Unit 4
Making the news
基础知识自测
一、单词拼写 根据读音、词性和词义写出下列单词。
1._______________ [5Akjurit] a.正确的,精确的
2._______________[E5kju:z] vt. 指控,控告
3._______________[E5kwaiE] vt. 取得;获得;学到
4._______________ [E5pCintmEnt] n.约会, 任命
5._______________ [E5pru:v] vt.赞成,赞许, 批准,认可
6._______________[keis] n. 事实,事例, 案件
7._______________[5kCli:^] n. 同事,同僚,同行
8._______________[5kCnsentreit] vt. 集中;聚集,集结
9._______________[kC:s] n. 路线;方向, 过程
10_______________ [di5fend] vt. 防御;保卫;为...辩护
accurate
accuse
acquire
appointment
approve
case
colleague
concentrate
course
defend
department
11._______________[di5pB:tmEnt] n.司;处;科; 系
12._______________[5i:^E] a. 热心的,热切的
13._______________ [i5diFEn] n.(发行物的)版; 版本
14._______________[5^IftId] a. 有天资的,有天赋的
15._______________[in5tenFEn] n.意图,意向,目的
16._______________[5mi:nwaIl] n. ad.其时,其间
17._______________[5nC:mEl] a. 正常的,正规的
18._______________[7Ckju5peiFEn] n. 工作, 占领
19._______________[prE5ses] n.过程,程序;制作法
20._______________ [5teknikEl] a. 工艺的;科技的
eager
edition
gifted
intention
meanwhile
normal
occupation
process
technical
二、单词运用 根据句子的结构和意义，在空格处填入恰当的单词，或者用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Please state your name, age, and o______________.
2. I thank you very much indeed for you __________.
(会见，接见)
3. She was sent abroad on a difficult __________(assign).
4.If you don’t c_____________ more on your work, you will lose the job.
5.If you are __________ (curiosity) about Australia, just read the book.
curious
occupation
interview
assignment
concentrate
6. I went to college, m_______________, all my friends got well-paid jobs.
7. Sandy could do nothing but _______ (承认) to his teacher that he was wrong.
8. Smoking is one of the c_______ causes of lung cancer.
9. He is a musician with great t______________ skill but not much feeling.
10. David and I are c______________. We work in the same company.
colleagues
meanwhile
admit
chief
technical
三、词语派生 用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. She intends to make teaching her________________ （ professional）.
2. He was _________ （gift） with a good voice.
3. A large office requires　　　　　　（employ） the of many people.
4.It is __________ (normal) for a man to walk in his sleep.
5. Our visitors arrived at the ______________ (appointment) time.
profession
gifted
employment
abnormal
appointed
6. We went to the party with our parents' __________ (approve).
7. She shows great ______ (eager) for success.
8. They _____ (reporter) the movements of the enemy troops to the headquarters.
9. He was filled with _____(guilty) at having failed his parents.
10．He is a __________ （photograph）for life magazine.
approval
eagerness
reported
guilt
photographer
四、词组互译 将下列词组或短语译成中文或英语。
1. 随身携带
2. 渴望做……
3. 集中精力与
4. 专修一门课程
5. 以后
bring with
be eager to do
concentrate on
take a course
later on
6.__________________________________________
获得你需要的所有信息
7. 有对新闻非常敏感的 “嗅觉”
8. 依赖
9. 职业诀窍
10.____________________________________有证据支持我们的故事
acquire all the information you need to know
have a nose for a story
have the evidence to support our story
depend on
a trick of the trade
11. tell the whole truth
12. __________________________find out the missing part of the story
13. get the wrong end of the stick
14 accuse sb. of (doing) sth.
15. This is how the story goes.
说出全部真相
查明故事被遗漏的部分
完全搞错了
指控某人做某事
事情是这样的
16. so as to
17. be supposed to have done
18. arrange an interview
19. look forward to (doing) sth.
20. the first assignment as a reporter
当记者的首次任务
为了
理应做过某事
安排采访
盼望做某事
五、词组运用 根据句子提供的语境，或汉语提示，从第四大题中选一个适当的短语并用其适用的形式完成英文句子。
1.I must (集中精力)my work now.
2.Not only am I interested in photograph, but I __________________at university, so it’s actually of special interest to me.
3.Only if you ask many different questions will you
(获得你需要的所有信息).
concentrate on
took a course
acquire all the information you need to know
4.A footballer for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win.
5. You have to prepare the next question ________ ____ what the person says.(你要根据那个人所说的话准备下一个问题)
depending on
was accused of taking money
6.我期盼着当记者的首次任务。
my first assignment as a reporter.
7.麦琪急于来看我。
Maggie .
8.两个见证人都没有讲出全部真相。
Neither witness .
9. He came to school early ______________(为了) clean the classroom.
10. We say a good reporter must __________________ (对……非常敏感) a story.
have a nose for
I’m looking forward to
was eager to visit me.
told the whole truth
so as to
occupation n a job or employment 职业
taking possession 占有
occupation, job, work, profession 和 trade辨析
四个词都有“工作”之意。
occupation 较为正式，经常用在填写表格上。
job是可数名词，可指一个单独任务，也可指工作职位
work是不可数名词，泛指一切工作。
profession一般指需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水 平的某一行业、职业，如医生或律师。
Language points
Practice:
选词填空
（ occupation, job, profession, work )
a. Please state your name,age and_________ below.
b. I have a few _____ to do in the house this morning.
c. Looking after children all day is hard____
d. My husband is at the very to of medical____________ .
occupation
jobs
work
profession
Can I go out on a story immediately?
我可以马上出去采访吗？
on 后接一些名词如visit, holiday, business, trip等，常与come, go等动词连用，用来说明活动或状态。
Practice:
她决定今年暑假去一趟英国。
She decided to go ______________ to England this summer.
他去了长途旅行。
He has been away __________________ .
on a visit
on a long trip
NO need for a camera! 不需要带相机！no need…是句型There is no need …的省略形式，need 后面可以接for/of ( doing ) sth 或( for sb ) to do作后置定语。
介词填空：
There is no need ______ that sort of thing.
There is no need ______ hurrying; we still have time.
There is no need ______ you to worry about the matter.
for
of
for
experienced adj. 有经验的
在你家谁有经验做饭？
Who is experienced in cooking in your family?
Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself.
晚些时候，你就可以独自去进行新闻采访并递交稿件了。
submit在这句话种表示“递交；呈送”。如：
He submitted an essay to his tutor.他向导师地叫了一篇论文。
submit还可以表示“屈服；顺从”。如：
They refused to submit to the pressure.
他们据不屈服于压力。
cover
1). She was sent to cover the event.
( )
2). The road was covered with snow.
( )
3). She laughed to cover her worry.
( )
报道,采访
覆盖
遮盖
4). The red army covered about 30 miles a day. ( )
5). Is the money enough to cover the cost of a new shirt?( )
6). The city covers ten square miles.
( )
7). So far this month I have covered ten lessons. ( )
走完多少里路
（钱）够支付
有多少面积
看完多少页书
be eager for sth. (eg. success) 渴望……，很想……
be eager to do sth. 渴望做某事
be eager that clause
他很渴望见到他的女儿。
_____________________________
我们都很想那项工程早点开始。
___________________________________________________________
He was (is) eager to see his daughter
We were eager that the project would start early.
concentrate vt. to give all one’s attention to sth and not to think about anything else.集中
to come or bring together at one place 聚集
※ concentrate on (doing) sth 专注于（做）某事
concentrate the /one’s mind 集中注意力； 聚精会神
concentrate one’s effort/attention on sth 集中力量/注意力于某事
concentration n. 专心；聚集
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※
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Practice:
完成句子：
Stop talking and ________________________ .
( 专心工作 )
b. Nothing ____________________ ( 集中注意力 ) better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow.
c. I decided to ________________________ ( 全力以赴 ) finding somewhere to live.
concentrate on your work
concentrates the mind
concentrate all my efforts on
concentrate on/upon sth. /doing sth.
___________________________
We should _____________________our study.
Tom is _______________________fishing.
集中精力做……
concentrate on/ upon
concentrating/ed on/ upon
have a nose for 对……嗅觉灵敏, 表示探查或发现某事的能力。此类形象表达法还有：
She has an ear for music.
( )
She has an eye for color and style in clothes. ( )
对……有欣赏能力
对……有眼光
Don’t poke your nose into other people’s business.( )
George turned his nose up at classical music.( )
Tell us what happened. We are all ears.
( )
He turned a deaf ear to what I said.
( )
Don’t tell him anything. He has a big mouth. ( )
管闲事，插手与己无关的事
对……不屑一顾，看不起
正在听着，洗耳恭听
对……听不进去
嘴不严
Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.
只有提很多不同的问题，你才能收集到你所需要的信息。
放在句首的状语若由“only+副词”，“only+介词词组”，“ only+状语从句”构成，可引起局部倒装，即把助动词，情态动词或系动词be放在主句之前。如：
Only then did I realize the importance of my health.
只是在那时我才认识到健康的重要性。
Only when the war was over in 1945 was he able to get back to work.
只是在1945年战争结束后他才得以回去工作。
meanwhile
= meantime
= in the meantime
= at the same time
妈妈去购物，与此同时，我打扫房间。
My mother went shopping. Meanwhile,
I cleaned the house.
meanwhile, during, while 词义辨析
meanwhile意为“同时”,与at the same time意思相同。意为“期间”时，是副词，在句中单独做状语。
during 意为“在、、、期间”，是介词，后接名词