Ｕｎｉｔ５重难点解析

张坤霞

1.They think it is just a matter of looking at maps carefully and remembering all the names of cities and provinces. 他们觉得那不过是仔细察看地图，然后记住所有省市名称的简单问题。

词组a matter of在这里表示“一个……的问题”，还指“大约，大概”，后面跟名词。例如：

How he did is only a matter of personal habit.

他怎样做仅仅是个人习惯问题。

It is just a matter of minutes to get to the station.

到达车站只需几分钟。

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a matter of course 理所当然的事情

a matter of no account无关紧要的事

as a matter of fact 实际上，事实上

2.The Group of Eight (G8) consists of the eight richest countries in the world. 八国首脑会议是由八个世界上最富有的国家组成的。

词组consist of表示“由……组成”或“由……构成”。例如：

The popular band consists of four young men.

这个受欢迎的乐队是由4个年轻人组成的。

The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

英国由大不列颠和北爱尔兰组成。

This cake mainly consists of sugar, flour and butter.

这个蛋糕的主要原料是：白糖、面粉和奶油。

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consist in 存在于

consist with 与……一致

3.The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still unknown to many. 仍然有许多人还不知道大不列颠是由三个国家组成的这一事实。

词组be unknown to表示“不为……所知的”。例如：

The small village is unknown to us. 我们对这个小村庄很陌生。

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be known to…表示“为……所知”；be known as…表示“以……知

名”；be known for…表示“因……而著名”。例如：

The folk songs by Wang Luobin are known to all.

王骆宾的民歌是众所周知的了。

Yao Ming is known as a basketball player in NBA.

姚明作为一名NBA的篮球运动员而出名。

This town is known for its beautiful buildings.

这个城镇以它漂亮的建筑而出名。

4.Their languages formed the basis for English.

basis作名词，表示“基础，根据，主要成分”，复数形式是bases。例如：

Pinyin is the basis of Chinese. 拼音是汉语的基础。

Dont judge a person on the basis of appearance. 不要以貌取人。

The basis of the wine is alcohol. 酒的主要成分是酒精。

What is the basis of your opinion? 你的观点的根据是什么？

5.The result of this French influence was that the English language ended up with many French words such as table, animal and age. 法语巨大影响的结果是英语中出现许多像table, animal和age的法语单词。

词组end up with表示“以……结束”，通常指最后接受某物。反义词组是start/begin with“以……开始”。例如：

I usually end up the letter with some greetings.

我的信常以一些祝福语结束。

We often end up the dinner with fruit. 我们常常饭后吃水果。

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end up in“以……告终”，通常指以不好的结果告终。例如：

The game ended up in their failure.

这场比赛以他们的失败告终。

6.There are six spoken languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles as well as two local accents. 加上两种地方性口音,有六种口头语言被认为源于不列颠诸岛.

consider作动词，表示“考虑，认为”，用法如下：

(1)“consider+名词/doing(动名词)/疑问词+to do”表示“考虑某事或考虑做某事”。例如：

You should consider the feelings of others.

你应该考虑到别人的感受。

Hes considering going abroad. 他正在考虑出国。

I am considering what to do next. 我在考虑下一步将做什么。

(2)“consider+that从句”表示“认为……”，that有时可以省略。例如：

I consider that the story is true. 我认为这个故事是真实的。

We considered that he should try it again.

我们认为他应该再试一次。

(3)“consider+sb./sth.+(as)…”表示“把……认为/看作……”，as可省略。例如：

I consider her (as) my best friend. 我把她当成我最好的朋友。

He considers Zhou Jielun as his idol. 他把周杰伦当成他的偶像。

(4)consider sb. to do表示“认为某人……”；被动式 be considered to do…表示“被认为……”。例如：

They considered him to steal the money. 他们认为是他偷了钱。

Miss Lin is considered to be one of the best English teachers in our school. 林老师被认为是我们学校最好的英语老师之一。

7.They realise that it is of great value to record and teach them to the younger generation. 他们意识到记录这些语言并将它们传给后代是十分宝贵的。

“be of+抽象名词”结构，通常用来表示人或事物的性质和特征，这类抽象名词有：value, help, use, difference, importance等，其中这些名词前可加修饰词如no, some, any, little, great等。这里的be of great value等于be very valuable意为“非常有价值的”。例如：

These old newspapers are of no use. 这些旧报纸没有用了。

The information is of great importance for us.

这些信息对我们来说很重要。

He is trying to be of use in this project.

他设法在这个项目中起作用。

8. He approached Salisbury from the east. 他(丹尼尔•笛福)是从东边走近索尔兹伯里的。

(1)approach在这里作动词，表示“接近，靠近”，还指“与……打交道，开始，着手”等。例如：

Spring is approaching. 春天即将来临。

They approached the new task. 他们开始着手一项新的任务。

(2)approach还可以作名词，表示“靠近,接近,入门途径,方法”等。例如：

The approach of fall brings the harvest. 秋天的到来迎来了丰收。

She has found the best approach to study a foreign language for herself. 她已经找到了适合她自己的学习外语的最佳方法。