Unit 2 The United KingdomLanguage points1. How many countries does the UK consist of? 大不列颠由多少个国家组成？ consist vi. 在于 , 存在于 ; 组成 , 构成习惯搭配： 1) consist of 由……组成， 由……构成， 包括( 注意 : 不能用于被动语态和进行时态 )= be made up ofThis club consists of more than 200 mostly of carbon.2) consist in 基于，在于 members.Coal consists ，存在……之中The beauty of the city consists in its magnificent buildings. 2. England can be divided into three main areas. 英国可以分成三大部分。 divide 意为“把一个整体分成若干个部分” 常与 into, among, between 搭配 divide into 把…分成 divide sth. among sb. 在…分配 divide A from B 使分离 ; 使分开 divide… by… 用…除以划分；把整体分成若干部分，破坏了宾语的完整性。 分隔； 把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来 , 没有破坏宾语的完整性， 只是将宾语分开。divideseparate辨析 : divide, separateThe world is divided into five continents.Let’s divide the cake into three.He separated the big eggs from the small ones.The grinding machine ( 碾谷机 ) separates the grain from the husk( 糠 ).1. The apple was _______ into two.2. We _______the money equally.3. Oxygen can be ________ from water.4. The Taiwan Strait ________ Taiwan from Fujian.考考你divideddividedseparatedseparates3. Puzzle n. 意为难题、谜、测验能力的问题（或玩具）， 可喻为复杂难懂的事物。用作单数时，作迷惑、困惑 解释。 He is in a puzzle about the matter. This is really puzzle to me.v. 意为：使……迷惑；使……为难，常用于被动结构或用其过去分词作表语、定语、状语。 这封信使我迷惑不解。 This letter puzzles me. He stood there watching with puzzled despair. She listened with a puzzled expression on her face.我不知道下一步该怎么办 ( 如何回答 ) 。他的脸上露出迷惑不解的表情。I am puzzled what to do next (how to answer).There was a puzzle expression on his fac...
