【教材原句】(P4)Scientists，on the other hand，Hawking writes，know that their job is never finished and that even the best theory can turn out to be wrong.

霍金写道，从另一方面说，科学家知道他们的工作是永无止境的，即使最好的理论都有可能被证明是错误的。

②(牛津P2174)The job turned out to be harder than we thought.

这工作结果比我们想像的要难。

③It turned out that two passengers had been killed in the accident.后来证实有两位乘客在事故中丧生。

(2)关(煤气，电灯等)

④Please turn out the gas when you finish cooking.

烧好饭菜后请把煤气关掉。

(3)生产，培养出;出来

⑤We are to turn out more computers next year to meet the market requirements.

我们明年将生产更多的电脑以满足市场的需求。

⑥Tsing Hua University has turned out a great many excellent students.清华大学培养了许多优秀的学生。

思维拓展

⑦ She’s having a lot of trouble with the new computer，but she doesn’t know whom to turn to.

在新电脑方面她有许多困难，但是她不知道向谁求助。

⑧(牛津P2175)We arranged to meet at 7∶30，but she never turned up.我们约好7∶30碰头，但她根本没露面。

即境活用

10.We wanted to get home before dark，but it didn’t quite________as planned.

A.make out　　　　　　　 B.turn out

C.go on D.come up

解析：选B。make out理解，看出;turn out原来(是)……，证明(是)……，结果(是)……;go on继续;come up长出，发芽，出现。由语境“我们原打算在天黑之前到家”可推测出，后面句子表达的是“事情发展并不像计划那样”，故用turn out。

句型梳理

1.【教材原句】 　(P3)(There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD—I did not expect to survive that long.

继续攻读我的博士学位看来已经没有多大意义了——我没指望活那么久。

【句法分析】 句型There is no point in doing sth.表示“做某事没有作用或意义”。

①(朗文P1568)There’s no point in paying rent on the apartment if you’re not going to live there.

如果你不打算在那儿住，付房租就没有任何意义了。

②There is not much point in arguing any further，he won’t change his mind.

再争论下去也没多大意义，他不会改变主意。

思维拓展

③There is no doubt that he is the best man for the job.

毫无疑问，他是这项工作最合适的人选。

④There is no need to worry about money.

没有必要担心钱。

即境活用

11.There is no ________in getting depressed about it now—it is no use crying over spilt milk.

A.reason B.purpose

C.point D.result

解析：选C。此题考查固定句式 。There is no point in doing sth.做……没有意义。

12.________for us to discuss the problem again.It has al?ready been settled.

A.It has no doubt B.There has no doubt

C.It is no need D.There is no need

解析：选D。There is no need to do sth.没必要做某事，后半句的already settled 提供了暗示。