《爱过》No.102高三复习,从“Achilles’Heel阿喀琉斯之踵”说起

— Jack still can’t being anxious about his job interview.
— Lack of self-confidence is
his
Achilles’Heel
阿喀琉斯,是凡人珀琉斯和美貌仙女忒提斯的宝贝儿子。忒提斯为了让儿子炼成“金钟罩”,在他刚出生时就将其倒提着浸进冥河,遗憾的是,儿子被母亲捏住的脚后跟却不慎露在水外,全身留下了惟一一处“死穴”。后来在特洛伊战争中阿喀琉斯被太阳神一箭射中了脚踝而死去。
后人常以“阿喀琉斯之踵”譬喻这样一个道理:即使是再强大的英雄,他也有致命的死穴或软肋。
我们的英语也是一样,你的Achilles’Heel
一、名词动词化
在现代英语中,名词动词化的现象非常普遍。名词转化为动词后,常表示具有该名词的活动特点或性质特征的动作。
1. While the sun’s
rays can
Age:n
2. In one study, Dr. Prinstein examined the two types of popularity
in 235 adolescents,
Score:n
3. The team hopes to make it
to
market
4. I mention the single parent with four kids running the show and
I talk about the dad
coach
5. On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with
butterflies in my stomach.
I
voice
6. Nervously
face
7. Devices were
group
8. I quickly lower myself,
duck
9. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it
back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest
and
anchor
10. Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges
of the plastic with dirt
and
weight
二、分词形容词
由动词的
答案:interesting 改成 interested
2. While there are __________ (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the changes are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river.(2014 全国 I 卷语法填空)
答案:amazing
三、兼有两种形式的副词
英语中,有些副词具有两种形式:一种与形容词同形,另一种由该形容词加后缀
I stopped the ball and kicked it hardly back to the playground. ______________(2019 全国 I 卷短文改错)
答案:hardly 改成
hard
四、熟词生义
1. Then came my tweens and teens,
and
Mean:熟义:v
Employ:熟义:v
3. Our exhibits will
Feed:熟义:v
五、词块
在词汇和句子之间存在着同时兼有词汇和句子特征的半固定结构,这种半固定结构被称为词块。词块包括:短语动词、习语、词汇搭配、句子框架等等。
学习者可以把词块作为整体输入大脑,有效地提高口头和书面表达的流利性、阅读理解的速度与精准度,以及书面表达的地道程度。
短语动词
1. The environmental challenges are
A. paying off
B. spreading out
C. blowing up
D. fading away
答案:A 此处是说坦桑尼亚国家公园管理局为环境保护所做的努力有了回报。pay off 意为“成功;奏效”;spread out 意为“展开”;blow up 意为“爆炸”;fade away 意为“(人) 衰弱;病重死亡”。
2. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000
meters,
A. holding on to
B. going back to
C. living up to
D. giving way to
答案:D 在山脚是雨林,到海拔3000米的时候,雨林突然变成了大量的低矮植物。give way to本意为“给……让路”,此处指“被……替代”;hold on to意为“保住;不送或不卖”;go back to意为“回到;重新开始”;live up to意为“符合;不辜负”。
词汇搭配
Somewhere along the way, the same
parent
end up doing sth 最终做某事
句子框架
He was very upset that
be upset + that 从句 为……心烦意乱;为……难过
高考考查的不仅仅是已有知识,还考查利用已有知识在短时间内答题应变的能力。那么,怎样培养这种能力呢?首先需要明确的是,英语学习不能死记硬背,应讲究高效的方法。上面提到的名词动词化、分词形容词、兼有两种形式的副词、熟词生义、词块等都是英语学习的重要词汇概念,当然还有词源 / 基本义、词根、词族、英语释义等等词汇概念。