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Unit 2 Working the land
Ⅰ.常考单词必背
1．struggle vt.& vi.斗争；拼搏；努力
The old man has been struggling with/against illness. 这位老人一直在与病魔作斗争。 [快速闪记]
struggle with sb 与某人搏斗；斗争
struggle against为抵抗……而斗争(搏斗，抗争) struggle for为……努力(斗争) struggle to one's feet 挣扎(努力)站起来 struggle to do sth 努力做某事
2．disturbing adj.引起烦恼的；令人不安的
It is very disturbing that we haven't seen him for a long time.好长时间没见到他，这令我们深感不安。 [快速闪记]
disturb vt.打扰；弄乱；使不安 disturbed adj.心神不宁的；担心的 3. expand vt.& vi.使变大；伸展
They tried their best to expand the little firm into a big company；that is，the little firm expanded into a big company.他们尽力把这家小公司发展成了一家大公司；也就是说，这家小公司发展成了一家大公司。 [快速闪记]
(1)expand...into...把……扩展/发展成…… expand into...发展成/扩大成…… (2)expansion n．扩大，膨胀 4．rid vt.摆脱；除去
It's not easy to rid oneself of a habit.
要改掉一个习惯是不容易的。 [快速闪记] rid...of摆脱；除去
get/be rid of摆脱；除去；处理掉 5．equip vt.& vi.配备；装备
A good education should equip you for life. 良好的教育能使你受用终生。 [快速闪记]
(1)equip sb/sth with用……武装某人；用……装备某物 equip sb/sth for为……而武装某人；为……而装备某物 be equipped with配备有…… (2)equipment n．装备；设备 6．confuse vt.使迷惑；使为难
He was really confused about the confusing result of the election.这个令人困惑的选举结果让他非常困惑。 [快速闪记]
(1)confuse A with B把A和B混淆 be confused about sth 对……感到困惑 (2) confused adj.糊涂的；困惑的；混乱的 confusing adj.令人困惑的；难以理解的 confusion n．混淆；困惑
7. regret vt.遗憾；惋惜 n．遗憾；懊悔 Tom regretted telling his parents the thing. 汤姆后悔告诉了父母那件事。 [快速闪记]
(1)regret doing...＝regret having done...后悔做了某事 regret to say/tell/inform...遗憾地说/告诉/通知…… (2)to one's regret 令某人感到遗憾的是 with regret遗憾地
8. focus n．焦点；中心点 vt.集中；聚集 She was the focus of everyone's attention. 她是大家注意的焦点。
We need to focus upon the main issues. 我们需要把注意力集中在那些主要问题上。 [快速闪记]
focus on集中(注意力、精力等)于 9. reduce vt.减少；减缩
Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of heart disease.戒烟会减少患心脏病的风险。 [快速闪记]
reduce to...减少到……(increase to...增加到……) reduce by...减少了……(increase by...增加了……) be reduced to...沦落为……(to为介词)
10．comment n．评论；议论 vi.& vt.表达意见；作出评论 People were commenting on her gifts and abilities. 人们在评论她的天资和能力。 [快速闪记]
comment on＝make comments on＝make a comment on就……发表看法/评论 Ⅱ.高频短语必会
1．thanks to 幸亏；由于；因为
Thanks to your timely help，I got rid of him smoothly.多亏你及时的帮助，我顺利地摆脱了他。 [快速闪记]
thanks to，because of，owing to和due to 都是短语介词，都有“由于，因为”的意思，后面都接名词词组构成介词短语。 2．be satisfied with 对……感到满意 I am quite satisfied with the present situation. 我对现状很满意。
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be satisfied to do...对做……感到满意 satisfy/meet one's demand 满足某人的要求 3．would rather 宁愿；宁可
I would rather have gone to Brazil，but I was busy then.我本来可以去巴西，但是当时我忙着。
To my anger，he would rather stay at home than go out for a walk. 让我感到生气的是，他宁愿待在家也不愿出去散步。 [快速闪记]
would rather do sth 宁愿做…… would rather not do sth 宁愿不做…… would rather have done sth 本来想做……
would rather do sth than do sth/would do sth rather than do sth 宁愿……也不…… would rather＋从句 (使用过去式或过去完成式) 4．lead to 导致；造成(后果)
All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马。 [快速闪记] result in导致；致使 contribute to导致；促使
5．keep...free from/of 使……免受(影响；伤害等)；使……不含(有害物) We should keep our city free from/of noise. 我们应该使我们的城市免受噪音的影响。 [快速闪记]
(be) free from/of没有；不受……损害 free...from 把……从……释放出来；使摆脱 Ⅲ.写作句式必学
1．Have you ever grown any plants？If so，what did you do to grow them? If not，what kind of plant would you like to try growing? 你种过植物吗？如果种过的话，你是怎样种植的？如果没有种过的话，你想要尝试种什么植物？