M7U3

Unit 3 Under the sea

单元重难点

重点词汇

1. accommodation n. 住宿；住所

2. opposite adj./prep./adv./n. 相反的；在……对面；相反的事物 3. witness v./n. 当场见到；目击；目击者；证人

4. annual adj./n. 一年一度的；每年的;年刊→____________ adv. 5. teamwork n. 协作；配合

6. flee v. 逃跑；逃离→___________过去式→___________过去分词 7. abandon v.放弃；遗弃→___________ n. →___________adj. 8. seaside n. 海滨

9. reflect v. 反射；映射；思考→___________ n.

10. urge n./v. 催促；极力主张→___________adj. →___________ n. 11. aware adj.意识到的；知道的→___________n. 12. shallow 浅的；肤浅的

13. scare v. 恐吓；受惊吓→___________adj.

14. sharp adj./adv. 锋利的；锐利的；急剧地→___________v. 15. awesome adj. 使人敬畏的

16. target v./n. 目标；靶子

17. drag v. 拖；拽→___________过去式→___________过去分词 18. depth n.深度→___________adj.→___________v. 19. pause v./n. 暂停；中止 20 anecdote n.轶事；奇闻

重点短语

1. ___________ 与此同时

2. __________ 整理

4. ____________ 大声喊

3. __________ 在……前面；领先；早于

5. ___________快来；加油 6.___________举起；支撑；使停滞；延误

7. ___________ 意识到；觉察到 8.___________帮助(某人)摆脱困境或危难;临时帮忙

9. draw closer ___________ 10. upside down _________

11. a pack of _______________ 12. reflect on ____________ 13. be scared to death______________

重点句型

1．This was the call that announced there ____ _____ _____ ____a whale hunt. 这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的声音。

2．On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise _____ ______ the bay.

在我到达捕鲸站的那个下午，我正在整理住处时，听到从海湾那边传来一阵喧闹声。

3．We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us ______ itself _____ ____the water and then crashing down again.

我们及时赶到岸边,看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面,然后由坠落到水面。 4. As we drew closer, I could see a whale _____ ______ by a pack of about six other killers. 当我们临近时，我看见一头大鲸鱼正受到约六头虎鲸的攻击。 5. The fish didn?t seem to mind me______ ______them.

鱼儿好像不介意我在它们中间游动。

重点诠解

重点词汇：

1．Witness 「课文原句」 I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.

「点拨」 n. 目击者；证人；证据 vt. 当场见到；目击。 「拓展」 a witness to ……的目击者 bear/give witness (to) 证明；作证

call to witness 请……作证；传……作证

witness to(doing) sth. 作证

如：The worker witnessed to having seen the accused near the scene of the crime. 这个工人作证说曾看见被告在犯罪现场附近。2．Accommodation

「课文原句」On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I

heard a loud noise coming from the bay.

「点拨」n. 住所；住宿，膳宿供应；(pl.) 提供便利的设备(或用具)；适应，调节

「拓展」accommodate vt. 向……提供住宿(或膳宿)；容纳，接纳，招待住宿；供应，供给；使适应，使适合，调节

make accommodations for 为……提供膳宿 book accommodation at a hotel 向旅馆预订房间 arrange sb.?s accommodation 给某人安排住处 accommodate/adapt to 使……适应

accommodate oneself to＝adapt oneself to 适应，顺应 accommodate/supply sb. with 向某人提供方便 如：The house will accommodate two families. 这幢房子可容纳两家人居住。

You will have to accommodate yourself to the situation. 你必须使自己适应形势。

3．urge 「课文原句」 “Man overboard! Turn the boat around!” urged George, shouting loudly. 「点拨」vt.催促，力劝，强烈要求 n．强烈的欲望，迫切要求 「拓展」urge on/upon sb....向某人极力陈述某事 urge against...极力反对……

urge sb. to do sth.催促某人做某事

urge sb. into doing催促某人做某事

urge that sb.(should) do sth.主张……；力劝…… It is/was urged that...有人主张…… have an urge to do sth.渴望做某事

如：He urged on his pupils the importance of hard work. 他向学生们力言用功的重要。

I was urged that he (should) be punished. 有人极力主张他应受到处罚。

4．abandon 「课文原句」 From James?s face, I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.

「点拨」 vt. 放弃，遗弃，抛弃；使任凭……摆布 n. 放任，放纵，狂放；无拘无束 「拓展」 abandon sth./sb. to sb. 舍弃某物/人而被别人取得 abandon sth. for sth. 舍弃某物去取另一物 abandon oneself to sth. 沉湎于某事

abandon sb. to the mercy of 听任某人由……摆布

abandon smoking 戒烟

abandon a project/plan 放弃一项方案/计划 如：She abandoned herself to despair. 她陷入绝望之中。

5．reflect 「课文原句」I?m sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and reflecting on the day--- a day of pure magic!

「点拨」 vt. 映射；反射 vi.& vt. 思考，反省，深思 「拓展」 reflection n. 反射；反照；反映；映像 reflect sb./sth. in sth. (指镜子等)映出某人/物的影像 reflect sth. from sth. 从某物(表面)反射(光、热、声等) reflect on/upon sth. 思考某事 be lost in reflection 陷入沉思中 如：I need time to reflect on your offer.

我需要时间来考虑你的建议。

6. scare 「课文原句」 I told myself they weren?t dangerous but that didn?t stop me from feeling scared to death for a moment.

「点拨」 v. 恐吓，惊吓，害怕 n. 惊吓，恐慌，恐惧 「拓展」 scared adj. 害怕的；担心的 scare sb. away/off 把某人吓跑/吓退

scare sb. into doing sth. 威胁/恐吓某人做某事 be scared of sb./sth. 害怕某人/某物 be scared of doing sth. 害怕发生某事 be scared to do sth. 害怕、恐惧做某事 be scared that 害怕……

(be) scared to death 吓得要死

如：The little girl is scared of going out alone. 这个小女孩不敢一个人外出。 7．aware 「课文原句」The first thing I became aware of was all the vivid colors surrounding me--- purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and greens.

「点拨」 adj. 意识到的；知道的

「拓展」 awareness n. 知道；认识；意识；兴趣

be/ become aware of sth. 意识到某事(aware 通常做表语) be/ become aware that... 意识到…… as far as I'm aware 据我所知

make sb. aware of/that... 让某人知道……

如：It can?t be long before people become aware of the danger of bad living habits to their health. 不会很久人们就会意识到不良生活习惯对他们健康的危险。 As far as I?m aware， nobody has done anything about it.

据我所知，尚无人对此采取任何措施。

8．help out 「课文原句」 What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping the whalers out? 「点拨」 意思是 “ 帮忙,临时帮忙”;help sb. out的意思是 “ 帮助某人摆脱困境”。 如：He is always willing to help out when we are short of staff. 他总是乐于帮忙,当我们缺少人手的时候。

「拓展」 其它help短语: help sb. (to) do sth. 帮某人做某事 can?t help doing sth. 情不自禁做某事 help sb. with sth. 帮某人某事 help oneself to 为自己取(食物等)

9. sort out 「课文原句」On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay.

「点拨」 意思是 “整理;分类;清理”。

「拓展」 其它sort短语: all sorts of 各种各样的 sort of 几分;有点;稍微

如：There are all sorts of fish under the sea. 海底有各种各样的鱼。

I felt sort of embarrassed. 我觉得有点难为情。

10. ahead of 「课文原句」“Come on, Clancy. To the boat,” George said as he ran ahead of me. 「点拨」 意思是 “在……之前;领先”。

「拓展」 其它ahead短语: ahead of time 提前 go ahead 用吧; 前进

get ahead 胜过;超过

如：The building was completed ahead of time.

这座楼房提前建成。

重点句型：

1. “Come on, Clancy. To the boat,”…“快点，克兰西。快到船上去。”…… Come on. 意为：“来！快！得啦！加油！”表示劝说、激励、不耐烦等语气。 如：Come on! We don?t have much time. 快点！我们的时间不多了。

Oh, come on—you know that isn?t true! 哦，得了吧，你知道那不是真的！

「拓展」Come along! 快来！赶快！加把劲！ Come again. 请再说一遍！你说什么来着？

How come...? 怎么回事？怎么发生的？怎样解释？ When it comes to sth./doing sth. 当涉及某事/做某事时

如：If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad? 既然她在巴黎待了五年，她的法语怎么还会这样糟糕？ When it comes to teaching students English, he has a lot to say. 当涉及教学生英语时，他有很多话要说。 Come along! We?re late already. 快点！我们已经迟到了。

—She is an actress. 她是一个演员。

—Come again. 请再说一遍。(你说什么来着？)

2. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again. 我们及时赶到岸边,看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面,然后由坠落到水面。 不定式短语 to see an enormous animal作状语。Throwing itself out of the water和 crashing down again两个现在分词短语作宾语补足语。

3．The fish didn?t seem to mind me swimming among them. 鱼儿好像并不介意我游在它们中间。

me 在句中用做 swimming 的逻辑主语，这叫做动名词的复合结构。

动名词的复合结构的其中一种形式是“物主代词或名词所有格＋动名词”，在句中做主语、宾语、表语等。如果不是在句子开头，这个结构常常可以用名词的普通格(或人称代词的宾格)。 如：His/Jack's not getting to the station on time made all of us worried. 他/杰克没准时到车站使得我们大家都很担心。(做主语)