A good teacher should teach his students how to be a useful person apart from knowledge.

【拓展】apart from具有多重意义,请看:

①I know nothing about him apart from his name. (= except/but 除了)

②He has done good work, apart from a few slight faults.[= except for 只是......(否则)]

③There can be no knowledge apart from practice.(＝without 脱离开)

【走近高考】Some people choose jobs for other reasons _______ money these days. (07 全国II)A. for B. except C. besides D. With

解析:选C。句意:如今,有些人选择工作不只因为钱,还有其他原因。besides意为"除了......之外(还有)......",符合句意。而except表示"除去"。

at the mercy of ...

【课文原句】... at the mercy of redevelopment ... (Page 81)

【点拨】at the mercy of ...意为"完全受......支配；任凭......摆布"。如:

They were not at the mercy of the bad conditions but tried to improve them.

The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

【拓展】mercy的派生词及其相关的短语很多,请看:

①We all have mercy on his miserable fortune. (对......表示怜悯)

②He was convicted and sentenced to death with out mercy. (无情地)

③John threw himself on my mercy. (恳求某人宽恕)

④Mr. Smith is a merciful man; I think he will forgive you. (adj. 仁慈的)

⑤He was merciless to the enemy.(adj. 无情的)

【练习】用mercy的相关短语翻译句子。

1. 这个秘书是否被开除,由老板而定。______________________________

2. 他受到无情的对待。______________________________

Keys:

1. Whether or not the secretary will be fired is at the mercy of her boss.

2. He was treated without mercy.

热点语法

虚拟语气是高中英语学习中较难的语法项目之一,也是高考的重点之一,本期我们将主要复习虚拟语气的几个难点。

1. 混合条件句在混合条件句中,虚拟条件从句和主句动作发生的时间不一致,因此,主句和从句的谓语动词要根据各自所指的不同时间来选用适当的虚拟语气形式。如:

If you had not stayed up last night, you would not feel sleepy now.(从句与过去事实相反,主句与现在事实相反)

If I were you, I would have accepted his invitation yesterday.(从句与现在事实相反,主句与过去事实相反)