1. …Yuan Longping, is a leading figure. 阅读下列句子，注意 figure 的意思及用 法。 1) Martin Luther King Jr. is a famous historical figure. 2) Five people were reported to have died and the figure is expected to rise. 数字 人物

3) How does she manage to keep her figure when she eats so much? 4) There is a bronze figure of a horse in front of the school building. 身材 keep one’s figure 保持身材 雕像 5)We bought the house at a high figure. 金额, 价格

6) Marriage and family figure in our plans. 7) I figured that Jim would have received my letter by now. v. 占有重要的地位，举足轻重 认为，估计 8) The figure on page 22 shows a political map of Africa. 图解, 图表

figure out figure on figure of speech figure skating 【拓展】 明白，计算 打算 修辞手段 花样滑冰

2. Yuan Longping was born and brought up in China. 1) It was his grandparents who brought up the boy after the earthquake. 2) I was brought up to be honest. 抚养 教育

3) I never thought he would bring up that matter before so many people. 4) He drank too much and brought up all that he had drunk at midnight. 提出 呕吐

【拓展】 bring about 引起，造成； bring down 使降低，击落； bring back 归还； bring in 收入，引进

1) Dr. Yuan’s research was supported by the government. 2) The whole building is supported by four big pillars ( 柱子 ). 3. The research was supported by the government. vt. 支持 vt. 支撑

3) He has been supporting himself since he was 15 years old. 4) Several major companies are supporting the project. 5) He has strong support from all religious groups. vt. 供养，养活 vt. 资助，赞助 n. 支持，拥护

6) The statistics offer further support for our theory. 7) He finally promised to join me in support of my plan. in support of 支持，拥护 n. 证据，依据

[ 拓展 ] supporter n. 支持者，拥护者 supportable adj. 可维持的；可赡养的 support sb. in sth. 支持某人做某事 support sth. with sth. 用某物支撑某物 supporting actor 配角

4. …rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops. convert (...) to / into... 改变（习惯、态 度等）；把 … 转化为 … 。 我们能把这个小卧室改成书房吗？ Could we convert the small bedroom to / into a study? convertion n. 转变，变换

1) Nothing can replace a mother’s love and care. 2) I’ll replace the glass I have broken with a new one. 5. The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometres. 取代，代替 赔还

3) The shopkeeper said he would replace the TV set if we were not satisfied. 4) Replace the newspapers after reading them, please! 5) We have replaced human labour with / by machines in many ways. 把 …… 放回原处 更换，调换 replace sth with / by sth. 用 … 取代 …

[ 拓展 ] replacement n. 替代品；替换 take the place of / in place of 代替，取代