15.defend    v.to protect sb./sth. from attack防御;保卫;辩解 defend sb./sth. from/against sb./sth.保护某人(物)免受伤害;保卫某人(物)  defend oneself against sth.为自己辩护

defense n.防御;保卫，保护;辩护 in defense of保卫……;为……辩护

protect the children from harm 保护儿童免受伤害。

defend the motherland 保卫祖国

(1)Unfortunately，that is often inaccessible as blockedby the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interests.       (2011•重庆，)不幸的是，这一点经常很难做到，因为它受到人们某种愿望的阻碍，这种愿望包括做一些令人惊讶的事或维护某些特别的利益。 (2)He          his students          the earthquake.他保护学生使他们不受地震的伤害。 (3)Attack is the best         .进攻是最好的防御。

(2)defended;against(3)defense

16.ease     v.to become or to make sth. less unpleasant, painful, severe, etc.减轻;缓解;

n.lack of difficulty容易;轻易 ease...of...解除……;减少…… at (one’s) ease轻松;安逸 with ease容易地 put sb. at (one’s) ease使某人自在;使某人舒适 ill at ease心神不宁;局促不安

Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.听说孩子们都很安全，她才放心

He eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.还了偷来的钱，他的心理才得到了安宁

He writes with ease.他笔墨流畅。

ease sb.'s anxiety减轻某人的忧虑

ease sb. of his pain [trouble]减轻某人的痛苦[烦恼]

Can I ease you of your burden?我能减轻你的负担吗?

With success , John was finally able to ease off.(事业)成功之后, 约翰终于能够轻松些了。

(1)This can be eased by offering an apology and an explanation of why the service did not meet usual standards with empathy...      (2011•浙江) 通过道歉和带有诚意的解释——解释服务没有达到通常标准的原因，这一点是可以解决的…… (2)He passed the exam                 .他轻松地通过了考试。 (3)He          himself          his pain.他减轻了痛苦。

(2)with ease(3)eased;of (ease...of...解除……;减少……)

17.in general总的来说;通常

generally speaking总的来说;一般来说 in short/brief/sum简而言之，总之 on the whole=to be short总的来说 conclusion总而言之 all in all总的来说)

(1)He views mankind as a grand enterprise that，on the whole，has done little but progress for 100years.   (2011•湖北)他把人类看成是一个大公司，总的来说，这个公司100年以来几乎什么也没做，除了进步以外。 (2)                ，about 10% of the candidates are eventually offered positions.一般来说，大约10%的求职者最终得到了职位。 (3)         speaking，boys like ball games.一般来说，男孩子都喜欢球类运动。

(2)In general　(3)Generally

思考题　其他意为“总之”的短语：

in a/one word

to be brief

to sum up

18.turn one’s back to背对;背弃 turn back往回走;折回 back恢复;取回 fight back还击;还手 take back收回 bring back归还 look back回头看 (1)And they allowed time to look back and learn.     (2011•四川) 并且他们允许有时间回头看一看和学习。 (2)He went over to say hello to her，but she          him.他走过去向她问候，但是她不理睬他。

(2) turned her back to

19.However，people from places like Spain，Italy or South American countries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them.然而，来自西班牙、意大利或南美国家的人会站在离别人很近的地方，而且很可能接触对方。

句式提取：be likely to do

sb.be likely to do sth. It is likely that sb.... It is possible (for sb.) to do sth.(某人)可能做某事 (1)

(2)                         be fired by the company because of their fault.由于他们的过失，他们可能被公司解雇。 (3)It’s possible for him                             .他可能来这里。

(2)They are likely to　(3)to come here

?写作句组——满分作文之佳句 a.It’s probable that our own way to do things is the better one.    (2009•北京) b.To make matters even worse，it might also have a bad influence on our health. (2009•江苏)20.She looked as if she was from a Middle Eastern country，...她看起来好像来自中东国家，……

句式提取：as if引导从句 (1)as if/though可引导表语从句和状语从句。

若表示与现在事实相反的情况，从句谓语动词用过去式，be动词通常用were(有时也可用was);

若表示与过去事实相反的情况，从句谓语动词则用had+过去分词;

若表示与将来事实相反的情况，从句谓语动词则用would+动词原形。 (2)如果as if/though引导的从句所表示的内容与事实相符，就要使用陈述语气。 (1)Jack wasn’t saying anything，but the teacher smiled at him as if he had done something very clever.   (2011•湖南)杰克什么也没说，但老师向他笑了笑，好像他做了件聪明的事情一样。 (2)He looked as if he                  something about it.他好像已经知道了一些情况。 (3)It seems as if the boy                  his way.那个男孩好像迷路了。

(2)had known　(3)has lost

21. What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe.随后它会变成什么没人能知道，直到38~45 亿年前，这团尘埃才慢慢地形成一个固体的球状物。

What it was to become ...是what 引导的主语从句，what 在从句中作become 的宾语。

What surprised everybody was that he didn't come to the meeting. 使大家惊奇的是他竟没有参加会议。

What he did added to our difficulty. 他所做的增加了我们的困难。

“be+动词不定式”在本句中表示按照计划、安排将要发生的动作。

When are they to hand in their plan? 他们的计划什么时候交上来? You are to do your homework before you watch TV.你得做完了作业才能看电视。

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