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1.initial adj.开始的,最初的→ initially adv.最初,首先;开头→initiative n.首创精神;倡议
2.confirm v.证实,证明 →confirmation n.确认;证实;证明
3.crowd n.人群→ crowded adj.拥挤的;塞满的
4.attempt n.努力,尝试vt.企图,试图;尝试→attempted adj.企图的;未遂的
5.fail v.失败→failure n.失败
6.psychology n.心理学→psychologist n.心理学家
1.up to达到(某数量、程度等);直到;能胜任;正在干……,从事着(尤指坏事)
①I can take up to four people in my car. 多达
②I don't feel up to the task. 胜任
③Up to yesterday,I thought he was single. 直到
④It's up to you to decide whether to go or to stay. 由……决定
2.figure out 想出, 理解; 弄明白, 看透;计算出
①I can't figure out what he was hinting at. 看透
②Please figure out the total cost. 计算出
③Could you help me figure out this problem? 解决
④I didn't figure out how to do it. 想出
⑤I simply couldn't figure out his intention. 弄明白
Words and Phrases
thus adv.因此,从而
(教材P49) Christopher Columbus(1451-1506)was an Italian explorer who completed journeys between Spain and the Americas,thus marking the beginning of European exploration of the Americas.
克里斯托弗·哥伦布(1451-1506)是一位意大利探险家,他完成了西班牙和美洲之间的旅程,从而标志着欧洲探索美洲的开始。
[例1] The universities have expanded,thus allowing many more people the chance of higher education.
大学扩招了,这样就使更多人能有机会接受高等教育。
[例2] We do not own the building.Thus,it would be impossible for us to make any major changes to it.
我们不是这栋楼房的房主,因此不能对它进行大改动。
[造句] 老年人常常想方设法省钱吃饭,结果损害了他们的健康。
Old people often try to save money to eat,thus endangering their health.
[知识拓展]
therefore adv. 因此;所以
so conj. 因此;所以
as a result 结果;因此
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①They never change and thus/therefore I can trust them.
②He lost his health,and therefore his difficulties increased.
confirm v.证实,证明
(教材P50) The first people confirmed to have reached the top were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
第一批被证实登上顶峰的人是1953年的埃德蒙·希拉里和丹增·诺盖。
[例1] Rumours of job losses were later confirmed.
裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
[例2] His guilty expression confirmed my doubt.
他内疚的表情证实了我的猜疑。
[造句] 你能证实一下接下来发生了什么事吗?
Can you confirm what happened next?
[知识拓展]
confirmation n. 证实,证明;确认函
confirmed adj. 成习惯的,根深蒂固的,坚定的
confirm to have done