Unit 2 English around the world
Ⅰ.情景默写
1．Indeed official(官方的)figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993.(2017·江苏卷)
2．Hard financial times make it more difficult for natives(本国人)to keep jobs.(2017·浙江卷)
3．The former was quite easy while the latter(后者的)was rather difficult. 4．It was amazing that its first voyage(航行)proved to be a great success.
5．My computer has a program which can correct my spelling(s)(拼写) automatically.
6．Your vocabulary(词汇) is a block in learning English，so you had better enrich it as soon as possible.
7．Go straight(直接地) down the road until you come to the post office. 8．The police are trying to discover the identity(身份) of the suspect.
9．The store is three blocks(街区) away.It is very convenient for us to buy things. 10．Obeying commands(命令) is a must for soldiers.
11．Some medical experts will study the case at the request(要求) of the hospital. 12．His story is based(以……为基础) on his own experience when he was studying in Harvard University.
13．As a matter of fact，teachers play__an__important__part__in(起着重要的作用)the study and life of students.
14．There is no way at__present(现在；目前)of predicting what the long－term effects of the accident will be.
15．I believe Mary as she always bases her ideas on(以……作为……的基础)scientific experiments.
16．Believe__it__or__not(信不信由你)，three out of every four high school students in our city now have mobile phones of their own.
17．This book tells the stories of famous people in history such__as(例如) Thomas Edison and Alexander the Great.(2017·江苏卷)
18．They tried their best to make__use__of(利用；使用)the chance that their school offered to study hard.
19．These plans were abandoned because__of(由于；因为)financial problems.(2017·全国卷Ⅲ)
20．The question which came__up(提出)at the meeting was whether we had enough money. Ⅱ.词性转换
1．As is known to all，education is a gradual process，and people are gradually aware of its importance.(gradual)
2．The puzzled expression on her face suggested that she didn’t know how she could express her feelings properly.(express) 3．He has changed so much that you can’t recognize him.As a matter of fact，illness and age have changed him beyond recognition．(recognize)
4．Mary speaks fluent Chinese while her brother speaks Japanese fluently．(fluent) 5．Please set off earlier because the traffic jams are more frequent and what’s worse，the buses run less frequently on Sundays.(frequent)
1．句型公式：why not do...
为何不多参加锻炼、停止抽烟、多吃水果和蔬菜呢？
Why__not__do__more__exercise，stop smoking and eat more fruit and vegetables? 2．句型公式：even if引导的状语从句
尽管你不喜欢不同的观点，对它们也要采取开放的胸怀。
Be open－minded to different opinions even__if__you__don’t__like__them． 3．句型公式：more...than...
与其说是她的聪明，倒不如说是她的努力工作造就了她的成功。
__More__hard__work__than__cleverness led to her success. 4．句型公式：there is no such...as... 天下没有免费的午餐。
There__is__no__such__thing__as__a__free__lunch in the world. 5．句型公式：that is because...
我知道那是因为我在课后没有花大量时间去记忆它们。
I know that__is__because__I__don’t__spend__much__time in memorizing them after class.
第一板块 重点单词
1．base vt.以……为根据 n．基部；基地；基础 高考必刷题练透 单句语法填空/完成句子
①Basing(base)an important decision more on emotion than on reason，you will regret it sooner or later.
②The book based(base)on his own experience is a great success.
③First，he showed us the basic (base) steps and skills of making dough figurines.(2015·北京卷)
④After all，the__relationship__is__based__upon__trust，and therefore honesty is essential.
毕竟，这种关系是以信任为基础的，因此诚信是至关重要的。 状元笔记全记牢
(1)base...on/upon... 把……建立于……基础之上 be based on/upon 以……为基础；依据…… (2)at the base of 以……为基点；在……的底部 (3)basic adj. 基本的；基础的 basis n. 基础；基本原则