Module 2 Fantasy Literature
词汇短语园地
1. doubt n. 怀疑；疑惑，疑问
v. 怀疑，不相信，不信任
There is no doubt at all that we did the right thing.
毫无疑问我们做对了。
in doubt 不确定，怀疑，拿不准
beyond/without doubt 无疑地，确信地
2. level adj. 同高度的，等高的；地位相同的
（1）be level with sth 与……等高/地位相同
The child’s head is level with his father’s knee.
这孩子已经到他父亲的膝盖那么高了。
Those children want to be level with adults.
那些孩子想要与大人们平起平坐。
（2）level with sb 与某人得分相同
A good second round brought him level with the tournament leader.
他第二轮发挥良好，与锦标赛领先选手得分持平。
3. dream v. 做梦；想象，梦想
（1）dream of/about sb/sth 梦见某人/某物
I often dreamed of my younger brother soon after I left home.
刚离开家时，我常梦见弟弟。
（2）dream of/about sth/doing sth 梦想某事/做某事
This was the kind of trip most of us can only dream about.
这是我们大多数人只能梦想的旅行。
dream on 痴心妄想
dream sth away 梦幻似的度过；在遐想中虚度
dream sth up 凭空想出，虚构出
4. marry v. 结婚，娶，嫁；为……主持婚
礼；把……嫁给某人
（1）marry sb 娶/嫁某人；主持某人的婚礼
She married a German.
她嫁给了一个德国人。
They were married by the local priest.
本地牧师为他们主持了婚礼。
（2）marry sb to sb 把某人嫁给某人
He married his daughter to a teacher.
他把女儿嫁给了一位教师。
be married to sb 与某人结婚（表状态，可延续）
get married to sb 与某人结婚（表动作，不可与表示一段时间的状语连用）
5. punish v. 惩罚，处罚；对……判罪，判
定……的处罚方式
（1）punish sb for sth/doing sth 因某事/犯某事而惩罚某人
He was punished for refusing to answer their questions.
他因拒不回答他们的问题而受到了惩罚。
（2）punish sth by/with sth 对……判罪，判定……的处罚方式
In those days murder was always punished with the death penalty.
那个时候，谋杀总是判死罪。
6. thus adv. 因此，所以；以此方式，这样
thus意为“因此，所以”时，相当于therefore，hence。
He is the eldest son and thus heir to title.
他是长子，因此是这个封号的继承人。
The police tapped the terrorists’ phone， and the information thus collected was used at their trial.
警方监听了恐怖分子的电话，在审判他们时就使用了以这种方式收集到的情报。
7. ought v. 应该，应当
ought通常与to连用，构成情态动词ought to，其意思是“应该”，与should意思相当，只是语气稍重一些，无人称和时态变化。
（1）表示义务、责任等。
They ought to apologize.
他们应该道歉。
（2）表示期望或可能发生的事。
Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7.
儿童7岁时应该识字了。
（3）表示劝告或建议。
You ought to have come to the meeting. It was too interesting.
你真该出席会议的。它太有意思了。
（4）表示可能发生的或真实的事情。
If he started out at nine， he ought to be here by now.
他如果九点出发，现在应该到这里了。
8. play an important part in 在……中起重要
作用，对……有重要影响
Water conservancy projects play an important part in the fight against floods and droughts.
水利工程在防洪抗旱斗争中起了重要作用。
9. fix on 注视，凝视；集中（目光、注意力、
思想等）于
She fixed her eyes on the picture.
她凝视着那幅画。
It’s difficult to fix my mind on what I am doing.
我很难把精力集中在我正在做的事情上。
10. （be） associated with 与……有联系，
与……联系在一起
associate sb/sth with sb/sth意为“由……联想到，把……与……联系在一起”，（be） associated with是其被动语态。
He is always closely associated with horror movies in the public mind.
在公众的心目中，他总是和恐怖电影紧密联系在一起。
11. （be） restricted to 限于，仅限于，限制
在……
restrict sth to意思是“限制/限定……在某范围之内”，（be） restricted to是其被动语态。
Access to these documents remains restricted to civil servants.
这些文件仅限公务员使用。
12. set out 出发，动身，启程
set out = set off = set forth，都意为“出发，动身，启程”，只是set forth多用于文学上。
They set out on the last stage of their journey.
他们动身踏上最后一段行程。
We set off for London just after ten.
刚过十点，我们就动身去伦敦了。
We set forth immediately after breakfast.
吃过早饭， 我们马上就出发了。
名言警句
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind， so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
—Helen Keller
自私和抱怨使心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。
——海伦·凯勒
跟踪导练（一）
阅读理解
German artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash to make sculptures. “We are living in the time of garbage，” says Schult. “I created a thousand sculptures of garbage. They are a mirror of ourselves.” Here， Schult was talking about his 1，000 trash sculptures in the form of humans. He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
“They are social sculptures，” he explains. “They are not only sculptures for the eyes. They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage.” So far， Schult’s social sculptures have been on show in Paris， in Moscow’s Red Square， on the Great Wall of China， and in the desert next to the Giza Pyramids near Cairo.