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Unit4 Life on Mars
1. dried food dry adj.干燥的 v.(使)变干
2. planet 行星 the Earth, the Moon, Mars
3. polluted adj.被污染的pollute v.污染 pollution n.污染
Rubbish pollutes the river.
The river is polluted.
There is so much air pollution in the city.
4. rapid adj.快的,迅速的 rapidly adv.快地,迅速地
The Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted because of the rapid increase in population.
The population on the Earth is still increasing rapidly.
5. at a/the speed of...
The car is moving at a/the speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
6. comfort n.舒服;舒适(不可数)v.安慰
comfortable adj.舒服的,舒适的
uncomfortable adj. 使人不舒服的,不舒适的
My best friend comforts me when I am sad.
It is a comfortable bed.
The shoes are uncomfortable.
7. in the form of...以...形式
Food would most probably be in the form of pills and would not be so tasty.
8. taste v.尝起来 n.味道 tasty adj.味道好的
The fish tastes nice.
I don’t like the taste of durian.
9. special adj.特殊的,特别的 specially adv.专门地,特地
10. compare vt./vi 比较,把...比作
compare to/with 与...相比
Compared with life on the Earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways.
We compare teachers to candles.
11. challenge v./n. 挑战 challenging adj.挑战性的
Life on Mars would be interesting as well as challenging.
as well as “不但...而且,既...又...”。注意这一短语在译成英语时应先译as well as 后面的内容,再译前面的。如:They visited the museum as well as the zoo.
他们不但参观了动物园,还参观了博物馆。
I like a big challenge.
I challenged him to a game of chess.
我向她挑战,要跟他下一盘棋。
12. aware adj.知道,意识到 be aware of...
Tom has been aware of the importance of safety.
13.possible adj.可能的 impossible 不可能的
possibility n.可能性
14.alien n. 外星人 an alien
15.strange adj.奇怪的;陌生的 stranger n. 外来者,陌生人
16.doubt n./v. 怀疑
There is no doubt that he is an excellent teacher.
I doubted whether he would be the best man for the job.
17. carry out 开展,执行
He will carry out his plan.
Our government will carry out a new policy.
18. risk n. 风险,危险 v.冒风险;冒险做
take the risk of...冒(做某事)的危险
risk doing sth. 冒险做...
He took the risk of stealing the lady’s