人教版新课标选修六英语基础知识点复习UNIT 2 1.convey vt.输送,运送,传达,表达  *Wires convey electricity from power station to users.  *We conveyed our goods to the market in an old truck.  *The pipeline conveys natural gas to the East.  *Do my words convey my meaning to you?  *I can’t convey my feelings in words.  *What is it that the author wants to convey to his readers through the story? 2.express oneself表达自己的想法/意思  *I don’t know if I express myself clearly.  *He can’t express himself in good English. 语法易错题 单词记忆 高中英语课本 3.by playing with words     play with 玩，玩弄  *Don’t play with fire.  *The baby is playing with a ball. 4.flexible adj.有弹性的；灵活的  *We can easily bend the piece of wire; it’s flexible.  *We need a more flexible foreign policy.  *I like flexible working hours. 5.Some rhyme while others do not.   While可表示对比，译作“而”  *He likes science while she likes arts.  *He likes sports while I’d rather read. 6.take it easy别紧张，放松  *The doctor said to me, “It’s nothing serious. Take it easy.”  *Please sit down and take it easy.   take one’s time慢慢来，从容不迫  *Since there is no need to hurry, we can take our time leaving.  *Take your time. You don’t have to return it now because I’m not using it today.   take …seriously当真，认真对待  *Don’t take his words seriously; he’s just joking. 7.run out of vt.用完,耗尽 run out vi.  *The petrol has run out.  *His strength/patience has run out.  *We are running out of water.  *We ran out of petrol yesterday. 8.be made up of由…组成/构成 make up(vt.)组成，构成 consist of =be made up of由…组成/构成  *Women make up 60 percent of the workers in this factory.  *Different qualities make up a person’s character.  *Nine players make up a team.  *Fifty students make up the class.   在上述句子中不能用consist of，只有当上述句子改为被动后才能换成consist of。  *60 percent of the workers in this factory are made up of women. =60 percent of the workers in this factory consist of women. *A person’s character is made up of different qualities.   =A person’s character consists of different qualities. *A team is made up of nine players.  =A team consists of nine players. *The class is made up of fifty students. =The class consists of fifty students.  *How many countries does the UK consist of? =How many countries is the UK made up of? 所以，consist of无被动态，也不能用进行时，而make up是及物的，它的被动形式是be made up of。在用分词做定语时，consist of用现在分词，be made up of用过去分词。  *a team consisting of nine players =a team made up of nine players 9.branch n.  *He climbed up the tree and hid among the branches.(树枝)  *Geometry is a branch of mathematics.(分支)  *Our company has branches in all big cities.(分支机构) 10. popular with受…欢迎  *Pop music is particularly popular with youngsters.  也可说be popular among在…中流行 *Pop music is particularly popular among youngsters. 11.in particular特别是；特别(地)  *You should avoid eating fat meat, pork in particular.  *He likes science subjects, physics in particular.  以上两句可用particularly或especially改写： *You should avoid eating fat meat, particularly/especially pork.  *He likes science subjects, particularly/ especially physics.  其他用法  *“What do you mean?” “Oh, nothing in particular.”  *Why did you choose that in particular? 12.eventually adv.最后，终于  *You’ll find someone here eventually. 13.of one’s own 自己的  *The couple had no children of their own.  *He wants a house of his own.    on one’s own独自；靠自己的力量  *He got the job on his own.  *Can you finish it on your own?  *He left for London on his own. *I hope to have a house of my own so that I can live on my own. 14.transform v.转化,转换,改造,改变  *Water can transform a desert into an oasis.  *A steam engine transforms heat into power. 15.exchange vt.& n.交换，交流  *You two boys exchange seats.  *My brother and I often exchange Christmas gifts.   exchange views/experience交流看法/经验   international exchange program国际交流项目   exchange…with…和…交换…  *May I exchange seats with you?   exchange…for…用…换…  *Where can I exchange dollars for pounds?  *I’d like to exchange my pen for your knife. 16.sponsor n.发起人，主办方，资助者          vt.倡议，发起，资助  *A big company is the sponsor of the TV Festival. *A big company sponsored the TV Festival.  *The TV Festival was sponsored by a big company. 17.try out试试，试验，试用  *I’ll try it out and see whether it works.  *May I try out this ball pen?  *They are trying out new teaching method. 18. let out  *When she heard this, she let out a cry.(发出)  *They let out a scream.  *Someone has let the news out.(泄露)