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Section C
Integrated Skills
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Vocabulary
1. entertainment
entertain vt.& vi.招待,款待;娱乐,使快乐
entertain sb. to/with sth. 用某物招待/款待某人
entertain sb. with sth. 用某物使某人快乐
entertaining adj.使人愉快的,有趣的
entertainer n.表演者,艺人
练习:Apart from providing ______________ (entertain), the website is also a helpful learning tool.
entertainment
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2. addict
addicted adj. 对……着迷的,沉迷的;有瘾的,上瘾的
be addicted to... 沉溺于……,对……入迷(to为介词)
addiction n. 瘾,嗜好,入迷
addictive adj.使人上瘾的;使人入迷的
练习:Your whole future will be at risk if you don't stop your __________ (addict) to the cellphone.
addiction
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3. quit
quit (doing) sth. 停止(做)某事
quit的过去式和过去分词是quit, quit或quitted/quitted.
quit school 退学
quit one's job 辞职
quit as... 辞去……职务
练习:During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds' singing, but as time passed, I felt very tired. Finally I wanted to quit _________ (climb).
climbing
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4. appreciate
appreciate (sb. /sb. 's)doing. . . 感激(某人)做……
I would appreciate it if . . . 如果……,我将不胜感激。
appreciative adj. 欣赏的;感激的 appreciate vt. 欣赏;感激
appreciation n. 欣赏;感激
注意:(1)appreciate 后面不能接不定式。
(2)appreciate不用于进行时。它表示“感谢”时,常接“事”作宾语,与thank刚好相反,thank 常构成“thank sb. for sth.(因某事而感谢某人)”结构。试比较:
I greatly appreciate your help. 我十分感谢你的帮助。
Thank you very much for your help. 非常感谢你的帮助。
练习:Understanding her good intentions, I eat all the food that is provided by Mom with ______________ (appreciate).
appreciation
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Reporting on Internet use
A1 ①What does Mr Tan mainly talk about in his introduction to the Internet?
The history and development of the Internet.
②How many computers were connected in the beginning?
Four computers.
③What did scientists around the world originally use the Internet as?
A space to share information.
④What did Tim Berners-Lee teach others to do?
To build their own websites.
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the early 1950s
pass messages
mid-1989
The world's first website
2014
more than 1 billion
3.6 billion
about 48 per cent
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Part B
①According to the first chart, which use of the Internet ha