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XB1U3 Language Points 1
Period 1 Reading and Thinking
1. buffet(vt.)连续猛击;打来打去(n.)自助餐
②cloth(n.)(一块)布;织物;布料
I wake up to(因……而醒来;意识到,认识到=realise)the sound of the wind buffeting(连续猛击)the cloth((一块)布;织物;布料)of my tent.风噼里啪啦地拍打着我的帐篷的布,我在这声响中醒来。
He hasn’t yet woken up to the seriousness of the situation.他还没认识到形势的严重性。
be buffeted by the wind被风吹得左右摇摆
woolen/cotton cloth毛料/棉布料([U.]) a damp cloth一块湿布([C.])
2. edge(n.)边;边缘;边线;刀刃 (vt.&vi.)(使)徐徐移动;给……加边
Checking my watch, I see that it is 7:30 a.m. I leave my tent and walk over the mountain edge(走向山边).
我看了下手表,现在是上午7点30分。我迈出帐篷,走向山边。
Gin spent five months exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Gin花了五个月的时间探索这一地区最偏远的角落,它位于亚马逊雨林的边缘。
They had brought the country to the edge of disaster.他们使国家濒临灾难。
The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.这场比赛使观众兴奋不已。
The knife has a sharp edge.这把刀很锋利。
I edged nervously past the big dog, afraid of being bitten by it.我紧张地从那条大狗身边走过,生怕它来咬我。
The artificial lake edged with flowering trees was built ten years ago.
这座人工湖是十年前建成的,四周种满了开花的树木。
on the edge of在……边缘 on the edge of extinction濒临灭绝 on the edge of one’s seat极为激动
be edged with...用……镶边
3. Spreading out(展开;铺开)before me, branches of the Rapa River(拉帕河的支流) flow through the valley(流过山谷)below. 展现在我眼前的是拉帕河的支流在下边的山谷中逶迤而过。
4. vast sheets of ice大片冰层 a sheet of ice一层冰
5. leave behind about 100 glaciers留下了约100座冰川
6. Following the reindeer were the Sami people, who made this territory their home(在这片土地上安家落户).跟着驯鹿之后来的是萨米人,他们在这片土地上安家落户。
完全倒装:①为保持句子平衡或使上下文衔接紧密,可把分词短语、介词短语或形容词短语提到句首,并把句子的主语和谓语完全倒装。
Present at the meeting are some great scientists.出席会议的是一些伟大的科学家。
②here, there, in, out, up, down, away, off, now, then等副词位于句首时,句子谓语动词为come, go, leave, run等表示动作趋向或状态(be)的动词时,句子主谓完全倒装。
Away went the runners.赛跑选手们跑远了。
Away they went.他们跑远了。(若句子的主语是人称代词,则不能使用完全倒装语序。)
③there be句型属于完全倒装结构,该句型中be还可用appear,lie, live, sit, stand, remain, exist等动词替换。 There existed different opinions on this p