Unit 5 Music

重点短语

1. dream of
梦想
常用结构：
dream of/about (doing) sth. 梦见做……
dream of/about sb./sth梦见某人/某物
dream one’s life away虚度光阴
dream a ...dream 做……梦
I dreamt about flying last night.
昨夜我梦见自己在飞翔。
Was it real or did I dream it?
是真的还是我当时在做梦呢?
2. to be honest(with you)
老实（对你）说
联想拓展
honestly speaking老实说；实话实说
to tell the truth 说实话；老实说
To be honest, I don’t like him very much.
老实说，我并不是很喜欢他。
We don’t have a chance of winning the match, to be honest. 说实话，我们没有赢得这场比赛的可能。
3. break up 
解散；驱散；分裂；拆散；结束；使精神垮掉
联想拓展
break away from 摆脱；脱离
break down 机器出故障；崩溃; 瓦解
break in  破门而入；插嘴
break into the house破门而入
break one’s promise/word 食言
break out 战争、火灾等爆发
break into laughter 突然大笑
break through  突破；穿过
break off the conversation/relations中断交谈/关系
The police tried to break up the crowd.
警察试图驱散人群。
The car is always breaking down.这辆车老是出毛病。
Children shouldn’t break in on adults’ conversation.
小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。
4. above all
首先；尤其；最重要的是
联想拓展
above all是从事物的重要性上说的“首先，最重要的是”。
first of all是从事物的排列顺序上说的“第一”。
in all表示“总共；总而言之”。
after all表示“毕竟”。
all in all 从各方面考虑；总的来说
not at all 不用谢
all long 一直，始终
Never waste anything, and above all, never waste time.
不要浪费东西,尤其是不要浪费时间。
5. sort out
分类；整理
常用结构：
sort sth./oneself out解决（某个/自己的问题等）
We must sort out the good apples from the bad ones.
咱们得把好苹果拣出来, 同坏的分开。
Let’s leave them to sort themselves out.
他们的事儿让他们自己解决吧。
联想拓展
look out  当心
pick out  挑选出
sell out  卖光
put out  扑灭
wear out  穿坏
carry out  执行
take out  取出
try out  试试
find out  查明
be/go out  外出，熄灭

重点句型

1. Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends.
一些不认识他们的人也在不断地讨论他们的私生活，而且就像是他们的密友一样在谈论他们。
as if/though “好像，似乎”；可引导状语从句。
作连词时，后可跟从句、分词、形容词等，引导从句时常用虚拟语气，表示与事实不符或相反的情况。
与现在事实不符或相反，谓语动词常用一般过去时（be动词用were）;
与过去事实不符或相反，谓语动词常用过去完成时；
有时不接从句，而接分词、形容词、副词，不定式、介词短语等，可以看成是省略的句子。
He spoke in that way as if he were a foreigner.
他讲话的方式就好像是老外。
2. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.
然而，大约一年以后，他们对自己的工作开始逐渐认真起来。“门基”组合开始像一支真正的乐队那样演唱他们自己的歌曲了。
in which此处引导定语从句修饰a year or so,可换成when,“介词+关系代词which”大多可转换成关系副词来引导定语从句。
I shall never forget the day on which (=when) we moved into our new house.
我将永远不会忘记我们搬进新居的那一天。
3. Music is more than just sound. It is a way of thinking.
more than ...意为“不仅仅......”如：
Mr Robert is more than our teacher. He is a friend.