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单元:必修二 Unit 4(Welcome to the unit — Reading)
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本单元词汇梳理
1. devote oneself to:devote oneself to (doing) sth
词族:devote, devoted, devotion
2. butterfly:butter (黄油) + fly (昆虫) (说法一:蝴蝶喜欢偷吃黄油和牛奶;说法二:很多蝴蝶的颜色像黄油)
3. literature:词源:来自拉丁语litera (书写、字母),词源同letter, 引申词义文学作品。
4. appeal:ap- (= ad, to 去) + -pel (to drive, 驱动、推进) → 将某人赶到、驱使到某事物上,后衍生出“呼吁”等词义
词块:appeal (to sb) for sth, appeal to sb to do sth, appeal to sb
派生词:appealing
5. determine:de- (off, 向下) + term (to mark the end or boundary 划界限) → 明确;词源同term, terminal
词块:determine to do sth
词族:determine, determined, determination
6. significant:sign (标记) + -fic (做) + -ant → 需要做标记的即为“重要的、有意义的”;词源同fact
7. description:来自describe
词块:give a description of = describe
8. sensitive:sense (感觉) + -itive
一词多义:基本义“敏感的”;词块:be sensitive to
9. reflect: re- (back 向后、往回)