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Section Ⅱ Starting out & Understandingideas—Language points
[对应学生用书P113]
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appetite n.胃口,食欲;强烈欲望
Unfortunately,the cats subsequently developed an appetite for the birds,too.
不幸的是,猫随后也对鸟产生了食欲。
►情景探究
①He has an amazing appetite for hard work.
他对努力工作有着惊人的欲望。
②She has completely lost her appetite since she was infected with the virus.
自从感染了病毒以后,她完全没有了食欲。
►要点突破
①develop an appetite for 对……产生食欲/欲望
②have an appetite for 对……有兴趣/欲望
③have no appetite for 对……没有兴趣/欲望
④lose one's appetite 某人没有食欲
►学以致用
[单句填空]
①He had an enormous appetite for computers when he was at school.
②All that walking has given me an appetite for dinner.
[完成句子]
③她没有食欲,体重也开始减轻。
She had no appetite and began to lose weight.
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decrease v.(使)变小,(使)减少
But although the virus caused the rabbit population to decrease from 130,000 to around 10,000,it also meant less food for the cats.
然而,虽然病毒使得兔子的数量从130 000减少到10 000只左右,这也意味着猫的食物变少了。
►情景探究
①By 1881,the population of Ireland had decreased to 5.2 million.
到1881年,爱尔兰的人口已经减少到520万了。
②The traffic accidents in the city decreased by 30% last year.
该城市去年的交通事故减少了百分之三十。
③The number of poor men is on the decrease as the economy is growing.
随着经济发展,贫困人口数量正在减少。
►要点突破
①decrease from ...to ...从……减少到……
decrease to ...减少到……
decrease by ...减少了……
②decrease n.减少;减少量
on the decrease 在减少中
decrease的反义词increase的用法如下:
①increase to 增加(长)到……
②increase by 增加(长)了……
③increase from ...to ...从……增加到……
④on the increase在增加
►学以致用
[单句填空]
①Jack bought the jacket because the price of it decreased by 40 percent.
②Because of human activities,the number of some rare animals is on the decrease.
③The number of teaching staff members in this school has decreased to 700.
[完成句子]
④今年这所学校的新生人数从2 100减少到1 600。
The number of new students in this school decreased from 2,100 to 1,600 this year.
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in consequence 因此;结果
The cats in consequence turned their attention—and their stomachs—back to the native birds,killing up to 60,000 each year.
因此,猫把注意力和胃口重新转向了当地鸟类,每年杀死多达60 000只。
►情景探究
①He studied hard,and in conseque