人教版英语选修六第三单元知识点.doc

U3( 选修六) Words and expressions n. ○ 1 滥用, 妄用;虐待,辱骂○ 2 弊病,陋****vt. 滥用, 妄用, 虐待 . He abused his power while in office. 他在职时滥用权力。 Those captives were physically abused. 那些俘虏遭受了***上的摧残 drug abuse 滥用毒品 child abuse 虐待儿童 abuse one ’s position / power 滥用职权/ 权利 abuse a privilege 滥用特权 2. stress 1) n. ○ 1 压力; 重音, 重读 be under (the) stress (of) 在压力下 suffer from stress 遭受压力 the stresses and strains of modern life 现代生活的压力和紧张○ 2 强调, 重要性 . Some school lay / put /place stress on foreign language education. 2) vt. 加压力于; 重读; 强调 . He stressed the importance of the task. 1) n. 禁令, 禁止 a ban on sth 2) vt. 禁止, 取缔 ban sb. from (doing) sth. 颁布禁令 impose a ban 解除禁令 lift a ban . Our government has put/ imposed a ban on plastic bags. 4. due to 归因于, 归功于 . The accident is due to your careless driving. 那意外事故归因于你驾驶不小心。 be due to do sth 定于某时做某事 . He is due to speak at the meeting tomorrow. 可以被 caused by 所代替 The train is due in five minutes.( 预定的,预期的) My rent isn ’t due till Wednesday. (到期的,立即支付的) In due course 在适当的时候 after due consideration 经适当考虑之后 because of“由于”, 较口语化,只作状语 owing to 较正式,须用逗号与主句隔开 thanks to“多亏了”, 多用于正面的意义 asa result of“因为” asa result 副短,“因此” therefore 副词,“因此” so 并列连词,“因此” because of ,due to, owing to, on account of和 thanks to 的用法比较这一词都表示“由于”的意思,在使用时应该注意以下区别: 1. because of 意为“由于,因为”,强调因果关系,在句中仅作状语,修饰句中的一部分,与其他成分不用逗号隔开。如: We must not get discouraged because of such a mino