Unit 2 The United Kingdom一．单词考点1.consist用法consist of(=be made up of=be composed of)由……组成；由……构成本身无进行，无被动。
consist in在于consist with与……一致eg:①The book consists of eight chapters.②Success consists in diligence(勤奋)and modesty(谦虚).③What he said consists with what he did.2.divide用法短语：divide…(up)into把…分成；把…割开/分开divide…(up)(between/among sb.)把…分配（给某人）divide A by B 用A除以Beg:①The teacher divided our class into five groups.②He has decided to divide the books between Class One and Class Two.③Thirty divided by six is five.区别:divide,separate⑴divide指把整体分成部分，常与into/between/among等连用。
⑵separate指把原来连在一起或混在一起的东西分开，常与from连用。
eg:①England is separated from France by the channel.②You can divide the apple into four parts.注：separate可作形容词，意为“分离的，分开的；单独的；分别开的，分居的”。
3.accomplishvt完成(任务)；达到(目的)；实现(计划、诺言等)eg:①I’ve accomplished my task.②China has accomplished the Eleventh Five-year Plan smoothly in spite of the financial crisis.区别：accomplish,achieve,complete,finish⑴accomplish指通过不懈努力、不怕困难、坚持到底而最终完成预期目标、完成了计划或达到了目的。
⑵achieve指取得重大的成就或完成重要的任务而让人敬佩，强调排除各种困难完成宏伟目标。
⑶complete强调完整地终结，含有使某事完善、完整，补足缺少部分的意思。
⑷finish普通用词，指完成普通的日常任务。
eg:①It could be accomplished only through patient work.②The project must be completed within a year.③He finally achieved success.④I haven’t finished my homework.4.conflictn [C/U]矛盾，冲突vi（两种思想、信仰、说法等的）冲突，抵触短语：be in conflict with=conflict with与……冲突come into conflict with与……冲突eg:①He found himself in conflict with her parents over his future career.②The results conflict with early findings.5.be unwilling to do sth.不愿意做……其中，unwilling常作表语，意为“不乐意的，不愿意的”；也可作前置定语，意为“不情愿的，迫不得已的，勉强的”。
eg:①She is unwilling to accept my advice. ②I saw her unwilling expression on her face.6.break短语break away(from)(从……中)逃脱，挣脱；(从……中)脱离，背叛(政党、国家等)break in破门而入，闯入；打断，插嘴break down(机器)损坏，出故障；分解(化学变化)；破坏；(身体)垮；(精神)崩溃break out(战争、火灾等)突然发生，爆发break up解散；分手；打碎；分解，拆散；关系破裂break through冲破；突破break into破门而入；突然……起来7.credit用法⑴creditn[U](借钱偿还的)信用，信誉；赞扬；赊(greatly)to one’s credit为……带来荣誉；值得赞扬eg:①To his credit,Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened.②Greatly to Zhang Jike’s credit,he won a precious gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.注：to one’s creditn单独使用时，意为“值得赞扬的是”。
短语：be of credit有名望get/receive credit for因为…而得到荣誉give sb.credit for为…而称赞某人；信任某人do sb.credit/do credit to sb.使…值得赞扬；为…增光get credit for因…而得到好评on credit以赊购方式⑵vt相信eg:①I don’t credit his story.②Please credit my honesty.8.conveniencen[U]便利，方便[C]便利的事物，便利设施convenientadj方便的，便利的（主语一般不是人）短语：for (the sake of)convenience为了方便起见for one’s convenience(=for the convenience of sb.)为了某人的方便at one’s convenience在某人方便的时候be convenient for sb./sth.对某人/某事是方便的It’s convenient for sb.to do sth.某人方便做某事9.attractvt 吸引；引起注意------attractionn[U]吸引；吸引力(for)[C]有吸引力的事物/地方------attractiveadj有(吸)引力的，引人注意的短语：attract A to B把A吸引到B上attract one’s attention引起某人的注意10.collectionn[U]收集，采集，搜藏[C]收藏的东西；收藏品；募捐a collection of…一个……的收集11.leave短语leave behind忘带，遗留，留下；把…抛在后面；把……抛在脑后leave out遗漏；省略，省去；不考虑，不理会，忽视leave for动身去某地leave aside不予考虑;搁置一边leave about/around乱扔，乱放leave over留下；剩下leave off停止；中断leave alone让…单独呆着，不理会；更不用说leave…to…把…交给…（未处理）leave alone更不用说；不理，让……单独呆着12.furnishvt 为（房屋等）配备家具；向…提供供应(=supply/provide)—furnituren[U](可移动的)家具—furnishedadj带家具的；配备好家具的(常作定语)eg:①Having bought the house,they couldn’t afford to furnish it.②He bought a lot of furniture for his new house.③There is a fully furnished flat.13.possibilityn[C,U]可能性[C]机会；可能的办法句型：There’s a/no possibility that从句。
短语：the possibility of doing sth.注：possibility一般不接动词不定式作后置定语。
eg:①There is no possibility that Tom can win first prize in the math.②The possibility of solving the traffic problem is remote. 区别：probable,likely,possible⑴按照程度大小排列，顺序为：probable>likely>possible.⑵句型：It is probable/likely/possible that从句。
⑶sb./sth.is likely to do sth.⑷It is possible(for sb.)to do sth.14.quarreln [C]争吵；争论；吵架vi争吵；吵架短语：have/make a quarrel with sb.over/about sth.=quarrel with sb.over/about sth.与某人就某事争吵settle a quarrel解决纠纷eg:①A struggling man should have no time to quarrel with others.②She quarreled with her brother over their father’s will(遗嘱).15.alike,like作形容词的区别⑴alike只作表语，不用very修饰，多用much,very much修饰。
⑵like可作定语或表语，可用very修饰。
注：alike可作副词，意为“一样地，像似地；一样程度地”。
like可作介词，意为“如同，和…一样”。
eg:①The twin sisters look alike.②The brothers are very like.③His uncle promised him ＄100 if he could earn a like sum.16.place短语take the place of（=take one’s place）代替take one’s place代替；使某人就座take place发生；举行take a place as…担任…的职位in place of代替in place在适当的位置in one’s place处于某人的位置in the first place首先，第一out of place不合适；不在适当的位置上17.arrangev筹备；安排；整理(后接单宾)短语;arrange(for)sth.安排/筹备某事arrange(for sb.)to do sth.安排(某人)做某事arrange sth.for sb.为某人安排某事arrange that从句安排…注：arrange后不接双宾语。