Language points in Unit2
Warming –up and pre-reading
poem诗，韵文
compose/write a poem 作诗
What a beautiful poem the little girl has written!
Their life is a poem.
Poet n.诗人 poetry 诗（总称）
A poetry book诗集 a poetry reading诗歌朗诵会
Poetic adj. 像诗的，有诗意的
remember 记得，想起； 纪念； 代――向――致意，问好
1）I remember putting the books on the shelf.
Rember to put the books on the shelf.
类似：forget regret
2) On this day we remember the dead of two world wars.
3)Rember somebody to somebody
Please remember me to your mother.
either
1)pron.&adj.(两者中的一个)
I’ve bought two cakes----- you can have either.
You can park on either side of the street.
2) adv.也不（用于否定句）
If you don’t go, I won’t go either.
recite 背诵； 一一列举，说出
the little girl can recite many poems.
He recited his complaint.（不满）
aspect
方面 Consider a question in all aspects.
朝向，方位 The house has a south-facing aspect.
好景，容貌 Take on/assume a new aspect
Qing Yuan takes on an entirely new aspect.
Reading
convey
1)传达，表达（感情，意见，思想等）
Words fail to convey our grateful feelings
Please convey my apologies to your parents.
2)传送，运送（可与from, to连用）
Wires convey electricity from power stations to the users.
7 delight
1)[u] 欢喜，高兴，愉快
I read your new book with real delight.
2)[c]乐事；讨人喜欢的人，爱好的事物
Your little dog is a real delight.
3)V. 使喜欢，使高兴
She delighted the audience with her jokes about the president.
Be delighted with对――感到高兴 take delight in 嗜好，乐于，喜欢
to one’s delight 令某人高兴的事 with delight高兴地，欣然
词语辨析：delight; joy; pleasure快乐，高兴
pleasure愉快，满足，乐事 表示强烈的心里满足，有时有贬义。
It gives me much pleasure to hear of your progress.
He is a man of pleasure.
Delight快乐，乐趣 一般指勃发的较短的快乐情绪，比pleasure强烈
The scene is a perfect delight to the eye.
Joy 欢乐，乐事 表示强烈的形之于外的欢乐情绪，比delight更为持久。
There was great joy in the city.
They have been good friends both in joy and in sorrow.
8 run a race赛飞
Don’t try to run before you can walk. （跑）
The engine run quite smoothly. （运转）
Tears ran down her cheeks. （流动，流）
The roads runs for miles. （通往，延伸，延续）
Who is running the country? （办，管理，经营）
They ran the car downhill. （开动，驱动）
Run for竞选 run risks/a risk 冒风险
In the long run 最后，终究 in the short run 短期，目前
Run into 碰上，遇到
9. score
He scored 3 points in the last half of the game.（在运动，游戏，比赛中得分）
What did the German judge score?（给分数或点数）
He scored high/well in the test.（考试中总分，得分）
The score was 2 to 1.（比分，得分）
We had a hard test last month in which the class all made low scores.
His life is but three score and ten years.
Scoreboard 记分牌 scorebook记分册
Scorer 记分员 scoreless adj. 未得分的
10.take it easy不着急，放松，不要紧张
Just take it easy and tell us exactly what happened.
Take things/it easy不着急，放松，不要紧张
Take one’s time 不慌不忙，或拖拉，慢吞吞
The doctor told me to take things easy and stop working so hard.
There’s no hurry; take your time
11. somebody run out of something
something run out
1)m running out of petrol. I must find a gas station before it runs out.
2) We are running out of our time=Our time is running out.
12. tease取笑，招惹，戏弄
At school the other children always teased me because I was fat.
Don’t take it seriously ------he was only teasing.
Stop teasing the cat!
n. 爱开玩笑的人，爱戏弄别人的人
He’s a terrible tease.
13. branch树枝；分支；分科；分岔；分支机构
A monkey was swinging from the branches.在树枝上荡来荡去
The bank has branches all over the country.分行
Turn right where the road branches.分岔
14. translate 翻译，能译，把――用另一种形式表达出来 n. translation
A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English.
Most poems don’t translate well. 译得不好
The sentence won’t translate. 译不出来
It’s time to translate your idea into action.
15. transform 彻底改变 n. transformation
Ten years pf hard work transformed Mathilde completely into an ordinary housewife.
The company has been transformed from a family business into one with 5000 workforce.
16. appropriate adj.恰当的，合适的
I think this is an appropriate moment to raise the question of my promotion.（晋升）
v.拨出（款项），挪用
The government has appropriated a large sum of money for building hospitals.
The minister was found to have appropriated government money.
Appropriation
Using language
17. pattern
1)模式，方式，形式
The illness is not following its usual pattern.不循常规
Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern?这诗遵守了押韵的规律吗？
2)图案
She wore a dress with a pattern of roses on it.
3)模范；榜样
The company set a pattern for others to follow.
4)v.模仿，用图案装饰
He patterned himself upon a man he admired.
18. hold on 别挂断；坚持下去
Hold on a minute ------ I’ll just get a pen.
Try and hold on until help arrives.
Hold back 阻挡；抑制 hold down压下；压制
Hold onto 紧紧抓住――不放 hold to坚持，信守，忠于
Hold sth./sb. Up推迟，使耽搁
19. underline在---下画线；强调（可接从句）
Underline the sentences that you don’t understand.
Her question underlined how little she understood him.
20. load 负担，负荷物
He came in with a heavy load on his shoulder.
Supporting such a large family is really a heavy load for her.
V.使承载，使负荷
Load the furniture into the van（货车）.
=Load the van with furniture.