教师资格考试中学英语知识点讲解五

【词条1】behave

【点拨】behave 用作不及物动词，意为 表现 。如：

She has been behaving very politely.

另外，behave还可意为 举止得体；守规矩 ，常和反身代词连用。如：

Can t you make your little child behave himself？

【拓展】well- / ill- / badly-behaved adj.表现得好的/不好的；behavior n.行为，举止如：

He is thought to be a well-behaved child.

She was ashamed of her children s bad behavior.

【词条2】appeal

【点拨】appeal可用作名词，意为 吸引力，感染力 。如：

Films of this sort have lost their appeal for me.

【拓展】

1. appeal用作名词时，还可意为 呼吁，请求 。如：

His appeal for forgiveness went unanswered.

An appeal is being made for help for those who lost their homes in the earthquake.

2. appeal还可用作动词， 意为 引起兴趣；呼吁，请求 ，常跟介词to连用。如：

Does the idea of working abroad appeal to you？

The police are appealing to the public for any information about this.

【词条3】awake

【点拨】awake 可用作形容词，意为 醒着的 。如：

I have lain awake all night thinking over the problem.

注意：awake是表语形容词，不能用于名词前作定语。类似的形容词还有asleep， alive， aware等。

【拓展】awake 可作不及物动词，意为 醒来 ，这时与wake up意义相近；awake也可作及物动词，意为 唤醒，叫醒；唤起；激起 。如：

I awake to the ringing of an electric bell every day.

The thunder awoke me last night.

His father tried to awake him to a sense of duty.

Nothing can awake her interest in foot-ball.