高中英语Unit1 Building the future--Reading2[ty]牛津版选修10VIP免费

Unit1BuildingthefutureReading---Giveamanafish1.In1985,therewaslittlerainfallinEthiopia,whichledtodestroyedharvestsandkilledcattle.(P2)1985年，埃塞俄比亚几乎没有降雨，这导致收成损毁，牛蓄死亡。1．leadto1)通向AllroadsleadtoRome.条条大路通罗马.2)导致Reducingspeedlimitsshouldleadtofewerdeathsontheroads.lead…to(someplace)带领…去(某地)Thewaiterledustoourtable.lead…todo=cause…todo导致…做Whatledyoutobelievethis?高考链接:1.（06江苏）---Ittookmetenyearstobuildupmybusiness,anditalmostkilledme.---Well,youknowwhattheysay._________.A.ThereisnosmokewithoutfireB.PracticemakesperfectC.AllroadsleadtoRomeD.Nopains,nogains2.(04湖北)Onceadecisionhasbeenmade,allofusshouldit.A．directtoB．sticktoC．leadtoD．referto答案及解析:1.D.AllroadsleadtoRome.条条大路通罗马。2.B.stickto坚持，不放弃2.cattle用作为复数的集体名词Itseemsthecattleonthesidesofthedikesweretheonlylivingcreaturesinthesedesolatesurroundings.people,police,cattle、poultry,goods作主语时,谓语用复数.Thepeopleinthecityareveryfriendly.Thepolicearesearchingforthemurderer.Thecattlearegrazingneartheriver.Allthegoodshavearrived.2.Theconcerttookplaceon13July1985intwolocations—inLondonandinPhiladelphia—andincludedthebiggeststarsofthetime.(P2)1985年7月13日，音乐会在伦敦和费城两地举行，出席者包括了当时最红的巨星。takeplace发生，举行[词义辨析]takeplace,happen,occur,comeabout和breakout用法区别这些词或短语都有“发生”的意思，但用法各不相同，区别如下：用心爱心专心(1).takeplace表示“发生、举行、举办”，一般指非偶然性事件的“发生”，即这种事件的发生一定有某种原因或事先的安排，例如：Greatchangeshavetakenplaceinourhometownduringthepasttenyears.TheOlympicGamesof2008willtakeplaceinBeijing.(2).happen作“发生、碰巧”解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件，例如：Whathappenedtoyou?(一般不说：Whatdidyouhappen?)Maybesomethingunexpectedhappened.Ihappenedtoseehimonmywayhome.=IthappenedthatIsawhimonmywayhome.(3).occur作“发生、想到、突然想起”解，其意义相当于happen，例如：Whathasoccurred?(=Whathashappened?)Abigearthquakeoccurred(=happened)inthesouthofChinalastmonth.Itoccurredtomethatshedidn’tknowIhadmovedintothenewhouse.(4).comeabout表示“发生、产生”，多指事情已经发生了，但还不知道为什么，常用于疑问句和否定句，例如：WhenMotherwokeup,shedidn’tknowwhathadcomeabout.I’llneverunderstandhowitcameaboutthatyouwerelatethreetimesaweek.Doyouknowhowtheairaccidentcameabout?(5).breakout意思为“发生、爆发”，常指战争、灾难、疾病或者争吵等事件的发生，也可以表示突然大声叫喊等，例如：Twoworldwarsbrokeoutlastcentury.Afirebrokeoutinthehospitalinthemid-night.Aftertheflood,diseasesbrokeouthereandthere.Shebrokeout,“Thatistoounfair!”place常用短语giveplaceto为…取代；让位于goplaces平步青云，青云直上inplace在通常的位置，在适当的位置inplaceof代替outofplace在错误的位置；在不适当的位置taketheplaceof代替，替代3.Theconcertalsoreceivedsomuchattentionaroundtheworldthatitput用心爱心专心greatpressureonpoliticiansandmalnutrition.(P2)音乐会还受到了全世界的极大关注，这给政客们施加了巨大压力，迫使他们为这次饥荒做一些事情。putpressureon给…施加压力Donotputmuchpressureonthehandle,itmaybreak.不要在把柄上太用力了，它会坏的。pressurenoun[U]theforceyouproducewhenyoupresssomething:Heputtoomuchpressureonthedoorhandleanditsnapped.Youcanstopbleedingbyapplyingpressureclosetotheinjuredarea.[CorU]theforcethataliquidorgasproduceswhenitpressesagainstanarea:gas/waterpressureThenewmaterialallowsthecompanytomakegaspip...