Unit 9 Health care

Unit 9 Health care Language points

1.abuse n. & vt. 滥用；虐待；辱骂

1)drug abuse 滥用药品

2)an abuse of trust 滥用信任

2.insurance n. 保险；保险业/费

term/theft/labor/unemployment insurance 人寿/盗窃/劳动/失业保险

https://www.360docs.net/doc/de18966735.html,y off 解雇；不理会；使下岗；

停止工作或休息

laid-off a.

laid-off workers 下岗工人

4.to make matters worse

=what’s worse , worse still ,

to make things worse , even worse

使情况更困难/更危险/更糟糕

Notice : matters “事情；情况”

5.provide 为某人提供某物

1)provide sth. for sb.= provide sb. with sth.

=supply sth to sb. / supply sb. with sth.

=offer sb. sth. / sth/ to sb.

6.at a / the cost of 以……代价/价格

1)at a cost of fifteen cents 以15分的价格

2)at a great cost 以很大的代价

3)at all costs 不惜一切代价

7.depend on sb./sth. 相信；依赖；依靠；

视……而定

1)depend on sb. to do sth.

2)That depends .

= It all depends .(口语)视情况而定。8.thanks to幸亏；由于（原因状语）

=due to ; because of

9.prevent vt. 阻止；防碍

1)prevent sb./sth. (from) doing sth.

=stop sb./sth. (from) doing sth.

=keep sb./sth. from doing sth.

10.pressure n. 压力

1)under the pressure of

2)(be) under pressure to do sth.

3)put / bring pressure on sb. to do sth .

press vt.按；压；挤

n. 新闻界；出版社

11.consult vt. & vi.

请教；向……求诊；参考

1)consult sb./sth/ for sth.

2)consult with sb. about sth.

与…就…交换意见/协商

12.not …,nor…既不……也不

1)I don’t know much about the medical

care reform, nor does my wife .

2)He can’t do it . Nor can I ;

nor can you ; nor can anybody .

13.as or which -clause 引导非限制性定语从句

前者“正如，就像”；

后者指代先行词或“这一点”。

1)The meeting , which was held in the park ,

was a success .

2)The meeting was a success , as was

expected .

3)As was expected, she has married again .

(顺接关系)

4)She has married again , which was

unexpected .

（从句对主句起排斥、否定等作用）

5)He came late for class today ,

which ( as ) is often the case .

(which 从句只可在后)

6)As is often the case , he was late for

school .

(as从句位置灵活)

高考题欣赏：

7)The Beatles , ____ many of you are old

enough to remember , came from Liverpool . (Tianjin 2006)

A.what

B.that

C.which

D.as

14.as well as

= not only…but also; and …as well

不但……而且；和；以及；还

如：她不仅美丽，而且也很善良。

She is kind as well as beautiful .

= She is not only beautiful but also kind .

高考题欣赏：

E-mail , as well as telephones , ____ an important part in daily communication . (Shanghai 1999)

A.is playing

B.have played

C.are playing

D.play

15.make ends meet

(非正式)使收支相抵; 量入为出

1)She hardly earns enough money

to make ends meet .

2)Being out of work and having two young

children to support , they found it

impossible to make ends meet .

小结end 短语

3)come to an end =be finished

4)from beginning to end

5)at the end of the day/ the street

6)by the end of 2006

7)in the end

8)on end = without a break ;

continuously; upright

9)put an end to sth.= stop

16.as a result (of ) (造成某种结果的)原因

1)He left school as a result of his father’s

death .

2)She won the scholarship as a result of

her hard work.

3)She worked hard . As a result ,

she won the scholarship. (结果是……)

4)Illness often results from poverty .

(疾病常因贫困而起. 因……结果发生)

5)I’m sure the government’s efforts to stop

the spread of AIDS resulted in success .

(导致；结果是)

高考模拟题

Many workers lose their jobs ____ changes in production . ( Shandong 2005)

A.resulting in

B.to result from

C.resulting from

D.to result in

17.It is / was …that 强调句型1)…but it was not until after the war that he

made his most important discovery .

= but he didn’t make his most important

discovery until after the war .

=but not until after the war did he make

his most important discovery .

2)Was it Xiao Bing who gave you much

help ?

3)When was it that you went to Beijing on

business ?

高考题欣赏：

It is the ability to do the job ____ matters not where you come from or what you are .

A.one

B.that

C.what

D.it

18. the + adj./ pp. 代表一类人

the wounded , the rich ,

the blind , the aged / old

19.cure v. 治愈

n. 治疗；疗法；治疗的药物

1)cure sb. of some disease

2)There’s no cure of some disease .

20.significance =importance n. 意义；重要性1)a matter of great significance

一个非常重要的问题

2)a smile of great significance

意味深长的微笑

21.despite = in spite of ; regardless of prep.

尽管；不管；纵使

(更常用于正式文体中)

1)Despite the bad weather we enjoyed our

holiday .

2)Sir Fleming remained modest despite his achievements .

3)He went on with the experiment despite the fact that he was badly cold .

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