公共英語等級(jí)考試三級(jí)復(fù)習(xí)資料(1)

Unit 1  Greeting and Introduction

Dialogues 1.

Malenie Sanders brings out her photo album to show her new Egyptian friend, Layth,

pictures of the family.

Background knowledge:

1. extended family and nuclear family
Extended family(traditional family): the family usually includes grandparents, parents

and children living under the same roof 大家庭

Nuclear family(modern family): the family only consists parents and children核心家庭
2. the Depression: the Great Depression 經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條

（1930-1940）It refers to the difficult period before World War Ⅱ in the United

States. Many families faced serious financial or money problems in this period.
Language points:

1. Who’s that holding the hand of a boy
Who’s that girl holding the stick?
The one wearing funny hat is my little brother.
現(xiàn)在分詞短語作后置定語表伴隨

2.His hat is really out of date.
out of date: no longer fashionable 不再流行的，過時(shí)的
. This kind of hair style is out of date.
out-of-date (作定語) 不再流行的，過時(shí)的
out-of-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines
up to date: fashionable 流行的
This kind of hair style is up to date.
up-to-date (作定語) 流行的
up-to-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines

3.He’s wearing boots, because shoes were out of stock.
out of stock: not available 沒有存貨
.The book is out of stock.
in stock: available有存貨
 The book is in stock.

4.He really has an outgoing personality.
outgoing personality: 外向的個(gè)性
outgoing: friendly and sociable 友好的、好交際的、外向的
extroverted, 外向的
ntroverted, reserved, 內(nèi)向的

5.He really know how to bring a person out.
ring sb out：cause sb to lose shyness 使某人克服害羞心理
  He really knows how to bring a person out.
  She’s nice ― but needs s lot of bringing out.

6.I wish I had his social skills.
wish 虛擬語氣(與現(xiàn)在的情況相反從句用一般過去時(shí)， 與過去的情況相反從句用過去完成時(shí))
I wish I were rich.
She wished she had stayed at home.

Dialogue 2

Mr. Irving, chairman of a new vocational school, is talking with Mrs. Schmidt, the

school’s human resources manager, about qualities needed in their personnel.
Some words about people’s personalities:

The traits most necessary for interpersonal success: (noun)
honesty誠實(shí), dependability依靠性, tolerance容忍、寬容, cooperativeness競爭性,

perseverance堅(jiān)持不懈, vision有遠(yuǎn)見, competency有能力, fair-mindedness公正, punctuality

準(zhǔn)時(shí)
The traits for a desirable director: (adjective)
Humble謙卑的, diplomatic有外交手腕的, flexible靈活的, well-educated受過良好教育的,

experienced有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的, concerned關(guān)心別人的, generous慷慨的, skillful有技術(shù)的,
The traits for practical leaders: (adjective)
Diligent勤奮的, modest謙虛的, clever聰明的, humble謙卑的
Language points:

1.According to psychological research, the traits most necessary for interpersonal

success are honesty.
according to 根據(jù)、按照
According to English law, he is innocent.
According to the Bible, God created the earth in six days.

2.In addition to those general assets, our school seek practical leaders who are

skillful and diligent.
in addition to 除---之外
In additional to his salary he earned 1000 dollars.
in addition 添加、補(bǔ)充、此外
The river sustains many forms of wildlife; in addition, it gives the neighborhood

children a good place to swim in.

3.We have done good work so far.
so far 到目前為止(常與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用)
We haven’t heard from them so far.

Monologue One
Monologue about Mary, a store detective.
Mary was chosen as a detective because she didn’t look like a detective. This is a

story about Mary’s experience. One day she captured a c well-dressed thief who stole

three silk ties.

Language points:

1.Would you mind .letting me take a look in your briefcase.
would you mind doing sth
The guest said that they wouldn’t mind having a little light music.
Would you mind opening the window?
Certainly not.
Sorry, you’d better ---.

2. She insist on having a look into the man’s briefcase.
insisit on doing sth
I insisit on your being there.
I insist that we (should) go there on foot.
insist, suggest, order, demand， propose, require, request, command, decide,等詞后面的

賓語從句應(yīng)該使用虛擬語氣
I suggested that we (should) take part in the game.
I command that every should arrive here before 7 o’clock.

Monologue Two

Monologue about Jules Verne and his stories
He based his books on imagination, adventure and science.

1.Many of his attempt to look into the future were surprising accurate.
look into 調(diào)查、了解
We’ll look into this matter together.
They’ll look into that right away.

2.In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge as well as his

imagination in describing the future inventions.
as well as 既------又------， 除------之外(還)------
The child is lively as well as healthy.
He gave me money as well as advice.

Passage

The passage talk about the life of Oprah Winfrey’s life. What kind of the

circumstances he was born in ? How did she study? What contributions she did to change

the world since 1954.? She was a courageous, funny, compassionate, well-informed,

dazzlingly curious person, as down-to-earth as loving as any human being the author

have ever known..

1.Upon discovering books, the child delved into the written word, turning out weekly

book reports for her father.

1)Upon/on doing sth
Upon/on receiving the letter, I will write back to you.
Upon/on arriving home,  they will give us a telephone call.

2)turn out 生產(chǎn)、制造，最終變成
They concentrated their efforts on turning out more products of high quality.
The plan turned out failure.

3)delve into 鉆研

2． She was watching the live broadcast of the Academy Award ceremony.

1) live broadcast
2) the Academy Awards 學(xué)院獎(jiǎng)，奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)

3． That may also be partly due to the very special energy.
due to: caused by sb/sth, because of sb/sth
The team’s success was largely due to her efforts.
His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.
The flight was cancelled due to the fog.

4.down to earth 腳踏實(shí)地的

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