Module 6
1.interest 用作“兴趣,趣味;利息”讲时,为不可数名词;
用作“利益,福利,权益”讲时,为可数名词。
用作动词时,interest的宾语通常为人。
a question of common interest共同关心的问题the public interest公共利益
be interested in=have/show/take (an) interest in对„„感兴趣
in the interest of为„„的利益,为„„起见
hold one’s interest吸引住某人的兴趣lose interest失去兴趣
with interest有兴趣地,津津有味地interest sb.in sth.使某人对某事感兴趣
2.argue/debate/dispute/quarrel 四者都含有“辩论”的意思。
(1)argue着重“说理、论证”和“企图说服”。
I argued with her for a long time, but she refused to listen to me.
我和她辩论了好久,但她还是不听
(2)debate着重“双方各抒己见”,内含“交锋”的意思。
Whether he will be elected as chairman is still disputed.他是否当选为主席,仍然有争论。
(3)dispute指“激烈争辩”,含有“相持不下”或“未得到解决”之意。
They quarreled with each other over the matter.他们因为这件事而争吵。
(4)quarrel争吵;吵架,表示因不同意或不喜欢而产生的激烈争论。
We have been debating about the iue.我们一直在就这个问题进行辩论。
3.entertain vt.使娱乐,使快乐;招待,款待
entertain sb.to sth.用„„招待/款待某人entertain sb.with sth.用„„使某人快乐
entertainment n.娱乐,文娱节目;招待,款待
find an entertainment in以„„为乐to one’s entertainment使某人感到有趣的是„„
4.But it is generally agreed that he, more than anyone else in the history of films, understands the meaning of the word “entertainment”.
但是,人们普遍认为,在电影史上,他比其他任何人更懂得“娱乐”这个词的含义。
本句是It is+过去分词+that-clause的句式。在这个句型中,it是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的that引导的主语从句。在英语中只有it可作形式主语,不用其他词。常用于该句式的动词有say, think, report, believe, hope, judge, prove, estimate, suppose等。
It is believed that the place will become a paradise if people live in peace.
人们相信,如果所有的人能和平共处,那个地方就能变成天堂。
It is hoped that our football team will win the game.希望我们足球队能赢得这场比赛。
5.character
(1)特征,性质,特征(的总和)
e.g.the general character 共性be different in character 有不同的性质
(2)(人的)性格,品质,骨气
e.g.build up one’s character 培养品性get a good/bad character 得到好/坏名声
She has a strong character.她性格坚强。
(3)人物,角色
e.g.I found all the characters in his play very interesting.
我觉得他那出戏中的所有人物都很有趣。
(4)(汉)字,字体,书写符号
e.g.I wish this book were written in bigger characters; these are too difficult to read.
我希望这本书的字大一点就好了,读起来很吃力。
高一英语外研版必修二module6 films and tv programms reading