教学内容一．Words1. affect v. 影响；侵袭，使感染affection n. 喜爱；affected adj. 假装的；做作的；【拓展】be affected by被……侵袭；被……感动He was much affected by the sad news. 这个悲惨的消息使他非常难过。
辨析：effect与affecteffect用作名词时，意为“影响，效果”，常用于have an effect on结构中；用作动词时，表示“引起，使发生”。
affect用作动词，意为“影响”，常表示消极的影响。
用effect，affect的适当形式填空(1)New controls will come into effect next month.(2)Parents’ words and actions will affect children greatly.2. contain v. 包含，含有；容纳；控制，抑制container n.容器；集装箱；货柜The stadium is big enough to contain 100 thousand audience. 这个体育场足够大能容纳10万名观众。
I could not contain my laughter. 我控制不住笑出了声。
This drink doesn’t contain any alcohol. 这种饮料不含任何酒精。
辨析：contain，include与holdcontain通常用来指某种容器中盛有某物，装有某物，还指某种物质中含有某成分或含有其他物质。
指作为组成部分而被“包含”或“容纳”在内。
include通常表示把某事物作为其中的一部分包含在内。
在句中常构成分词短语sth. included 或including sth.。
hold通常指有能力容纳，相当于contain，seat。
The bottle contains olives. 瓶子里装着橄榄。
The meal includes steak. 这顿饭包括牛排。
3. appreciate v.(1) 理解；意识到；领会I don’t think you appreciate how expensive it will be. 我想你不会了解它会有多贵。
(2) 欣赏；重视He appreciates your talents. 他很赏识你的才能。
(3) 感激，感谢I would appreciate it if you lent me a hand. 如果你帮一下忙，我将不胜感激。
辨析：appreciate与enjoy易混词组辨析一言辨异appreciate “欣赏，赏识”，指对事物有深入的了解并能鉴赏The foreigner enjoys Beijing Opera very malthough he does not appreciate it. 这个外国人enjoy “欣赏，喜爱”，强调从中可以得到乐趣爱听京剧，虽然他不理解它。
4. succeed v.(1) 成功；（考试）及格搭配：succeed in (doing) sth. 成功地做某事He succeed in (passing) the entrance examination. 他成功地通过了入学考试。
(2) 接替；继承；继任搭配：succeed sb. (as) 接替某人（担任……）；succeed to sth. 继承某物He will succeed his father as manager of the shop. 他将接替父亲担任商店经理。
Who will succeed to the property? 谁将继承那笔财产。
5. decrease v. & n. increase n. 增加(1) v. 降低，减少，（使）变小搭配：decrease in 在……方面减少；decrease from…to 从……减少到……；decrease by 减少了……This species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year. 这种鸟的数量在逐年减少。
The number of new students decreased from 1,200 to 900 this year. 今年新生人数从1200减少到900。
(2) n. 减少，减少的数量搭配：(a/the) decrease in sth. 某物的减少；a sudden decrease in number 数目的急剧下降There is s decrease of nearly 7% in the number of visitors to the museum. 参观博物馆的人数下降了将近7%。
6. loss n. 损失；遗失；丧失He’ll try his best to make up for the loss. 他将尽最大努力弥补损失。
The loss of his wife was a great blow to him. 他妻子的去世对他是个很沉重的打击。
【拓展】the loss of 损失/丢失/输掉……；make up for the loss 弥补损失；at a loss 不知所措7. hunt v. & n. hunter n. 猎人；追求者；hunting n. 打猎(1) v. 打猎，狩猎搭配：go hunting 去打猎He spent the whole day hunting deer. 他一整天都在猎取鹿。
(2) v. 追寻搭配：hunt for 搜索，追寻；hunt sb. for 为寻找……搜索某地She is still hunting for a new job. 她还在找新工作。
I’ve hunted everywhere for my watch, but I can’t find it. 我到处找我的手表，但就是找不到。
(3) n. 狩猎，追寻搭配：be on the hunt for 正在寻找；the hunt for 寻找……He is still on the hunt for a better job. 他还在寻找一份更好的工作。
The hunt for Mary’s glasses lasted one hour. 给玛丽找眼镜就找了一个小时。
8. respond v. response n. 答复；反应(1) 回答，应答搭配：respond to 回答……，对……作出答复；respond that…回答说……She didn’t respond to my question. 她没有回答我的问题。
The doctor responded that he could not tell the name of her disease. 医生回答说他无法说出她的病名。
(2) 回应，回报搭配：respond to…(with) （对……）报以……，（用……）回报……He responded to my offer with a laugh. 他对我的提议报以大笑。
辨析：respond，answer与reply易混词辨析例句respond 指对他人的期望等在行动上作出反应，常与介词to连用，较正式How did they respond to the news? 他们对这则消息有什么反应？answer 指用文字、语言或行动回答She answered with a smile. 她报以一笑。
reply 指对他人的问题、要求所作的相应的答复，比answer正式，常与介词to连用It’s your turn to reply to these charges. 现在该轮到你对这些指控进答辩了。
9. mercy n. 仁慈，宽容，怜悯搭配：show mercy to sb. (= show sb. mercy) 同情、怜悯某人；have/take mercy on sb. 怜悯某人beg for mercy 乞求宽恕The judge showed no mercy to the drunk driver. = The judge had no mercy on the drunk driver.法官对那个酒后驾车者好不宽容。
辨析：mercy与pity易混词辨析例句mercy 指对自己有权力支配的人所表示的一种仁慈He showed no mercy to the prisoners. 他对囚犯好不宽容pity 指对弱者和不幸者的苦难、不幸所给予的同情She looked at those orphans with pity. 她用怜悯的眼光看那些孤儿。
【拓展】at the mercy of 任……处置；任由……摆布；It’s a mercy (that) …幸运的是……It’s a mercy the accident happened so near the hospital. 幸亏事故发生在离医院很近的地方。
10. certain adj.(1) 某个；某些（作前置定语）The library’s only open at certain times of day. 这座图书馆只在一天的某些时段开放。
注意：a certain 表示“某一”；some 也可表示“某一”，后接可数名词单数。
(2) 确定的，确信的，无疑的（作表语，相当于sure）搭配：be certain to do 一定会做某事；be certain of/about (doing) 对（做）某事有把握He is certain to win the race. = It is certain that he will win the race. 他肯定能赢这场比赛。
I’m certain of your success. = I’m certain that you will succeed. 我确信你会成功。
11. employ vt. employee n. 受雇者；employer n. 雇主(1) 雇用The firm employed two interpreters. 那家公司聘请了两名口语翻译。
(2) 使用（= make use of）You should employ your funds more wisely. 你应该更明智地使用你的资金。
【拓展】be employed to do 受雇做某事；employ…to do 雇用……做某事employ oneself in (doing) = be employed in (doing) 忙于某事；从事某活动辨析：employ，hire与rent易混词辨析例句employ 指“长时间雇用”，宾语一般是人He employed the girl as a typist. 他雇用那个女孩当了打员。