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　　Period Four Lesson 4 Car Culture
　　重点词汇
　　1. amount n．数量 vt. & vi.合计；总计
　　(教材P42)Amount of TV advertising电视广告的数量
　　归纳拓展
　　a certain/fair amount of　相当多的
　　in large/small amount  大量地/少量地
　　①A large amount of money was spent on the new building.
　　＝Large amounts of money were spent on the new building.
　　建这座新大楼花了很多钱。
　　②This type of TV has been sold in large/small amount.
　　这款电视已大/小量销售。
　　[名师点津]　
　　(1)a large amount of＋不可数名词＋谓语动词单数形式。
　　(2)large amounts of＋不可数名词＋谓语动词复数形式。
　　2. compared to/with... 与……相比
　　(教材P42)But anger and stress are nothing compared to the real costs of the motor car.但是比起汽车的实际代价，恼怒和紧张还是微不足道的。
　　归纳拓展
　　(1)compare...with/to...把……和……比较
　　compare...to...  把……比作……
　　compare with...  与……匹敌(通常用在否定句中)
　　(2)in comparison with...  与……相比
　　①We can compare the conditions with theirs.
　　我们可以把我们的条件与他们的相比较。
　　②Man's life is often compared to a candle.
　　人生常被喻为蜡烛。
　　③My room is small in comparison with yours.
　　与你的房间比，我的小。
　　3. figure n．数字；身材；人物；图画
　　vt.计算；估计
　　(教材P42)Here are some figures：
　　这里有一些数据：
　　一词多义 写出下列句子中figure的含义
　　①These figures indicate why the Negroes live in such deep poverty.       
　　②She had an excellent figure and walked with an air.       
　　③Mclean had become a figure known to everyone so far.       
　　④Figure the situation for yourself. What could I do？       
　　归纳拓展
　　figure out　计算出；想出；理解
　　figure on  指望；打算
　　figure that...  认为……
　　① I figured (that) you'd want to see me about it.
　　我想你会为这件事来找我的。
　　② But what I still can't figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life.
　　但是我依然弄不明白的是为什么我从不感到劳累，从来没有觉得生活比这更好。
　　③I hadn't figured on getting home so late.
　　我没有估计到这么晚才回到家。
　　4. go up(价格、气温等)上升，增加；升起；被兴建
　　(教材P42)In the last ten years，the number of cars on the roads in Britain had gone up by 30%.
　　过去10年中，英国路上行驶的汽车数量上升了30%。