高中英语人教版必修三-Unit2-课文内容部分

高中英语人教版必修三-Unit2-课文内容部分

必修三Unit2 课文内容部分

1.“Nothing could be better,” he thought.

△“否定词+比较级”表示最高级意义

该结构的具体用法如下：

①构成：否定词+形容词或副词的比较级，有时其后加than。

②常用的否定词：nothing, no, not, never, hardly, nobody

③含义：再没有比……更……

- What do you think of the film last night?

- It couldn’t be worse.

I have never read a more interesting novel than this.

归纳拓展：

比较级形式表达最高级含义的其他结构有：

any other + 可数名词单数

any of the other + 可数名词复数

any of the others

比较级+than anyone/anything else

all the other + 可数名词复数

all the others

Tom is more intelligent than any other student/all the other students in his class.

Li Yang studies harder than anyone else in his class.

练习：

⑴用括号内词的适当形式填空

①I have never seen a ______ (good) film before.

②The weather couldn’t be ______ (bad), so we will not go out.

⑵一句多译

他比班上其他任何男孩都高。

①

_________________________________________ _______________________

②

_________________________________________ _______________________

③

_________________________________________ _______________________

④

_________________________________________ _______________________

2. Even though her customers might get thin after eating. Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit.

本句为复合句，Even though引导让步状语从句，在主句中energy-giving为“名词+现在分词”结构的复合形容词，在句中作定语修饰food。Keep them fit是“keep + 宾语+宾补”结构，宾补由形容词fit充当。

△复合形容词的构成

英语中常见的复合形容词的构成形式：

⑴名词+现在分词：mouth-watering 令人垂涎的；peace-loving 爱好和平的

⑵数词+名词：first-rate 第一流的；second-hand二手的

⑶形容词/副词+现在分词：good-looking 漂亮的；hard-working 工作努力的；easy-going 随和的；everlasting 永久的

⑷名/形容词/副词+过去分词：man-made 人造的；ready-made 现成的；well-known 著名的⑸名词+介词+名词：face-to-face 面对面的；heart-to-heart 坦诚亲切地

⑹数词+名词+形容词：eight-year-old 八岁的

⑺数词/形容词+名词+ -ed：three-legged 三条腿的；warm-hearted 热心肠的

△“keep + 宾语+ 宾补”结构

此结构表示“使……保持……”。该结构的常见形式有以下几种：

⑴keep + sb./sth. + 形容词/副词

I was too tired to keep my eyes open.

⑵keep + sb./sth. + 名词

I want to keep the thing a secret between us.

⑶keep + sb./sth. + 介宾短语

You should keep your hands behind your backs.

A cold kept him in bed for a week.

⑷keep + sb./sth. + 现在分词（表示主动或状态的延续）

I’m sorry. I have kept you waiting outside for so long.

⑸keep + sb./sth. + 过去分词（表示被动或状态

的延续）

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

练习：

⑴用括号内动词的适当形式填空

①Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself ________ (remind) of his own dream.

②Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her classmates ________ (amuse) with her stories.

③Don’t keep them __________ (work) day and night.

④They use computers to keep the traffic ________ (run) smoothly.

3. I wish I could see things clearly in the dark. 本句为复合句，wish后接省略了that的宾语从句，从句表示的内容与现在事实相反，故从句使用了虚拟语气。

△wish后的从句中虚拟语气的用法

Wish后接that从句时，从句要用虚拟语气，其

用法如下：

虚拟情况从句时态与现在事实相反一般过去时与过去事实相反过去完成时

与将来事实相反would/could/might + 动词原形

I wish I were 10 years younger; then I will do whatever I want to.

We wish we had studied harder when at school.

I wish I could fly to the moon one day.

归纳拓展：

Wish还可以表示“希望（做某事），想要（某事发生）；祝愿”等。

wish to do sth. 想要做某事

wish sb. to do sth. 希望某人做某事（hope没有此用法）

wish sb. sth. 希望某人……；祝愿某人……

as you wish 如你所愿

I wish to speak to your parents.

I wish her a happy birthday.

练习：

⑴用括号内词的适当形式填空

①I wish that you ________ (give) him my telephone number, but you did.

②How I wish I ________ (go) there tomorrow, but I have to stay at home.

③I wish I ________ (have) a car now.

⑵完成句子

①我希望你幸福。

I wish you _______________________ now.

②如你所愿，你明天不用参加会议了。

_______________________, you needn’t attend the meeting tomorrow.

③我们祝你新年快乐。

We wish _______________________.

4. “ Well, I do have to rest a lot,” admitted Yong Hui.

△“do/does/did + 动词原形”结构

⑴此结构用于强调谓语动词，即要在动词原形前加助动词do,does或did，表示“的确，确实，真的”。

⑵这种强调结构只有一般现在时和一般过去时

两种，且没有疑问和否定形式。

⑶do/does用于一般现在时，did用于一般过去时；do用于第一、第二人称和第三人称复数，does用于第三人称单数，did用于各种人称。They do work hard at maths.

He does like eating noodles.

He did have a good time last night.

特别提醒：

在祈使句中运用“do + 动词原形”形式，往往不表示命令，而表示强烈的请求，有时表达更加客气的语气。

Do come on time next time.

Do come in and sit down.

5. “According to my research, neither your restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet,”explained Wang Peng.

本句是一个简单句，句中neither...nor...“既不……也不……”，连接两个并列成分your restaurant和mine作主语，谓语动词offers的数与nor后的成分保持一致。

△neither...nor...结构

⑴neither...nor...可连接两个并列成分，表示完全否定。

⑵如果连接两个名词或代词做主语，则谓语动词的数和nor后的主语保持一致。（就近原则）Neither you nor I am going to do it.

⑶如果neither...nor...连接两个句子，且放在句首，则两个句子都需要部分倒装。

Neither did I go to watch the football match nor did I care its result.

归纳拓展：

连接并列的名词或代词做主语，谓语动词的数遵循就近原则的连词还有：

either... or... 要么……要么……

not only... but (also)... 不仅……而且……not... but... 不是……而是……

or... 或……等

Not you but I am to blame for the mistakes.

练习：

语法填空

⑴Not the teacher but the students ________

(be) looking forward to seeing the film.

⑵Not only he but also I ________ (like) playing football.

⑶Neither his parents nor he ________ (know) anything about it.

⑷Either you or one of your students ________ (be) to attend the meeting tomorrow.

情态动词II

1.ought to / ought not to

⑴ought to“应当，应该”，跟should用法基本一致，没有人称、数和时态的变化。它可以表示：

①“有责任或义务”做某事，语气比较强；

②推测，意为“应该，应是”，暗含很大的可能性；

③表示“建议”或“劝告”。

We ought to stop polluting nature.

He ought to have written the letter by now.

You ought to read this book. It’s very good.

⑵ought to后跟完成式，肯定句中表示“过去本应该做某事而未做”；否定句中表示“过去本不该做某事却做了”。

You ought to have asked him earlier.

You oughtn’t to have told her the news, but you did.

⑶ought to的否定形式为ought not to或oughtn’t to，其一般疑问句形式是将ought置于主语前。

You ought not to play tricks on the disabled.

- Ought I to leave tomorrow?

- Yes, you ought to.

⑷ought to用在反义疑问句中时，简短问句用“oughtn’t/shouldn’t + 主语”。

He ought to be here, oughtn’t/shouldn’t he?

辨析比较：ought to / should

一般来说，两者可换用，只是ought to的语气略强。另外，表示出于法令规则、行为准则、道德责任等客观情况而“应该”做某事时，一般用ought to，多反映客观情况；若用should则含有个人意见，偏向强调主观看法。

You are his father. You ought to take care of him.

We should be polite to others.

2.have to / don’t have to

⑴have to意为“必须，不得不”，侧重指客观需要，可用于不同时态。

You have to clean the classroom before going home.

⑵don’t have to表示“不必，没有必要”，即客观上没有必要做某事。

You don't have to come with me.

辨析比较：have to / must

⑴have to强调客观需要，must则强调主观看法；

⑵have to有时态、人称和数的变化，而must 只有一种形式；

⑶二者的否定形式的意义不同：don't have to 表示“不必”，相当于don’t need to, needn’t; mustn’t则表示“不允许，禁止”；

His mother was ill and he had to stay there to look after her.

I must admit I don’t like her.

You don’t have to go there.

You mustn’t go there.

真题链接：

⑴You ________ buy a gift, but you can if you want to.

A. must

B. mustn’t

C. have to

D. don’t have to

⑵The new law states that people ________ drive after drinking alcohol.

A. wouldn’t

B. needn’t

C. won’t

D. mustn’t

3.need / needn’t

⑴need作情态动词时，后跟动词原形，表示“需要，有必要”，无时态，人称和数的变化，常用于否定句、疑问句中，也可用于条件句中。You needn’t tell him about the matter this afternoon.

Need we buy any new equipment?

I wonder whether I need advise him.

归纳拓展：

need还可作为行为动词使用，此时有人称、时态和数的变化，后接带to的动词不定式，常见的结构有：

⑴sb. needs to do sth. 某人需要做某事

I need to get up early tomorrow.

You don’t need to leave at once.

⑵sth. needs doing / to be done 某事/某物需要被……。其中doing用主动形式表示被动意义，sth.是do所表示动作的承受者。

My bike nees mending / to be mended.

⑵needn’t have done表示“本来不必做某事却做了”。

You needn’t have told me the truth.

⑶由need引出的一般疑问句的肯定回答常用must或have to, 而否定回答则常用needn’t或don’t have to.

- Need I go now?

- Yes, you must. / No, you needn’t.

归纳拓展：

由must提问的一般疑问句，肯定回答用must, 否定回答用needn’t或don't have to。

- Must I do the work now?

- Yes, you must. / No, you need’t / don’t have to.

真题链接：

⑴I ________ have worried before I came to the new school, for my classmates here are very friendly to me.

A. mightn’t

B. mustn’t

C. needn’t

D. couldn’t

⑵I’ve ordered some pizza, so we ________ worry about cooking when we get home tired.

A. can’t

B. dare not

C. needn’t

D. may not

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