Module 2 Unit 1

Boy missing, police puzzled

Language points

1. step up2. go missing3. receive great interest4. due to 5. get ready for6. go straight to 7. wake up8. pull back

Translate the following into Chinese.

加紧；加强；促进失踪

引起很大兴趣

由于，因为准备好去…径直去…醒来向后拉 / 扯

10. have a bad dream11. send sb. to bed12. show up13. do research on sb. 14. return sb. home15. take charge of 16. make up stories17. look into18. as well 19. give up

做恶梦叫 /打发某人去睡觉出现在某人身上做研究送某人回家负责…编故事调查…也放弃

1. Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing …

1) step up 增加 , 加快，加强

I hope that you’ll try to get them to step up production.

You have to step up your pace.

We will have to step up training for the coming basketball match.

2) go missing 不知去向 , 失踪

go: link-verb 变为；成为

The milk went sour.

A few days later, things started to go wrong.

Fruit quickly goes bad in hot weather.

John went crazy about racing cars.

变酸

出错变坏

变狂热

3 Speaking of all the songs he has written, I think this is probably his ___ one.

A better-known B well- known

C best-known D most- known

C

4. The police are searching _____ every house _____ the thief.

A for, for B of, of C / , for D of, for

C

5. All of my classmates went to the forest____ the unknown plants.

A.In search for B. searching

C. Search for D. searching for

A

2. This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky …due to 因为 , 由于

Her absence was due to the storm.

The accident was due to careless driving.

The failure of the scheme was due to bad management.

His successes were largely due to luck.

So far we have done a lot to build a low-ca

rbon economy, but it is _____ ideal. We ha

ve to work still harder. （ 2010 江苏）A. next to B. far from

C. out of D. due to

B

due to, because of, thanks to 由于due to 用于较庄重的书面语中，侧重“起因于”，在句中多作表语，有时作状语。

because of 着重某个结果的原因，在句中通常作状语。

thanks to 突出一种感激之情，含“多亏”意味。

3. Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 p.m.

witnesses n. 目击者；证人

The witness was telling about the whole accident.

An important witness failed to appear in court.

witnesses vt. 目击；见证

I witnessed the traffic accident.

The year 1849 witnessed a great war in Hungary.

We all came to witness history and watch the historic flight of Christa McAuliffe.

4. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.

这是一个倒装句，因为主语过长。正常语序是：Lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes were standing inside.

4. I haven’t seen Justin since.since adv. 此后；从那时到现在

He left home two weeks ago and we haven’t heard from him since.

She left school three years ago and has worked as a nurse ever since.

5. However, since Mrs. Foster thought that Justin was spending the night with a friend, she assumed that Kelly ...

assume 以为； ( 想当然地 ) 认为；假定”

I assumed that he had gone for a walk.

He’s not such a fool as you assumed him to be.

Let’s assume it to be true.

assume 采取；承担；假装；就任；呈现

I am not afraid to assume the responsibility.

The prince assumed power when he was only fifteen.

The problem has assumed a new form.

He assumed a look of surprise.

承担

就任

呈现

假装

6. …, and was not home when these events occurred.

occur vi. 发生

Earthquakes occur frequently in this area.

That plane crash occurred only minutes after take-off.

occur, happen, take place发生 ( 都是不及物动词）occur 指“发生”时可与 happen 换用，但后接 to sb. ／ sth. 时，两者含义不同： happen to sb.／ sth. 指不好的事情发生在某人（物）身上； occur to sb. ／ sth. 指“某种思想等呈现于某人的知觉中”。 happen 指“偶然发生”时，主语为“事”， happen to sb. ／ sth. 指不好的事情发生在某人 ( 物 )身上；当主语是“人”时，意为“碰巧”。

take place 表示“发生”，可与 happen 或 oc

cur 换用，但其后面一般不接 to sb. ／ sth. 结构；

指必然会发生的事情时，多用 take place ；此

外 take place 还可表示“举行某种活动”。

1) 他碰巧知道那个地方。 He happened to know the place ．2) 地震是什么时候发生的 ?

When did the earthquake occur ／ happen?

Translate the sentences into English.

3) 你难道就没想过给他们打个电话﹖

Didn’t it occur to you to phone them?4) 他出什么事了吗﹖

Has anything happened to him? 5) 一九一九年，中国发生了五四运动。

In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China ．

1) Many accidents _____________ at

home.

2) Great changes ________________

since 1980 in China.

3) That sound doesn't ______ in his

language so it's difficult for him to

pronounce.

occur / happen

have taken place

occur

Fill in the blanks with occur, happen or take place.

4) It suddenly ________ to me that we

could use a computer to do the job.

5) It ________ that I knew about that

subject. So I gave the correct

answer and the teacher was pleased.

6) They ________ to be there too, so

we met in a strange way.

occurred

happened

happened

7. When Justin did not show up for lunch the next day, ...

show up 出现；现身

Uncle George didn’t show up for our wedding because he forgot.

Why didn’t you show up at the meeting yesterday?

show offshow sb. aroundshow sb. the wayshow sb. sth. show sth. to sb. show sb. round show sb. out / in

炫耀 , 卖弄带某人参观 给某人指路 向某人展示某事 向某人展示某物 带领某人参观某地 领某人出去／进来

8. …. Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journalists, ...1) take charge of 负责 , 照管 , 监理

John will take charge of the next meeting.

I'm going to take charge of this operation.

Can you take charge of this class please, Miss Jones?

2) case 案件 ; 具体情况；实例

1. The case was tried last Wednesday.

2. He thought he had already solved the problem, b

ut that was not the case.

3. The case was settled out of court.

4. Speaking of wasting money, my buying this car i

s a case in point.

案件

具体情况

案件

实例

9. …, “Sometimes people make up such amazing stories. …”

make up 编造

The whole story is made up.

He asked us each to make up a dialogue.

make up 组成 , 化妆 , 整理 , 弥补1. Saying you are sorry won’t make up the damage of breaking the vase.

2. Leave this notice hanging on your door, asking the servant to make up your room.

3. I don't like to see women making up in public.

4. Farm workers make up only a small section of the population.

弥补

整理

化妆

组成

10. So, while we have not dismissed the idea, we are looking into other possibilities as well.

1) dismiss 去除，不考虑

She dismissed the idea of going to Paris.

He dismissed the unpleasant subject and talked about something else.

dismiss 开除 , 解散

If you are late again, you will be dismissed.

He was dismissed from his job.

Let us dismiss and return in an hour.

The teacher dismissed the class on time.

2) look into 调查 , 研究，朝…里看

A working party has been set up to look into the problem.

They stopped to look into the window.

1.Would you please ____ the paper for me an

d see if there are any obvious mistakes?

(2009 湖北 )

A. look around B. look into

C. look up D. look through

D

2. It is reported that the police will

soon ____ the case of two

missing children. (2009 江西 )

　 A. look upon B. look after

C. look into D. look out

C

Homework for today

B1 & B2 on page 87