人教课标版高中英语必修3Unit4_Learning_about_Language_重难点词汇详解

重难点词汇详解

1.at the beginning 首先；起初

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At the beginning, the earth had no water. 起初，地球上没有水。 经典例句

①We are going to Japan at the beginning of July. 我们七月初要去日本。

②The whole trip was a disaster from beginning to end. 旅途从头到尾都在出乱子。 ③I began teaching in 1999. 我1999年开始教书。

④At the beginning of a speech, it is very important to grab the audience’s attention and make them interested in what you are to say.

在演讲开始时，抓住观众的注意力，让他们对你要说的感兴趣，这很重要。

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2.more than不仅仅；超过

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Although its origin may still be a puzzle, the moon can never be anything more than a satellite of the earth.

尽管它的起源可能依旧是个不解之谜，但月球不过是地球的一个卫星。 经典例句

①I’d be more than happy to help. 我非常乐意帮忙。

②Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils.

凯特不仅仅是位教师，她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。 ③That is more than I can understand. 那非我所能懂的。

④I have known David for more than 20 years. 我与戴维相识 20 多年了。 ⑤He is more lucky than clever. 与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。

⑥His progress in English learning more than encouraged him to learn the subject well.

在英语学习方面的进步激励他学好这门课程。 ⑦All his education added up to no more than one year. 他接受的所有的学校教育只有一年。

⑧The boy of not more than seventeen was lying on the ground.

躺在地上的那个男孩最多十七岁。（表示“至多，不超过”，相当于at most)

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3.die out灭绝;消失

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教材原文

How the climate changed is uncertain, but water and food supply decreased and so the dinosaurs gradually died out.

气候如何改变是不确定的，但水和食物供应减少，因此恐龙逐渐灭绝了。 经典例句

①As a result，many species are quickly dying out. 结果，许多物种正在迅速灭绝。 ②The sound of their laughter died away. 他们的笑声渐渐远去。

③In the 1840s, about 750,000 people died of hunger. 19世纪40年代，约有75万人死于饥饿。

④When the applause has died down, she began her speech. 掌声平息后她开始演讲。（When引导时间状语从句）

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4.crash v. & n.碰撞；坠落；（计算机）死机

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教材原文

Other scientists believe that a comet crashed into the earth long ago and caused the disappearance.

其他的科学家认为很久以前一颗彗星与地球相撞导致恐龙灭绝。 经典例句

①He crashed his car into a wall. 他开车撞到了墙上。

②His elder son was killed in an air crash a few years ago. 他的长子几年前死于一起飞机失事。 ③The motorcycle crashed into the fence. 摩托车撞到了围栏上。

④She stormed out of the room and crashed the door shut behind 她愤怒地冲出房间，砰的一声把门关上了。

⑤The computers that we use at the moment are old and slow crash.

我们现在使用的计算机又旧又慢，还经常死机。（定语从句 the moment 修饰先行词 The computers)

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5.as a result of由于；作为......的结果

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As a result of this event, a great dust cloud formed in the sky blocking out the sunlight.

由于这次事件，天空中形成了大量的尘云，挡住了阳光。 经典例句

①Alice overslept this morning. As a result，she was late for work. 艾丽斯今天早上睡过了头,结果上班迟到了。 ②The accident resulted in ten deaths. 这次事故造成十人死亡。

③His failure resulted largely from his laziness.

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他的失败主要是懒惰所致。

④As a result of the heavy rain, I was late. 由于雨太大，我来晚了。

6.block out挡住（光线或声音）；忘掉（不愉快的事情）

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教材原文

As a result of this event，a great dust cloud formed in the sky blocking out the sunlight.

由于这次事件，天空中形成了大量的尘云，挡住了阳光。 经典例句

①The tall building blocked out the sunlight. 那座高楼挡住了阳光。

②She wanted to block out the unhappy experience. 她想忘掉那次不愉快的经历。 ③A fallen tree is blocking the road. 一棵倒下的树堵塞了道路。

④Her father blocked her plan to study abroad. 她的父亲阻挡她出国留学的计划。

⑤She grew up playing with the other kids on the block. 她是和街区里其他孩子一起玩大的。

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