选修6 Unit 2 Poems
核心词汇
1. convey
vt. 运送;传达;表达;转让(财产等)
常用结构:
convey sth. to sb. 向某人传达/运送某物
convey sth./sb. to someplace 把某物/某人送到某地
convey one’s feelings/thanks to sb. 向某人表达某种感情/谢意
Passengers are conveyed by bus to the airport.
旅客们被公共汽车送往机场。
A wire conveys an electric current.
电线传导电流。
I found it hard to convey my feelings in words.
我觉得难以用语言表达我的感情。
The old farmer conveyed his farm to his son.
老农夫将农场转让给儿子。
易混辨析:convey/transfer/transport
convey基本含义指将物体从一地运送到另一地,或指语言、信息等的传递。也可表示财产的转让,但该词更强调通过法律手段转让财产或某种所有权。
transfer主要指工作地点的变换、住所及物体的转移,还可指旅途中交通工具的变换,如转车、转船等。也可指把财产转让给他人。
transport基本含义是运送。但该词通常局限于用交通工具运输货物和人。
2. transform
v. 变成,彻底改变;转换;转化;改造
常用结构:
transform ...into ... 使……变成……
transform one’s life 改变某人的一生
transform to a new place 搬到新地方
be transformed from 由……变成……;由……迁到……
be transformed from A to B 由A处迁到B处
Hard work transformed her completely into an ordinary housewife.
艰辛劳动彻底把她变成了一个普通的家庭妇女。
The company is transformed from a family business into one with 5,000 labours.
这家公司已从家族企业变成一家拥有5,000名员工的大公司。
联想拓展
transformation n.改革;转变;变化
3. appropriate
adj. 适当的;正当的
v. 侵吞;盗用;挪用;拨(专款等)
Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.
在每个空白处填入一个适当的单词。
The mayor was found to have appropriated government money.
市长被查出挪用了公款。
常用结构:
an appropriate response/measure/method
恰如其分的反应/恰当的措施/方法
be appropriate to/for 适于;合乎
It is appropriate that ... (从句中用可以省略should的虚拟语气形式)
The government appropriated a large sum of money for building hospitals.
政府拨了一大笔钱用来建造医院。
联想拓展
appropriately adv. 适当地