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Unit 4 A glimpse of the future
主题语境类型:人与社会;话题:科技发展与信息技术创新,科学精神,信息安全;话题涉及教材其他内容:必修第三册 Unit 3 The world of science;选择性必修第二册 Unit 3 Times change!;选择性必修第四册 Unit 1 Looking forwards;选择性必修第四册Unit 5 Into the unknown
1.potentially adv.潜在地
potential adj.有可能的
n.潜力,潜势,可能性
Baggy has become the first dog in the UK—and potentially the world—to join the fight against air pollution by recording pollutant levels near the ground.(2020·北京卷,阅读理解B)
Baggy已经成为英国,乃至是全世界第一只通过记录地面附近的污染物水平来对抗空气污染的狗了。
在真实语境中先行体验高频考点
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①Some scientists are examining the potential for (harvest) icebergs from Antarctica.
②History has the potential (break) down those boundaries by offering us insight into entire worlds that would otherwise be foreign to us.(2020·天津5月卷,阅读理解D)
③It’s believed the high cost of petrol was (potential) harmful to British aviation.
翻译句子
④显然,这是一种潜在地危险局势。
答案:①harvesting ②to break ③potentially
④Obviously,this is a potentially dangerous situation.
potential for (doing) sth(做)……的潜力/可能性
with great potential 有巨大的潜力
have the potential to do sth
有做某事的潜力或可能性
2.capacity n.能力,才能;职位;容量
capable adj.有能力的,有才干的
capably adv.能干地
incapable adj.无能力的;达不成的;不能胜任的
For the study,191 women with an average age of 50 took a bicycle exercise test until they were tired out to measure their peak (最大值的) cardiovascular capacity.(2022·浙江1月卷,阅读理解C)
在这项研究中,191名平均年龄为50岁的女性进行了自行车运动测试,这项测试会持续到她们筋疲力尽时以测量她们的心血管容量峰值。
在真实语境中先行体验高频考点
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①In his capacity captain,he’s got the right to tell us what to do.
②He has a great capacity for (learn) languages.
③I’m quite pleased that we do have the capacity (accomplish) this difficult task.
④Bread factories are working at full (capable).
完成句子
⑤班上每个同学都有能力通过这次考试。
Every student in the class is .
答案:①as ②learning ③to accomplish
④capacity ⑤capable of passing the exam
at full capacity 开足马力,全力以赴
in one’s capacity as=in the capacity of
作为……/以……资格、身份或职位
beyond one’s ca