Unit 4?Why don’t you talk to your parents?
2021-03-26
重点知识园地
重点单词
1. allow v. 允许;准许
allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事
be allowed to do sth 被允许做某事
Mr Smith allows Mike to drive there.
史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。
He should be allowed to have a break.
应该允许他休息一下。
2. deal n. 协议;交易
make/do a deal (with sb) (与某人) 达成一笔交易
deal n. 大事;要事
Its not a big deal.
这没什么大不了的。
3. communication n. 交流;沟通
Doctors do not always have good communication skills.
医生不一定都具备良好的沟通能力。
communicate v. 交流;沟通
communicate with sb 与某人交流 (信息、消息或意见等)
The couple cant communicate with each other.
这对夫妇彼此无法沟通。
4. argue v. 争吵;争论
argue with sb (about/over sth) (为某事)与某人争辩
Were always arguing with each other about money.
我们总是为钱吵嘴。
argument n. 争论
have an argument with sb 与某人争论
5. elder adj. 年纪较长的
注意:elder主要表示长幼顺序,尤指家庭成员的长幼顺序。
He is my elder brother.
他是我的哥哥。
辨析:elder和older
這两个词均是old的比较级,在用法上有所区别。
(1)elder表示“前辈的;年纪较长的”,仅用于家庭成员之间的比较;older则不限于此。
My younger son is five and my elder son is nine.
我的小儿子5岁,大儿子9岁。
Tom is two years older than Mary.
汤姆比玛丽年长两岁。
(2)elder只能用来指人;older既可指人,也可指物。
My elder brother joined the army when he was only fifteen.
我哥哥年仅15岁就参了军。
This dog is older than any other dog here.
这只狗是这里最老的狗。
6. instead adv. 代替;反而;却
instead 为副词,通常放在句首或句末,在句首时常用逗号隔开,表示前面的事没做,而做了后面的事。
He didnt reply. Instead, he left the room.
他没有回答,反而转身离开了房间。
Last summer I went to Qingdao. This summer Im going to Dalian instead.
去年夏天我去了青岛,今年夏天我要去大连。
7. offer v. 主动提出;自愿给予
offer侧重主动或愿意给予。
常用结构:offer sb sth 给某人提供某物
offer to do sth 主动提出做某事
She offered me a cup of tea.
她给我端了杯茶。
Its very kind of you to offer to help us on the weekend.
你周末主动帮我们,你真是太好了。
8. explain v. 解释;说明
explain+that/what/why... 解释……
explain sth (to sb) (向某人) 解释某事
Can you explain what this means?
你能解释一下这个的意思吗?
Please explain it to me.
请你向我解释一下吧。
9. return v. 归还;回来;返回
She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never returned.
她15岁时离开南非就一直没回去过。
(1)return v. 归还;退还
return sb sth=return sth to sb 把某物归还给某人
Dont forget to return me the keys.
别忘了把钥匙还给我。
(2)return v. 返回;回到 (出发地)
return to+地点名词
Blair will return to London tonight.
今晚布莱尔将返回伦敦。
