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Section Ⅱ Starting out & Understanding
ideas—Language points
(教材P62)Sitting back in my seat,I can't quite believe that I'm about to travel along the railway that many foreign experts claimed was “impossible”.
靠坐在火车的座位上,我简直不敢相信,我将要沿着许多外国专家声称“不可能建成”的铁路开始一段旅程。
►情景探究
①After I had read the book I could fairly claim to be an expert.
读完这本书,我差不多可以说是专家了。
②She claimed damages from the company for the injury she had suffered.
她因受伤向公司要求获得损害赔偿金。
③He entered the manager's office and made a claim for higher pay.
他走进经理的办公室,提出更高报酬的要求。
④It is claimed that wine helps protect against heart disease.
有人声称葡萄酒有助于预防心脏病。
►要点突破
①claim to do sth./that ...主张做/声称……
It is claimed that ...有人主张……;据说……
claim sth. from sb.向某人索要某物
②make a claim for ...要求……
►学以致用
[单句填空]
①You can claim money from the insurance company if your car is damaged in an accident.
②There are a number of technologies that claim to_provide(provide) these benefits.
[赏句猜义]
③The government would not even consider his claim for money.索赔
④They returned to claim what was theirs.索取
⑤An underground organization has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion.声称
(教材P63)How to protect the delicate ecosystem was among the top concerns.
其中,如何保护脆弱的生态系统是需要我们高度重视的问题之一。
►情景探究
①She was so delicate that the tough job was not appropriate for her.
她那么纤弱,那项艰苦的工作不适合她。
②I admired your delicate handling of the situation.
我赞赏你处理这种局面的娴熟技巧。
③She was a shy,delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.
她是个羞怯纤美的姑娘,长着一双蓝色的大眼睛。
►要点突破
delicately adv.微妙地;精致地;优美地
►学以致用
[单句填空]
①She picked her way delicately(delicate) over the rough ground.
②She had been a delicate(delicately) child and her parents had treated her as a patient.
[完成句子]
③它们大多都非常脆弱,轻轻一碰就会被损坏。
Most of them are extremely_delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch.
(教材P63)How to protect the delicate ecosystem was among the top concerns.
其中,如何保护脆弱的生态系统是需要我们高度重视的问题之一。
►情景探究
①After being told her son was lost,a concerned look appeared on her face.
被告知她的儿子失踪后,她的脸上出现了担心的表情。
②He asked several quest