elect, occur等重点单词精析 1. 【课文原句】 By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society. (P2) 【点拨】 elect vt. 选举，选择，决定。通常用于下列结构： elect sb + 职位名词; elect sb to + 机构名词；elect to do sth。 【例句】 They elected him (as / to be) President. 他们选他当总统。 She was elected to Parliament in 1978. 她于1978年入选议会。 Increasing people elect to work from home nowadays. 现在越来越多的人选择在家里工作。 He has elected to become a lawyer. 他已决定做一名律师。 【拓展】 election n. 选举，当选；elective adj. 由选举产生的；elector n. 选民。如： It’s impossible to tell who will win the next election. 下届选举谁能获胜无法预知。 2. 【课文原句】 It didn’t occur to me that ... (P5) 【点拨】 occur vi. 发生，出现。 【例句】 That plane crash occurred only minutes after take-off. 那场空难在（飞机）起飞几分钟后就发生了。 Many mistakes occur in your composition. 你的作文中出现了许多错误。 【拓展】 1) occur to sb （主意或想法）被某人想起，被某人想到。1 / 2 天仁集团 版权所有 禁止转载 http://www.trgroup.com.cn 如： A brilliant idea occurred to me. 我想到一个极好的主意。 2) it occurs to sb to do sth 某人想到做某事。如： It occurred to me to visit my teacher.我想到要去看看我的老师。 3) it occurs to sb + that 从句，某人想到……。如： Didn’t it occur to you that he was lying? 你当时没想到他在撒谎吗？ 3. 【课文原句】 ... many more Chinese people were able to grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA. (P8) 【点拨】 grasp vt. & n. 抓住，抓紧，掌握，领会。 【例句】 Grasp my hand and I will pull you over the wall. 抓住我的手，我把你拉过墙来。 You must grasp this opportunity. 你必须抓住这次机会。 When you listen, you must try to grasp the main point. 你听的时候一定要努力抓住要点。 I can’t grasp this maths question. 我不理解这道数学题。 The ball fell from his grasp. 球从他手里掉了。 He held my hand in a friendly grasp. 他友好地紧紧握着我的手。 【拓展】 grasp sb by the arm / wrist抓住某人的胳膊（手腕）；within / beyond one’s grasp 为某人所（不）能理解（控制）；grasp / take / catch / get hold of 抓住。如： His ideas are beyond my grasp. 他的想法我不能理解。 Victory in the election was within her grasp. 她在选举中稳操胜券。 2 / 2 天仁集团 版权所有 禁止转载 http://www.trgroup.com.cn 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/f6c02c4309a1284ac850ad02de80d4d8d15a01cd.html