Unit 5 The power of nature

重点短语

5. make one’s way to
前往……
Dickens made his way to the woods.
迪肯斯朝树林走去。
Some thirty percent of the world’s exports of tea makes its way to London.
世界上大约30%的茶叶都出口到了伦敦。
Though it was raining hard, he made his way to school.
尽管雨下得很大，他还是朝学校赶去。
联想拓展
feel one’s way 摸索着前行
fight/push one’s way 推挤着前行
lose one’s way 迷路
force one’s way out 挤出去；冲出去
push one’s way in 挤进去
show sb. the way 为某人指路
get in the way 妨碍
wind one’s way 蜿蜒前进
6. burn ...to the ground
(楼房等)被（全部）烧毁；全部焚毁
He has no place to live in because his house has been burnt to the ground.
他无处栖身,因为他的房子被烧掉了。
联想拓展
burn away 逐渐烧掉;消失
burn down (建筑物）烧毁，火力减弱
burn off 烧掉，蒸发
burn up 烧毁、烧得更旺/亮，消耗
burn out 烧坏，烧尽
burn oneself out 筋疲力尽
burn for 渴望
burn in 给……留下不可磨灭的印象
7. quite a few
好些；相当多
I have made quite a few friends here.
在这里我已经交了好多朋友。
易混辨析：very few/only a few/a few/not a few
    very few, only a few都可表示“少”，“几乎没有”的意思，但very few侧重于“几乎没有人”或“大多数都不”这一概念。
    only a few侧重于表达“在许多之中有几个”，　不强调　“大多数不”这一概念。
    a few 意思是“少数几个，一些”，表达肯定概念。
not a few 相当于many，意思是“许多、大量”。
Very few people can bear the cold in Antarctica.
几乎没有人能忍受南极的寒冷。
Only a few people could see the scene.
只有几个人看到了这个景象。(看到这一景象的人不多。)
A few friends came to see me last week.
上星期有几个朋友来看我。
Not a few students are going there.
许多学生都要去那里。