【预讲练结】人教版选修八 Unit 4 Pygmalion 预习学点整合1. convince vt.说服，使相信 convince sb. + of sth. 是某人相信某事convince sb. + that 从句convinced adj.确信的，深信的；convincing adj.令人信服的;能说服人的Huggins( H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides her/his position in society. 希金斯教授(希)：一位语言学家，坚信一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。(P28)1) 我怎样才能使你相信她很诚实呢？ How can ______________________________________.2)她的一^番话使我认识到我错 /V What she said convinced me _____________________________.3) I don’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island. ________________________________________________________________4) 我相信你说的话是对的。1 am convinced__________________________________.5) That is the least convincing excuse you could offer._______________________________________________6) The researchers found clear and convincing evidence ______ happiness is the key when it comes to better health and longer lives.A. whether B. if C. how D. that 2. set vt. 确定(时间等); 规定(任务等); 使做某事; 引起某状况; 使处于某种状态Colonel Pickering (CP): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’s who sets him a task 11:15 p.m. in London, England in 1914 outside a theatre. 皮克林上校(皮)：陆军军官，后来成了希金斯教授的朋友。希金斯还给上校安排了一项任务。(P29)判断下列句子中 set 的词义，并翻译句子。1) Let’s set the time of the meeting. 2) The club set $ 100 as the membership fee. 3) He then set them to write reports on what they had done. 4) His question has set me thinking. 5) The news of his safe arrival set my heart at rest. 6) I read a famous play The Merchant of Venice, which was _____ in Italy.A. happened B. set C....
