Unit 4 Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit Reading—Language points

Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit &

Reading—Language points

1．(教材P50)Ladies and gentlemen，as the Internet has expanded in recent

years，the opportunities for crime have expanded as_well.女士们，先生们，近几年来因特网迅速扩张，犯罪的机会也同样随之增加。

(1)expand v．展开；张开(帆、翅等)；使膨胀；使扩张；扩大；扩充；详述

The eagle expanded its wings and flew into the sky.雄鹰展开翅膀飞向天空。

He is thinking of expanding his business.

他正考虑扩大他的生意。

Water expands when it freezes.

水结冰时体积膨胀。

In ten years the city's population expanded by 12%.

十年之中，该城人口增加了百分之十二。

①expand sth. 扩大，扩展某物

expand on/upon sth. 详述；充分叙述；详细阐明

②expandable adj. 扩张的；可扩充的

③expansion n. 扩张；扩展；扩大；膨胀

an expansion of sth. ……的扩大/膨胀；……的详述/展开

They have expanded my view on the question.

他们已更充分地阐明了我对这个问题的观点。

Could you expand on that point，please?

请你把这一点详细说明一下好吗？

完成句子

①你曾提到需要一笔额外资金，你详细地谈谈好吗？

You mentioned the need for extra funding.Would you ____________ that?

②这本书是他以前写的剧本的扩充。

This book is ____________ the play he wrote before. 【答案】 ①expand on ②an expansion of

(2)as well 也

I am going to London and my sister is going as well(＝going，too)．我要到伦敦去，我妹妹也要去。

My little brother can speak English and French as well.我弟弟会说英语，也会说法语。

①as well常用作状语，作“又；也”解，相当于too或also，常位于句末，无须用逗号把其与句子分开。

②as well用在口语中也可用于句中，作“也好；也行”或“倒不如”解，用来缓和语气。用于may/might as well do sth.句型。

③as well可以直接用于just后，用作应答语(可视为It's just as well.的省略)，作“幸亏；幸而；无妨；没关系”解。

You may as well have a try.你不妨试一下。

The weather was so bad that we might(just)as well have stayed at home.

天气太坏了，早知道如此，倒不如待在家里为好。

—We were too late to see the film.

我们去得太晚了，没有看上电影。

—Just as well，I hear it isn't very good.

不必遗憾，我听说电影也不怎么样。

完成句子

③我唱自己谱曲的歌，也弹吉他。

I write my own songs and I play the guitar ____________.

④我们不妨从运动场上穿过去。

We ____________ cut across the playground.

【答案】 ③as well ④may as well

2．face v．面向；正对；使面对；面临；勇敢地对付；正视；覆盖 n. 脸；面容；外观

(教材P50)We are facing criminals who realize that they can make money with little risk of being caught.

我们正面临着这些以为这样做可以挣钱而几乎没有被捕风险的犯罪分子。

He laid the card's face down on the table.

他将纸牌的正面朝下放在桌上。

①be faced with 面临……

face up/down 面朝上/下

②make a face/faces 做鬼脸

save one's face 保全面子

lose one's face 丢面子

on the face of... 从……的外表判断

England saved their face by getting a goal in the last minute to draw the

match.

英格兰队在最后一分钟进了一球，把比赛扳成平局，从而挽回了面子。

The front of the house was faced with concrete.

房屋正面涂着一层混凝土。

face/look/appearance

face 脸，面孔；表示“在脸上”时多用on

look 脸色，神气，外表；复数指面容

appearance 外表，外貌；用单数时，着重指人，往往包括衣着

选词填空(face/look/appearance)

①She came in with a big smile on her ________.

②He gave me an angry ________when he heard the news.

③Don't judge a man only by his ________.

【答案】 ①face ②look ③appearance

单句填空

④The children sat at the window ________(make) faces at the passers-by.

⑤On the face ________ it, artificial life looks like a wonderful thing. ⑥If you don't want ________ (lose) face, the gifts should not be too cheap.

【答案】 ④making ⑤of ⑥to lose

3．offence n．犯罪；冒犯； 罪过

(教材P50)Cybercrime refers to any criminal offence related to the Internet.

网络犯罪指任何与电脑相关的犯罪。

They didn't pardon him for his first offence against the law.

他们没有宽恕他初次犯法。

I'm sure he meant no offence when he said that.

我相信他那么说并无冒犯的意思。

①cause/ give offence 冒犯；得罪；伤感情

commit/give offence(against) 违背；违反；破坏

mean no offence 没有冒犯你的意思；不要见怪

take offence at 对……生气；因……动怒

②offend v. 得罪；冒犯；违背；有悖于

offend sb. 得罪某人

offend against 有悖于……

be offended with/by/at 对……感到生气

I was offended at his words.我对他的话感到生气。

They were offended with her for her conduct.

他们因她的行为而对她生气。

完成句子

①开车没有执照就是一项犯罪。

Driving without a licence is ______________.

②你的所作所为有悖于他们的宗教信仰。

What you did ______________ their religious beliefs.

【答案】 ①an offence ②offended against

4．(be)related to 与……相联系；与……有关；与……有亲戚关系

(教材P50)Last of all，it names those offences related to intellectual property. 最后，它定义与知识产权相关的犯罪。

His fear of people is related to his unhappy childhood.

他对人的畏惧和他不幸的童年有关系。

①relate vt. 联系；关联；叙述；讲述；vi.涉及；有关；符合

be related to... 和……有关系/联系

②relative n. 亲属/戚adj.有关系的；有关的

③relation n. 关系；联系；亲属

in relation to 和……联系起来；关于；涉及

This paragraph relates to the international situation.这一段讲的是国际形势。

It is difficult to relate the two cases.

这两个案件很难扯上关系。

He related the story at length.

他把故事详详细细地叙述了一遍。

Strange to relate，I once met Smith in Paris.

说起来奇怪，有一次我在巴黎遇见了史密斯。

完成句子

①他因病丧失了记忆。

He suffered with memory loss ____________ his disease.

②他和我家有亲戚关系。

He ______________ my family.

【答案】 ①related to ②is related to

5．affect vt.影响；对……发生作用；使感动；使震动；(病)侵袭；罹患

(教材P50)All Internet users are affected by cybercrime in one way or another.

所有的因特网用户都这样或那样地受到影响。

Her kidneys had become affected.

她的肾脏受到了感染。

The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.

雨量影响作物的生长。

①be greatly/deeply affected 很/深受感动