Unit 4 Earthquakes
全员探究
Warming up
1. Describe to your partner what might happen to all the things in the photos.
向你的合作伙伴描述图画中的事物会发生什么情况。
[要点导航]
① describe sth. to sb.向某人描述。例如:
Can you describe the man to me? 你可以把那个人描述给我听吗?
② describe + wh-clause 描述……。例如:
Please describe exactly ________________.
请把发生的事原原本本说出来。
③ describe doing sth.描述做过某事。例如:
Several people described seeing strange lights in the sky.
好几个人都说看到天上出现了奇异光芒。
④ describe sth./sb. as 把……描述为……。例如:
He described himself as a doctor.他自称是医生。
Jim was described by his workmates as ____________.
吉姆被同事们称为不寻常的人。
[思维拓展] description [U][C] 记述,叙述,描写。例如:
Please give me a brief description of the accident.
请简短地叙述这个意外事件给我听。
The lady was beautiful beyond description.
这位女士美得难以用笔墨形容。
[问题探究] 有些及物动词如describe, explain等,其后跟双宾语时,只能用“及物动词+直宾+ to+间宾”结构而不能用“及物动词+间宾+直宾”结构。具有这种用法的动词还有哪些?你能各举出一个例句吗?