Unit 1Living well
(主题语境:人与自我——健康的生活方式、积极的生活态度)
1 adapt vt. 使适应改编
【经典例句】Meanwhile, I am quite independent and it is easy for me to adapt myself to new surroundings.
与此同时,我相当独立,我很容易适应新环境。
(1)adapt (oneself) to 使……适应于adaptto
adapt sth. from 根据……改编某物
be adapted for 为……而改写、改编
(2)adaptable adj. 能适应的;可修改的
(3)adaptation n. 适应;改编;改写本
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
(1)As far as I know, the TV play _is_adapted (adapt) from a true story.
(2)I hold the firm belief that she will deal with the changes very well, because she is very _adaptable (adapt).
(3)After graduation from college, I gradually adapted myself to _living (live) on my own.
[能力提升]——完成句子/句式升级
(4)这个导演完全相信这个感人的故事如果改编成电视节目将会轰动一时。
①普通表达:
The director was fully convinced that this moving story, _if_it_was_adapted_for_television , would be a hit.
②高级表达:
The director was fully convinced that this moving story, _if_adapted_for_television , would be a hit. (省略句)
2 absence n. 缺席;不在某处
【经典例句】Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.
每次请过假之后,我都觉得自己很笨,因为我比别人落后了。
(1)in the absence of sb.
=in one's absence 某人不在时
absence of mind 心不在焉
absence from school 缺课
(2)absent adj. 不在的,缺席的
be 不参加……;缺席……
[基础练习]——单句语法填空/单句改错
(1)Dear Miss, I am writing to apologize to you for being absent _from the activity of the English club on May 5th.
(2)However, learning English as a foreign language is very difficult in absence of
a native language environment._在in后加the
(3)It is because of the long absence of school that I am a bit behind the other classmates._第二个of→from
[能力提升]——句式升级
(4)由于董事缺席过多,我们决定会议延期。
①Many directors _were_absent_from_the_conference , so we decided to put the meeting off. (并列句)
②With many directors _absent_from_the_conference , we decided to put the meeting off. (with 复合结构)
3 annoy vt. 使……不悦;惹恼
【经典例句】The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them.
有些人看不到我的内心世界,但我并不生气,只是不理会他们罢了。