牛津9A Unit 1 重点词汇解析江苏 李建高1. divide【解析】divide作及物动词，意为“划分，分”。如：Here the river divides into two branches. 这条河在这里分成两条支流。divide作不及物动词，常用于短语dived by“除以”和divide into“除”中。如：40 divided by 8 is 5. 40除以8等于5。5 divides into 40 8 times. 5除40得8。【练一练】选择填空。The year _ four seasons.A. is divided by B. has divided inC. divides into D. is divided into2. patient【解析】patient 作形容词，意为“耐心的，忍耐的”，在句中做定语和表语。be patient with表示“对有耐心”。如：He is a patient man. 他是一个很有耐心的男人。The doctor is patient with me when I was ill. 医生在我生病的日子里对我很有耐心。【知识链接】patient 还可以作名词，表示“病人”，在句中作宾语。如：The doctor operated on the patient at once and saved his life. 医生立即给病人实施手术，挽救了他的生命。【练一练】选择填空。The nurse is always patient _ her patients.A. to B. atC. for D. with3. save【解析】save作动词，意为“储蓄，积攒”。save money for 表示“为存钱”。如：I am not good at saving. 我不擅长攒钱。He is saving money for a new bicycle. 他正在攒钱买一辆新自行车。save作动词，还可表示“挽救；节省；保留；收藏”等意思。如：A young man saved a little girl from falling into the water. 一个青年救起了眼看要落入水中的女孩。Well take a taxi to save time. 我们乘出租车，好节省时间。Mother has saved some food for you. 妈妈给你留了点吃的。Ive saved one hundred stamps. 我已经收藏了一百张邮票了。【练一练】根据汉语提示，完成句子。(1)她在银行中存了许多钱。She _ _ a lot of money in the bank.(2)他试图挽救他们的婚姻。Hes _ _ _ their marriage.4. argue【解析】argue作不及物动词，意为“辩论，争论”。argue with / again sb. about / on sth. 表示“与某人辩论某事”。argue的名词形式是argument。如：We argued with the waiter about the price of the meal. (= We had an argument with the waiter about the price of the meal.) 我们跟服务员争执那顿饭的价钱。Daniel often argues with his classmates about questions. 丹尼尔经常跟他的同学争论问题。【练一练】选择填空。(1)Tony, dont argue _ your grandmother. Its impolite.A. with B. aboutC. for D. against(2)He argued _ Mary _ the best place for a holiday.A. to; about B. with; aboutC. to; on D. with; on5. dream【解析】dream作形容词，意为“梦想中的，理想的”。如：What is your dream home like? 你理想的家是什么样子的？dream作名词，表示“梦；梦想”。have a (n) dream表示“做一个梦”。如：He had a strange dream last night. 昨天晚上他做了一个奇怪的梦。dream作动词，意为“做梦，梦见；梦想，向往”，它的过去式和过去分词有dreamed和dreamt两种形式。dream of / about (doing) sth. 表示“梦想(见)做某事”。如：The boy dreams of becoming a pilot. 那孩子一心想当个飞行员。I dreamt that I was flying in the sky. 我梦见自己在空中飞翔。【练一练】根据汉语提示，完成句子。(1)她经常梦想着成为一名歌手。She often _ _ becoming a singer.(2)她从恶梦中醒来。She woke up in the middle of _ _ _.6. explain【解析】explain作及物动词时，后面既可接名词或代词作宾语，又可接从句和不定式结构作宾语。explain sth. to sb. 表示“向某人解释/说明某事”。如：Its difficult to explain the problem. 要解释这个问题很难。He explained to Mr Wu why he was late. 他向吴老师解释了他迟到的原因。Please explain where to begin and how to do it. 请解释一下从哪儿开始，该怎么做。Please explain this rule to me. 请把这条规则解释给我听。另外，explain还可以用于被动结构中。如：This can be easily explained. 这点很容易解释。【知识链接】explain的名词是explanation。如：She demanded an explanation. 她要求给出一个解释。【练一练】根据汉语提示，完成句子。(1)他详细地向我们说明了他的计划。He _ his plan _ us in details.(2)我被要求解释这个句子的意思。I was asked _ _ the meaning of the sentence.7. awake【解析】awake作形容词，意为“醒着的”，反义词是asleep。它在句中常作表语，也可作后置定语。wide awake表示“完全醒着，没有睡意”。如：Is he awake or asleep? 他是醒着还是睡着了？Anyone awake heard the sound. 任何醒着的人都听到了那个声音。She is wide awake. 她毫无睡意。【知识链接】wake作动词，意为“醒；醒来”。wake up表示“叫醒；醒来”。如：I woke up very early this morning. 我今天早上醒得很早。【练一练】根据汉语提示，完成句子。(1)交通噪音使我无法入睡。The noise of the traffic _ me _.(2)别忘了六点之前把他叫醒。Dont forget to _ _ _ before six oclock.8. lively【解析】lively作形容词，意为“活泼的，生气勃勃的”。如：Mr Wangs lessons are always lively and interesting. 王老师的课总是生动有趣。The marketplace was lively with vendors. 集市上熙熙攘攘，小贩忙忙碌碌。【词语辨析】lively & living & live & alivelively意为“生动的；活泼的；有生气的”, 还可引申为“强烈的；敏锐的；紧张的；鲜艳的”，可作定语(前置)、表语、主补、宾补。如： The lecture is very lively. 这个讲座很生动。 He makes his class lively. 他使得他的课生动形象。 living意为“活着的；现存的”，还可引申为“生动的；逼真的；栩栩如生的”，常用来指某人在某种时候是活着的，常作表语、主补、宾补和前置定语，多用于指物。如： So far man hasnt found any living things on the moon. 迄今人类在月球上还没有发现生物。live意为“活生生的”，强调不是假想的，还可引申为“有现实意义的；带电的；燃烧的；未爆炸的”，还可作“实况转播的”解。一般作定语；只修饰物；不修饰人。如： Live fish are much more expensive than dead ones. 活鱼比死鱼价钱贵。The live football match is on TV soon. 电视即将现场直播那场比赛。alive意为“活着的”，还可引申为“有活力的；有生气的；活跃的”，常作表语、宾补、主补及后置定语，多用于指人。如： Is the fish dead or alive? 这鱼是死的，还是活的？ There arent many pandas alive in the world today. 目前世界上活着的熊猫数量不多。 【练一练】用lively, living, live或alive填空。(1)There are more than 200 _ languages in the world today.(2)Luckily, he was still _ when he was found.(3)The scientists decided to do an experiment on those _ mice.(4)How _ the Chinese paintings are!9. mark【解析】mark作名词，意为“分数”。full marks表示“满分”；pass mark表示“及格分等”。如：The highest mark is A. 最高分数是A。Zhang Ming got full marks in the exam. 张明在这次考试中得了满分。mark也可作动词，意为“做标记；打分数”。如：He tried to mark all of the large cities on the map. 他试图在地图上把所有的大城市都标出来。Please mark my examination paper first. 请先批改我的试卷。【练一练】英汉互译。(1)这个男孩在测试中