1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. 我第一次遇见纳尔逊曼德拉时, 正是 我一生中非常困难的时期。 1)period 期间, 时期, 学校的一节课, 周期 Lets finish this period and have a break. a period of rotation 自转周期,Language Points,2) the time when when 引起定语从句 This was a time when you had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Do you still remember the time when we first met? the time 可用于引起时间状语从句, 这时一般不加when。 I recognized him the time I saw him.,2. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. advice n. advise v. a piece of advice 一条建议 give sb. advice on关于给某人建议 1) advise ab. on sth. 就给某人出主意 I have advised you on that subject.,2) advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人干 Our monitor advises me to practice more spoken English. 3) advise that +(should) do I advise that you (should) not eat fruit that isnt ripe.,3. and I worried about whether I would become out of work. 1) worry vi. 担心, 忧虑 be worried about=worry about /over She worries about her health. = She is worried about her health. worry that He worried that he would fail the exam. 他担心考试不及格。,It worries me that she spends so much time playing computer games. 她花费这么多时间打游戏使我担心。 不要发愁。Dont worry yourself.,worry vt. 使担心/烦恼/焦急,worry sb. that 使某人担心 worry sb/oneself 使某人/自己担心,Whats worrying you ?,Im worried _ her driving the car tonight on the wet road. A. of B. about C. on D. at His dangerous driving always _ me. A. worry about B. worries about C. worried about D. worries,B,D,2) out of work/job 失业 (做表语或后置定语) Jim has been out of work for months. The number of people out of work reached 300. His mother has been out of work for half a year. in work 有工作 Is her husband in work? out of 意为“在之外”,“向外”; 表示失去, 没有, 用完; 不再处于某种状况。反义词为into或in。,out of breath out of patience out of petrol out of use out of order out of control out of danger out of sight out of fashion out of date out of repair out of sight, out of mind.,上气不接下气 不耐烦 汽油用完了 没用了 出故障了 失控了 脱离危险了 看不见了 不时兴 过时 无法修葺 眼不见, 心不烦,4. The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all. 过去三十年里出现了大量的法律来剥夺 我们的权利, 阻挡我们的进步, 直到今天 我们还处在几乎什么权利都没有的阶段。,see 在此句意为“见证, 目睹”; (在某段时期)发生(某情况), 经历, 经受; 为某事发生之时, 主语为时间。 The last few months has seen more and more traffic accidents. The city has seen many changes.,5. vote (1) n. 投票, 选票 I gave my vote to Mr. Wang. 我投王先生的票。 The matter will be decided by vote. 此事将投票决定. (2) v. 投票; 选举 vote for sb/sth 投票支持 vote against sb./sth 投票反对 vote on sb./sth 针对进行投票表决 As we cant agree on this matter, lets vote on it. 由于我们对此事没能达成一致,让我们投票 表决吧。,6. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people 他们在城里的住宅区都是由白人决定的。,they had to live in 作定语修饰the parts of town。 被困在楼里的人们 the people trapped in the building = the people who were trapped in the building,过去分词作定语修饰people,定语从句作定语修饰people,7. We were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the government. 我们被置于这样一个境地: 要么我们被迫接受 低人一等的现实, 要么跟政府作斗争。 1) in which引导定语从句, 相当于where 如： After three hours ride, we came to the house in which he was born. 乘车3个小时后我们来到了他出生的那所房子。 Think of a place to which we can go for dinner. 想一个我们可以去吃饭的地方。,2) accept “接受”, 指的是主观上接受了 receive “收到”, 指客观收到但不一定接受,我接受了他的邀请去参加晚会。 I accepted his invitation to the party 我收到了他的邀请, 但我没有接受。 I received his invitation,but I didnt accept.,3) either. or.,(两者之中)或 (之一),You may stay either in a hotel or in a private house. I want to visit either Paris or London. Either you or I am wrong. Either of the boys likes singing. Either boy likes singing.,8. attack n./v. make an attack on/against/upon 攻击 /袭击/ 抨击 under attack 遭到袭击 / 抨击 a heart attack 心脏病突发 He made an attack on the governments actions. The governments actions were under attack. The death of the actor is due to a heart attack. The enemy attacked us at night.,9. only then did we decide to answer violence with violence. 只是在那时我们才决定以暴力对暴力。 only then 此处引起倒装句, 当only修饰状语 位于句首时, 句子采用部分倒装的结构。 Only by practicing a few hours every day will you be able to master English. You can leave only when he comes. = _ _ he comes _ you leave.,Only when can,只有在那时候, 我才知道自己错了。 Only then did I realize that I was wrong 只有用这种办法你才能解决这个问题。 Only in this way can you solve the problem. 只有当他回来时我们才能知道秘密。 Only when he came back did we know the secret,注意1: 主句倒装从句不倒装。 注意2: Only主语在句首时, 不用倒装 Only he knows the answer.,注意: 如果only所强调的为状语从句, 该状语从句不倒装, 只对主句进行倒装。 e.g. Only then did I realize the important of English. Only when a child grows up does he understand his parents intentions. Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.,即学即练 1) Only when I left my parents for Italy _ how much I loved them. (08重庆) A. I realized B. I had realized C. had I realized D. did I realize 2) _ you eat the correct foods _ be able to keep fit and stay healthy. (08江苏) A. only if; will you B. Only if; you will C.