Unit 2 What is happiness to you?

一、重点单词

1. surround vt. 围绕，环绕 adj. __________ n. __________

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1) by so many big green trees and beautiful flowers everywhere, the school is definitely a nice place to study in.

A. Being surrounded B. Surrounded C. Surrounding D. To be surrounded

　2) A lot of children at the school do not live in the town, but come from the countryside.

A. surroundings B. surround C. surrounded D. surrounding

2.assist vt. 帮助，协助

【用法回顾】回忆assist的相关用法：

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1) Science and technology have in important ways to the improvement of agriculture production.

A. attached B. assisted C. contributed D. witnessed

2) The boy finished his composition his father.

A. with the assistance of B. under control C. in the charge of D. under the umbrella of

二、重点短语

1. apart from 远离，和......不在一起；除了

【联想拓展】回忆表示"除了"的其他短语

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1) _______ a few faults, she was a trust-worthy teacher.

A. Apart B. Apart from C. Beside D. Besides

2）---I was surprised to see wild flowers in Alaska.

　----Many people think there is nothing there ice and sand.

　A. other B. rather than C. apart from D. regardless of

三、重要句型

1. By the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years.

【联想拓展】和time组成的连词还有：

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1) By the time you get to the airport, she______ for New Zealand.

A. would be leaving B. had already left C. was leaving D. will have left

2) By the time Jack returned home from England, his son ______ from the college.

A. graduated B. has graduated C. had been D. had graduated

2. All I had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying when I came home.

【用法提示】此处为动词不定式作主语时，如果主语中有助动词"do"时，可以省略"to"。类似的不定式省略还有

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　1) 翻译：医生所能做的一切就是挽救那孩子的生命。

　2) If he takes on this work, he will have no choice but an even greater challenge.

A. meets B. meeting C. meet D. to meet