretty relaxed about time. 这件工作对时间要求不严格。
随时练
【考例】In our country, we are pretty ______ about time.
A. good B. interesting C. relaxing D. relaxed
3. Often we just walk around the town center, eing as many of our friends as we
can.
我们经常走遍市中心，看尽可能多的朋友。
what can i do for u （1.）动词短语walk around的意思是“到处走、游荡”。
例如：We walked around the beach barefoot. 我们赤脚在海滩上走来走去。
（2.）短语as...as...是表示比较的结果一样。它在中间用形容词、副词的原级。
例如：Try to run as fast as you can. 你能跑多快就跑多快。
随时练
【考例】Your bike is as _____ as mine.
A. much cheaper B. cheaper C. expensive D. more expensive
4. If someone invites you to meet them at 4：00，you have to be there at 4:00.
如果有人邀请你4:00见面，那么你必须4点钟到。
（1.）动词短语invite somebody to do something的意思是“邀请某人做某事”。
例如：My teacher invites me to sing with her. 我的老师邀请我和她一起唱歌。
（2.）have to表示“不得不”的意思，相当于情态动词must。have to强调客观原因，must强调个人主
观原因。Have to有各种时态和人称的变化。
随时练
【考例】We _____ go there on foot last night becau our car is broken.
A. had to B. have to C. must D. has to
5. In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time. 在瑞士，准时是很重要的。
本句子的it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式短语。动词不定式作主语的时候往往用形式主
语it放在句子的开头。
例如：To clean the blackboard is your job.＝It’s your job to clean the blackboard.
擦黑板是你的工作。
随时练
【考例】It’s very difficult for you ______ the exam without any help.
A. pass B. to pass C. pasd D. passing
6. We are the land of watches, after all. 毕竟我们是钟表王国。
考研政治国家线 （1.）句子的短语the land of watches的意思是“钟表王国”，表示是“生产什么的之地”的意思。
例如：China is the land of bikes. 中国是自行车王国。
（2.）短语after all的意思是“毕竟”。
例如：After all your brother is a little kid. 你弟弟毕竟是一个小孩子。
随时练
【考例】Don’t be angry with her, _____ she is your mother.
A. at first B. by the way C. after all D. in a word
7. Thanks for your message. 地道英语谢谢你的信息。
动词thank的意思是“感谢”，它可以作名词many thanks（多谢了）。Thanks for＝Thank you for表示“因......而感谢”，thanks for的后面可以用名词、代词或者动名词作宾语。
例如：Thanks for helping me. 谢谢你帮助我。
随时练
【考例】Thank you for _____ me to your birthday party.
A. to ask B. asked C. invite D. inviting
8. You are not suppod to eat anything with your hands except bread，not even fruit.
除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使水果也不行。
（1.）句子中的except是“除......之外”的意思，不包括所说的东西，即ltgexcept后面的内容不包含在前面句子所表示的内容之内。
例如：I get up early except Sunday.
除了星期天之外，我每天起床都很早。（不包含星期天）
Nobody was late for the meeting except me today.
今天除了我之外没有人开会迟到。
（2.）besides的意思是“除了......之外”，但它把besides的后面的内容包含在内，主要是对
besides后面的内容加以强调。
例如：Five others are late besides me. 除了我之外，还有五个人迟到。（包含我在
内）
随时练
【考例】We have to learn many other subjects ______ Chine and English.
A. beside B. besides C. except D. but
9. I have to say,I find it difficult to remember everything, but I am gradually getting ud to things, and don’t find them too strange any more.
不得不承认，我发现记住一切是非常困难的，但我渐渐习惯了，并且发现它们不再那么奇怪了。
（1.）句子的动词短语get ud to的意思是“习惯于做某事”。和be ud to是同义词短语，to的后
面用动名词形式。
例如：Are you ud to living in the village? 你习惯于住在乡村吗？
（2.）not ...any more的意思是“不再......”相当于no more，也可以用no longer＝not any
longer来表示这个意思。
例如：The boy didn’t cry any more when he saw his mother.
这个男孩看到他妈妈的时候就不再哭了。
随时练
【考例】Don’t try to fool us. We are not children _______
A. already B. any more C. after all D. A、B and C
10. Can you write in English? And can you also write e-mail English? Maybe not.
你会用英语写作吗？你也会用电子邮件英语写作吗？可能不会。
（1.）句子中的maybe是副词，它的意思是“大概、或许”，它经常用在句子的开头表示一种不能确定
的猜测。
例如：Maybe your father is at home. 或许你爸爸在家。
还可以表示为了避免作明确的回答。
例如：－Can you come to my birthday? 你能来参加我的生日晚会吗？
－Maybe！可能吧！
（2.）may be是情态动词may＋动词原形be构成句子的谓语，情态动词may表示推测，它的意思是“也
许、可能”。Our teacher isn’t in his office. He may be in the reading－room.
我们的老师不在办公室，也许在阅览室。
随时练
【考例】Look at that tall man. He ______ your new teacher.
A. maybe B. really be C. to be D. may be
随堂小测
一、请你用所给词的适当形式完成下列句子。
1. You are ______ (suppo) to shake hands when you meet a Chine friend.
2. Keep your eyes ______(clo) when you are doing eye exercis.
3. A knife is _____ (u) for _______(cut) things.
4. Trees can keep water from _______ (run) away.
5. Do you still remember______(e) me somewhere in Beijing ?
6. Everything was ______( familiar ) with me becau I was in Japan for the first time?
7. Though you failed this time, don’t give up______ (study) .You still have a lot of chances.
8. ________ ( spend ) time with family and friends is very important.
9. Remember ________(turn off) the light when you leave the room.
10. People are pretty _______( relax ) about time in Colombia.
二、选择正确答案。
( ) 1. - Will you come to the dinner party?
- I will not come until Jenny __________.
A. will be invited B. can be invited
C. invited D. is invited
( ) 2. John _______ Beijing the day before yesterday.
A. arrived at B. arrived C. reached to D. arrived in
( ) 3.In Switzerland, people ________ visit a friend’s hou.
A. make plans B. make plans to
C. makes plans to D. make a plan
( ) 4. It’s too hot. Do you mind ______ the window?
A. my closing B. my opening C. open D. clo
( ) 5.She ______Shanghai next week.
A. is leaving for B. leaves for C. leaved D. left
( ) 6.What are you nervous _____, Mary?
A. in B. at C. on D. about
( ) 7.We go to school every day _____ Saturday and Sunday.
A. beside B. besides C. except D. except for
( ) 8.Yang Liwei is proud ____ his motherland.
A. in B. of C. from D. for
( ) 9. I find ________ difficult to remember everything, though I’m still young.
A. that B. this C. it D. what
( )10.He _____ in his English Test Paper. His teacher was very angry with him.
A. makes some mistakes B. make a mistake
C. made few mistakes D. made many mistakes
三、选择填空
家人的英文When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be _1_ when you put one finger in front of your _2_, you mean, “Be quiet.”
Yet, people in different countries may u different sign language. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could _3_ a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt 4 and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman 5 his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he 6 to say, “Bring me something to eat.” But the waiter brought him a lot of things to 7 , first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was 8 to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was 9 enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter br
ought him a large plate of bread and meat. 规律英文 10 the Englishman had his meal in the same way.
