01 Unit 3 Exploring the Unknown Part A 单词--英语沪外版选择性必修第三册

Unit 3 Exploring the Unknown Reading A words and expressions 1 prehistory n.史前时代 These climate changes continued throughout prehistory. 这种气候变化持续了整个史前期。 pre-是一个前缀, 例词: precondition, condition有“条件”的意思, 所以precondition 有“前提;先决条件”的意思。 premarital, marital有“婚姻的”意思, 所以premarital有“婚前的”意思。 preview, view有“看”的意思, preview有预先看的意思, 所以preview有“预习”的意思。 predetermine, determine有“决定”的意思, 所以predetermine 有“预先确定, 预先决定”的意思。 monument n. 纪念碑; 历史遗迹 The monument bears the mark of age. 纪念碑上有年深日久的痕迹。 The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship. 那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。 an ancient monument 古迹 同义词：memorial enormous adj. 巨大的; 庞大的 His death left an enormous gap in my life. 他去世给我的生活留下巨大的空白。 To meet this enormous demand, china will need imports. 为了满足国内的庞大需求, 中国需要进口天然气。 同义词：colossal, immense, giant, vast, huge measure v. 测量;度量;量度为 n. 测量;措施 He measured the length of the room. 他量了房间的长度。 The room measures 3 metres by 4. 这个房间宽3米, 长4米。 The government has promised to take measures to help the unemployed. 政府已答应采取措施来帮助失业者。 (1)take measures/steps/action to do sth 采取措施/行动做某事 make sth to one’s measure 照某人的尺寸做某物 (2)measure...by... 用……来衡量…… be measured by/in 用……来衡量/计算 (3)measurement n. 尺寸;测量 注意 (1)measure作“措施”解时, 常用其复数形式。 (2)measure表示“有……长(宽、高等时)”, 可看成系动词, 后跟测量的结果, 不用被动语态及进行时态。 单句填空 ①They call on people and the government to take (measure) to fight against it. ②Mark lives in a big pleasant room (measure) approximately 5 metres by 6 metres. measures measuring length n.长; 长度 What’s the length of the small river? 这条小河有多长？ It is 9,000 meters in length. 它长9000米。 at full length : 详细地 拓展： deep (adj.) → depth (n) →deepen (v.) high (adj.) → height (n) →heighten (v.) wide (adj.) → width (n) →widen (v.) long (adj.) → length (n) →lengthen (v.) strong (adj.) → strength (n) →strengthen (v.) the ocean 海洋深处 the jungle 丛林深处