英语复习知识点概要chance和combine chance     1)用于短语： give sb.a chance给某人一次机会； have a chance to do sth.有机会做； miss a chance错过机会； lose a chance失去机会； 2)用于句型： The chance is that…/ The chances are that…表示“有可能……”（句型中的The和That 可省略）。如： The chance is (that)she’s already heard the news. 可能她已听到那则消息了。 Chances are that the new machine will arrive tomorrow. 新机器可能明天到。 新概念英语网课 新概念英语听力 新概念英语音频 3）后接of 或that从句表示“可能性”。如： He has no chance of winning the match.他不可能赢得这次比赛。 There is a chance that I will see him.我有可能见到他。 [应用]一句多译： 那里有可能藏着蛇。 The chances are that there is a snake over there. There is a chance of a snake hiding there. There is a chance that a snake is over there. combine意为“结合、联合”，指为了某一目的而把两事物结合在一起。如： We must combine theory with practice.我们必须把理论和实践联系起来。 He combines botany with chemistry.他把植物学和化学联系起来了。 connect“连接”，指用东西把两事物连接在一起，或两事物直接相连，二者仍保持原状。 The two cities are connected by a railway. 两座城市由铁路相连。 He connected the gas stove with gas pipe.他把煤气和接在煤气炉上。 join意为“连接”，指以线、绳、桥等把两物或两地连接在一起，和connect意思相近，也可指两物互相紧密相接。如： We had better join the island to the mainland with a steel bridge.我们最好建一座钢筋桥把这个岛与大陆连接起来。 Where does this stream join the Changjiang River?这条河和长江在哪里会合？ cloth; clothes; dress cloth指做衣服等用的“衣料、布”。一般作不可数名词。如: I put a piece of wet cloth around my face and lay on the floor for about two hours. 注：用于表达特殊用途的布，如“桌布、抹布”等时，cloth用做可数名词。如： He washed a table cloth just now. clothes意为“衣服”，总是以复数形式出现，泛指身上穿的各部分衣着，包括上衣、裤子、内衣、背心等。如:Look at these clothes. They are on Mrs Green’s clothes line. 注意： （1）“一件衣服”不可说 a clothes, 应说 an article of clothing;“一套衣服”可说a suit(set) of clothes. (2)clothes 前不可直接用数词修饰，如不可说three clothes. (3)clothes 前可用these, those, the, many, few修饰，口语中可用much, little修饰。 (4)chothes作主语时，谓语动词只能用复数形式。 dress 可用于可数和不可数名词，用于可数名词时，常指妇女、儿童服装、内衣或外衣等公共场合穿的衣服。用于不可数名词时，统指“衣服”。该词可作动词，意为“给……穿衣”。如： What colour is Mrs Green’s dress? He could not wash himself or get dressed. combine; connect; join; unite 此组动词意为“联合、连接”。