unit six

Unit Six

The Pace of Life

一、课文A重点词汇

1. cope vi 1) 应付，处理（多与 with连用）

【例句】1) He doesn’t seem (to be) able to cope any more.

They lack the strength to cope with all these problems.

【考点】cope with +obj 应付，处理

2. quantity n. 数量vt.1.[U] 与质量相对 2.）[C] 指具体数量 3 [复]大量的 【例句】1) I prefer quality to quantity

These goods are greater in quantity than in quality.。 2) This hotel buys a vast quantity of meat every day. He used equal quantities of milk and water. 3) I have quantities of good clothes.

We have had quantities of rain this summer.

【考点】in quantity 大量的 a small quantity/ a great quantity 小量/大量 in small quantities/in large quantities 小量的/大量的 【扩展】quantitative adj. 数量上的 定量的

3. multiply vt.& vi. 1) 乘 2）增多， 增加 3）vi. 繁殖 【例句】1）Five multiplied by six equals thirty. Can you multiply?

2）Mistakes have been multiplying rapidly.

Our chances multiplied.

3）We bought two kittens that multiplied till we had six.

【扩展】multiplication n.。 乘法 乘

4. comparative adj. 1)比较的 2）相对的 比较说来的 3）【语】比较级的

【例句】1) Let’s make a comparative study of the two languages.

comparative literature / comparative linguistics. 2)Screens give us comparative freedom from flies.

They lived in comparative poverty (luxury, comfort).

3) Faster is the comparative degree of the adjective fast. 【扩展】comparative n. 比较级（形式）（可数）comparatively adv. 相对

地，比较地 comparable adj.可以相比的

5.minute n. 1） 一分钟 2）一会儿 2）adj. 细微的， 仔细的 【例句】 1）I’ll only be away a few minutes.

Could I borrow your English dictionary for a minute, please? 2) The area affected is very minute.

The second doctor made a minute study of the illness.

【考点】 to the minute …整， 准确， 整整 a minute

examination/a minute account of 仔细检查/仔细陈述 【扩展】 minutely adv. 细微地， 细致地， 细小地 6. frontier n. 1)边界（线）（可数） 2）美国早年未开发地区 3）（科学等）新开拓的领域（常作复数）assist vt. vt. 帮助，协助n. [C]帮助，协助 【例句】1) Sweden has frontiers with Norway and Finland.

2) Areas near the frontier in America were rough and lawless in the old

days.

3) The frontiers of medical knowledge are being pushed forther

onwards as time

7. oblige vt. 1) 迫使（常跟复数结构） 2）使。。。高兴

【例句】1) The law obliges parents to send their children to school.

She was obliged to abandon that idea.

2) I’m looking after the baby to oblige Mrs. Smith.

【考点】用于成语 1(be) obliged (to) (对。。。。)很感激 2 oblige …by （做某事）使高兴，劳驾（做某事） 3 oblige…with 为。。。（做某事）使之高兴， 请给。。。

【例句】1. I’m sure I’m obliged to you for your good opinion 2. Could you oblige me by posting this letter? 3. Will you oblige me with a stamp?

【扩展】obligation n.. 义务（可数） obligatory adj. 必须做的

8. abundance n. 1. 丰足，大量（不可数，和 in 连用） 2。大量的（和不定冠词及of连用）

【例句】1. At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.

2. He has an abundance of good stories.

【扩展】abundant adj.

【考点】be in abundance an abundance of be abundant in/with 有丰富的/有大量的

9. provoke vt. 1. 招惹，惹怒 2。 引起 3。激发 【例句】 1. If you provoke him, he will beat you.

2. Don’t throw one bone to two dogs; you’ll only provoke a fight. His foolish behavior provoked laughter. 3. The race provoked his spirit.

【考点】 provoke sb. to/into….惹得某人。。。 【例句】 Her rudeness provoked me to strike her. She provoke him into beating her.

【扩展】provoking adj. 使人不高兴的 provocation n. 挑衅， 招惹 provocative adj. 引人生气（争论）的

10. domestic adj. 1。 家庭的， 喜欢家庭生活的 2。 国内的， 国内造的 3。 家养的，驯养的

【例句】 1. She has had a good many domestic troubles.

She’s a very domestic sort of woman.

2. A good newspaper publishes both domestic and foreign news. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product. 3. Cows and dogs are domestic animals.

11. divert vt. 1. 引开， 使转入（其他方面） 2。 使高兴，供消遣，使觉得有趣neglect vt 1) 忽视，忽略，疏忽，玩忽2）遗漏，（与不定式或动合词连用），忘记做，n.[U]疏忽，玩忽

【例句】 1. The water was diverted from the ditch into the fields.

Aloud noise diverted my attention (from cooking) and everything

was burnt.

2. The new play diverted the audience

The children were diverted by his funny stories.

【扩展】 diversion n. 引开， 岔开（可数，不可数）； 消遣，娱乐（可数）

二、课文A重点短语

1. on the go (infml) 繁忙；活动多

【例句】 I’ve been on the go all week, preparing my thesis.

I was on the go all day and went home at about 10 o’clock in the

evening.

2. set about 1。着手（开始）做某事

【例句】The school authorities must set about finding solutions to the campus security problems.

We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm.。 2. 攻击，揍，袭击

【例句】In a very forceful speech he set about his critics. The gang set about him and injured him badly. 【考点】 set against 与。。。为敌； 把。。和。。。加以比较 set aside 存储，留下，搁置。

3．eat into 腐蚀，花费掉 毁坏 【例句】Rust eats into iron.

All these car expenses are eating into our savings. Our holiday has eaten into the money we saved.

【考点】eat away腐蚀掉，侵蚀，使坏掉 eat humble pie 向。。。低头，忍受羞辱eat in 在学校用餐 eat like a bird(horse) 吃得少级了（很多）eat one’s cake and have it too 兼有不可兼得的东西 eat one’s head off 大吃一顿 eat one’s heart out 非常难过 eat one’s words 收回自己说过的话 eat out 在外面吃饭 eat sb. out of house and home 在别人家大吃大喝 4. in reality 事实上， 实际上

【例句】 Some famous private schools are theoretically open to the public, but in

reality are attended by those who can afford the fees.

He is much smaller in reality than he looks on the television. 5.pour in 大量涌入

【例句】 Tourists poured into this city on National day The stream poured into the river.

【考点】1) 反义短语：pour out 涌出； 倾诉，倾吐 6. a handful of 少数， 少量； 一把i

【例句】 I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them Only a handful of people attended the dance. 7. amount to 相当于；总计

【例句】The tuition fee amounts to ten thousand yuan.

In 1956 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less

than 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.

The land and economic reforms amount to revolution. 【考点】同义短语： be equal to; add up to 8. a variety of 各种各样的；各种的

【例句】 My students come from a variety of different backgrounds. The are (is) a variety of excellent schools in the area. 9. spring up 迅速发展（或生长）；突然出现；跳起来 【例句】 After the rain, grass sprang up everywhere.

New professional training schools sprang up all over the country. He sprang up and rushed to the door.

【考点】与spring相关的短语：spring back 弹回 spring forth 突然长出来 spring from突然出现(发出)， 出于，出生于 spring into(to) life 突然开始（活跃）起来 spring on 猛扑 spring out突然出现 10.switch off 关，切断（电源等）

【例句】 Be sure to switch off the lights when you leave home. He parked the car and switched the engine off. 11. be doomed to 命定；注定

【例句】Their plan seemed to be doomed to failure.

He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

【考点】 常用结构： be doomed to sth.; be doomed to do sth.

三、课文A易混词辨析

1. confuse bewilder confound

这些词指因错综复杂或令人困惑的经历、事件引起的混乱情绪。confuse （混淆）是这些词中词义最宽泛的，指最轻微的迷惑。bewilder （迷惑）所表示的迷惑较之confuse 程度更深，并带有局促不安之义.。confound (混淆) 指完全是有意对某些人处处挑剔，或使之遭受不怀好意的审查、奚落，以便使之困惑不安。

【例句】 The detailed directions only served to confuse me further. I was confused by his question.

The boy was completely bewildered by the cross0fire of conflicting

commands shouted at him by his parents.

She was so bewildered by his accusations that she sat down and cried. The army’s lightning attack confounded the enemy. This analysis confounded truth with errors and lies. 2. arise emerge originate result

这些词指某物从另一物中发展而来。 arise 意味着一连串的因果关系，可

能是从简单到复杂。 emerge 强调简单变化多于强调因果关系，而且指变化的逐步过程。 originate强调变化的起源点。 result 在相比之下，强调了变化的最终结果。

【例句】New social organizations arose from the industrial revolution What consequences will arise from this?

A democratic movement has arisen.

A parliamentary system is emerging slowly from the old order of absolute

monarchy.

New evidence emerged from her investigation. Where did this idea originate?

The quarrel originated in a misunderstanding. Sickness often results from eating too much.

His failure resulted from not working hard enough.

3． accumulate amass

这两个词都有“积累”的意思。accumulate 强调经过一段比较长的时间由少积多的积累，使用范围较广， amass则强调大量的聚集，常用于财富、信息、所有物等的聚集，这种积累可能是一下子完成，也可能是在比较长的时间内完成，但数量总是很大的。

【例句】 However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt

obliged to investigate.

Dust accumulated on the desktop.

People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so.

He used to work hard to amass a fortune. 4. distribute dispense divide allocate

这些词都含有“分配”的意思。distribute 指将某物分成一定的部分或数量，通常各份的数量不一定相等，然后分给某些人或地方，dispense 指分配给一群人中的每个人应得的份， divide 指把整体分为若干部分， allocate 指分配一定数量的财物或任务给某些人、单位或事业等。

【例句】 The relief agency will distribute the food among several countries. They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage Please divide it into two.

We’ve allocated a sum of money to education.

四、课文A语篇与难点 课文语篇 I．课文主题

Nowadays people seem to be so busy. More and more people complain that he or she is under a large amount of work related stress. What has happened to us? Is it true that Father Time has become a terror for us? Richard Tomkins sets about untangling the problem and comes up with an answer.

Richard Tomkins gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today.

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