1. Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

2. Language Points step up 加紧、加速 (speed up, increase)
We will be stepping up production to meet the increased demand.
When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace.
We will have to step up training for the coming basketball.

3. search n./ v. look for
The search for the missing man has not been successful.
He walked through the desert in search of the lost camel.
The last few years of his life were spent in traveling from place to place ,searching for his son who was missing.
cf. The policeman is searching the thief.
The policeman is searching for the thief.

4. go missing
Her hair is going grey over the years.
She went crazy when she found out that she had failed the exam.
go hungry, go mad, go wrong, go bad, go unpunished go dead go uncorrected Go unnoticed / go from bad to worse
This is not a family where bad behavior goes unpunished.

5. due to because of
Due to his rudeness, I didn’t say one more word to him.
He arrived late due to the unexpected storm.
Due to the hard work of the teaching staff, over 90% of the students in this school have
passed the national entrance examination.

6. expected to…
The next train to Xi’an is due at 4 o’clock.
I’m due to graduate next year.
The bill is due to be paid next week.

7. show up arrive as expected or arranged / appear
She must have gone to work early, because she did not show up for breakfast.
You never know when she is coming---she just shows up whenever she feels like it.
We’ve been waiting for hours for you to show up.

8. put on 播放, 上演
He put on the video tape and watched carefully.
Do you want to put some music on?
They will put on a new play next week.
put on weight
put on a coat

9. standing inside were… creatures with large black eyes.
This is an inverted sentence.
Growing all over the hills are trees of different kinds.
Sitting on the ground was a girl playing the guitar.

10. research n. serious and detailed study of…
In his research he found that girls talk more than boys.
do/carry out research into/on…
I have often thought of doing research on the problem.
They are carrying out/doing some researches into/on the side effects of medicine.

11. rule out 排除
The police ruled out the possibility that the boy had been murdered.
His suggestion was ruled out as impractical.
The possibility that he knew about the stolen files cannot be ruled out.

12. look into 调查 ( investigate)
The police are looking into the case.
Perhaps you wouldn’t mind looking into the problem?
The police are looking into the records of all those involved in the crime.
The leaders will meet next month in Beijing to look into the possibility of future cooperation.

13. take charge of 负责，接管
The son took charge of the hotel after his father passed away.
Do you remember the day when we left you in charge?
be in charge of
be in the charge of
charge…for

14. Make up
工资的增长并不总能够弥补恶劣的工作环境之不足
Pay increases will not always make up for poor working conditions
2. Eleven players make up a football team
3. I couldn’t think of a story to tell the children,
so I made up one as I went along
4. They broke up yesterday and now they have made up

15. Some important expressions : in space at a time
be disappointed with sb
The teacher was disappointed with Jack because he was not making any progress
Some important expressions :
in space at a time
avoid using negative sentences
carry out space exploration
with the launch of collect samples
discover evidence dream of doing
separate from take a space walk
to be more precise

16. be heavily built
run with amazing speed and strength
on average
become convinced
be fully convinced
make its way
The wounded soldier made his way to the seashore.

17. 找到路 摸索着走 非常困难地前进 突破……而前进 迷路 4. find one’s way feel one’s way
make one’s way
fight one’s way
lose one’s way
I hope you can find the way home.
She couldn’t find the way out of the building.
The soldiers fought their way through the
fierce enemies.
摸索着走
非常困难地前进
突破……而前进 迷路