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Unit 5 Working the land
Vocabulary
hybrid rice 杂交稻;杂种稻
a hybrid car 混合动力汽车
food/housing/water shortages
食物/住房/用水短缺
a shortage of …
缺乏……,……的短缺
tackle the problem处理这个问题
boost the economy/boost profits
促进经济发展/提高利润
boost sb’s confidence
增强某人的信心
a boost in car sales
汽车销售额的增长
a political/financial crisis
政治/金融危机
yield to sb/sth 向……屈服/让步
high/low yield 高产/低产
the land yielding grapes
出产葡萄的这块地
This project yielded a profit of at least $100 million.
be characteristic of …
具有……的特征,为……所特有
It’s characteristic of him to be late for school.
a key characteristic 一个重要特征
character n.品质,性格;人物,角色;文字
devote vt.献身;专心于(常与介词to连用)
(1)devote ...to ... 把……奉献给……;把……专注于……
devote oneself to 致力于;献身于
(2)devoted adj. 深爱的;忠诚的
be devoted to 专心于;致力于
(3)devotion n. 关爱;奉献;忠诚;专心
单句语法填空/句式转换
①Officer Patrick Daugherty entered the home and found Gary and his _______ (devote) cat, Tommy.
②Society even praises “burning the candle at both ends” as a sign of our ________ (devote) to work and family.
③Devoted to teaching the deaf children,the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.
→___________________ teaching the deaf children,the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.
devoted
devotion
Devoting herself to
convince vt.使相信;使确信;说服
(1)convince sb. of sth. 使某人信服某事
convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事
convince sb. that ... 使某人确信……
(2)convinced adj. 确信的,信服的
be convinced of/that ... 确信……
(3)convincing adj. 令人信服的
单句语法填空/句式转换
①How can you convince me ________ (play) your game?
②This last argument is the most __________ (convince) to me.
③ __________ (convince) others of something is really a challenging task.
④He was convinced of its truth,and he felt pleased.
→______________________,he felt pleased.(形容词短语作状语)
to play
convincing
Convincing
Convinced of its truth
attain five “a” in the exams
attain knowledge from
attain one’s goal
conventional methods/behavior
传统方法/循规蹈矩的行为
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