《2025年活动单导学课程高中英语必修第二册译林版》

Ⅱ 短语讲解
set off 使爆炸;拉响(警报等);动身,出发;引发;激起
【原句】As midnight approaches, Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and sons outside to set off firecrackers. (page 40, lines 36 - 37) 午夜将至,罗言带着父母妻儿到屋外放鞭炮。
【拓展】
set about doing 着手做
set aside 留出(时间、金钱等);暂时不考虑
set down 记下;让……下车;制订,规定(规则、原则等)
set in 来临;开始
set out 陈述;启程;(怀着目标)开始工作,展开任务
set up 建立,创立
【即学即练】用上面短语的适当形式填空
① The enemy tank car caught fire and set off a chain of explosions.
② I will set about preparing supper.
③ They have set out to deal with the present situation.
④ He would always set down new ideas that occurred to him.
⑤ He felt happy when his boss stated that he could set aside some time for exercise.
⑥ A new middle school has been set up in the village.

答案： ①set off ②set about ③set out ④set down ⑤set aside ⑥set up

1. Indeed, the whole family could not be happier to be together. (page 39, line 8) 的确,一家人再没有比团团圆圆更高兴的事了。
【句式】“否定词 + 比较级”表示最高级的含义。
【拓展】
常用的否定词有 no、not、never、nothing、nobody、hardly 等。
【即学即练】仿写
①多精彩的小说啊! 我从来没有读过比这更感人的了。
What a wonderful novel! I have never read a more moving one.
②没人比 Tom 工作更努力。
Nobody works harder than Tom.

答案： ①What a wonderful novel! I have never read a more moving one.
②Nobody works harder than Tom.

2. Despite the cold outside, their happy faces
fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. (page 39, lines 9 - 10) 尽管外面天寒地冻，他们幸福的脸庞却让屋内的空气暖洋洋的,欢声笑语处处可闻。
【句式】despite(prep.) + n. / doing 结构做让步状语,译成“尽管……”,相当于 though/although + 从句。句子主干 their happy faces fill the air 是主谓宾结构, while (conj.)引导时间状语从句。
【拓展】
while 作为连词的用法：
①引导时间状语从句,意为“当……的时候”。
②引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然……”。
③作并列连词用,意为“然而”,表示对比关系。
【即学即练】单句填空/仿写
① She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.
②一些人浪费食物,而另一些人却在挨饿。
Some people waste food, while others go hungry.

答案： ①despite ②Some people waste food, while others go hungry.