人教版高中英语选修七unit2 Robots-词汇篇

第3讲 Robots 词汇篇

知识梳理：

一. 重点词汇

1. desire n.渴望 vt.想要 [重点用法]

desire sth.渴望得到某物

desire to do sth.希望/渴望做某事 desire that sb.(should) do要求……

have a desire for sth./to do sth.渴望得到某物/希望做某事 at one’s desire照某人的希望 [典例]

1)We all desire happiness and health.我们都希望幸福健康。

2)Everyone has a desire for success, but no everyone desire to get rich.每个人都渴望成功，但并非人人 都渴望金钱。

3) He desires you to go to see him at once.他要求你马上去见他。 =he desires that you should go to see him at once.

2. alarm n.警报 vt.使```惊恐 [重点用法]

give /raise the alarm发警报 ring the alarm敲警钟

sound the alarm发警报; 吹警报号

take (the) alarm at对...感到吃惊; 因...而惊恐 be alarmed at ... 被...吓一跳 [典例]

1) We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest. 森林失火使我们大为惊慌。 2) As soon as he saw the smoke, he sounded the alarm. 看见火灾爆发，他鸣响了警报。 3. Sympathy n.同情 [重点用法]

feel /have sympathy for 同情某人 in sympathy with 同情; 赞成; 和......一致

out of sympathy with 对...不同情; 不赞成; 对......没有同感, 和......不一致 win sympathy of 博得......的同情 [典例]

1) He gave the poor child some money out of sympathy. 出于同情，他给了这个穷孩子一点钱。 2) He is in sympathy with their beliefs. 他与他们的信仰一致。 4. accompany vt.陪伴 [重点用法]

accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去某地 accompany sth. with/by sth. 与...…同时存在

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1) He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see what’s wrong with his stomach. 他陪他的老父亲去医院查看胃部出了什么问题。

2) Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common. 这个季节，雷鸣常常伴有大雨。 5. declare vt.宣布 [重点用法]

declare sth. 宣布……

declare sb./sth. (to be) +n./adj. 宣布……为…… declare that

declare war on/upon 对…宣战 declare against/for… 声明反对/赞成 [典例]

1) She declared that she didn't want to see him again. 她宣称她再也不愿见到他。

2) Soon they will declare him the owner of the house. 很快他们就会宣布他为房子的主人。 3) The government passed a law that declared it illegal to catch and sell this kind of animals. 政府通过法律宣布捕捉贩卖这种动物是非法的。 6. envy vt.嫉妒 [重点用法]

envy sb. sth. 妒忌/羡慕某人某物

become the envy of sb. 成为令人嫉妒/羡慕的事物 be in envy of one’s success 羡慕某人的成功 out of envy 出于嫉妒/羡慕 [典例]

1) All her workmates envied her (for) her promotion. 所有的同事都羡慕她的晋升。

2) His talent for music becomes the envy of the other competitors. 他在音乐方面的天分让其他人对手感到羡慕。 二. 重点词组

1. test out 考验；试验 [典例]

1) This model had been tested out before it was put into production. 这个型号经过试验后才进行大批量生产。

2) Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment. 上课前，这个教授习惯先将整个实验试验一番。 [短语归纳]

test on sb./sth. 在……(身上)做实验/试验 have/take a test in 参加……考试

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2. ring up 打电话给…… [短语归纳] ring back 回电话

ring off 挂断电话;停止讲话 ring a bell 唤醒经常是模糊的记忆 [典例]

1) I have to ring off now because my friend is waiting for me. 我朋友在等我，我得挂电话了。 2) On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was ok. 一到达机场，他就打电话给他母亲报平安。 3. turn around 转向 [典例]

1) He heard a voice but when he turned around, he saw nobody. 他听到声音，但转身却没发现有人。 2) As he walked towards the hotel, he suddenly turned around and found an old lady following him. 当他朝旅馆走去时，突然转身发现一个老妇人跟着他。 [短语归纳]

turn away 把(脸)转过去 turn against 背叛,反抗 turn on/off 打开/关掉 turn up 出现/调大(音量) turn down 拒绝,调小(音量) turn out 结果是;证明是 4. leave…alone 不打扰 [短语归纳]

leave behind留下,遗留 leave aside(把某事)搁置一边 leave for出发前往 leave out省去,遗漏,不考虑 [典例]

1) Leave him alone and he will produce. 别打扰他，他会写出来的。

2) He was asked to leave for another city in 24 hours. 他被要求24小时内离开到另一个城市去。 3) The teacher required us to leave out some unnecessary words in our essays. 老师让我们将论文中不必要的词语省去。

4) You shouldn’t have left Andy alone in the mountains; it was very dangerous. 你不该将Andy留在山上，因为那非常危险。

5. set aside 将……放在一边;节省或保留(时间,金钱) [短语归纳]

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set down 写下,记下 set off 开始动身(for a place) set up 创立，建立，搭起

set out 出发，着手做某事（to do sth.） set about doing 着手做，开始做…… [典例]

1) Would you please set aside some time to listen to my real idea? 你可以腾出点时间听听我的想法吗? 2) The department set aside the things they were doing and concentrated on a more urgent task. 这个部门的成员放下手头的事情,全力以赴一项更紧急的任务。 6. be bound to 一定做…… [典例]

1) We missed the bus. We're bound to be late. 我们错过了那趟车，我们肯定要迟到了。 2) She's bound to be mayor. 她注定会成为市长。 三. 重点句子

1. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.

克莱尔并不想把机器人留在家里，特别是在她丈夫离加三周的这个期间。但是，克莱尔被拉里说服了。他说，机器人不会伤害她，也不会让别人来伤害她。 [解释] to be harmed: 动词不定式的被动语态。 [典例]

1) All these gifts must be mailed immediately so as to be received in time for Christmas. 所有的这些礼物必须及时邮寄，以便在圣诞节及时收到。

2) It remains to be seen whether Jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals. 吉姆最后是否适合演出仍将拭目以待。

2. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. 当他转过身时，（她发现）Gladys站在那儿。 [解释] there stood Gladys Claffern倒装句。在谓语为动词go, come, run, stand, live等表示位置转移的动词及be动词的句子中,为了强调句子中一些副词there, here, up, down, in, out, away等，可将副词置于句首，若这时主语是名词，句子用全倒装；若是代词，则不用倒装。 [典例]

1) There comes the teacher and her students. 老师和她的学生们来了。 2) Out rushed the boys. 男孩们冲了出去。

3. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazines in 1939. 1939年，阿西莫夫开始在科幻杂志上发表文章。 [解释]

have sth. done 表示“请某人做某事”，或“遭遇到某事”(宾语与宾补为被动关系) have sb. do 让某人做……

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