Unit 2 Working the land
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核心单词
1. struggle
v.挣扎;努力;拼搏;斗争
n. (为争取自由、政治权利等而进行的)斗争,奋斗
常用结构:
struggle with与……斗争
struggle for 为争取……而斗争
struggle against与……斗争;为反对……而斗争
struggle to do
sth. (=make great efforts to do sth.)
努力做某事
struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来
She struggled to
keep back the tears. 她努力忍住泪水。
It was a hard
struggle to get my work done on time.
为使工作按时完成, 我做了一番努力。
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易混辨析
struggle/fight
struggle指较长时间的、激烈的斗争,往往指肉体及精神上的战斗。
fight意为“搏斗,打斗,打架”,表示“斗争”时,包含体力和勇猛的因素。
高手过招
(1)单项填空
The working people
have never stopped their struggle unfair treatment. ( 2010·01·山西太原五中检测)
A. against B. for C. from D. to
(2)完成句子
(原创)
①我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
We should help
those who are still .
②他们得和各种各样的困难作斗争。
They had to
.
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(1)解析:选A。struggle against意为“同……作斗争”;struggle for意为“为了……而斗争”。
(2)①struggling for independence
②struggle with/against all kinds of
difficulties
2. expand
v.扩大;扩展;增加;增长;(使)膨胀;阐述;使变大
常用结构:
expand...into...将……扩展/发展成……
expand on 阐述;详谈
He is thinking of
expanding his business.
他在正考虑扩大他的生意。
In ten years the
city’s population expanded by 12%.
十年之中,该市人口增加了百分之十二。
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