Unit 4 重点短语
1. like… best最喜欢…，like… least最不喜欢… (p59)
2. the story of Xi Wang (p60)
〈知识链接〉tell sb a story给某人讲故事，story of/about…(真实情况的)叙述、描述， the stories of Lei Feng雷锋的故事
〈用法拓展〉That’s the story of my life.我就是这个命。(表示一生中有很多类似的不幸经历)
3. first saw the baby panda第一次看到熊猫崽
〈知识链接〉first＝the first time第一次，first作“第一次”时用在行为动词之前，而the first time通常用在句尾。
4. animals in the wild＝wild animals野生动物，survive in the wild在野外幸存
5. at four months old在六个月大时
〈知识链接〉该短语中的at不能使用in。at the age of或at后接年龄，
Children go to school at six /at the age of six in China.在中国孩子的入学年龄是六岁。
6. eight months later八个月后
〈知识链接〉some time later…以后，用于一般过去时；in some time…以后，用于一般将来时。
①Two days later, he was out of danger.
②He will be out of danger in two days.
7. grow into a healthy young giant panda
〈知识链接〉grow into…逐渐成长为、变为、长成(某种类型的人)，e.g.
Yi Jianlian has grown into an excellent basketball player.
〈用法拓展〉⑴grow out of…长得太大而穿不上衣服，e.g. He’s already grown out of his school uniform.
⑵grow up长大，e.g. Their children have all grown up and left home now.
8. at the very beginning一开始，for up to 14 hours a day每天长达14小时
〈知识链接〉up to…达到；多达；高达，e.g. ①The dining hall can hold up to 500 people at the same time.这个餐厅可同时容纳500人之多。②He kept me waiting for up to 3 hours.
9. bamboo shoots and leaves竹笋和竹叶
10. the problems that Xi Wang may have in the future“希望”将来也许要遇到的问题
〈知识链接〉划线部分是定语从句，可以省略关系代词that。注意have与the problems搭配。
11. kill it for its fur为了得到它的毛皮而捕杀它
12. cut down trees砍倒树木
〈知识链接〉cut down是“动词＋副词”结构, cut it/them down, cut down a tree
〈用法拓展〉⑴cut back减少；削减 ⑵cut off砍掉；切断
13. have nowhere to live没有地方住，无处可住
〈知识链接〉⑴nowhere无处；哪里都不， This animal is found in Australia and nowhere else.
⑵somewhere某处，用于肯定句中；anywhere用于否定句或疑问句中；everywhere＝here and there到处，用于肯定句中。
14. leave the baby pandas for two whole days on their own让熊猫崽单独呆两整天
〈知识链接〉⑴on one’s own＝by oneself＝alone单独地，独自地，独立地 ⑵leave one by oneself把某人单独留下e.g. ①Many young people in the USA like living on their own.② Zhang Hua was at home alone when the fire began. ③I can’t leave her by herself.
15. need help需要帮助，这里的help是名词，如：ask the policeman for help
16. in danger处于危险中，in danger of…面临…的危险，out of danger脱离危险
〈用法拓展〉⑴Danger! Keep out！危险！请勿入内！⑵Children’s lives are in danger every time they cross this road. ⑶The building is in danger of coming down. ⑷The workers in this factory are in danger of losing their jobs. ⑸Doctors said now she is out of danger. ⑹be a danger to sb/sth对…有危害，e.g. Smoking is a serious danger to health.
17. take the following actions to protect giant pandas采取以下行动保护大熊猫
〈知识链接〉take action to do sth采取行动做某事，动词不定式作目的状语 The firemen took action at once to stop the big fire spreading.
〈用法拓展〉active积极的，actively积极地，activity活动，actor男演员，actress女演员，
18. encourage farmers to leave the giant pandas reserves劝告农民离开大熊猫自然保护区
〈知识链接〉⑴encourage sb to do sth鼓励/劝告某人做某事 ⑵courage勇气 encourage鼓励
Banks actively encourage people to borrow money.
19. protect＝keep someone/something safe from danger使某人/某物摆脱危险
20. run the other way掉头就跑；跑开 (the other way表示另一方向)
〈知识链接〉⑴the other(两者中的)另一个，常用one…the other…一个…另一个…⑵another(两者以上中的)另一个；再一个 ⑶other＋名词复数＝others泛指“其余所有的”，常用Some…others…一些…其他的…，或Some…some…others…一些…一些…其他的… ⑷the other＋名词复数＝the others特指“(一定范围内)其余所有的”
①There are many trees on the other side of the river.
②She has two brothers. One is called Jim and the other is called Tom.
③I don’t like these jeans. Can you show me another pair?
④Some boys are reading, others are playing chess.
⑤Some of them like English, some like Maths and others like physics.
⑥There are 80 students in our class. Twenty-nine are girls and the others are boys.
〈用法拓展〉由way构成的短语：on one’s way to…, lose one’s way, by the way, in many ways, in this way