UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND-【正禾一本通】2023-2024学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第一册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书（人教版）

[单元词汇预习] （一）Reading and Thinking&Learning About Language 1．devote vt.把……献(给)；把……专用于；专心于→devoted adj.忠诚的；挚爱的；专心的→devotion n．献身；奉献；忠诚 All in all, it is high time that we devoted ourselves to protecting the ocean.(总而言之，现在是我们致力于保护海洋的时候了。)[佳句背诵·倡议书] 2．shortage n.不足；缺少；短缺→short adj.短的 ①food/housing/water shortages 食物/住房/用水短缺 ②a shortage of funds 资金不足 3．crisis n.(pl.crises)危机；危急关头 a financial crisis 金融危机 4．boost vt.使增长；使兴旺 n．增长；提高；激励 ①boost sb's confidence 增强某人的信心 ②boost exports/profits 促进出口/提高利润 5．yield n.产量；产出 vt.出产(作物)；产生(收益、效益等) vi.屈服；让步 ①crop­yields农作物产量 ②I yielded to temptation and had a chocolate bar.(我经不住诱惑，吃了一块巧克力。) 6．convince vt.使相信；使确信；说服→convincing adj.令人信服的→convinced adj.确信的 ①I've been trying to convince him to see a doctor.(我一直劝他去看病。) ②You need to convince them of your enthusiasm for the job.(你要使他们相信你殷切希望得到这份工作。)[佳句背诵·建议信] 7．characteristic n.特征；特点；品质 adj.典型的；独特的 The two groups of children have quite different characteristics.(这两组儿童具有截然不同的特点。) 8．attain vt.(通常经过努力)获得；得到 Most of our students attained five ‘A’ grades in their exams.(我们多数学生的考试成绩是五个优。) 9．conventional adj.传统的；习惯的 ①conventional behaviour/morality循规蹈矩的行为/传统的道德规范 ②conventional methods/approaches 传统方法 10．assumption n.假定；设定；(责任的)承担；(权力的)获得→assume v．假定；认为；承担 We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up.(我们假定了每一个应邀的人都会出席并正就此作出安排。) 11．intense adj.热切的；十分强烈的；激烈的 intense competition 激烈的竞争 12．overcome vt.克服；解决；战胜 ①overcome the difficulty 克服困难 ②She overcame injury to win the Olympic gold medal.(她战胜了伤痛，赢得了奥运会金牌。) 13．expand vt.& vi.扩大；增加 vt.扩展；发展(业务) It has expanded to a farm covering an area of more than 1，000 mu in the past two decades.(历经20年它已经发展成占地1 000多亩的大农场。) 14．output n.产量；输出；输出量 vt.输出 ①data output数据输出 ②the grain output 粮食产量 15．estimate vt.估计；估价；估算 n．估计；估算 It is estimated that the project will last four years.(据估计，这项工程将持续四年。) 16．domestic adj.本国的；国内的；家用的；家庭的 ①domestic affairs/politics 国内事务/政治 ②domestic chores家务琐事 17．consumption n.消耗；消耗量；消费→consume v．消耗；消费 Gas and oil consumption alwa