2005年高考总复习：高一英语--Unit 5
Unit 5 Why do you do that?
Lesson 17
1.in the earth
earth这里意思为“泥土”。本课出现的earth，soil和ground 三个词意思相近，都作“土，土壤”解，可以通用。例如:
When the plants are in the ground， I ll put some powder on the soil.
The rain sinks into the earth/soil.
除此之外，earth，soil和ground也有不同。
earth还可作“地球，大地”解，如on the earth (在地球上) 等;ground还可作“地面，场地”解，如on the ground(在地上)，sports ground(运动场)等。
2. feed v.
feed(fed，fed)意思为“喂养，饲养，给……提供食物”，常与介词on连用，可以说feed sb. on sth.或feed sth.to sb.。
例如:
We feed our dog on fresh meat every day.
Feed some milk to the baby.She must be hungry.
3.in fact
in fact意思为“实际上，事实上”，常用来进一步强调或说明所讲的话。例如:
He doesn t mind.In fact， he is very pleased.他并不介意，事实上他非常满意。
She doesn t have a car.In fact， she can t drive， either.
4.I ll water them to stop the soil getting too dry.
stop...(from)doing...这里意思为“阻止/阻拦……做某事”，其中from可以省略。例如:
The policeman stopped the fight in time.
How can we stop the sun(from)burning the plants?我们怎么样才能使植物不被太阳晒枯呢?
5.It ll make the cabbage plants grow big and strong.
make...do sth.意思为“使……做某事”，其中make后 面的不定式短语要省略to，但是变为被动结构时，不定式短语要带to，即be made to do sth.。例如:
Mr Chen made me do this experiment again.
The workers were made to work all day and all night in the past.
Lessons 18 & 19
1.grow
grow(grew，grown)作及物动词用时，意思为“种植”;作 不及物动词用时，意思为“生长”;作系动词用时，意思为“变得”。例如:
We grow vegetables in our garden.
Oranges grow in Spain.
2.a few of...
a few of...相当于some of...，意思为“……中一些人”，具有肯定含义。而few of...则相当于almost none of...，意思为 “……中几乎没有人”，具有否定含义。二者后面均接可数名词的复数。例如:
I know a few of my brother s friends.
I know few of my brother s friends.我几乎不认识我哥哥的朋友。
3.the rest
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