【正文】 名詞形式。As soon as we got there, it started 。句中的would rather是would rather...than...的省略形式，意為“寧愿……而不……”，表示主觀愿望。You would also rather stay at home and read a good book than go to a party.你寧愿待在家里看一本好書也不愿去參加舞會。特別提示：比較的部分如果是動詞，than后應是動詞原形。prefer表示選擇時，可用兩種句型。They prefer red to ，他們更喜歡紅色。（2）prefer+不定式或名詞+rather than+不帶to的動詞不定式。She prefers to read rather than sit 。這是在Email message回復中的常用語,句中“get back to sb”的意思是“以后再答復”。2. In the past twelve months, they’ve had three major concerts and made a hit CD. 在過去的十二個月里，他們舉辦了三場較大的音樂會，出版了一張很受歡迎的CD唱片。In the past/last two years, she has studied English very hard.在過去的兩年里，她一直在努力地學英語。Zhou Jielun has just made a hit CD. 周杰倫剛出版了一盤轟動一時的CD。He made a great hit in teaching. 他曾在教學上獲得了巨大的成功。...in which they will perform in ten different cities是定語從句，先行詞是tour,在關系代詞which前介詞in通常的位置是在動詞perform的后面。句中perform 主要指扮演角色，演奏某種樂器，演出某一節(jié)目，側(cè)重能力，技巧，效果，可用 作及物動詞和不及物動詞。He performs perfectly on the piano. 他的鋼琴演奏太棒了。（1）句中的that is表示“確切地；換句話說；也就是”，用來表達一個準確的說法，即對前面的內(nèi)容加以準確地說明。（2）句中miss是“錯過”，后接名詞、代詞或ving形式，不可接不定式。I came late and missed seeing the beginning of the movie.我來晚了，沒有看見電影的開始部分。5. ...but we really hope to have a number one hit some day. (P114)……但是我們真的希望有朝一日我們制作出能賣得最好的一首歌。some day/someday只表示將來，不表示過去。He will be a scientist some 。One day last summer they made a trip to the country.去年夏天某日他們到鄉(xiāng)間旅行。You must e one day to see me.You must e some day to see me.You must e to see me someday.他有一天來看了我。in search for是固定短語,for 后面的名詞同樣必須是“尋找的目標”，不是“搜尋的對象”。The soldiers were sent in a search for the missing aircraft. 士兵們被派去搜尋失蹤的飛機。知識拓展search的基本用法（1）search的動詞用法。He even searched my home without any reason.他甚至毫無理由地搜查了我的家。They searched every part of the building. 他們對全樓進行了搜查。For a whole day they searched for/after the lost child.他們找了一天這個丟失的孩子。So far, no man has traveled farther than the moon.到現(xiàn)在為止，還沒有人到過比月球更遠的地方。8. Most, like Robert, can hardly speak any Chinese, and have never been to China before. (P116) 像羅伯特一樣，大多數(shù)人幾乎都不會說中文，而且以前從來沒有到過中國。切莫將hardly誤認為是由hard+ly構(gòu)成的副詞。I hardly know what to say. 我簡直不知道說什么好。— Can you catch what I said?你能聽懂我說的話嗎？— Sorry, I can hardly understand ，我?guī)缀趼牪欢?。Have you ever been to Shanghai? 你曾經(jīng)去過上海嗎？He has been to America twice. 他到美國去過兩次。Henry has gone to London. 亨利到倫敦去了。10. Thanks to In Search of Roots... (P116)多虧“尋根”……【知識歸納】thanks, thanks to與thanks for的用法◎ thanks是名詞thank的復數(shù)形式，意為“感謝”。Thanks to the old man, we found the lost child at last.多虧那個老人，我們最后找到了失蹤的孩子。Thanks for sending me such a nice 。Unit 15 1. In 1972, it was discovered that they are endangered.(P119) 1972年，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)它們已經(jīng)瀕于滅絕。discover, invent與find◎discover指發(fā)現(xiàn)過去所不知道的東西，新奇或意外的東西。Columbus discovered America on the 12th of October, 1492.1492年10月12日，哥倫布發(fā)現(xiàn)了美洲。Edison invented the electric ?！騠ind意為“找到”，側(cè)重于找到過去丟失的人或物，但有時也表示憑經(jīng)驗或偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種東西。She found him a very good 。His notebook was found/discovered in the desk.他的筆記本是在課桌里找到的。have bee polluted 中的bee是連系動詞，polluted是過去分詞。The slodie