Unit 3 Language study

1. transport v . move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 运输；运送 Most of our luggage was transported by sea. The seeds are transported by the wind. n. something that serves as a means of transportation ; the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials 运输；运送 The transport of goods by air is very expensive. It is easier to travel if you have your own transport. The goods were damaged during transport.

transport 是具体的运输，可作可数名词，也可作不可数名词。 transportation 是概念上的运输，是不可数名词。

2. prefer：v. to choose…rather than; like better 更喜欢 prefer + n. I prefer black coffee. prefer (sb.) + v-ing I prefer playing in defence. prefer (sb.) +to +v Would you prefer me to stay? We prefer to eat out. prefer…to…喜欢…胜过… I prefer fish to meat. I prefer walking to cycling. prefer (sb.) + that I would prefer that you did not mention my name.

not to do sth. 说服某人不要做某事 3. persuade: 说服，劝说 (1)persuade sb. to do sth. / persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服某人做某事 How can you persuade him to change his mind / into changing his mind? (2) persuade sb. out of doing sth. /persuade sb. not to do sth. 说服某人不要做某事 Finally, we persuaded her out of traveling by plane.

劝说不一定成功时，多用try to persuade结构。如： The son tried to persuade his father to give up smoking. We tried to persuade our teacher not to punish us for being late.

4. determine: v decide determine to do… be determined to do… a determined look He determined to go at once. He was determined to win the game.

5. insist: 坚持认为；坚决主张 I insisted that he (should) come with us. (1)“坚决主张，坚决要求”，后接的宾语从句用陈述语气（表示一个主张或一种看法），即“should+动词原形”，should可省略。 I insisted that he (should) come with us. (2)“坚持说”（表示一个事实），后接的从句用陈述语气，即按需要选择时态。 He insisted that he hadn’t stolen the girl’s handbag. (3) insist on/upon doing sth. 坚持做某事 I insisted on/upon his coming with us.

The teacher insisted that the students _____________ late again. He still insists he ________ there at that time. （should）not be wasn’t

6. be fond of：喜爱；喜欢 Are you fond of music? He was fond of drawing when he was a child. Maxim seems to be particularly fond of her. 表示“喜爱”的词或短语还有： like, love, enjoy, prefer, be crazy about, be wild about等

7. My sister doesn’t care about details. (1) care about: be worried, concerned or interested 关心；忧虑；惦念 She does not care about her child at all. Don't you care about this country's future? (2) care for: look after; like or love 照顾；喜欢 用于否定和疑问句中 Who will care for the children if their mother dies? Would you care for a drink? I don't care for music.

He always changes his mind. 8. make up one's mind改变主意 He always changes his mind. make up one’s mind to do sth.= decide to do sth. 决定做某事 At last I made up my mind to watch TV at home. mind的短语还有： speak one’s mind 直言不讳 bear / keep in mind 记住, 记在心里 give one’s (whole) mind to 一心一意地...., 专心....

Why do some parents give in? He had to gave in to my views. Give in your papers when you have finished. Defeated by many failures, he finally ___. A gave out B gave in C gave away D gave off give的短语还有： give away 送掉;泄露;出卖 give out 分发 give off发出，放出 give rise to 引起，导致

Key sentences It is my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.(P.18)首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。 It is …that/who...是强调句型，可强调句子的各个成分（谓语除外），其基本结构为: It is +被强调部分+that(被强调部分是人时也可用who)+其余部分

We had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____ ________ had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午是我们在会议室开的会。 It was __________ ______ we had in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午我们在会议室开的是会。 It was _________________ ______ we had a meeting yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午我们是在会议室开的会。 It was ___________________ ______ we had a meeting in the meeting room . 我们是昨天下午在会议室开的会。 we who/that that a meeting in the meeting room that yesterday afternoon that

2. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries.　 他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大的，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，流到其他国家的就叫湄公河。 the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries是一个名词短语，用来修饰前面的the Langcang River,其中又含有一个定语从句that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries.

3. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. 她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。 (1)once 可做连词引导状语从句，意为“一旦”。如： Once you listen to the song, you will never forget it.

(2)once 做副词，意为“一次” for one time; “曾经”in the past. He goes to the cinema once a week. This book was once very popular but no one reads it today. (3)once 的常见短语： at once 立即　 all at once 突然　 once more 再一次　once a while 偶尔