Unit 3 Food and Culture 知识盘点

Unit 3  FOOD AND CULTURE一．重点短语总结1.prior to在……之前(to是介词,后接动词时要用-ing形式)Just phone in your order three or more days prior to departure.在出发的三天之前打电话预订即可。 consist of由……组成/构成(1)consist in在于……;存在于……(2)consistent adj.一致的;连续的be consistent with与……一致的;相符的The true wealth does not consist in what we are.真正的财富不在于我们是什么。 【温馨提示】表示“由……组成”时consist of=be made up of=be composed of。 stuff sth into把……塞进……stuff sb/oneself with让……吃饱;狼吞虎咽地吃be stuffed with用……填满She stuffed two more sweaters into her bag.她又往包里塞了两件毛衣。 a slice of一片……slice...off切下slice into/through切入slice sth in two/half把某物一切两半Don’t slice into your hand with that knife,kids.孩子,小心别割了手。 at a/the minimum至少 consumer n.消费者consumption n.消耗量;消费 (1)not in the least一点也不,毫不last but not least最后但同样重要的 least of all尤其;最不(2)at (the) most最多;至多;不超过—Are you satisfied with his answer?——你对他的答案满意吗?—Not in the least.It couldn’t have been worse.——一点也不。他回答的不能再糟了How/What about...?……怎么样?常用来征求建议或询问看法。what about=how about,其中about是介词,后接动词时要用-ing形式。有时动词-ing形式前可有其逻辑主语。despite/in spite of尽管;不管with regard to关于;至于Some studies have been carried out with regard to energy consumption.对于能源的消耗已经进行了一些研究。(1)a quantity of或quantities of后既可接可数名词也可接不可数名词。(2)“a quantity of+名词”作主语时,谓语动词与名词保持数的一致;而“quantities of+名词”作主语时,谓语动词用复数。be ideal for对……是理想的This beach is ideal for children.这个沙滩是孩子们的理想去处play tricks/a trick on搞恶作剧;开玩笑The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher.孩子们经常耍些花招戏弄老师二．重点句式1.1.On the other hand,it does tell us a lot about Americans.另一方面,它确实告诉了我们很多关于美国人的事情。【句式剖析】本句是一个强调句,强调的是句子中的谓语动词tell,由于时态是一般现在时,主语是第三人称单数形式,所以借助does表强调。该强调形式只能用于肯定句中。She does go to school by bus every day.她的确每天乘公共汽车去上学。2.Tired,hungry,and not knowing a word of Chinese,we had no idea how to order,so the chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.又累又饿,而且一句汉语也不会,我们压根儿不知道如何点餐,于是厨师在我们桌上摆满了食物,那是我们吃过的最可口的饭菜。【句式剖析】Tired,hungry,and not knowing a word of Chinese是we had no idea...的状语,and并列连接了形容词和动词-ing形式,表示当时“我们”所处的状态。同时,前面部分又和so the chef just began...并列,表达因果关系。tired,hungry是形容词作状语,说明谓语动词发生时主语所处的状态。3.We arrived late for supper that day,and so we just ate whatever was left in the university canteen.那天我们吃晚饭迟到了,所以我们就吃了大学食堂剩下的东西。【句式剖析】本句是一个并列句。We arrived late...是第一个分句,we just ate...是第二个分句,在第二个分句中whatever引导的从句作ate的宾语。whatever引导宾语从句时,意义相当于anything that,通常译为“……任何东西(一切事情)”“……所……的一切(所有)”“无论什么……都”。4.It is up to you to decide how you want to live,and to make the right decisions about your diet.你可以自己决定如何生活,如何选择正确的饮食。【句式剖析】It is up to sb to do...由某人决定做……。本句中真正的主语是动词不定式短语to decide...,how引导的句子作decide的宾语。