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Learning About Language
Ⅰ.重点单词
基础单词
1.rumour n.谣言;传闻
2.presume vt.&vi.假设;假定
3.fare n.车费;船费;飞机票价
4.gramme n.克(重量单位)
5.flour n.面粉
6.venue n.活动场地(如音乐厅,会场等)
7.alien n.外星人(生物);外国人
adj.陌生的;外星的;外国的
拓展单词
1.weekly adj.每周的;n.周刊→week n.一周,星期
2.calculate vt.计算;核算;预测→calculating adj.精明的;精于算计的→calculation n.计算→calculator n.计算器
3.chairwoman n.女主席;女董事长;女委员长→chairman n.主席;董事长;委员长
Ⅱ.重点短语
1.be__charged__with 被指控……
2.on__a...basis 根据;以……的方式(基准)
3.be__aware__of 知道;了解
4.a__threat__to 对……的威胁
5.set__up 建立
6.get__caught__up 被卷入,卷入到
7.begin__with 以……开始
Ⅲ.重点句型
1.Sophia, currently said__to__be__the__most__advanced__AI__robot in the world, is a great example.
索菲亚,目前被认为是世界上最先进的智能机器人,就是一个很好的例子。
○句中said to be...为过去分词在句中作非限制性定语,相当于which is currently said to be...
2.When__it__comes__to__games,__2017 became a year in which AI defeated humans in so many games that AI researchers say that it will not be long before AI can win at almost everything.
当说到游戏,2017这一年人工智能在那么多游戏中战胜了人类,人工智能研究人员说用不了多久,人工智能在几乎各方面都会获胜。
○When it comes to...当谈到……,是固定句型。
3.With__exams__being__adapted__into__Braille,__a blind senior high school student scored 630 points...
随着考试采用了盲文,一个盲人高中生在高考中获得630分的高分……
○With复合结构在句中作状语。
[重点词汇]
1.fare n.车费;船费;飞机票价;乘客
[归纳拓展]
bus (air/taxi/car/train/rail)fare公交车(飞机,出租车,汽车,火车)费用
return fare来回路费
[语境感悟]
She would have five shillings after paying tram fare.
付了电车费后,她还会剩下五先令。
How much is the single fare to Glasgow?
去格拉斯哥的单程票多少钱?
The taxi driver picked up a fare at the station.
出租车司机在车站拉了一个乘客。
[巧辨异同]
fare
指旅客乘公共汽车、出租车、火车、轮船、飞机等所支付的费用。
fee
医生、律师或其他专门职业的佣金及会费、手续费、停车费等。
cost
“成本、原价”,常用来表示对已取得的货物或劳务所支付的费用。通常不会用人来当主语
[即学活用]-选择适当的词填空(fare,fee,cost)
①The train fare has already been taken out from his salary.
②The doctor's fee was fifty dollars for a complete physical examination.
③They reduced the cost of production,so as to fetch down the price of the products.
2.on a...basis 根据;以……的方式(基准)
(教材原句P4)Money paid for work or services,typically on a daily or weekly basis.
为工作或服务支付的钱,通常是每天或每周。
[归纳拓展]
on th