词汇点睛
一、基础词汇。
1.纸 2.污染(n.) 3.污染(v.)
4.预言 5.未来 6.环境
7.行星 8.地球 9.种植
10.和平 11.海洋 12.天空
二、重点词汇讲解。
1.paper
paper为不可数名词,一张纸表示为“a piece of paper”,两张纸表示为“two pieces of paper”.
2. pollute, pollution
pollute为动词“污染”,pollution为不可数名词“污染”。
Eg:I hope there will be less pollution.
The water was polluted by refuse from the factory.
3. plant
plant可作名词“植物”,也可作动词“种植,栽种”。
Eg: They are planting trees on the hill.
4.peace
peace为名词“和平”,其形容词形式是在后面+ful,“peaceful”意为“和平的,宁静的”。
Eg: China will be at peace with all countries.
5. more, fewer, less
more意为“更多的”,是many和much的比较级,后面常接可数名词的复数形式,fewer为“few”的比较级,意为“更少的”,后接可数名词的复数形式,“less”为“little”的比较级,后接不可数名词。
Eg: more trees, fewer cars, more free time, less pollution.
6. spend
(1)spend为动词“花费”,常构成词组spend+时间/金钱+on
sth和spend+时间/金钱+(in)+doing sth.
Eg: The man spent ¥5000 buying a bike.
(2)take也为动词“花费”,常构成词组It takes sb sometime to do sth.
Eg: It takes me half an hour to walk to school.
(3)cost
cost动词“花费”,主语通常为物。
Eg: The book cost him $50.
(4)pay
pay为动词“支付”,常和介词for构成固定词组。
Eg: I paid twenty yuan for the dictionary.
7. hope
(1)hope为动词“希望,期望”,后面常接动词不定式和that从句。
Eg: I hope to see you soon.
The teacher hoped that the students would learn English well.
(2)hope还可作名词“希望,信心”。
Eg: We have a hope of success.
(3)hope还可加上ful构成形容词“hope+ful”,意为“有希望的”,加上“less”构成“hopeless”意为“绝望的”。
Eg: I am hopeful of success.
The job is a hopeless case.