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高中英语讲义
Section
Ⅲ
Learning about
Language & Using Language
1
．
rainfall
n
．
2
．
agriculture
n
.
3
．
shrink
< br>v
t
.&
v
i
.
4
．
wind
v
t
.
5
．
paralyze
v
t
.
6
．
snatch
v
t
.
7
．
desperate
adj
.
8
．
bachelor
n
.
9
．
amongst
prep
.
10
．
sow
v
t
.&
v
i
.
11
．
authority
n
.
12
．
funnel
n
.
降雨；降雨量
农业；农学
收缩；
< br>(
使
)
皱缩；缩短
绕；缠
使瘫痪；使麻痹
攫取；抢走
不顾一切的；绝望的
单身汉；
(
文理
)
学士
在
……
中间；在<
/p>
……
之中
播种；传播
权力；权威；当局
漏斗
1
．
correspond with
2
．
owe ...to
3
．
talk...into
．
..
4
．
be unconscious
of/about
5
．
recover from
与
……
通信
把
……
归功于；欠
说服某人做某事
没有意识到
……
从
……
中恢复；从
……
中获得
1
．
A few varieties
，
however
，
< br>can kill humans
，
so
it_is_just_as_well_that snakes are very shy
and usually attack only if they are
disturbed and feel threatened.
不过
，
还有少数几种蛇能致人于死地。
好在蛇都胆小怕事
，
通常只有被打搅和感到威胁
时才会出
击。
2
．
H
owever
，
although they look
dangerous because of their wide mouths and sharp
teeth
，
all_but two or three
kinds are harmless to humans.
然而
，
虽然由于它们的大嘴和尖牙使它们看起来非常危险
，
但是除了两三种以外
，
其他
的鲨鱼都不会对人类有害。
3
．
You might think
that with all these dangerous animals Australia is
an unsafe place to live
in or
r
，
this is far from the
truth.
你可能认为有这么多危险的动物存在
，
澳大利亚对于人居住和旅游是一个不安全的地
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< br>
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方。但是
，
这远远不是真实的。
4
．
There are
no_more_than a handful of shark attacks each year
and only three deaths have
been
reported in the last five years.
每年至多有少
数的鲨鱼袭击事件
，
在过去的五年里只有三起死人事件报道。<
/p>
Read the passage
quickly and tell the following statements True
(
T
)
or
False
(
F
)
< br>．
1
．
In Australia
you can find almost 170 poisonous snakes.(
)
2
．
Quite a few
spiders in Australia are harmful enough to kill a
man.(
)
3
．
The sharks in
Australia vary in size from just 20 centimetres to
over 14 metres.(
)
4
．
The box
jellyfish may be the most poisonous animal in the
world.(
)
5
．
The two types
of the crocodile have been known to kill human
beings.(
)
答案：
1
－
We
know
a
lot
about
these
early
years
of
European
settlement
because
most
migrants
corresponded
with their
families at home and many of their letters still
survive.
对于欧洲移民的这些早期历史我们了解甚多
，
因为大多数移民和家人保持通信
，
很
多信
件依然存在。
①
I have corresponded with a
foreign friend and we write to each other once a
month.
我和一位外国朋友通信，我们相互之间每个月写一封。
②
The copy corresponds with
the original.
抄件与原件相符。
[
自我探究
]
correspond
是不及物动词，意为通信；符合，常与介词
with
，
to
连用。
correspond
(1)
通信<
/p>
(
常与介词
with
连用
，
意为
“
与
……
通信
”
)
(2)
符合
，
相一致
(
常与介词
to
连用
)
correspondence
n
．
correspondent
n
.
adj
.
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信件
，
通信
通讯员
，
记者
符合的
，
一致的
，
相当的
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③
For the next three years
they corresponded regularly.
在接下来的三年里他们定期通信。
④
The two halves of the
document did not correspond.
这份文件的两部分不相符。
⑤
The numbers corresponded to
distinct points on the maps.
这些数字与地图上明确的点
相对应。
These early settlers
owed
their survival to hard
work and determination to succeed.
这些早期的定居者把他们能生存下来归功于努力工作和成功的
决心。
①
I owed him 5
yuan
，
which he
lent me last week.
我欠他
5
元钱，那是他上周借给我的。
②
How much do I owe
you
？
我欠你多少钱？
[
自我探究
]
owe
是及物动词，意为负债。表示“欠某人多少钱”，组成
owe
；表示“归功
于”时，常与介词
to
连用。
owe
(1)
欠钱
，
负债
(2)
应该做；应给予；应感激；应该向某人致敬
(3)
归功于
(
和<
/p>
to
连用
)
(4)owing to
＝
due
to
＝
because
of
因为
③
I’ll write and
tell Mary
；
I owe her a letter
anyway.
我将写信告诉玛丽；不管怎样，我该给她写信。
④
One of the neighbours owes
me a favor
；
I’m sure
they
’
ll
中有一家曾让我帮过忙，我肯定他们会照料这只猫。
⑤“
I owe you an apology
，
Tom
，
”
he said sheepishly.
“我得
向你道歉，汤姆，
”他腼腆
地说。
⑥
He owes a great deal to his
publishers.
他对他的出版商感激不尽。
⑦
Their success owes more to
good luck than to careful management.
他们的成功更多凭借的是好运气，而不是苦心经营。
⑧
Owing to a lack of
funds
，
the project will not
continue next year.
由于缺乏资金，该项目明年将中止。
take
care
of
the
cat.
邻居
只要坚持
梦想早晚会实现
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The
authorities
，
being
desperate
，
increased the
height of the fence again and again and
it was soon over forty metres
high.
感到绝望的管理者一次又一次地加高栅栏
，
很快栅栏就有
40
多
米高了。
①
The
prisoners became desperate in their attempts to
escape.
那些囚犯拼命企图逃亡。
②
Doctors were fighting a
desperate battle to save the little
girl
’
s life.
医生们不惜一切地奋力抢救小女孩的生命。
[
自我探究
]
desperate
是形容词，
意为不顾一切的；
绝望的；
(
因为绝望而
)
孤注一掷的，
铤而走险的。
desperate
adj
.
(1)
非常需要的
< br>(2)(
局势、情形
)
危急的<
/p>
，
极其严峻的
desperately
ad
v
.
desperation
n
.
in desperation
③
By then I was desperate for
a holiday.
到那时候，我已经特别渴望休假了。
④
There was a desperate
shortage of doctors.
医生人数严重不足。
⑤
The state of the country is
desperate.
该国局势严峻。
⑥
There was a note of
desperation in his voice.
听他的语气，他急得要命。
⑦
In
desperation
，
she called
Louise and asked for her help.
在走投无路的情况下，她给路易丝打了个电话请她帮忙。
Do
you
think
by
the
end
of
the
conversation
，
Bob
has
talked
Wei
Ping
into
going
camping?
你认为在对话结束时
，
鲍勃会说服魏平去野营吗？
①
We talked him into doing
this experiment.
我们说服他进行这项实验。
绝望地<
/p>
，
拼命地
，
不顾
一切地
拼命
，
绝望
绝望地
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②
He talked me into walking
home with him.
他说服我跟他一起走路回家。
[
自我探究
]
talk doing
sth.
＝
persuade do
sth.
意为说服某人做某事。
talk
talk around sth.
talk back
talk out
talk of doing sth.
talk over
talk of
talk through
[
巧学活用
]
——
完
成句子
不要被别人说服去做你不想做的事。
Don
’
t let
yourself be________________doing anything you
don
’
t want to do.
答案：
talked into
If someone is unlucky enough to be
bitten
，
wind
a
bandage firmly around the whole limb
if
they are bitten on a limb.
要是有人不幸被蛇咬了
，
如果咬伤在四
肢处
，
用绷带缠紧整个肢体。
①
The nurse wound bandage
round my finger.
护士用纱布包扎我的手指头。
②
The little boy wound his
arms around his mother
’
s
neck.
那个小男孩用手臂紧紧抱着妈妈的脖子。
[
自我探究
]
在以上两个例句中，
wind
是及物动词，意为缠，绕，卷。
wind
(1)
缠绕
，
卷绕
(2)
摇动
，
转动
，
给
……
上发条
(3)(
河流、道路等
)
蜿蜒
，
曲折前进
只要坚持
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说服某人同意
不着边际地谈
回嘴
，
顶嘴
通过协商解决
(
问题
< br>)
说服某人不做某事
商量<
/p>
，
详细讨论
谈到
，
提及
把
……
彻底说清楚
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wind down
wind up
wind
one
’
s way
③
Wind the wires
around those nails there.
把金属丝绕在那边的那些钉子上。
使
逐步结束
，
平静下来
，
放松
(
使
< br>)
结束；愚弄
蜿蜒前进
④
Can you wind the video back
a little way
—
I want to see
that bit again.
请把录像往后倒一点
——<
/p>
我想再看看那一小段。
⑤
What time is
it
？
I forgot to wind my
watch.
几点了？我忘记把表上发条了。
⑥
Would you mind winding down
the window?
请把窗户摇下来好吗？
⑦
Highway 99 winds its way
along the coast.
99
号公路沿海岸线弯弯曲曲地延伸。
⑧
If we all
agree
，
let’s wind up the
discussion.
要是大家都同意的话，咱们这次讨论就此结束。
[
巧学活用
]
——
完成句子
(1)
她绕来绕去穿过了人群。
She____________________________
．
(2)
今年我们都很忙
——
我需要有一段假期放松一下。
This year we have been
busy
—
I need a holiday
just______________________
．
答案：
(1)wound her way through
the crowd
(2)to wind down
While
a
small
number
of
Australians
are
bitten
by
spiders
each
year
，
most
recover
without
any medical treatment.
虽然每年有
少数澳大利亚人被蜘蛛咬伤
，
但是绝大多数人不
用治疗就能痊愈。
①
She
soon recovered herself and stopped crying.
不一会，她冷静下来，不再哭了。
②
He fell off the bike and
hurt his leg
，
but soon
recovered.
他从自行车上摔下来，伤了腿，但很快就恢复了。
[
自我探究
]
recover
是及物动词，意为痊愈；复原。
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recover
v
.
(1)
恢复健康
，
恢复正常
(2)
重新获得
，
找回
(3)
< br>恢复
(
能力、知觉、活动能力等
)
recovery
n
．恢复
，
康复；找回
③
My
boss is recovering from a heart attack.
我老板的心脏病发作，正在恢复中。
④
After this
war
，
the country will take a
long time to recover.
经过这场战争，这个国家将需要很长时间才能恢复正常。
⑤
Police have so far failed
to recover the stolen jewellery.
警方尚未找回被盗的珠宝。
⑥
It was some hours before
she recovered consciousness.
过了几个小时她才恢复知觉。
⑦
She made a quick recovery
from the flu.
流感后她很快恢复了健康。
This crocodile moves very
quickly when it sees something it considers to be
food
，
and
from
time
to
time
a
crocodile
has
snatched
someone
before
he
or
she
is
even
aware
that
the
crocodile is there.
当鳄鱼看见某些它
认为是食物的东西时
，
它就会迅速游过去
，
并且常常在猎物还没有意
识到鳄鱼在那儿时
，
就被它一下子抓住了。
①
The fox snatched a chicken
and ran away.
狐狸抓了只鸡就跑了。
②
The robber snatched the
jewellery and escaped.
强盗夺了珠宝就跑了。
[
自我探究
]
snatch
是动词，意为攫取；抓住；抢夺。
snatch
v
.
(1)
抢
，
抢夺
，
抢
去
(2)
抓住
(
机会、机遇等
)
；抓紧时间
③
The thief snatched her
purse and ran.
只要坚持
梦想早晚会实现
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