Unit 2 Review Air travel is becoming cheaper

Unit 2 Review

① Air travel is becoming cheaper. ② He’s on his travels again. ③ Lily had a long and difficult journey through the mountains last year. ④ The kids are going on a trip to the castle.

2. native （1） adj. 本土的, 本国的, 土生的 (+to) The giant panda is native to China. 大熊猫是中国特有的动物。 She was native to Taipei. 她原籍台北。 （2） n. 本地人, 本国人 Are you a native here, or just a visitor? 你是本地人， 或者只是游客?

3. come up 上来, 走近; 发芽; 被提出; 升起 （1）A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station. 走近, 上来 （2） The sun comes up in the east. 升起 （3） New shoots of bamboo will come up from around the roots of the old ones. 发芽 （4） Your question came up at the meeting. 被提出讨论

When it comes to sth. / doing sth. 当说到/提到/涉及到···时 When it comes to seafood, I like shrimp the best.

4. base 基础；基地；根基 (1) n. __________ Eg: Our company’s base is in Beijing. 建于…之上；以…为基础 (2) vt. __________ 用法：base A on B A以B为基础 被动 A be based on B A建于B基础之上 Eg: (1)One should always base his opinion on facts. 被动 One’s opinion should always be based on facts. (2)----What are you mailing, Linda? -----A textbook_____a new method of teaching physics. I want my friend to take a look at it. A. is based on B. based on

（1）他把希望寄托在我们昨天得到的好消息上。 He based his hopes on had yesterday. the good news we （2）这部小说是以事实为根据的。 is based on fact. The novel (3) 你这种理论的根据是什么？ What are you basing this theory on ?

5. at present 目前，现在 6. We do not have any more information at present. 目前我们没有进一步的消息。 The situation for college students is very serious at present. 对于大学生来说形势是很严峻的

Present adj. 当前的, 现在的 (作前置定语) Did you see the present national leaders? Can you tell us something about the present situation? 出席的, 在场的(作表语或后置定语) Our teacher was present at the meeting. All the people present agree to my plan.

present n. 目前, 现在; 礼物 I can’t spare time because I am busy at present. What present did you receive from your parents?

present vt. 赠与, 赠给予, 给, 提出 present sb. with sth. 或：present sth. to sb. 把…交给, 颁发, 授予 如: Mother presented a gift to me just now. =Mother presented me with a gift just now. On his birthday, his friends presented him with a series of readers. /presented a series of readers to him. (送给他一套读本)

6. Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. 莎士比亚使用了比以往任何时候更为 广泛的词汇量。 make use of 利用, 使用 make good / full use of 充分使用 make no use of sth. 没有利用 We could make good use of our resources. 我们应该充分利用好我们的资源。 Every minute should be made good use of. 每一分钟都应该很好地利用。

7. such as & for example such as 用来列举事物时, 一般列举同类 人或事物中的几个例子且所列举事物的 数量不能等于它前面所提到的总和, 一旦相等, 要用that is 或namely. I have three good friends, such as John, Jack and Tom. × He can speak four languages, such as English and French.

用such as, for example, namely, that is填空 as Tom and Mary, (1) Students, such _______ should be learnt from. for example (2) Wear something simple, ______, a skirt and blouse. namely/that is (3) He knows six languages, ____ Chinese, French, English, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese. for example (4) Matter may be invisible；air, _____， is this kind of the matter.

8. command & request command/request sb. to do sth. 命令/要求某人 做某事 command/request + that 从句 ：从句中用（ should）+动词原形 e. g. He commanded the soldiers to attack. =He commanded that the soldiers (should) attack. 他命令士兵们进攻。 I requested that he (should) leave at once. 我要求他马上离开。

9. recognize v. 辨认出；承认 。 (1)recognize sb. /sth. by/from. . . 根据……认出 某人/某事（物） I recognized her by/from her red hair. be recognized to be/as. . . 被认作……/被认为是…… Everyone recognized him to be a lawful heir of the money. 大家都承认他是那笔钱的合法继承人。 It is recognized that. . . 人们公认…… It is recognized that they are kind to everyone. （2）recognition n. 认识；认出 out of/beyond recognition认不出来

10. than ever before “比以往任何时候更” than ever before可看作是than they ever speak English before 的省略形式。 在比较级结构中, 副词 ever 与比较级 和最高级连用, 用来加强语气。如: You’ll speak English much better than ever before. Jane looks much prettier than ever before.

11. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. even if =even though “即使”, 用来引导 一个让步状语从句, 后面既可以用陈述 语气, 也可用虚拟语气, 但是even if / though 引导的从句不用将来时。如: Even if it rains tomorrow, we will leave for Beijing.

用if, as if, even if填空。 (1) _____ Even if I had money, I wouldn’t buy it. If (2) _______ I had money, I would buy it. as if (3) It looks _____ it is going to rain. (even if 引导让步状语从句; if 引导条件 状语从句; as if/ though “似乎是…” 引导方式状语从句)

注意: even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。 even though 从句是事实。 e. g: Even if he is poor, she loves him. (=He may be poor, yet she loves him. ) (Even) though he is poor, she loves him. (= He is poor, yet she loves him. )

When talking to a friend over the telephone , you feel that you are close _______ B the actual distance is not shortened. A. but B. even if C. so D. because

12. So why has English changed over time? 那么, 英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？ over 贯穿, 经过(一段时间) e. g. Over the years, he has become more patient 经过这些年, 他变得更有耐心。 周末她会来杭州。 She will come to Hangzhou over the weekend. 圣诞节时你在家吗？ Will you stay at home over Christmas? over 超过(=more than), 再三 (again) over 2 minutes over and over

13. more than Do you know that there is more than one kind of English? 观察思考 More than 100 scientists attended the meeting. 有100多位科学家参加了这次会议。 He is more than a writer, he is also a professor. 他不仅仅是位作家，还是一位教授。 They were more than glad to help. 他们非常乐意帮忙。 The fox is more sly than clever. 与其说狐狸聪明，不如说它狡诈。

即学即用 （1）To tell you the truth, I think it is you, Mr. Black, B. A. less than; which are to be blamed B. rather than; that are to blame C. other than; that is to blame D. more than; who is to blame （2）—I’m C happy to take you there in my car. —You are so nice. Thank you. A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than

14. the number of/ a number of the number of “……. 的数目”, 接可数 名词复数, 其后谓语动词用单数。 The number of undergraduates has increased over the years. a number of 许多, 大量 (后接复数名词), 其后谓语动词用复数。 (a great number of /a large number of / a small number of ) A number of teachers are on leave.

The number of people invited _____ C fifty, but a number of them ___ absent for different reasons. A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were 注意: 只能修饰可数名词的 a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few

只能修饰不可数名词的： a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of 既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的： plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of

15. frequently adv. 经常地, 频繁地 e. g. He was frequently drunk. Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests. Øfrequently的形容词是frequent, 意为 “经常的, 频繁的”。如： He is a frequent visitor to our house. Her headaches are becoming less frequent.