探究点 1 director 的用法

director
词性：n.
词义：导演
对应的动词：direct，意为“导演；管理”
构成：direct+or
My uncle works as a director in a film company.
我叔叔在一家电影公司当导演。
【知识拓展】
(1)director 还有“负责人，主管”的意思。
The director of this museum showed us around yesterday.
这家博物馆的负责人昨天带我们参观了一圈。
(2)“-or”为名词后缀，加在某些动词后，构成名词，表示“……的人(或物)”，如：

【情境应用】
1. Miss Wang is an excellent (direct). And she has directed many wonderful films.
2. The old (invent)never gave up making new inventions.
3. Many (visit)come to visit Mount Huangshan every year.

1. director 2. inventor 3. visitors

探究点 2 role 的用法

role n. 角色
Alice played the role of the princess in our drama Snow White. 爱丽丝在我们的戏剧《白雪公主》中扮演公主。
play the role of... 意为“扮演……的角色”
play a role in... 意为“在……中起作用/有影响”，相当于 play a part in...
Breakfast plays an important role in our daily lives.
早餐在我们的日常生活中起着重要的作用。
【情境应用】
1. 当人们观看演出时，他们通常在决定获胜者方面发挥作用。
When people watch a show，they usually deciding the winner.
2. 他将在这部新电影中扮演医生的角色。
He will a doctor in the new film.

1. play a role in 2. play the role of

探究点 3 silence 的用法

silence
She is eating dinner in silence now.
她现在正默默地吃着晚饭。
不可数名词，意为“沉默，缄默”。常用搭配：in silence 安静地；无声地
对应的形容词为 silent，意为“寂静的；无声的”
The library is always silent because everyone is reading carefully. 图书馆里总是很安静，因为每个人都在认真看书。
【知识拓展】
silent adj. → silently adv. 寂静地；无声地
She silently closed the door so she wouldn’t wake her sleeping parents.
她轻轻地关上门，以免吵醒她熟睡的父母。
【情境应用】
1. 妈妈正在睡觉。汤姆安静地开门离开了房间。
Mum was sleeping. Tom opened the door and left the room .
2. The students listened (silent)as the teacher told interesting stories.
3. Tina remained (silence)during the party because she didn’t want to draw attention.

1. in silence 2. silently 3. silent