英语是联合国的工作语言之一。精品小编准备了高二英语必修5重点短语，具体请看以下内容。

1. take up 拿起；接受；开始；继续

【经典例句】Take care not to take up the hot coals with your bare hands.

小心不要光着手去拿热煤块。

The work took up all his time. 那工作花费了他所有的时间。

【归纳拓展】1)to start to do sth. 开始做(某项工作);开始从事(工作);

I have taken up teaching since I graduated from university.

我大学毕业后就从事教学工作。

2)to accept sth. that is offered or available 接受(建议或能得到的东西)

She took up his offer of a drink. 他请她喝一杯，她接受了。

另外还表示“占用空间和时间”

This table takes up too much room. 这张桌子太占地方了。

3)相关短语：take up with 与……交往;与……鬼混;就……请教……　如： Bob’s parents were alarmed to find that he had taken up with a group of very rough boys.鲍勃的父母吃惊地发现他和一群粗野的男孩厮混在一起。

【高考链接】Helen always helps her mother even though going to school ______ most of her day. (广东)

A. takes up          B. makes up        C. saves up         D. puts up

(答案 A  )

To keep healthy，Professor Johnson____ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired. (NMET 2004上海卷第54题)

A. took up                B. caught on     C. carried out        D. made for

(答案为A。)

2. as a result（of）结果；由于……的结果

【经典例句】He worked hard，and as a result，he got promoted quickly.

他工作努力，被提拔得很快。

【归纳拓展】1)as a result(of)的用法：

as a result 不是连词，只能作状语。如：

He was late as a result of the traffic jam.

=There was a traffic jam. As a result，he was late.

由于交通阻塞，他迟到了。

as a result of 只能接名词、代词、动名词及what 引导的宾语从句。如：

He was late for school as a result of a serious traffic jam.

他上学迟到是因为交通严重堵塞。

2)常见短语

in the result 结果是

with the result that 为此;因此

without result 毫无结果;徒劳

result in/lead to 结果为……;终归;导致

result from/lie in 因为;源自

【高考链接】.______achievement，last week’s ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low, though not failing，grade.(NMET 2006湖南)

A.In terms of  B.In case of  C.As a result of  D.In face of

(答案选A。)

3. sweep up打扫，横扫；涌向；快速地抱起

【经典例句】She was left to sweep up after the party.

聚会结束后她被留下来打扫。

【归纳拓展】有关up的短语归纳：

speed up 加速

use up 用光

come up 过来

eat up 吃光

sit up 熬夜 / 坐正

turn up 出现 / 开大(音/水量)

【即学即用】1) He ________________________into his arms.

他一把将孩子抱进怀里。

(答案：swept up the baby)

2)In pushing to the train, the children ___________the crowds of people.

A. sweeping up into                B. swept up into

C. were swept up                  D. were swept up into

(答案：D)

III重点句型

1．The air seemed thin as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.

空气似乎很稀薄，好像在混合的气体中剩下的氧气很少。

【句型剖析】1)本句是由方式状语从句构成的复合句。

2)as though引导方式状语从句，as though/if“好像;似乎”，如：

The animal was walking as though it had hurt its leg.

这动物走路的样子好像伤了腿似的。

3)The air seemed thin是主句。主句是系表结构：seem是连系动词，thin是形容词在句子中充当表语。

【归纳拓展】as though/if作连词用时，通常用虚拟语气，表示与事实不符或相反的情况。如果表示与现在事实相反，谓语用did或were，如与过去事实相反，则用过去完成时。还可用真实语气。如：

The pen as though (if) is mine.

这枝钢笔好像是我的。