Module 4 Music Born in America核心单词1. decline v. 衰退，衰落(~to/by)；下降；变少(~to/by)；辞谢；婉言拒绝n. 衰退；下降；减少His influence declined to nearly half as he grows older.随着年龄的增长，他的影响力下降了几乎一半。There has been a gradual decline in the population of the town.该镇的人口一直在逐渐减少中。常用结构:on the decline (decrease)在下降；在衰退on the increase （rise） 正在增加a decline in prices 物价的下跌decline to do sth. 拒绝做某事He declined to discuss his plan with the journalist.他谢绝与记者讨论他的计划。易混辨析decline/refuse/reject decline 指有礼貌的拒绝。 refuse比decline语气更强，常强调态度坚决，有时甚至是粗鲁无礼的拒绝。 reject 指不能接受或答应，并含有抛弃无用的东西之意。 Mary declined Jay’s invitation to dinner，saying that she had something important to do.玛丽礼貌地拒绝了杰去吃饭的邀请，说她有重要的事情要做。Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital.妈妈断然拒绝重回医院。His proposal was rejected outright (=completely rejected).他的建议直接被拒之于门外。2. emerge vi. 出现，显露；脱颖而出；（事实）暴露The whale emerged from the water.那只鲸鱼从水里浮现出来。He emerged as leader at the age of thirty.他在30岁就崭露头角，成为领袖。易混辨析emerge/appear emerge 出现，显露，多表示“从……中出来”，常与from 连用，即emerge from；另外，emerge还可表示真相，事实等的暴露，显现。 appear 出现，只表示“被看见，进入视野”，没有“从……中出来”之意。Later it emerged that the judge had employed an illegal immigrant.后来，法官雇佣了一位非法移民的事暴露了。重点短语3. rather than 而不是……；与其……不如……用心 爱心 专心rather than是一个连词词组，用来连接两个并列成分，可以连接两个并列谓语，表语或状语等。表示在两者中进行选择，有否定后者的意思。注意：当连接两个不定式时，rather than后面的不定式可以带to,也可以不带，还可以用v.-ing形式。I’d prefer to go in summer rather than in winter.我宁愿夏天去，不愿冬天去。（连接两个介...
