Unit 3 Back to the past language points学案
1 unfortunate
How unfortunate!真是不幸!(教材原句 P42)
考点释义
发散思维
unhappy、unfortunate与unlucky这些形容词均有"不幸的"之意。
unhappy 多用于表示心理状态,指由于不满意或遇到一般性倒霉事而感到不愉快。 unfortunate 语气较强,多指因命运不佳、意外不幸或事业失败、生活处于困境等而感到不幸。 unlucky 指因缺少机遇,虽然努力了,但事不从心,感到失意。 活学活用 完成句子
(1)不幸的是,在悉尼一天仅有的一趟回家的火车已经开走了。因此我想我得搭便车。
, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I'd hitch a ride.
(2)但是布鲁克斯已经使得他的书以一种非常规且也许是不幸的方式构建起来。
But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox, and perhaps way.
(3)但幸运的是,有一个可供选择的事物:玉米粉。
But there is an alternative:cornflour.
(4)欧洲人把猪形储钱罐当作好运和财富的象征。
Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good and wealth.
2 destroy
It's hard to imagine how this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city!很难想象这样一座平静的火山怎么就毁灭了整座城市!(教材原句P43)
考点释义
destroy只能作动词,本义是"摧毁,毁掉,消灭"。destroy还可以用于比喻义,如:destroy one's hope/career/reputation 毁掉某人的希望/事业/名誉。