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Module 4 Music Born in America,核心单词 1. decline v. 衰退，衰落(to/by)；下降；变少(to/by)；辞谢；婉言拒绝 n. 衰退；下降；减少 His influence declined to nearly half as he grows older. 随着年龄的增长，他的影响力下降了几乎一半。 There has been a gradual decline in the population of the town. 该镇的人口一直在逐渐减少中。,常用结构: on the decline (decrease)在下降；在衰退 on the increase （rise） 正在增加 a decline in prices 物价的下跌 decline to do sth. 拒绝做某事 He declined to discuss his plan with the journalist. 他谢绝与记者讨论他的计划。,易混辨析,decline/refuse/reject decline 指有礼貌的拒绝。 refuse比decline语气更强，常强调态度坚决，有时甚至是粗鲁无礼的拒绝。 reject 指不能接受或答应，并含有抛弃无用的东西之意。 Mary declined Jays invitation to dinner，saying that she had something important to do. 玛丽礼貌地拒绝了杰去吃饭的邀请，说她有重要的事情要做。 Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital. 妈妈断然拒绝重回医院。 His proposal was rejected outright (=completely rejected).他的建议直接被拒之于门外。,2. emerge vi. 出现，显露；脱颖而出；（事实）暴露 The whale emerged from the water. 那只鲸鱼从水里浮现出来。 He emerged as leader at the age of thirty. 他在30岁就崭露头角，成为领袖。,易混辨析,emerge/appear emerge 出现，显露，多表示“从中出来”，常与from 连用，即emerge from； 另外，emerge还可表示真相，事实等的暴露，显现。 appear 出现，只表示“被看见，进入视野”，没有“从中出来”之意。 Later it emerged that the judge had employed an illegal immigrant. 后来，法官雇佣了一位非法移民的事暴露了。,重点短语,3. rather than 而不是；与其不如 rather than是一个连词词组，用来连接两个并列成分，可以连接两个并列谓语，表语或状语等。表示在两者中进行选择，有否定后者的意思。 注意：当连接两个不定式时，rather than后面的不定式可以带to,也可以不带，还可以用v.-ing形式。 Id prefer to go in summer rather than in winter. 我宁愿夏天去，不愿冬天去。（连接两个介词短语） It ought to be I rather than you that sign the letter. 在信上签名的应该是我，而不是你。（连接两个代词） John must go rather than Jack. 必须去的是约翰而不是杰克。 I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。,重点句型,4. As well as attracting huge audiences in its Hong Kong home, Cantopop has spread offshore, . 粤语流行音乐不仅仅吸引了香港本地的大量听众，而且传到了海外的其他国家， as well as 意为“和；既又；不仅而且”，连接两个并列成分。 as well as作为复合连接词，连接相同的并列成分，其后可接名词，形容词，副词，介词短语或动词不定式。 当连接并列的动词不定式时，as well as后接不带to的动词不定式。 当连接并列的谓语动词时，其后要用v.-ing形式。 as well as连接两个并列的主语时，谓语动词应当与as well as之前的主语在人称和数上保持一致。 She is lovely as well as healthy. 她既健康，又活泼。 The book tells about the writers life as well as about his writings. 这本书谈到了这位作家的生平以及他的作品。 The teacher, as well as her students, is going to the cinema. 老师正和她的学生们一起去看电影。 You can expect her to do the housework as well as look after the children. 你可以指望她不仅照看孩子而且还做家务活。,5. The fans are devoted to their stars. 歌迷们对他们喜爱的明星非常忠实。 常用结构: be devoted to 献身于，投身于；专心致力于(to是介词后跟名词或动名词） devote oneself to . 献身于；致力于 devote ones life/time/money/energy to. 把生命/时间/金钱/精力投入到 be devoted to 专心致力于；献身于 Im devoting all my time and energy to being a teacher right now. 目前我所有的时间和精力都放在当老师 这件事上。,devotion n. 奉献；忠诚；关爱；挚爱 devoted adj. 热爱的；忠实的 He was devoted to the study of chemistry. 他致力于化学的研究。 Jane has always shown intense devotion to her children. 简一直非常钟爱她的孩子们。,联想拓展,. 利用派生法，品句填词 We have no time to play, for our next examination is (approach). 2. Deeply (touch)by the story, Papa decided to try his best to help the boy. 3. For many years I am (bless) with so lovely a child and considerate wife. 4. She begged for his (forgive) but was refused. 5. What made an (impress) on me was his perseverance. 答案:1. approaching 2. touched 3. blessed 4. Forgiveness 5. impression,. 串联扩展 表示空间位置，方向关系的前缀（二）,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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