内容正文:
Unit 6
Disaster and hope
Understanding ideas
翻译句子:
She decided to start picking up the house from the top down.
Industrial production is beginning to pick up.
We can pick up Mexican television.
Where did you pick up your English?
She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar.
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.
她决定开始彻底收拾那房子。
工业生产正在开始好转。
我们可以接收到墨西哥电视。
你是在哪儿学得英语?
她正要去父母家为奥斯卡取几件干净的衣服。
他从地板上捡起帽子,重新戴在头上。
pick up用法小结
(1)捡起,拾起
(2) (不费力地) 学会; 获得
(3) (开车) 接; 取
(4)接收 (信号或声音)
(5)(贸易、经济) 改善
(6)整理 (房间、房子)
(7)逮捕
Picking up a free newspaper at the Tube station, I see the title “Hot! Hot! Hot!”.
句意:在地铁站拿起一份免费报纸,我看到了标题
“热!热!热! ”。
Sure enough, going down the stairs and onto the platform is like jumping into a volcano that’s erupting. This, however, is nothing
compared to the train. Because there’s no air conditioning, the temperature inside the train can reach 35 degrees! It’s lovely at the beach, but not so when you’re wearing a suit and in a crowd of
passengers! I’m sure the passenger next to me and I are melting and becoming one! I had bacon and eggs for breakfast, and now I’m feeling
a bit sick - I hope I can make it to Bank station... I’ll avoid the feeling by thinking about work. I work in a tall, glass building. One very hot summer, the sun reflected off it and melted cars parked below! Will this happen again today?
果不其然
这远远比不上… compare to sth:与…相比
指代____?
一群…
熔化并融为一体
sick: want to vomit or throw sth up 恶心
make it:成功做成…
reflect off sth: (光)从…反射回来
后置定语
compare vt. 比较,对比
comparison n. 比较,对比
常用搭配:compare A with/to B 把A和B相比较
compare A to B 把A比作B
compared with/to 与……相比
People often _________ a teacher _______ a gardener who takes great care of various plants.
Film has a much shorter history, especially when ___________ such art forms as music and painting.
Recently a survey __________ prices of the same goods in two different supermarkets has c