Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.词句精讲精练【词汇精讲】1. silentsilent是形容词，意为“沉默的；无言的”，其名词形式为silence例如： We shouldn’t keep silent when the teacher asks us some questions. 当老师问我们问题时，我们不应该保持沉默She was silent when her mother asked her questions.她妈妈问她问题她沉默不语拓展】calm; still; quiet与silent的辨析：calm镇静的；平静的指不受干扰时的宁静、平静；指人时表示沉着的、镇定的still不动的；静止的指物理上的安静状态quiet安静的；静止的指寂静的状态，没有吵闹、骚乱，指人表示娴静、文静silent沉默的；无言的主要指人，指不发出声音或不说话，强调无声的状态When we face danger, we should keep calm. 面对危险，我们应该保持沉着、冷静The baby kept still when she was taking photos. 当给这个婴儿拍照时，她一动也不动。
Be quiet, everyone. The teacher is coming. 同学们，安静！老师来了2. helpfulhelpful 形容词，意为“有帮助的”例如：The dictionary is very helpful to me. 那本字典对我很有帮助helpful是由动词help加后缀“-ful”构成的形容词动词加后缀“-ful”变成形容词，是一种常见的构词法，类似的这样的词还有很多例如：care→ carefuluse→ usefulwonder→wonderful3. score（1）score作动词，意为“得分；获胜”例如： Hughes scored two goals before half-time. 休斯在上半场进了两个球. The army continued to score successes in the south. 军队在南方不断取得胜利 （2）score作名词，意为“得分；二十；乐谱”例如： I recorded the score in a notebook. 我在笔记本上记下了分数 He bought two scores of apples yesterday. 他昨天买了四十个苹果。
Look at the score and try to play that song.看乐谱演奏一下那首曲子4. interviewinterview用作动词，意为“采访，面试”be interviewed by意为“被……采访”例如：We are going to interview the manager of this company.我们将要采访这家公司的经理He has interviewed a lot of people for the job.他已面试过很多应聘这份工作的人5. dare（1）dare用作实义动词，意为“敢于；胆敢”常构成短语dare to do sth.意为“敢于做某事”有时 to 也可省去(尤其是在否定句或疑问句)例如：He didn’t dare to look at her in the eye.他不敢正眼看她Did he dare (to) tell her? 他敢告诉她吗? We don’t dare (to) say anything. 我们什么也不敢说2）dare可用作情态动词，用作情态动词时，意思是“敢”，其后接动词原形，通常只用于否定句或疑问句以及if或whether引导的从句中，一般不用于肯定句。
例如： I don’t know whether he dare try. 我不知他是否敢试一试 I daren’t ask her for a rise. 我不敢要求她加薪注意】dare后通常不接动词的进行式6. seldomseldom是副词，意为“很少，不常”，反义词是often，通常置于行为动词之前，be动词，情态动词和助动词之后，是一个表示否定意义的副词 例如：Mr Brown seldom goes out. 布朗先生很少外出拓展】always, usually, often, sometimes和never是英语中最常见的频度副词1）always 的频度为100%，表示动作重复、状态继续，中间没有间断，意思是“总是”、“永远地”例如：The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. 太阳总是东升西落2）usually 的频度为80%左右，意为“通常”、“平常”，即很少有例外例如：He usually goes to bed at ten o’clock. 他通常10点钟睡觉3）often 的频度为60%左右，意为“常常”，但不如usually那么频繁，表示动作重复，中间有间断。
例如：He is often late for school. 他上学经常迟到 （4) sometimes 的频度为40%左右，意为“有时”，表示动作偶尔发生可以位于句首，以示强调例如：It is sometimes hot and sometimes cold. 天气忽冷忽热Sometimes he does it this way and sometimes he does it that way. 他有时这样做，有时那样做5) seldom的频度为20%左右，意为“很少”、“不经常”例如：I seldom go out these days. 这些天我几乎不出门6) never 的频度为0，意为“从来不”、“永不”例如：My parents are never late for work. 我父母上班从来不迟到7. pridepride是名词，意为“骄傲，自豪” 常用的结构： take pride in sth. 意为“为某事骄傲” They take great pride in her daughter who is now a famous scientist. 他们为成为科学家的女儿而感到自豪。
He is the pride of our city. 他是我们城市的骄傲拓展】 proud 是形容词，常用结构：be proud of sth. 意为“以……而骄傲”I am very proud of being a Chinese. 作为一名中国人我很自豪 be proud to do sth. 意为“为做某事而骄傲”We are proud to be a league member. 我们为成为团员而骄傲8. absentabsent是形容词，意为“不在的；缺席的”例如：How many students are absent today?今天有多少学生缺席？Who is absent today?今天谁不在？【拓展】（1）absent的名词是absence，反义词是present，常用结构：be absent from…意为“缺席……”与be away from…同义例如：Love was totally absent/away from his childhood.他童年时根本没有得到疼爱The manager is absent/away from the meeting.经理缺席了会议。
2）absent-minded意为“心不在焉的；健忘的”，可用作表语或定语例如：He is always absent-minded.他老是心不在焉词汇精练】I.根据首字母提示补全句子1．Don't let me i_______ your decision．2．He f_______ many times，but he doesn't lose heart．3．She is never a_______ from work without good excuses．4．You've arrived at e_______ the right moment．5. You didn’t d_____ tell her the truth?II. 根据汉语提示完成句子1．The film is ________(幽默的)and moving．2．Would you be good enough to keep ________(安静的)?3．She needs to win this point to level the ________(得分)．4．Get the fall in the ________(背景)，will you?5．They ________(采访)people from all walks of life．6．The _______(英国人)are said to have an unusual sense of humour．7．The students were all listening to his _______(讲话)．8．He made the _______(介绍)and everyone shook hands．9．She is sure to pass the _______(考试)．10．The first day of the month is a _______(公众的)holiday． III. 用括号中所给单词适当形式填空。
1．The experience in army is ________(help)to him．2．That ________(Asia)stopped me and asked if 1 was Chinese．3．The tour took in six ________(Europe)capitals．4．Most ________(Africa)people are black people．5．He used ________(live)in London．IV. 用方框中所给单词填空absent general require silent seldom1．John _______ gets together with his friends．2．He was _______ for a moment，and then began his answer．3．I _______ two children to help me．4．How many students are _______ today?5．Please give me a(n) _______ idea of the work．【参考答案】I. 根据首字母提示补全句子。
1．influence 2．fails 3．absent 4．exactly 5. dare II. 根据汉语提示完成下列。