Section Ⅱ Listening and Speaking & Reading and Thinking——Language Points
1．illustrate vt.(举例)说明；阐明；给(书或文章)加插图→illustration n．插图；图示；解释→illustrative adj.解释的；说明的
2．precious adj.珍稀的；宝贵的→preciousness n．宝贵；可贵
3．marriage n．结婚；婚姻→marry vt.(和某人)结婚；嫁；娶→married adj.已婚的
4．major adj.主要的；重要的→majority n．大部分；大多数
5．complain vt.&vi.抱怨；发牢骚→complaint n．抱怨；埋怨；投诉；控告
6．respond vt.回答；回复vi.做出反应；回应→respon n．反应；回答；回复
7．reject vt.拒绝接受；不录用→rejection n．拒绝接受；否决
8．appoint vt.任命；委派→appointment n．约会；预约；约定
9．elect vt.选举；推选→election n．选举；推选；当选
10．scare vt.惊吓；使害怕vi.受惊吓→scared adj.害怕的；对……感到惊慌或恐惧的
11．energy n．精力；活动→energetic adj.精力充沛的；充满活力的
1．moral adj.道德的；道义上的n.品行；道德；寓意
①You should follow the traditional moral standards.道德的
②Young people have no morals the days.品行；道德
③The moral is that crime doesn't pay.寓意，教益
2．faint vi. 昏倒；晕厥 adj.不清楚的；微弱的
①We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road.微弱的
②The woman in front of me fainted suddenly.昏倒
3．tend vt.照顾；照料 vi.倾向；趋于；常常就；往往会
①Women tend to live longer than men.往往会
②Prices have tended downwards over recent years.倾向；趋于
③The nur is tending the injured.照顾
Words And Phras
知识要点1 carry sb.through sth.帮助某人度过难关
(教材P16)The words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman，and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
林巧稚这一席话使我们得以窥见这位非凡女性的内心世界，并了解是什么支撑她度过充满
艰难抉择的一生。
[例1] His determination carried him through the hard time.
他靠坚强的信心度过了这段艰难的岁月。
[例2] It was your help that carried them through the hardest time in the foreign country.
就是你的帮助帮她们度过了在国外的艰难的日子。
[造句] 就是对医学的热爱支撑她度过充满艰难抉择的一生。
It was the love to medicine that carried her through a life of hard choices.
[知识拓展]
carry sb.back to sth. 使回想起；使回忆
carry off 赢得；获得；成功的对付
carry on 继续移动
carry out 实施；执行；落实
carry sth. through 成功完成；顺利实现
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①It's a difficult job but she's the person to carry it through．
②They are carrying out the plan now.
③Plea carry on with your work while I'm away.
④He carried off most of the prizes.
知识要点2 majority大部分；大多数
(教材P16)At age 18，instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls，she cho to study medicine.
在十八岁时她选择了学医而不是像大多数女孩那样走传统的婚姻之路。
[例1] Boys are very much in the minority at the dancing class.舞蹈班里男生占极少数。
[例2] Our country is a traditional agricultural society，with a majority of farming population.我们的国家是一个传统的农业社会，农村人口占绝大多数。
[例3] For example，if you look at the audience at a classical concert，the majority are over the age of fifty.
例如，你看一看听古典音乐会的观众，大部分是五十岁以上的。
[造句] (2015浙江卷)当我有不同的观点时，我可能会选择放弃并尊重大多数人的观点。
When I have a different opinion，I may choo to give it up and respect the opinion of the majority.
[知识拓展]
(1)a/the 大多数……
be in the/a majority 占大部分/大多数
(2)minority n. 少数
be in the minority 占少数
(3)major n．& v. 主修；专业
major in 主修……；以……为专业
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①Only a small number of people in that city do not have a car while the people taking subway to work are in the majority.
②The majority of the什么水果助消化
land has been destroyed(destroy) so far.
③Some of the plays told sad stories，but the majority of the plays were(be) really funny.
[提示] (1)the majority单独作主语时，谓语动词用单复数形式均可。
(2)the majority of＋
知识要点3 respond vt.回答；回复vi.做出反应；回应
(教材P16)She responded，“I'd rather stay single to study all my life！”
她回答说“我宁愿为终身学习而保持单身”。
[例1] Clive responded to my suggestion with a laugh.
克利夫对我提的建议报以一笑。
[例2] The director responded that he remained optimistic when asked about the company's future.
问到公司的未来的时候，经理回答说他依然乐观。
[造句] 你可以相信他迎接挑战的能力。
You can rely on him to respond to a challenge.
[知识拓展]
(1)respond to sth. 对……做出反应/回答
(2)respon n. 回答；反应
in respon to 对……做出反应
make (a) respon to 回答/响应……；对……做出反应
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①The dia quickly responded to the treatment.
②In respon to the audience's great demand，the play will/would be put on in the theatre twice a week.
③He made no respon(respond) to my suggestion，which made me very disappointed.
[小片段助记]
He came up with the suggestion on the question at the meet last night.Some people quickly responded to the suggestion while the majority of them prent at the meet made no respon to it.So they decided to have another meet in respon to the question.
