高考英语复习知识点概要appear和area; district apologize for doing sth. apologize是不及物动词，意为“道歉”，其表达式为“apologize to sb.for sth.”。如： You must apologize to your sister for being so rude.它的名词形式是apology, 复数形式是apologizes. make one’s apologies to sb. for sth.= make an apology to sb. for sth.如： He make his apologies to me for coming late. 语法易错题 速记英语单词的方法 高中英语教材 appear As a result, it appered to scientists on earth that the stars had moved.因此，地球上的科学家看来，恒星好像是移动了。 句型：It appears/seems(to sb.) +that—clause.看来/似乎是…… ①It appears to me that something is wrong.我看好像有点不大对头。 ②It appears that he will the prize.看来他会得笑。 appear;seem;look appear, seem, look都有“看起来似……”之意，但其暗含意思和用法又各有不同。 从意义上讲：[来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#K] (1)appear强调外表给人的印象，有时含实质上并非如此的意思，如： He appears to know more than he really does。他看起来好像懂得很多。（其实懂得没有那么多） (2)seem暗示有一定根据的判断，这种判断往往接近事实，如： His health seems to be better.他的健康状况似乎有所好转。 (3)look着重由视觉得出的印象，如： He doesn’t look his age.他看起来比实际年龄年轻（或老成）。 从用法上讲： seem和appear后可加 (to + be)+表语(adj.或n.或prep.) +to v. It + ~ +(that)从句如： He seems/appears（to be）very sad today.=It seems that he is very sad today. It seems like years since I saw you last time. He seems a kind doctor.（=It seems that he is a kind doctor.） He seems/appears to have caught a cold.=It seems/appears that he has caught a cold. look当“看起来似乎…和as if从句。如： He looks strong. She looks like her mother. It looks as if we are going to miss the train.…”讲时，可接形容词、过去分词、名词、介词短语 area; district （1）area表示“地区、区域”，是普通用词，暗示一个较大的，可能是没有清楚界限的地区，不能用来指行政上的地理单位。如： The old man lives in a mountain area.这位老人生活在山东。 This is a less developed area.这是个欠发达地区。 Most of the large land areas are connected.多数大块陆地是相连的。 （2）district表示“区、地区、区域”，指为行政管理或选举之目的所分的区。在同一城市，各种性质不同的区域也叫district。如： Where is the District of Columbia?哥伦比亚特区在什么地方？ The old man used to work in the jin-Cha-Ji Military District.那位老人曾经在晋察冀军区工作。 The northeast part of the city is the residential district.这城市的东北部是住宅区。 Arm