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一、重点单词和短语

1.various adj. 各种各样的，不同的 variety n. 品种、种类、多样性

例句：The hospital has various ways to deal with emergencies.

延伸：① a variety of 各种各样的=varieties of

例句：There are a variety of theme parks in the world, where you can have fun .

②vary from ... to 从......到......不等；在......到......之间变动

③vary v. 变化，变更 vary in 在某方面不同

2.whichever pron .

①无论那个，无论那些（引导让步状语从句，此时等于no matter which）

例句：Whichever road you take , it will lead you to the station .

②无论......的那个; 无论......的那些（引导名词性从句）

例句：She is likely to choose whichever flight is the most suitable to her.

注意：whichever和whatever的区别：whichever是在某些范围内做出选择，whatever无范围限制

3.amusement n. 可笑，愉悦，娱乐，活动，游戏

in/with amusement 愉悦地，好笑的

4.attraction n.向往的地方，有吸引力的人、物，爱慕，吸引

例句: He has no attraction for me.

5.wherever conj./adv. 无论在什么地方，各处（可引导让步状语从句和地点状语从句）

例句：① Wherever ever you go ,I will be right here waiting for you .

② Hunters can not hunt wherever they like .

6.unique adj .

① 独特的，罕见的

例句：In general ,everyone has his own unique character .

② 唯一的，独一无二的

③ be unique to 为......所特有

7.advanced adj . 先进的，高级的，高等的

延伸① in advance = ahead of schedule/time 提前

② advance n . 前进，行进，进展 v. 使提早，提前

8.available adj .

① 可购得的，可找到的

例句：Admission tickets for all the attractions in the amusement is not available.

② 有空的，有时间的

例句：No employee is available now as they are busy preparing for the conference.

9.more than 不仅仅是，不只是，超过

① "more than 名词/动词"表示不仅仅是，不只是

例句：Jason is more than a writer；he is a translator, too .

② "more than 数词"表示超过，多于，相当于over

例句：More than one time he represented all the employees to ask the company for better working conditions.

③ more...than 用来把两者进行比较，意为"更多，而不是"；"与其......不如说"

例句：She is more frightened than hurt.

10.be famous for = be well-known for 以......而闻名

例句：The small town is famous for its attractive maple trees.

辨析：be famous for , be famous as , be famous to

① be famous for 接事物的名词，意为"因某事而著名"

② be famous as 接职务、称号等名词，意为"作为......而出名"

③ be famous to 接人，"对某人来说著名"

11.be modeled after 根据......模仿，仿造

例句：The mayor made a statement that the defence work for the city was modeled after that of ancient Rome.

12.the length of ......的长度

例句：The length of the time needed has a close association with the amount of work.

延伸：① at length = in detail 详细地，详尽地，充分地；另外at length 意为，"终于"。

② go to great length (to do sth.) 千方百计，竭尽全力做......

13.be familiar with 对......熟悉（主语为人）

延伸：be familiar to ......为某人所熟悉（加的宾语为人）

二、重点句型

1.It is no wonder (that)=No wonder (that) 难怪......

例句：It is no wonder that he was admitted into Tsinghua University because of his intelligent and hard working .

2.Whether...or... 不管，还是

注意：当whether...or... 连接并列主语时，谓语动词单复数就近一致。