LanguagepointsLanguagepointsUnit4Sharing1.hearfromsb.=receivealetterfromsb.收到某人的信Ilookforwardtohearingfromyou.Iheardfromherlastmonth.注意：hearfrom后面只能接表示人的名词或代词，不可接letter作为它的宾语。hearof/abouttobetoldaboutsth./sb.听说，得知Shedisappearedandwasneverheardofagain.2.bedyingtodo/forsth.渴望做某事；迫切想要Sheisdyingtogoabroad.I'mdyingforaglassofwater.“渴望”的类似说法有：bethirstyforsth.;desiretodosth.;haveastrongdesireforsth.;longtodo/forsth.3.picturen.图画铲描绘；想象=imagineTheartistpicturedherasaSpanishdancer.Ican'tquitepicturemyselfasamother.我不能想象自己是个母亲。词性转换在阅读中常有出现，是增加词汇量的一种方法。如：map：几地图v：作图head：几头认向……前进·hand：n．手铲递，交water：n．水Y浇水book：几书认预订4．Ittakesmeonlyafewminutestowalktoschool.我步行几分钟就可以到达学校了。“花费时间／金钱干某事”的常用句型：Ittakessb.timetodosth.Itcostssb.moneytodosth.sth.costssb,moneysb.spendstime/money(in)doingsth./onsth.sb.paysmoneyforsthItwillcostyou~50toflytoParis.Shespendstwohours(in)watchingTVeveryday.5．adapt(oneself)to:changesth．inordertomakeitsuitable，foranewuse，etc．适应，适合Wehavehadtoadaptquicklytothenewsystem．我们不得不迅速适应新制度。Whenyougotoanewcountry，youmustadaptyourselftonewmannersandcustoms．注意：adapt也可表示“改编，改写”，其搭配如下：1)adaptsth．for．．．改写……为……用，改编……为适合……Itishardtoadaptthisstoryforchildren(thefilm)．要将这部小说改编为适合小孩子(电影)很困难。2)beadaptedfrom由．．．．改编Thisplayisadaptedfromanovel．常见含有to的短语归纳如下：beusedto习惯于berelatedto与……相关leadto导致，通向devoteoneselfto献身于giveriseto引起lookforwardto盼望payattentionto注意contributeto为……做贡献accessto接近，进入(某地的)方法beaccustomedto习惯于beaddictedto沉溺于，嗜好6．forsure＝certainlyso肯定如此，毫无疑问Shewon'tlendyouanymoney，andthat'sforsure．她不会借钱给你，那是确定无疑的。He'llbeattheparty，forsure．毫无疑问，他会参加这次聚会的。besureof／about确信，对…有把握besureofoneself有自信makesure确信，查明，核实tobesure的确，诚然(作插入语用)Heworksslowly，tobesure，buthedoesagoodjob．7.imaginativeadj.富有想象力的,爱想象的animaginativechild/writer有想象力的孩子/富有想象力的作家imaginaryadj.想象中的,假想的imaginableadj.可想象的imaginev.设想imaginationn.想象力amanofrichimaginationimagen.雕像,肖像词语辨析：imaginative，imaginary，imaginableimaginative：havingorshowingnewandexcitingideas富于想象力的；创新的Weneedimaginativepeopletoputnewenergyintotheteam．imaginary：existingonlyinyourmindorimagination想象中的；虚构的Thestoryiswhollyimaginary．imaginable：(与形容词最高级或与all，every连用，表示强调或概括)想象得到的；可想象的Thehousehasthemostbeautifulviewsimaginable．从这所房子可以看到所能想象的最美丽的景色。8．comeacross:tomeetorfindbychance(偶然)遇见，碰见，发现(没有被动语态)Icameacrosschildrensleepingunderthebridge．我偶然发现睡在桥底的孩子。comeupon偶然遇见=happentomeet=meetwith与come相关的短语：comealong快点,来吧comearoundcomeback回来,折回comefrom来自,从……来comeoff从……离开,脱落comeout出来,出版comeup走过来,走近comeover过来cometo来到,结果是,苏醒9．Sometimeslwonderhowrelevantchemistryistothekids，mostofwhomwillbegoingbacktotheirvillagesafterYear8．有时我就想化学对这些孩子来说有什么关系，他们中的大多数8岁以后就将回到他们的村庄。1)relevant有关的；有实际重要性的(berelevanttosth．／sb．)HisageisnotrelevanttOwheth...
