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Period 2
Build up your vocabulary
Learning Objects
1. To learn some language points of some key words.
2. To grasp some Prefix and Suffix.
3. To enlarge your vocabulary.
Language points of
reading and thinking
1. subscribe vi.认购(股份);定期订购;定期交纳(会费) n. __________
subscribe to 同意;赞成;订阅……
subscribe...to... 把……捐赠给……;把……签
署在……上
翻译:如果你订阅报纸,可以送货上门。
If you subscribe to the newspaper, it’ll be
delivered to your door.
subscription
2. suspect vt.& vi.怀疑;疑有;不信任
n. 犯罪嫌疑人;可疑对象
suspect sb. of (doing) sth. 怀疑某人(做)某事
suspect sb. to be... 怀疑某人是……
suspect + that clause 疑有,觉得(尤指坏事可能属实或发生)
翻译:他们怀疑我撒了谎。
They suspected me of telling a lie.
3. blame vt.把……归咎于;责怪;指责
n.责备;指责
be to blame (for sth.)
(对某事)负有责任,应受责备
(2) blame sb. for sth.
因某事责备某人;把某事归咎于某人
(3) blame sth. on sb./sth.
把某事归咎于某人/某事
(4) put/lay the blame for sth. on sb.
将某事归咎于某人
4. link n. 联系;纽带
vt.把……连接起来;相关联
(1) link...to/with... 将……和……联系或连接起来
(2) a link between A and B A与B之间的联系
Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways _____________________________.
to link the brain with computers
5. decrease n./v. 下降,减少
(1) on the decrease 在减少中
a decrease in... 在……方面减少
(2) decrease to... 减少到……
decrease by... 减少了……
decrease from...to... 从……减少到……
1. 今年,学生的数目从540下降到了320。
The number of new students decreased
____________ this year.
2. 小麦的价格已经下降了15%。
The price of wheat has decreased ____ 15%.
3.如今,茶仍然是英国人日常生活的重要组成部分,但它似乎正在减少。
Tea is still a large part of daily life in the UK
today, but it seems to be _____ the decrease.
from 540 to 320
by
on
6. thanks to 多亏,由于
because of 因为;由于
as a result of 作为……的结果;由于
due to 因为;由于
owing to 由于;因为……的缘故
on account of 由于
翻译:由于天气恶劣, 飞机不得不更改航线。
Owing to bad weather, the plane had to change its course.
7. transform vt. 使改观;使改变形态 vi.改变;转变
transform A into B 把A变成B
transform sth. from A to B 使