译林牛津高一M2 Unit 3 Wordlist 1学生
M2 Unit 3 Wordlist 1 (curse to whichever)
重点词汇讲解
1.curious adj.
Children are always curious about everything around them.
He is curious to know what is written in his letter.
It is curious that she left without saying goodbye.
Children show curiosity about everything.
curious意为1)having a strong desire to know about ______________________
2)strange and unusual _____________________________
用法归纳：对于（做）什么很好奇: ______________________________
……很奇怪: It __________________________
词性拓展：Scientists have made many important discoveries simply out of curiosity.
科学家的很多重要发现都是单纯出自好奇心
in/ with curiosity 好奇地；out of/ from curiosity 出于好奇心（1）Philip looked at the people __________________. (好奇地)
（2）He kept asking me numerous questions about it _____________________. (出于好奇) （3）He was curious____ who had broken the window.
A. of knowing
B. about knowing
C. to know
D. to knowing
2.set sail
Early in the morning, they set sail southward.
We set sail for home.
Our ship will（set ）sail for Stockholm tonight.
归纳：set sail for sp.= sail for sp. ________________________
set 常用短语
They set sail for Shanghai in the early morning.
= They sailed for/to Shanghai in the early morning.
set about sth/doing sth 开始/着手做……set up 竖起，建立
set out 出发，开始set out to do sth 开始做某事
set back 推迟，耽误set down 写下，记下；让某人下车set sth aside (为…)留出，节省（某物）; 把…放一边
set foot on a place 登上……地方
set off (vi)动身，起程; (vt)使爆炸; 引起，触发；使某人开始做……
set fire to放火烧set the table 摆放餐具
set an example to sb为……树立榜样set a record创造一个记录
set sb. free释放某人
选择：Peter ____ a little money every month so that he can buy a car of his own in the near future.
A. sets aside
B. sets about
C. sets off
D. sets out
3.fortune n.大笔的钱，巨款; 运气，命运
They must have spent a fortune on that house.
I had the good fortune to be invited to stay in Rome.
短语搭配：cost/spend/be worth a fortune 花/ 值一大笔钱
a small fortune= a lot of money
make a / one’s fortune =make a lot of money in business
have the good fortune to do sth.
ill-fortune= bad luck
tell one’s fortune 算命fortune-teller 算命的人
词汇拓展：fortunate adj. fortunately adv.
4．preserve v.
I think these interesting old customs should be preserved.
我认为这些有趣的旧习俗应该保存下来
It’s the duty of police to preserve public order. 警察的责任是维护公共秩序
The society was set up to preserv e endangered species from extinction（灭绝）.
成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝.
归纳：preserve的意思是 1.__________________ ２._________________
短语：preserve…from…_________________________
5. come across 偶然遇到，发现
If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance
同义短语：run into run across
come短语：come about 发生，造成come along 跟去，一道去，赶快，进行，进展come down 下降，下落，传下来come into power(office) 执政，就职
come out 出来，出版，发行，开花come into being 产生，建立
come to共计，谈到，恢复知觉come to a conclusion 得出结论
come to an end 结束come to nothing(no good) 没有结果（没有好处）come true 实现，成为现实come up with 追上，想出（主意）
选择：It’s already 10 o’clock .I wonder how it___that she was two hours late on such a short trip.
A. came over
B. came out
C. came about
D.came up 6．content n. 容纳的东西；(信、书的)内容adj. 惬意的，满足的(不用于名词前)
The box had fallen over, and some of the contents had spilled out.
箱子翻了，里面的一些东西散落出来。
If the contents of this letter become known to the Foreign Secretary, there would be grave consequences．如果信的内容被外交大臣知道的话，后果非常严重。
John is quite content to watch television for hours at a stretch.
约翰非常满足于一连几个小时不停地看电视。
She is content with her job at the moment.
归纳：满足于……___________________满足于做……____________________
7.coincidence n. 巧合，碰巧
by coincidence 碰巧
What a coincidence (it is) to do sth! 真是巧合……
It is a coincidence that…真是太巧了…（从句中常用“should”情态动词，表示惊讶。）We met in London by coincidence.
What a coincidence (it is) to meet you here!
It’s rather a_____________(一种巧合)that her hair __________(情态动词)be the same colour as mine.
8．disturb v 干扰，打扰，使中断
Don’t disturb the papers on my desk.
She opened the door quietly so as not to disturb the sleeping baby.
He was disturbed(烦恼)to hear her illness.
disturbing adj.令人烦恼的disturbed adj.情绪紊乱的，不正常的disturbance n.. 动乱/干扰/精神紊乱
辨析：interrupt与disturb
interrupt指打断他人正在做的事情，优点不礼貌。disturb多指精神上的干扰
He interrupted the teacher's explanation and put forward his own opinion.
The bad news disturbed the prime minister.
选词填空interrupt与disturb
If you ________ someone, you are impolitely interfere(干扰) in the ongoing activity.
If you ________ someone, you make him feel anxious and restless.
9.result n. 结果；效果；成绩v. 产生；导致
As a result of his hard work, he passed the exam easily.
He made a mistake, and, as a result, lost his job.
They will announce the result of the vote tonight.
Kate's exam results were excellent.
They worked without result
His success results from working hard.
The earthquake has resulted in many thousands of deaths.
归纳：as a result ________as a result of __________without result ___________
result in ___________result from ____________
选择：It is said that his carelessness _____a terrible fire, which burned down the building.
A. resulted in
B. resulted from
C. turned out
D. worked out
10. labour
The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating. ( )
They were cheap labour. ( )
Ray had little talent（天赋）but laboured to get the skills of a writer. ( )
Marina had laboured late into the night to finish her essay. ( )
Worldlist1巩固练习
一、词性转换
1.explore r→v. _____________→n. ____________
2.curious→n. ____________
3.Egypt→adj. ____________
4.fortune→adj. ____________→ adv. ____________
5.preserve→n. ____________
6.deat h→v. ____________→adj. ____________
7.connection→v. ____________
8.punishment→v. ____________
9.scientifi c→n.____________
10.breath e→n. ____________
11.clothing→n.____________
二、单词拼写
1.Due to the severe p_____________, most people no longer dare to drive after drinking
alcohol.
2.By c___________, I met the person we had been discussing the next day.
3.The c__________ of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are
inside it.
4.Many __________ (埃及的)mummies，which are well p__________dead bodies, have
survived to modern times in a good state of preservation.
5.The room was filled with smoke and it was becoming difficult to b__________.
6.Police have so far failed to establish a c__________ between the two countries.
7.So c__________ is the boy that he is always interested in new things around him.
8.The e________ to the park was so narrow that only a few people can enter it at a time.
9.She opened the door quietly so as not to d__________ the sleeping child.
10.People , c__________ with each other by advanced computer networks, find it
convenient to communicate .
11.Bosnian __________ (探索) Semir Osmanagic believed strongly that he had found the
first Europe’s pyramids.
12.A v__________ is a kind of germ(细菌)that can cause disease.
13.Whether listening to public opinion is really the best way to arrive at__________ (科学
的) definition is questionable.
14.It was drug poisoning that caused his __________ (死).
三、单项选择
1. Children are _______ animals and how they live.
A. curious about
B. curious for
C. puzzling about
D. interesting in
2. The town government spent a lot of money___ the old castle and other places of
historic interest.
A. preventing
B. preserving
C. presenting
D. deserving
3. What a ! I was thinking about Roy when his letter arrived.
A. happening
B. pity
C. coincidence
D. satisfaction
4. His curiosity and hard work his great discoveries in science.
A. caused
B. resulted from
C. resulted in
D. lay in
5. The host was quite annoyed when he found out that his things on the desk had been .
A. troubled
B. interrupted
C. upset
D. disturbed
6. The young couple ______ ￥2 000 every month to pay for their son's education.
A. put off
B. go through
C. set aside
D. pick up
7. His plan resulted ______ failure, which resulted ______ his carelessness.
A. in; over
B. in; from
C. from; in
D. over; in
8. It can’t be a(n) _____ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.
A. coincidence
B. accident
C. incident
D. chance
9 . However, at times this balance in nature is _____, resulting in a number of possibly
unforeseen efforts. A. troubled B. puzzled C. interrupted D. disturbed
10.The book which ________ at the end of last year turned out to be a great success in Shanghai.
A. came about
B.came up
C. came out
D. came around
四、句子翻译
1、小男孩对鸟儿很好奇，就爬上树去，结果从树上摔下来，受伤了。（curious;）
The boy________________the bird and he climbed onto the tree. But he fell off it and was injured.
The boy _________________ the bird that he climbed onto the tree, but fell off it, injured.
2、阿里巴巴(Alibaba)的哥哥跟踪他，想知道他是怎样发财的。(fortune; wonder)
Alibaba followed him and wondered how he________________.
Alibaba followed him ,_______________ how he_________________.
3、在公园的入口处，我遇见了正在埋头读书的阿呆，我想书的内容肯定很精。(entrance,bury) ______________ the park, I__________ Adai _______________ his book. I think its content must be very wonderful.
______________ the park, I__________ Adai _______________ his book, _______________________I think must be very wonderful.
4、不久，他的努力导致了成功，对此，他很满意。(result in/lead to;content)
________________, his hard work /effort ____________ success. with which he ______________________.