内容正文:
选择性必修3
Unit 4 reading and thinking 课文生词学习+课文原句+翻译
1.adversity /əd'və:səti /n.困境;逆境
课文原句:
Adversity and Courage
逆境与勇气
2.wage / weɪdʒ/ n.工资
3.bitter/ 'bɪtə(r)/adj. 严寒的;激烈而不愉快的;味苦的
课文原句:
Man Wanted
For a dangerous journey :small wages, bitter cold ,
long months of complete darkness ,constant danger,
and safe return uncertain .Honor and reward will follow if it is successful.
人员招募
这是一趟危险之旅:薪水微薄,气候严寒,数月不见天日,危险无处不在,无法确保安全归来。一旦成功,荣耀和回报将随之而来。
4.expedition /ekspə 'dɪʃn / n.探险;远征;
探险队
5.endurance/ɪ'djuərəns / n.忍耐力;耐久力
课文原句:
Perce blackborow joined an expedition with Sir Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica on the ship Endurance in 1914.
1914年,珀西·布莱克博罗参加了欧内斯特·沙克尔顿爵士组织的“坚忍号”南极探险活动。
6.vigour (NAmE vigor) /'vɪgə (r)/
n.精力;力量;活力
课文原句: At the age of 19,
I am fit and full of vigour.
我今年19岁,身体健康,精力充沛。
7.turn sb. down 拒绝(某人)
8.qualified /'kwɔlɪfaɪd / adj.
符合资格;
具备……的知识(或技能、学历等)
课文原句:When I applied to join the expedition, Shackleton turned me down because he
thought I was too young and wasn't qualified.然而,当我申请参加这次探险时,沙克尔顿却拒绝了我,因为他认为我太年轻,不具备资格。
9. enthusiastic /ˌɪθju:zɪ'æstɪk/ adj.热情的;热心的
10. aboard /ə'bɔ:d /
adv.& prep.上(船、飞机、公共汽车等)
11.cupboard / ' kʌbəd / n. 橱柜;壁橱;衣柜
课文原句:
But I was so enthusiastic about the idea of going along with them that I secretly went aboard his ship,the Endurance, and hid in a small cupboard. 但是,满怀着想要与他们同赴南极的热情,我偷偷地爬上了他的“坚忍号”轮船,躲在一个小橱柜里。
12.assign /ə 'saɪn /vt.分派;布置;分配
13.steward /'stju:əd /
n.(轮船、飞机或火车上的)乘务员;
服务员
课文原句:
He assigned me to be a steward, and I now serve meals for twenty-eight
men,three times a day.他指派我担任服务员,我现在为28名船员供应一日三餐。
14.envy /'envi/ n.&vt.羡慕;妒忌
课文原句:How everyone will envy me when I come back and tell them about the amazing