B1U. 4 Unforgettable Experiences

Language points

Main points1. beat / hit / strike2. hear sb.doing /do 3. on fire 4. It is … before …5. advance 6. seize / catch / take 7. sweep … down 8. drag / pull /draw 9. hold on to

10. struggle 11. get on one’s feet 12. look into 13. seemed to go down 14. tree after tree 15. cut down / off / up 16. must have done 17. go through 18. noise / voice / sound

beat 痛打 , 跳动 , 打败 hit 撞击 , 袭击 , 击中 , 打中 strike 袭击 , 敲打 , 击打 , 敲击 , 留下印记 , 给 ---- 以印象 , 点火 knock 敲打 ( 声音 ), 打倒 / 翻

1. The bandits not only took his money but also beat him up badly.

2. His heart beat so fast that he could hardly breathe.3. A hurricane hit the district.4. When the woman passed by, a stone hit her on the

head.5. Strike while the iron is hot.6. I was struck by the beauty of the West Lake when I visited it.7. The clock has just struck four.

1.

1. Tom was seen playing by the river just now.

2. I saw him draw the picture.

= He was seen to draw the picture.

3. The boy noticed someone climb over the wall.

= Somebody was noticed to climb over the wall.

hear sb.doing /do (see, watch, notice, look at, listen to, feel, …) sb.be heard doing /to do

2.

1. hear 作“听见、听说、听到”讲时，指亲耳听到。

2. hear of 意为“听到、听说”。强调从别人那里间接得知。

3. hear from sb. / a place 意为“收到……来信（来电）；得到……消息”。也可以用 receive

/ get a letter from 或 get one’s letter 来表达此义。

注意比较 hear / hear from / hear of

◆ I don’t know the writer, but I ___________ him.

◆ I ________ her sing in the next room.

◆ I ________ he had gone to Britain.

◆ We haven’t _____________ him since last

Christmas.

◆ I haven’t _____________ my hometown for

months.

heard of

heard

heard

heard from

heard from

用 hear / hear from / hear of 填空

catch fire; “ 着火”，主语为燃烧物。 ( 动作 )

be on fire; “ 着火”，主语为燃烧物。 ( 状态 )

be on the fire; 在火炉上 set sth. on fire; /set fire to sth. 放火烧 put out fire; “ 灭火”，主语为灭火的人 go out; be out; “ 火熄灭”，主语为火 make / light a fire; 生火 play with fire 玩火

3. 与“火”相关的词语

Yesterday evening, a shop near our school

_________________ for some reason. When

the firefighters arrived, it _______________

for about twenty minutes. They tried their best

to _______________. And at last the fire

__________________. The police thought

someone _______ the shop __________ and

now they are trying to find out who

_______________ it.

caught / took fire

had been on fire

put out the fire

was out / was put out

had set on fire

had set fire to

4. It is … before … 句型

It is / was … since… 自从… , 已有…时间了It is / was / will be … before… 要过一段时间才会…It is / was … that… 这是一个强调句型It is / was … when … when 引导的是一个定语从句It will be a week before I finish reading this novel.

It is a week since I finished reading this novel.

It was 1949 when the PRC was founded.

It was in 1949 that the PRC was founded.

高考点击：1. --- Shall we see him again? --- I think so. It won’t be long _____ he comes bac

k to the hometown. A. since B. when C. that D. before2. It was evening _____ we reached the little town of

Winchester. ( 天津 2004) A. that B. until C. since D. before3. Scientists say it may be five or six years _____ it i

s possible to test this medicine on human patients. ( 福建 2004) A. since B. after C. before D. when

D

D

C

5. advance

vi. 前进 , 发展 , 进步 vt. 提出 , 提高 , 提前 n. 进步 , in advance 预先 adj. advanced 先进的 , 高级的 , 年老的 1. The work is not advancing.2. They advanced many reasonable suggestions.3. The date of the sports meeting was advanced from Nove

mber to October.4. Nobody can stop the advance of social civilization. 5. You must pay for the book in advance.6. … advanced education / workers.

advance

6. catch / grasp / seize / take

seize 突然迅速用力”抓住” , 夺取政权 , 攻占 ,

夺取 ( 时间 )

catch 抓住 , 发觉 ( 主动追寻 ), 理解 , 同时还可表示 “赶上” ;

take 拿到 , 带走 , 得到 ( 通过竞争等 )

grasp 表示牢牢地 “抓住” , 还可表示 “领会”其精神 .

1. The army seized the city.2. seize the chance/opportunity3. How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the

tiger’s lair?4. Sorry ， I didn’t catch your meaning.5. Jane took the first place in the race.6. She grasped the rope tightly with her hands.

高考点击

The taxi driver often reminds passengers to _____ their belongings when they leave the car.

A. keep B. catch C. hold D. take

D

7. The next moment the first wave swept her

down, swallowing the garden.

the floor down 冲倒(1) sweep over 扫过，掠过 away 扫走，刮走，冲走1. A new broom sweeps clean.

2. He swept into ( 冲入，闯入 ) the office without

knocking.

drag 使劲拖 8 pull 指一时或急速地拉 draw 指从容地拉或拖

1. He pulls his chair up to the table.

2. He dragged a heavy box out of the room.

3. It is very difficult to draw a conclusion because

each one has his own opinion.

4. It is impolite to push to the front while you are in

the line.

9. hold on

hold on to 紧紧抓住…不放 ; 不要放弃hold on 继续坚持下去，电话用语“别挂”hold to 坚持，坚信

高考点击We thought of selling the old furniture, but we decided to _____ it. It might be valuable. (02 全

国 )A. hold on to B. keep up withC. turn to D. look after

A

to do sth. / to s.p. 10. struggle against for to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来

1. The thief tried to struggle to escape, but he failed.

2. They struggled to the nearest hospital in the storm.

3. They had to struggle for their lives against the bad w

eather and wild animals while they were lost in the f

orest.

试比较： fight for /against /with

11. get on one’s feet

get on one’s feet = be / stand on one’s feet 站起，病后恢复健康，经济独立

1. Don’t stand on your feet. Be seated, please.

2. This medicine will soon have you on your feet

again.

3. The little deer managed to get on its feet in th

e end.

1. He heard a roar and looked into the forest to

find a lion there.

2. The question is worth looking into.

3. The police are looking into the case.

with a look of fright look: 眼神，表情，看，外表1. She has lost her good looks.

2. He took another look at himself in the mirror.

12. look into 向…里面看，调查，查阅

13. …seemed to go down a little

A) seem to do / be doing / have doneThere seems to be … / It seems that …1. You seem to be sleepy.2. She seems to be looking for something.3. He seems to have caught a cold. = It seems that he has caught a cold.4. There seems to be nobody in the house.B) go down 下跌，下降 eg. The price of TV sets has gone down a lot.

注意比较 bring down 与 go down

两者都可以指价格等方面的下降，但 go

down 为不及物动词短语 , 不用于被动，其反义词

组为 go up ； bring down 为及物动词短语 , 可以

用

于被动，其反义词为 bring up 。如：

1. We should do everything to bring down the price.

2. The price has gone down.

1. I believe the prices might __________ next week. We can buy some cheap ones then.

2. Can you get them to __________ the price? We can’t sell at such a low price.

3. The government should take measures to ______________ the price of petrol. It’s too high.

4. After the rain, the river keeps ___________.5. It is too hot these days. I hope the temperature will

____________ soon.

用 bring down (up) 与 go down (up) 填空

go down

bring up

bring downgoing up

go down

14. tree after tree

tree after tree = one tree after another

day after day 常表示每天的重复动作day by day 表示逐日的转变过程time after time 一次又一次1. They go to the seaside for holiday year after year.

2. The tree is growing taller and taller year by year.

3. He is becoming clever day by day.

试比较 tree after tree 与 one tree after another

1. Shop centers are set up one after another.

2. They did the experiments one after another

= They did experiment after experiment.

= They did one experiment after another.

3. They went into the hall one after another (one by

one) to attend the lecture.

15. cut down / off /up

cut off a. 切断 , 阻断 If you cut off the supply of water and electricity, w

e can do nothing but give in. b. 停止 , 中断 ... 的 ( 电话 ) 通话 He cut off her rudely. We were cut off in the middle of our telephone co

nversation. c. 切掉 , 砍掉 He had a finger cut off by a machine

cut down 砍掉 , 切掉 ; 减少 ( 数量等 )

cut down expenses 减少开支cut up 切碎 , 剪碎 cut up meat 将肉切碎cut through 剪断 ; 刺 ( 凿 ) 穿 ; 抄近路穿过 The tailor cut through the cloth by mistake.

They had to cut through the mountain to make a

railway here.

Cut through this alley( 胡同 ). It will save time.

高考点击

He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he

was ______ from outside world. (04 北京春季 )

A. cut out B. cut off

C. cut up D. cut through

B

16. 情态动词 must

① 表示义务、命令或必要，其否定式为 needn’t

--- Must I hand it in today? --- Oh, no, you needn’t (don’t have to). You may … ② 表示推测，其否定式为 can’t --- I think it must be true. --- No, it can’t be true.

③ + have done 表示对过去动作的推测，其否定为

can’t (couldn’t) have done

◆ 注意比较 may (might); should; ought to;

need 等加 have done 结构的意义差别。 ④ 表示“偏偏、偏要” Just when we were ready to go away for the h

oliday, the baby must catch cold.

高考点击

There is no light in the dormitory. They must have

gone to the lecture, ______? (04 上海春季 )

A. didn’t they B. don’t they

C. mustn’t they D. haven’t they

D

17. get through / go through

get through: 1. 到达某人处 , 与某人接触 I left as soon as your message got through ( to me ). I rang you several times yesterday, but could not get through.2. 结束 , 完成 As soon as I got through ( with ) my work, I'll join you.

3. 使明白、了解 The doctor finally got through to him that s

moking was dangerous for his health.

4. 熬过困难的情况或经历 My sister helped me get through the difficul

t days after our mother’s death.5. 通过考试 Tom failed but his sister got through.

go through: a. 被通过 The Bill( 议案 ) did not go throug

h. b. 详细讨论 Let's go through the argument again. c. 搜查 The police went through the pockets of the thief. d. 经历 , 遭受 go through hardshipsgo through with sth. : 完成 , 做完 He's determined to go through with the marria

ge in spite of his parents' objection.

18. sound / noise / voice / roar

sound 指各种听得见的声音，这种声音可以是悦耳的，也可以是不悦耳的；

noise 指各种“噪音、响声、喧闹声”；voice 指人的说话声、歌声或笑声，也可以指鸟

鸣声，也可以用于比喻。roar 吼，咆哮，轰鸣cry 哭泣，叫喊

1. I heard a strange __________ in the next room.

2. Don’t ________ over spilt milk.

3. The manager must be in the next room. I heard his

__________.

4. Don’t make such a ___________.

5. The ________ from that factory makes it difficult

for me to go to sleep.

6. _________ travels fast, but light travels faster.

7. The baby cried at top of his _________.

8. I heard the ________ of an angry river.

sound

cry

voice

noise

noise

Sound

voice

roar

1. be caught in 陷入，困入2. promise n. keep / break one’s promise / word

v. promise sb. to do sth.

promise sb. that … 预示3. be scared / frightened

scare sb. / sth. away / off / up

4. around the corner 在拐角处，即将来临 5. marry / be married to /

others