Self Check & Reading1. She doesn’t want to let her friends down, but she’sterrified of speaking in front of other people. 她不想让她的朋友失望,但是她又害怕在其他人面前讲话。【要点指津】let... down 是固定搭配,意为“使……失望或沮丧”。【同步互动】I work harder in order not to make my parents disappointed.( 改为同义句 )I work harder in order not to _______ my parents ________.letdown2. I can’t think of any good advice to give her, but youalways come up with good solutions to people’s problems. 我想不出任何好的建议给她,但你总是能想出好的方法来解决人们的问题。【要点指津】come up with 是固定搭配,意为“提出;想出 ( 主意、回答等 )” ,相当于 think up/out 。【同步互动】We are sure that scientists will ________ a way to solve thedifficult problem.A. put upC. look upB. come up withD. pick up解析:题意: 我们肯定科学家们能想出办法来解决这个难题。 come up with 想出; put up 张贴; look up 查找; pick up 捡起。B3. What do you think I should tell the rest of the students?你认为我该对其余的同学说些什么?【要点指冿】the rest of 意为“其余的……”,其中 rest 为名词,意为“剩余部分;其余”。 the rest of 后可接复数可数名词、复数代词或不可数名词。链接the rest of 后接名词或代词作主语时,其谓语动词的数由 of 后面的名词或代词决定。【同步互动】Good apples are sold well, and the rest of ________ bad.A. them areB. it areC. them isD. it isA解析:主语为 apples ,是复数可数名词,故 of 后接 them 且谓语动词用复数形式。话题 4 谈论梦想★ 闪亮词汇have a million dollars 有 100 万美元; give it to charity/medicalresearch 捐给慈善机构 / 医学研究; put it in the bank 存在银行;worry about 担心; what if 如果……将会怎么样; plenty of 很多的,足够的; get along with 与……相处; travel all over the world环游世界; help others in trouble 帮助处于困境中的人; places ofinterest 名胜古迹; suc...