高二下Unit 1 What is beauty?1. Vocabulary ： former, lecturer, compliment, look one ’ s best, keep fit, regardless of, emphasisfit, current, stretch, ridiculous, endure, considerable, free to do sth .2. Sentence pattern:And, to what lengths can or should we go to make ourselves more beautiful?Sue, perhaps we could start with you .I think it ’ s up to everyone to decide what is right for them, butSeldom do people think about the real dangers of .3.Grammar points: Inversion 倒装Key Vocabulary:former以前的，从前的formerlythe former前者the latter 后者adv. 以前，从前The company formerly belonged to an international banking group.lecturer 讲师lecture 讲座compliment v. & n.赞扬，称赞compliment on sth./ compliment sb. on sth.put/place/lay emphasis on sth. 强调emphasize v. 强调fit大小、尺寸合适；吻合，协调suit 合乎需要、口味、性格、条件、地位；衣着打扮等式样、颜色、口味等适合match 多指两样东西或多样同类东西的搭配合适或相配合理keep fit=keep healthycurrent adj. 当前的，现行的；通用的，通行的current affairs 时事stretch v. & n. 伸长，伸展，拉伸stretcher 担架ridiculous 荒谬的，可笑的endure v. 忍受，忍耐(近义词： bear, stand, tolerate, put up with)considerable 相当多的，相当大的considerate 体贴的，替人着想的point n. 目的，意义there is (no) point (in) doing sth.小数点，分数，得分v. 指出，指向point out / point to/ point atalter v. 改变，变更alteration n.horrendous 可怕的issue n. 重要议题，争议的问题；出版发行物v. （报刊）发行，出版，颁布look one ’ s best看上去最美regardless of 不管free to do 随心所欲做set out vt. 述，阐明 ; 出发，开始set out to do sth. 着手做某事go to great lengths to do 为了达到目的全力以赴做. at length 最终，充分的go to the length of doing 到 .地步，竟然，甚至于in order to../ so as toin order that/ so that...start with you从你开始thank sb. for因为 . 而感thanks to =because of= as a result of= due to.. 因为，由于cosmetic surgery整容外科手术cosmetician 化妆师，美容师up to: ①从事于I don’ t know what he is up to.②胜任He is not up to his work.③适于The quality of the construction is not up to the standard.④直到I haven’ t heard from him up to now.deal with处理，应付deal in出售，经营disorder n. 混乱，无次序sb. happen to do某人碰巧做 .It happens/happened that碰巧发生perspective n. 视角、观点，远景in a..perspective 以 .的视角观点来看in/ out of perspective合比例/不合比例be used to doing / be used to do/ used to doused to do---否定： used not to/ usedn’ tdidnto’ t use toquaint adj. 离奇的，古色古香的custom 风俗，习俗habit 个人习惯tradition传统practice惯例，惯常的做法judge from/by根据. 来判断obsession n. 沉迷，迷恋be obsessed with 对⋯迷恋倒装的情况：1. 在以 never, little, hardly, not only, few, not, seldom等否定副词开头的句子中，采用部分倒装。
如不放在句首就不要倒装。
(部分倒装 )e.g. Little did he say at the meeting.Never shall I forget the day when I joined the Army.2. 为了表达生动，有时把表地点、方位的副词，如up, down, out, away, in等放在句首，同时把谓语动词全部放在主语之前。
若主语为人称代词，主语和谓语动词的位置不变，只将副词放在句首。
（完全倒装） e.g. Away hurried the boy.Out rushed the girl.（二）典型例题分析1. HereA. comes Li Ming’ s carB. come Li Ming’ s carC. Li Ming’ s car comeD. Li Ming’ s car comes2. Only by practicing a few hours every day be able to master the language.A. you canB. can youC. you willD. will you3.from his skin, he must be from Africa.A. JudgingB. JudgedC. Being judgedD. Having judged4.the mountainous area very well, the boy was asked to be their paid guide.A. To knowB. KnowingC. Having knownD. Known5. Mr. Johnson, a Mr. White for you since 8 o’ clock in the morning.A. is waitingB. has been waitingC. has waitedD. had been waiting6.Although we all thought it was not a real bargain, he had decided to buy the apartmentat expense.A. chiefB. considerateC. considerableD. high7. I out for a walk when my father called me yesterday.A. happen to beB. happened beingC. happen beingD. happened to be8. Our English course place great on conversational skills.A. emphasisB. attentionC. interestD. contribution9. other ’ s opposition, he insisted on his own decision to take part in the game.A. In spite thatB. Despite ofC. RegardlessD. Regardless of10. To , only by practicing can we improve our spoken English.A. add upB. take upC. give upD. sum up11. dangerous weather conditions become, that all mountain roads were closed.A. Such, didB. So, didC. Such, wasD. So, was12. Our government has a lot of money the earthquake disaster area.A. supplied, withB. supplied, toC. supplied, forD. supply to13. Not a single word since the exam started.A. she has writtenB. she wroteC. has she writtenD. did she write14. One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, andA. the other is whiteB. another whiteC. the other whiteD. another is white15. She loves staying in the village, who are visiting her there.A. her friends lovesB. her friends tooC. her friends asD. so do her friends（三）作业练习二． Translation:1. 为使我们自己更美，我们能够或应该做出多大的努力？(length)2. 我认为在当今世界里展现出自己最好的一面很重要。