Unit 2
Language points
Word study
weak
weakness
strong
strength
beautiful
beauty
digestive
digestion
balanced
balance
amazing
amazement
2) The government provided plenty of ______ and drink to the people who suffered from the flood.
food
Everybody has to eat, but do you eat a healthy
diet?
diet 指的是习惯的食物或规定的食物，特指维
持健康的定量或定质的食物。
food 是一般的用语，凡能吃能喝的具有营养的
东西都称为food.强调种类时，food 可用复数
3) As I’m too fat, the doctor has ordered me a special _______.

4) Proper_______ and exercise are both important
for health.

5) a balanced diet ____________

be on a diet ____________
均衡饮食
a low-fat diet
节食
diet
diet
1. Diet cures more than a doctor.
2. The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet,
and Dr. Merry man.
食物治疗胜过于医生的治疗(药补不如食补)。
节食博士，静心博士，欢喜博士，三者都是最好
的医师(饮食少,休息好,快乐多是却病延年之方).
balance
1) v. 权衡、平衡、对比
eg: 1) We must balance the two plans.
2) Can you balance yourself on skates?
2) n. 天平、称
eg: weigh sth. in the balance 用天平称……

be out of balance 不平衡
keep one’s balance 保持平衡
lose one’s balance 失去平衡
a favorable balance 入多于出
a unfavorable balance 入不敷出
2. energy n. 能量，精力，干劲 Energy 物理定义“能”。用于人时，指人的能力，精力，多做不可数名词。Power 影响力，势力，政权；电力，动力。Force 自然力，物理力(in force有效) strength身体的力量，人的强点，长处，力气
1Bill was doing a lot of physical exercises to build up his _________.
2Tom is a(n) _________boy; he is always playing hard.
3The ____ of peace becomes stronger.
4To regain their ________ after an exhausting
game ,the players lay in the grass.
5Knowledge is _______ .
strength
energetic
force
energy
strength/power
3.伴随状语.
Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant ________________________
感到很受挫
1) Nora stood at the bus stop, __________________

娜拉站在公共汽车站旁看报纸。

______________________________, you can have a better view of the city.
站在山顶上，你能更好地看到这个城市。
reading a newspaper.
Standing on the top of the hill

feeling very frustrated（做伴随状语）
3） Many of us,____ , could not go to sleep that night.
being so exciting B. be so exciting
C. being so excited D. be so excited

4）“We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob, ____out of the window.
A. looking B. to look C. looked D. having looked
4. “Nothing could have been better,” he thought.
=
1) He is the tallest boy in his class.
= ___________________________________
2) A: How are you getting on”
B: Everything is OK.
= _________________________(再好不过了）
He is taller than any other boy in his class.
Nothing could be better.
All his foods could have been the best.
此句用比较级形式表最高级的意义
结构: 否定词+adj./adv.的比较级
I can’t agree more.
我完全赞同。
5.see sb. doing sth. 看到 某人正在做某事
see sb. do sth.看到 某人做某事(看到整个过程)
I saw a thief stealing something in the shop.
I saw a thief steal something from the shop.
6. be/get tired of对…厌烦 be tired with因..感到疲劳
Samuel Johnson （塞缪尔·约翰逊）: When a man is tired ___ London, he is tired ___ life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
of
of
We were tired ____ the extra work.
with
7. Curiosity drove him inside.
v. 驾驶, 驱使, 迫使
He drove his car round the corner.
The noise almost drove me mad.
curiosity n.
out of curiosity
出于好奇
adj.
curious
be curious about sth
be curious to do sth.
8.It cost more than a good meal in his own restaurant.
cost 表花_____，作主语的是______
Sth cost/costs (sb) sth.
spend 既可指花_____，又可指花_____。在主动

语态作主语的应当是_____, 宾语可以是
money, energy, time
常用句型为：
1）sb. + spend + 宾语 + on + sth.

2）sb. + spend + 宾语 +( in ) doing sth.
“钱”
“物”
“时间”
“钱”
“人”
take 一般表花______，常用于句型:

___________________________

pay 一般表_______，在主动语态中做主语

的应当是______，其宾语有三种形式：

sb.
sb. pay(s)/payed some money
sb. some money for sth.
“付钱”
“人”
“时间”
It takes sb. some time to do sth.
1) Some passengers complain that it usually ______ so long to fill in travel insurance documents.

A. costs B. takes C. spends D. pays

2) 我骑单车到学校要花20分钟。

______________________________________

______________________________________

I spend 20 minutes in going to school by bike.
It takes me 20 minutes to go to school by bike.
3)   ____________________________________

每年她在书上的花费大约一千美元。

4）她付给他20元买了一件衬衫。

____________________________________

5) 老板已付给我1000元了。

_____________________________________
Every year she spends about $1000 on books.
She paid him 10 Yuan for the shirt.
The boss has paid me 1000 Yuan.
9. He couldn’t have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!
have sb. doing sth. 使某人一直做某事
Eg: She had us working day after day.
I won’t have you waiting long.
have sb. do 使某人做某事 表示动作的完成或可能发生
have sth. to do 有某事要做
have sth. done 使某事被做
sth. 为身体一部位时，意为“受伤”
Eg: 1) They had me repeat the message.
2) I won’t have you say such words.
3) I have a lot of work to do.
4) I had my watch fixed yesterday.
5) She had her legs broken when she got off the bike.
get away with doing sth.:(不用于被动语态）

① not be punished for sth.做了某事而不受惩罚

I won’t ____________________________________

我不能容忍你们考试作弊而不受惩罚。

② steal sth. and escape with it. 携带…跑掉
The robbers________________________________

这些盗贼抢了银行，携巨款潜逃。
have you getting away with cheating in the exam.
.
robbed the bank and got away with a
lot of money.
③ receive a relatively light punishment受到轻微惩罚

He was so lucky____________________________
他犯了如此严重的错误，侥幸只交了罚款了事。
to get away with a fine for such a
serious mistake.
10.He had better do some research. research n.& v.研究；调查；探索
do research into / on对……进行研究／调查
research into / in / on对……进行研究／调查
①他们正在对一些社会问题进行调查研究。
They are doing some research on some social problems.
②他们的研究证明了什么?
What have their researches shown?
11.The competition between the two restaurants was on! on作副词与be连用时，可以表示以下几个意思：
(1)(电灯、水等)开着
(2)正在进行，举行
(3)上演，演出
 灯都亮着。
①The lights were all on.
他们家的电视总是开着。
②The TV is always on in their house.
③电影院在上演什么片子?
What's on at the movies?
Perhaps he would be able to earn his living after all and not have to close his restaurant.
也许他仍然能够谋生, 而不至于关张了。
earn one’ living by...=live by...=make a living by...
He earned his living by begging from door to door.
12.Explanation
表示“谋生”的短语：
earn a living
earn one’s living
make a living
make one’s living
2) earn vt. 挣得；赢得
His success earned him a prize.
He earned fame by helping the students.
He and his wife ___ 20 Yuan an hour.
A. to earn
B. earn
C. spends
D. takes
B
13. He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaurant was no longer popular.他可不希望由于餐馆不受欢迎而负债。
debt:【C】sum of money owed to sb. that has not yet been paid 债务; 欠款
be in debt: owe a lot of money
be out of debt: not owe a lot of money
be in sb’s debt: feel grateful to sb. for his help

1) _____________________________________
你救了我的命,我永远感恩不尽.
2)  _____________________________________
when I get paid.
现在我欠债累累，但希望发工资后能付清
You saved my life, I am forever in your debt.
I’m heavily in debt at the moment, but hope to
be out of debt

no longer=not ...any longer 不再
He no longer loves here.
I can’t wait any longer.
3. She didn’t look happy but glared at him as she moved round the customers.
她绕过顾客走进来，双眼直瞪着他，看上去很不高兴。
glare vi. 怒目而视
glare at sb. 怒目注视某人
4. I thought you were a new customer and now I find you came only to spy on me and my menu.
我本来以为你是一位新顾客，现在我才发现你只是过来打探我和我的菜谱的。
only to spy... 在句中做结果状语
only to do sth. 表示一个与主语愿望相反的或出乎主语预料的结果.
only doing sth. 表示谓语动词本身的动作造成的结果。
only to do sth. 和 only doing sth.
For nearly three hours we waited for the decision, only to be told to come again the next day.
He died, only leaving nothing but debts.
5. I feel sick with all this fat and heavy food.
吃了这么多油腻的、难消化的食物,我都觉的恶心了。
heavy (of food):
difficult to digest
(指食物) 难消化的
6.Wang Pengwei was just enjoying a second plate
of dumplings,…

a second = another

序数词与the连用表示“第几”，与a / an连用表示

“又一，再一”。

1)_________________________________

你是第二个告诉我这个消息的人。
You are the second to tell me the news.
2) ____________________, but he said he would go on trying until he succeeded.

他又失败了一次，但他说他会继续努力直到成功。

3) He said that he would pay ________ second visit to Australia ________ next month.

A. the, / B. the , the C. a, the D. a, /
He failed a second time
我对民间音乐感到厌烦了。
I am tired of folk music.
当我走进电影院的时候，电影已经开演5分钟了。
The film had been on for five minutes when I got to the cinema.
他们正在研究改进人们饮食的方法。
They're researching into ways of improving people's diet.