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Unit 5 Humans and Nature
1. 核心词精讲
1. escape vi.&vt. “to get away from a place or dangerous situation when someone is trying to catch you or stop you” 逃离,逃走
【归纳】
escape (doing) sth. 逃避做某事
escape from 从……逃离; 逃走
escape to 逃至……
escape from reality 逃避现实
escape responsibility 逃避责任
2. A fisherman is trying to survive a storm.
survive vi.&vt. “to continue to live after an
accident, war, or illness” 幸存; 活下来
【归纳】
survive on 靠……生存
survive sth. 幸免于;从……中挺过来
survive 表示幸免于时,是及物动词,因而不要加多余的介词in,from等。
survive the war/ accident/ flood/ fire 在战争/ 事故/ 洪水/ 火灾中幸免于难
survive the attack 在袭击中幸免于难
【拓展】 survival n. 幸存,残存物
survivor n. 幸存者,生还者
3.After a while, I became curious about the whirlpool itself.
过了一会儿,我对旋涡本身产生了好奇。
curious adj. “wanting to know about something”好奇的
【归纳】
be curious to do sth. 好奇地去干某事
be curious about sth. 对……好奇
It’s curious+that... 奇怪的是……
【拓展】
curiosity n. 好奇心
out of curiosity 出于好奇
with curiosity 好奇地
curiously adv. 好奇地
4.…the second, between two objects of equal extent, round objects fell down less rapidly…
equal adj. “the same in size, number, amount, value etc as something else”相等的;相同的
【拓展】
be equal to sth. / doing sth. (in sth.) (在……方面) 与……相等; 能胜任……; 与……匹敌
equally adv. 平等地, 均等地
equality n. 平等
5. … but he was too frightened and stayed in the heavy boat.
frightened adj. “feeling afraid” 受惊的,害怕的
【拓展】
be frightened to do sth. 害怕做某事
be frightened of (doing) sth. 害怕……
frighten v. 使惊吓,使惊恐;被……吓坏(吓了一跳)
frightening adj. 令人惊恐的/恐怖的
6. During the polar summer of 1910-1911, both teams organized food bases in preparation for their journeys the next year.
preparation n. the process of preparing something 预备,准备
preparation意为“准备工作”时为可数名词
【拓展】
make preparation for 为……做准备
in preparation for sth. 为某事做准备
be in preparation 在准备中
prepare v. 准备;预备
prepare to do 准备做……
prepare sb. for sth. 使某人为某事做好准备
7. base v. to have your main place of work, business etc in a part