PeriodTwoWordpower&GrammarandusagePartⅠLanguageFocusⅠ.单词自测1.reducevt.&vi.减少reductionn.减少,降低2.volunteern.志愿者;vi.&vt.自愿做,义务做voluntaryadj.志愿的;自愿的,主动的3.sniffvi.&vt.(吸着气)嗅,闻4.analysevt.分析5.recognizevt.认识,辨认出;意识到;(正式)承认recognitionn.认识,认出;承认,认可6.puzzlen.谜,疑问;vt.迷惑,使困惑puzzlingadj.令人困惑的puzzledadj.感到困惑的7.ignorevt.忽视;对……不予理会ignorancen.无知,不知情ignorantadj.无知的,不了解的8.polen.地极;柱子,棍,杖9.bootn.靴子10.sweatvi.流汗;n.汗水Ⅱ.短语自测1.insomecases在某些情况下,有时候2.berelatedto和……有联系,和……有关3.leaveout省去,遗漏4.makethemostof充分利用5.ratherthan而不,非6.allofasudden(=suddenly=allatonce)突然7.ringout(铃声、枪声等)突然响起,发出响亮的声音8.belinkedto与……相连,与……有关1.reduce[语境感悟](1)(教材P9)Thepossibilitythatpleasantsmellsmightreducepainhasrecentlybeensuggestedbynewresearch.最近新的研究表明令人愉快的气味可能会减少疼痛。(2)Onetraditionalbeliefabouttelevisionisthatitreducesachild’sabilitytothinkandtounderstandtheworld.(2015·广东)对电视的一种传统观念是,它降低了孩子思考和理解世界的能力。(3)Shereducedherweightbyfivekilograms.她把体重减轻了5千克。(4)Yourspeedmustbereducedtothecityspeedassoonasyoucrosstheborder.你一进市区车速就得减到市区的规定速度。[归纳拓展]reducevt.&vi.减少;缩减;降低reduceby减少了百分比reduceto减少到数量[即时跟踪](1)Thepricewillbereducedby20percent.价格将减少20%。(2)—Thecarsgiveoffagreatdealofwastegasintothestreets.—Yes.ButI’msuresomethingmustbedonetoairpollution.(2015·上海洋浦高一检测)A.reduceB.removeC.collectD.increase答案A解析句意为:——汽车将大量废气排到街道上。——是啊。但是我相信,必定要采取某些措施来减少空气污染。reduce减少,降低;remove搬动,移除;collect收集,搜集;increase增加,提高。结合句意可知A项正确。2.volunteer[语境感悟](1)(教材P9)...,volunteerswererequirednottoeatordrinkforeighthoursbeforetheexperiment.……,志愿者被要求在试验开始前八个小时不吃不喝。(2)Shevolunteeredsomeinformation.她主动提供了一些信息。(3)Twomenvolunteeredtosearchforthemissingclimber.两个人自告奋勇去寻找那位失踪的登山者。(4)Whensheretired,shedidalotofvoluntaryworkfortheRedCross.她退休后为红十字会做了大量的志愿工作。[归纳拓展](1)volunteervt.&vi.自愿做,义务做;n.志愿者volunteersth.自愿提供,自愿给予……volunteertodosth.自愿干某事volunteerfor自愿参加volunteeras/tobe自愿成为……(2)voluntaryadj.志愿的;自愿的,主动的onavoluntarybasis在自愿的基础上[即时跟踪](1)用适当的介词填空①Sheworksthereonavoluntarybasis.②Whydoyouwanttovolunteerforourorganization?(2)Theyvolunteeredtorepairthehousefortheoldlady.他们主动提出为那个老妇人修缮房子。(3)HeasateacherinTibet.A.votedB.volunteeredC.participatedD.reacted答案B解析volunteeras自愿当……,故选B。3.recognize[语境感悟](1)(教材P9)Oneexplanationisthatwomen’ssenseofsmellisbetterdevelopedthanthatofmen,andislinkedtorecognizingthesmellofbabies.一种解释是:女人的嗅觉比男人的嗅觉发育得更好,且与识别婴儿的体味有关。(2)JamesBrindleyisrecognizedasoneoftheleadingearlycanalengineers.(2015·全国Ⅰ)詹姆斯布林德利被公认为是领先的早期运河工程师之一。(3)Werecognizedthatglobalwarmingshouldbeminimizedbyourjointefforts.我们认识到,全球变暖应当基于我们共同的努力来缓解。[归纳拓展]recognizevt.认识,辨认出;意识到;正式承认recognize...as/tobe...认为……是……recognizethat...shoulddosth...