Unit 6 Reading

1. weekly adj. 每周一次的 , 每周的 a weekly magazine 周刊 a weekly visit 每周一次的拜访 They are doing the weekly cleaning.

他们正在进行每周一次的大扫除。补充 : daily 每天的 monthly 每月的 quarterly 每季度的 yearly 每年的

2. happen vi. 发生 , 主语常是物 ; ( 无被动语态 )

The story happened in Shanghai.

A fire happened in his factory last night.常用短语 : happen to sb./sth. 某人 / 某物发生什么事 If anything happens to the machine, do let me know.

区别： take place （尤指经过计划或安排后）发生，举行； 没有被动语态，例如：In 1919, the May 4th Movement took

place in China.

The next meeting will take place on

Thursday.

3. a number of = a lot of 大量的 , 后接可数名词复数，构成主语时谓语动词用复数。

A large number of students are playing

football on the playground.

the number of …… 的数字，构成主语时

谓语动词用单数形式。 The number of the students of our class is

40.

4. live adv. & adj. 现场直播 ( 的 ), 实况转播( 的 )

The football match is covered live on TV.

There is going to be a live TV program

about teenage problems.

adj. 活着的 ( 一般不修饰人 )

Have you ever touched a live snake? v. 居住 , 生活 , 生存 They live in Shanghai. His parents lived a happy life. We can’t live without water.

5. attend v. =join (in); take part in

出席 , 参加 , 上学 , 到场 Did you attend the meeting yesterday?

She was so sick that she didn’t attend her

classes.

v. 注意，照顾；看护 Please attend to my words.

The patient has three nurses attending him.

6. be full of: be filled with

The film is full of horror and

mysteries.

The bottle is filled with red ink.

He filled the bottle with water.

7. If you enjoy solving mysteries, …

enjoy, finish, keep, practise, mind,

can’t help, feel like + doing sth.

I. Complete the following sentences.

1. They pay a w_____ visit to their

parents.

2. Unemployment is likely to rise in the

c______ year.

3. Visit our website for the most

u________ team standings ( 排名 , 名次 ).

eekly

oming

p-to-date

4. There’ll be a news r_______.

5. She c______ the Ethiopian famine

( 埃塞俄比亚的饥荒 ) for CBS news.

6. It wasn’t a recorded ( 录制的 ) show

and it was l___.

ound-up

overed

ive

7. The government has a_________ to

create 10,000 new jobs.

8. The mother of the d___ victim ( 受害者 ) wept in court.

9. The film was d_______ by Feng

Xiaogang.

nnounced

ead

irected

II. Fill in the blanks in correct forms.

1. My grandma and my mother don’t like

watching ___________ because they

get scared easily.

2. The bottles _________ orange juice.

3. Mr Wang is ______________. He likes

the programs on animals. And he often

goes to the zoo on Sundays.

horror films

are full of

an animal-lover

4. I’ll try my best to _________________

to these questions.

5. I like eating many kinds of fruits,

_______ apples, pears, bananas and

strawberries.

find out the answers

such as

1. Children all enjoy ________ (watch) TV programmes.2. She is a very active girl. Her hobbies include hiking and ____________ (photo).3. There were many ____ (death) animals

in that polluted ( 污染了的 ) sea.4. A number of world famous paintings ___ (be) on show in this exhibition.

watching

photography

dead

III. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。

are