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Language Points
What do you call a bee from America?
What do you call the deer with no eye?
What do you call a bee trying to make its mind?
Dad jokes
1. On the plain in front of us, we can just
make out a herd of graceful animals.
在我们面前的平原上,一群优雅的动物依稀可辨。
make out:
① I could just make out a figure(轮廓) in the
darkness.
黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。
② I can scarcely(几乎不) make out his writing.
我几乎辨认不出他的笔记。
to be only just able to hear, see, or understand sth. 看清、听清、分清
2. This is why we're here — to observe
Tibetan antelopes.
这就是我们来到此地的原因——观察藏羚羊。
1 observe sb do sth
观察到某人做了某事(强调动作的过程)
observe sb doing sth
观察到某人正在做某事(强调动作正在进行)
observe sb/sth done
观察到……被做(强调被动的动作)
2 observe the traditional festivals
observe traffic rules
3 observation n. 观察;观测
The policeman observed the man enter the bank together with a woman.
→The man __________________________________________ together with a woman.(用被动语态改写)
was observed to enter the bank
3. I'm also reminded of the danger they are in.
我也想到了藏羚羊所处的险境。
remind of
① You remind me of your father when you say
that.
to make sb. remember sb. that they knew or sth. that happened in the past 使(某人)想起
你说这样的话,使我想起了你的父亲。
remind sb. of sb./sth. 使某人想起……
remind sb. to do sth.
提醒我在出去之前给艾伦打电话。
请提醒我在周末之前完成任务。
提醒某人做某事
① Remind me to phone Alan before I go out.
② Please remind me to finish the task before the weekend.
reminder n. 提醒人的事物
Translation
1. In case l forget, please remind me about it.
如果我忘了,请提醒我。
2. Remind me to buy stamps please.
请提醒我买邮票。
3. She reminds me of myself when I was her
age.
她使我想起了我自己像她那么大时的样子。
4. Hunters were shooting antelopes to make profits.
猎人们为了谋利而射杀它们。
make a profit/profits
①This company is making losses now, but it
will make a profit/profits from a long perspective.
赢利;盈利
这家公司目前虽然亏损,但长远看来它是会赢利的。
②The company made a healthy profit of $106m last year.
公司去年获得1.06亿元的厚利。
make a loss/losses
亏损
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5. Zhaxi and other volunteers watched over the
antelopes day and night to k