Unit 2 Robots
核心單詞
1. desire
n. 渴望
vt. 想要
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
desire sth. 渴望得到某物
desire to do sth. 希望/渴望做某事
desire that sb. (should) do 要求……
have a desire for sth./to do sth. 渴望得到某物/希望做某事
at one’s desire 照某人的希望

We all desire happiness and health.我們都希望幸福健康。
Everyone has a desire for success, but not everyone desires to get rich.每個人都渴望成功，但并非人人都渴望金錢。
He desires you to go to see him at once.
=He desires that you should go to see him at once.
他要求你馬上去見他。

(2)翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①他想接受大學(xué)教育。
②他們要我快點回。
③我請他立即回信。
④她要你立即見她。
⑤她應(yīng)邀演奏了一曲。
解析：(1) 選B。wish表示不能實現(xiàn)的愿望，句型搭配wish for sth.；C、D兩項不符合題意。desire渴望，想要；符合句意。
(2)①He desired a college education.
②They desire me to return soon.
③I desire an immediate answer of his.
④She desires that you (should) see her at once.
⑤She played a piece at others’desire/by desire.

2. alarm
n.警報
vt.使……驚恐
We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest.
森林失火使我們大為驚慌。
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
give /raise the alarm 發(fā)警報
ring the alarm 敲警鐘
sound the alarm 發(fā)警報; 吹警報號
take (the) alarm at 對……感到吃驚; 因……而驚恐
be alarmed at ... 被……嚇一跳
As soon as he saw the smoke, he sounded the alarm.
一看見煙霧，他就鳴響了警報。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①看到孩子們在返校時遭遇車禍的消息，家長們很害怕。
②看到大火，社區(qū)的居民發(fā)出警報。
答案：①The parents took (the) alarm at the news that their children caught a traffic accident when returning the school.
②The residents in the community raised the alarm when seeing the great fire.

3. accompany
vt.陪伴
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去某地
accompany sth. with/by sth. 與……同時存在
He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see what’s wrong with his stomach.
他陪他的老父親去醫(yī)院查看胃部出了什么問題。
Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common.
這個季節(jié)，雷鳴常常伴有大雨。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①總統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)了,被六個健壯的保鏢護隨著。
②回到家鄉(xiāng)，他的老同學(xué)們陪著他參觀了這個城市。
答案：①The president appeared and was accompanied by six strong bodyguards.
②When returning hometown, he was shown around the city accompanied by his old classmates.

4. envy
n.&vt. 妒忌；羨慕
常用結(jié)構(gòu)：
envy sb. doing/for sth. 忌妒或羨慕某人做某事
with envy 羨慕地；忌妒地
be the envy of 是令人羨慕/忌妒的事物
out of envy 出于妒忌
I envy you having such a good friend!
我羨慕你有這么一位好朋友！
They looked at her new car with envy.
他們羨慕地看著她的新車。
He was filled with envy of me at my success.
他十分羨慕我的成功。
They only say such unkind things about you out of envy.
他們純粹出于忌妒才說你這些壞話。
聯(lián)想拓展
envious adj. 羨慕的； 妒忌的
be envious of 妒忌……；羨慕……
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①她出于忌妒說了關(guān)于你的這些話。
②湯姆妒忌他哥哥事業(yè)上的成功。
答案：①She said these words about you out of envy.
②Tom was envious of his brother’s success in business.

重點短語
5. reach for
伸手碰到/去拿/夠到……
He reached for his gun when he heard the enemy’s sound.
當(dāng)他聽到敵人的聲音時就伸手去拿自己的槍。
He reached into his pocket for his keys.
他把手伸到口袋里找鑰匙。
聯(lián)想拓展
reach to 達(dá)到；觸到
within/out of/beyond one’s reach 在某人伸手可及/夠不到的距離
高手過招
單項填空
I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s
. （2010•01•江蘇徐州檢測）
A.Reach B. Hand C. Hold D. Place
解析：選A。考查固定搭配。out of one’s reach意為“在某人伸手夠不到的距離”；符合句意“孩子夠不著”。

6. test out
考驗；試驗
This model had been tested out before it was put into production.這個型號經(jīng)過試驗后才進(jìn)行大批量生產(chǎn)。
Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment.
上前，這個教授習(xí)慣先將整個實驗試驗一番。
聯(lián)想拓展
test on sb./sth. 在……(身上)做實驗/試驗
have/take a test in 參加……考試
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①成千上萬的人們將參加這周日的考試。
②那個咨詢顧問總是先將新的政策在他自己的公司里進(jìn)行實驗。
答案： ①Tens of thousands of people will take an entrance test for government officers this Sunday.
②The consultant always testing the new policy on his own company first.

7. ring up
打電話給……
On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was O.
一到達(dá)機場，他就打電話給母親報平安。
聯(lián)想拓展
ring back 回電話
ring off 掛斷電話;停止
ring a bell 喚醒(經(jīng)常是模糊的記憶)
ring up the curtain 開始(一場演出，一個事或一次行動)
I have to ring off now because my friend is waiting for me.
我朋友在等我，我得掛電話了。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①今早他剛起床就有人給他打電話了。
②見到老板進(jìn)，他趕緊掛斷電話假裝在工作。
答案：①The moment he got up this morning, someone rang him up.
②Seeing his boss coming, he hurried to ring off and pretended to be working.

8. leave ...alone
不打擾
Leave him alone and he will produce.
別打擾他，他會寫出的。
You shouldn’t have left Andy alone in the mountains, it was very dangerous.
你不該將安迪一個人留在上，因為那樣非常危險。
聯(lián)想拓展
leave behind 留下,遺留
leave aside (把某事)擱置一邊
leave for 出發(fā)前往
leave out 省去;遺漏;不考慮
He was asked to leave for another city in 24 hours.
他被要求24小時內(nèi)離開到另一個城市去。
The teacher required us to leave out some unnecessary words in our essays.
老師讓我們將中一些不必要的詞語省去。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①老板攜款潛逃了，只留下一間空廠房。
②聽到警報，警察丟下家人沖出去看發(fā)生了什么事。
答案：①The boss escaped with all his fortune and left an empty factory behind.
②Hearing the alarm, the policeman left his family behind and rushed out to see what happened.

9. set aside
將……放到一邊；節(jié)省或保留（錢或時間）；暫時不考慮
He set all offers aside. 所有的提議他都置之不理。
聯(lián)想拓展
set down 記下，寫下
set off 動身;爆炸
set out 出發(fā)；開始做……
set up 創(chuàng)立，建立；豎起
He set off for work. 他動身去上班。
高手過招
單項填空
Try to at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary. （2010•01•東煙臺檢測）
A.set off B. set out C. set aside D.set down
解析：選C。句意為：爭取每天至少抽出1小時時間學(xué)習(xí)新詞匯。set aside為某種目的留出、撥出（金錢、時間）等，符合句意。
10. turn around
轉(zhuǎn)向
He heard a voice but when he turned around, he saw nobody.
他聽到一個聲音，但轉(zhuǎn)身卻沒發(fā)現(xiàn)有人。
As he walked towards the hotel, he suddenly turned around and found an old lady following him.
當(dāng)他朝旅館走去時，突然轉(zhuǎn)身發(fā)現(xiàn)一個老婦人跟著他。
聯(lián)想拓展
turn away 把(臉)轉(zhuǎn)過去
turn against 背叛；反抗
turn on/off 打開/關(guān)掉
turn up 出現(xiàn);調(diào)大(音量)
turn down 拒絕;調(diào)小(音量)
turn out 結(jié)果是;證明是
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①那個年輕的女士無法想像要是她的丈夫背叛她的話會是怎么樣。
②雖然貧窮，但是女孩毅然地拒絕了別人的幫助。
答案：①The young lady can’t imagine what if her husband turns against her.
②Though poor, the girl turned down others’help firmly.

重點句型
11. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
克萊爾并不想把機器人留在家里，特別是在她丈夫離別三周的這個期間。但是，克萊爾被拉里說服了。他說，機器人不會傷害她，也不會讓別人傷害她。
to be harmed為動詞不定式的被動語態(tài)。
All these gifts must be mailed immediately so as to be received in time for Christmas.
所有的這些禮物必須馬上郵寄，以便在圣誕節(jié)時及時收到。
It remains to be seen whether Jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.
吉姆最后是否適合演出仍將拭目以待。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①小湯姆假裝被射中了哭喊著要糖吃。
②此藥得一日三次，飯后服用。
答案：①Little Tom pretended to be shot and cried for a candy.
②The medicine is required to be taken three times a day after meals.

12. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern.
當(dāng)她轉(zhuǎn)過身時，（她發(fā)現(xiàn)）Gladys站在那兒。
there stood Gladys Claffern為倒裝句。在謂語為動詞go, come, run, stand, live等表示位置轉(zhuǎn)移的動詞及be動詞的句子中,為了強調(diào)句子中一些副詞there, here, up, down, in, out, away等，可將副詞置于句首，若這時主語是名詞，句子用全倒裝；若是代詞，則不用倒裝。
There comes the teacher and her students.
老師和她的學(xué)生們了。
Out rushed the boys.男孩們沖了出去。
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創(chuàng)）
①年輕的母親抱著懷里兩個月大的嬰兒跑開了。(用倒裝結(jié)構(gòu))
②生氣的老板和他的走了進(jìn)。
答案：①Away ran the young mother with a two?month?old baby in her arms.
②In came the angry boss and his secretary.




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