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Lesson 55
Not a gold mine
并非金矿
目录
vocabulary
text
grammar
vocabulary&text
01
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.
①un.财宝
②vt.珍爱
失踪的宝藏(不可数)
成真/实现
dreams of V-ing
做某事的梦想(名短)
vocabulary&text
which has been buried in the ground.
A new machine called ‘The Revealer’ has been invented
and it has been used to detect gold
vt.发明
n. detective
n. inventor
n.探测器
vt.reveal 透露
vt.探测
vt. 埋藏
埋头做某事
bury oneself in sth./V-ing
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后置定语
定语从句
被用来做某事
be used to do sth.
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold.
n.海盗
n.山洞
n.海岸=shore
藏匿金子
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定语从句
过去常常做某事
used to do
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
掩埋金子
fail to do
失败做某事
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Armed with the new machine,a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
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武装起来,对付危险
vt.武装
n.手臂
arm oneself against danger
用...武装起来
be armed with sth.
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过去分词作状语
现在分词作状语
The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
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un.泥土
n.入口
vt.enter
去某地的入口
宾语从句
Very excited,the party dug a hole two feet deep.
挖一个洞
宾补
hole≠cave
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dig-dug-dug
过去分词作状语
They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
adv.彻底地
adj.毫无价值的
adj.worth
n.行李箱
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定语从句
In spite of this, many people are confident that‘The Revealer’may reveal something of value fairly soon.
adj.自信的
n.confidence
尽管如此
of+n.(value/importance/use)=adj.
e.g.
It is improtant to do=It is of importance to do
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un.价值
宾语从句
GRAMMER
This PPT template for the rice husk designer pencil demo works, focusing on the production of high-end design
02
We used to go there every year.
He’s quite used to working had.
Wood is used to make paper.
过去常常做
被用来做某事
习惯做某事
b