Unit 1 Culture relics 单元语言点目标认知重点词汇rare, valuable, survive, doubt, remove, amaze, select, design, remain, worth, fancy重点短语belong to, in return, serve as, think highly of, part of重点句型1. … could never have imagined…2. Nor do I think they should give it to any government.知识讲解重点词汇rare【原句回放】Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? 文化遗产总是稀少而贵重的吗？【点拨】rare adj. 稀少的, 罕见的It is rare to see a man over 160 years old. 很少见到一个人能活到160岁。

稀薄的The air is rare at high altitudes. 高处空气稀薄。

【拓展】occasional, uncommon, scare, rare均含“稀罕的、很少发生”之意。

occasional 指偶然、间或发生的事，侧重无规律可循。

uncommon指一般不发生或很少发生的事情，故显得独特、异常与例外。

scare指暂时不易发现、不存在或数量不足，供不应求的东西。

rare指难得发生的事或难遇见的人或事，侧重特殊性。

valuable【原句回放】Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? 文化遗产总是稀少而贵重的吗？【点拨】valuable adj. 很有用的，宝贵的；很值钱的，贵重的valuable experience 宝贵的经验valuable jewelry 贵重的首饰This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned. 这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。

Is the watch valuable? 这块表很值钱吗?【拓展】valueless无价值的，不值钱的worthless 没有用的，无价值的;priceless 无价的，极重要的，珍贵的【高清课堂B2U1重点词句】survive【原句回放】Is it enough to have survived for a long time? 留存很长时间久足够了吗？【点拨】survive vt. vi.幸存，生还; 活得比某人长；比某人长寿Of the six people in the plane that crashed, only one survived.在这次空难的六人中，只有一个人幸存。

I don't know how you all manage to survive on Jeremy's salary.我不知道仅靠Jeremy的薪水，你们是怎么度日的。

Several buildings in the town have survived from medieval times.这个镇上的一些建筑从中世纪一直延续到现在。

The plants may not survive the frost. 这些植物可能熬不过这次霜冻。

The old lady has survived all her children. 这个老太太活得比她所有的儿女都长。

【拓展】survivor n. 幸存者survival n. 幸存surviving adj. 活着的，残存的survival of the fittest 适者生存doubt【原句回放】There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Kónigsberg, at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. 毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时它是波罗的海边的一个德国城市。

【点拨】doubt [c]n. [u] n.怀疑，不信, 在肯定句中常接whether / if 从句，在否定句中常接that 从句：Elizabeth had no doubts at all about her ability to do the job.伊丽莎白做这个工作的能力是没有疑问的。

The incident raises doubts about the safety of nuclear power.这次事故引起了对核能源的安全性的疑问。

The meeting will provide people with an opportunity to voice any doubts they may have about the proposals.这次会议给人们提供了一个机会，他们可以表达对这些建议的任何疑问。

There is an element of doubt as to whether the deaths were accidental.对于这些死亡是否意外，有一些怀疑的要素。

There is no doubt … ……是毫无疑问的。

There’s no doubt that one day a cure will be found.毫无疑问有朝一日治愈的办法会被找到。

There is little doubt he was the killer.几乎不用怀疑，他就是凶手。

He is without doubt the cleverest student I've ever taught.无疑他是我教过的学生里最聪明的一个。

◆There is no doubt 后接名词时，需用介词about / of。

There is no doubt that education is the foundation of all. 无疑教育是一切的基础。

There is no doubt about / of his honesty. 他的诚实是毫无疑问的。

【拓展】There’s no need (for sth / sb) to do … 不必……There is no point in doing... 做……没有意义There’s no question that … ……是没有问题的(It’s) No wonder (that)…难怪……amaze【原句回放】..., his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. ……，赠送给俄国人民的礼物会有如此离奇的历史。

【点拨】amazing adj. 令人惊喜的，了不起的an amazing achievement/discovery 惊人的成就/发现Winning the first prize is an amazing achievement. 得一等奖是了不起的成就。

She has an amazing talent in music. 她在音乐方面有了不起的才华。

【拓展】amazed adj.吃惊的, 惊奇的；amaze vt. 使惊愕；amazement n. 惊奇amaze, surprise, astonish, shock辨析：amaze 惊愕，含有“惊叹、佩服”之意。

Your knowledge amazes me. 你丰富的知识令我吃惊。

surprise 惊讶，出乎意料，是“吃惊”的普通用词。

语气较弱。

They surprised us with a visit. 他们突然来访使我们感到意外。

astonish 使十分惊讶，使大吃一惊(=surprise sb. very much)，语气较强，含“难以置信”之意。

She astonished us by saying she was leaving. 她说她要走了，这使我们大吃一惊。

shock “使震惊”；多用来指重大的事情“使人为之一震”，有“大为惊讶”之意（=surprise sb. greatly），语气最强。

II was shocked by what had happened. 我被所发生的事情震惊了。

select【原句回放】The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. 精选的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈蜂蜜般的黄褐色。

【点拨】select v. 挑选；选择；adj. 精选的，挑剔的She lets her son select his own Christmas present. 她让儿子自己选择圣诞礼物。

They selected a diamond engagement ring. 他们挑选了一枚钻石订婚戒指。

That school is very select. 那所学校招生非常严格。

The book is a select collection of poetry from various authors. 这本书是各家诗作的集锦。

【拓展】select, choose , elect, pick辨析select强调在广泛的范围内进行“精选或淘汰”，侧重以客观为标准进行选择。

choose普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择。

elect指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。

pick是口语用词，强调“从个人角度在众多之中进行挑选”，有时含有“任意选择”的意思。

design【原句回放】The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。

【点拨】design vi. vt. 设计；计划；构思；n. 设计；图案；构思Was it designed, or did it just happen? 这是有预谋的，还是偶然发生的？He designed us a beautiful house. 他为我们设计了一座漂亮的房子。

He designs to become a musician. 他立志成为一个音乐家。

This piece of cloth has a new design. 这块布图案新颖。

be designed to do 目的是……be designed for sb. / sth. 打算给（做）……用be designed as sth. 打算当作……design doing/ to do 打算做……【拓展】by design意思是“故意地”，反义词为by accident/ chance。