Unit 3 Journey Down the Mekong

I．              Find out the difficult sentences in the reading.

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II. Learn about the useful words and expressions.

1.       Which kind of transport do you prefer to use: bus or train?________

prefer sb. to do … 宁愿让某人做…….

prefer to do A rather than do B 宁愿做A，而不愿做B

练习：1.我宁愿她不来。_______________________________________________________

   2. 她宁愿和我们一起去，而不愿留下。______________________________________

2.  Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great    

   bike trip.                                  

(1)自小开始，我就有个梦想，那就是上大学。

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(2)我一直梦想成为一个大学生。

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3.       persuade            

 persuade sb. to do sth.= persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服某人做某事

 persuade sb.(not) to do sth. = persuade sb. out of doing sth. 说服某人不做某事

(1)  我们要说服大家不要浪费食物。

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(2)  他妻子试图说服他不要吸烟。

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4.       Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.

get/ make +宾语+宾语补足语（-ing/done/ to do /adj./adv.）让某人/某物…….

练习：1) I should get the window _______  (repair) before it gets cold.               

2) The teacher’s words soon got us _______ (think).

3) She got her son _______ (sleep ) on the floor last night.

4) Don’t make your hands so _____ (脏).

5) 我想把这些椅子弄到楼上去．I want to get these chairs ________.

5.       It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.

强调句的结构是: _________________________________

I saw him in the bookstore yesterday.

强调地点状语：________________________________________________

强调时间状语：________________________________________________

强调主语：________________________________________________

强调宾语：________________________________________________

  译：我就是去年去广州拜访我叔叔的。

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6.       Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.       insist that sb. +________________________

He kept insisted on doing it by himself.   insist on (doing) sth. _____________

The young man insisted that he hadn’t stolen the girl’s handbag   insist that sb. +________

1)     学校坚持要求我们穿校服。_______________________________________________

2)     他坚持说他很女李学习。_______________________________________________

7．She gave me determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind.

   determine to do … = be determined to do(                    )

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他下定决心要上大学。

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determine on /upon 决定

We deteermined on an early start.

8.  Once she has mind up her mind, nothing can change it.____________

  一旦我们把钱花完了，那就很难存了。

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9. Finally, I had to give in.                 

    e.g. He had to give in to my views.

       It’s time you gave in your papers.

   give in (to sb./sth.) _______________

give up      放弃, 认输    give out     筋疲力尽；分配    give away  捐赠, 泄露

  他说他不会屈服的，但最后还是放弃了他的理想。

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