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选择性必修一 Unit 2 Looking into the future
词汇导学案
✮1.phrase [freɪz] n.短语;词组
a set phrase 固定短语
paraphrase vt.(用更容易理解的文字)解释,释义,意译
✮2. persuade [pəˈsweɪd] vt. 劝说;说服
1) persuasion n. 信服;说服
persuasive adj.有说服力的;令人信服的(convincing)
2) 说服某人做某事/ 不做某事
persuade sb (not) to do sth,
convince sb (not) to do sth,
persuade sb into / out of doing sth
reason/talk/argue sb into / out of doing sth
I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep smiling.(2020全国3卷)
我知道店员会有多生气,但我试图说服他们保持微笑。
She began to host “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to host
to the cause.(2017北京)她开始举办“大老板”午餐会,试图说服当地商界领袖举办这项事业。
✮3. switch [swɪtʃ] vt. 转换;交换vi&vt.(使)改变;转变n.开关;转换器;改变
switch off/on =turn on/off 关/开(电灯、机器等)
switch over 转换; 改变; 转变; 换台; 换频道
He switched the conversation from one subject to another. 他把谈话从一个话题转到另一个话题。
We asked them if they would switch places with us.我们问他们是否愿意和我们交换位置。The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off“switch”where the glow would fade when
exposed to daylight.(2020全国1卷)工程师们还试图开发一种开关,当暴露在日光下时,辉光会消失。
Others say we can just “switch them off” as if super intelligent machines are too stupid to think of that possibility.(2017北京)另一些人说,我们可以“关掉它们”,就好像超级智能机器太蠢了,不会想到这种可能性。
✮. distant [ˈdɪstənt] adj. 遥远的;;远处的;疏远的;心不在焉的
distance n. 原处的
in the distance 在远处
at a distance 离一段距离;隔着一段距离
keep sb. at a distance 对……冷淡;同……疏远
keep your distance from ……与……保持距离;疏远
within walking distance 在步行可达的距离内
So the furthest distance in the world 所以世界上最远的距离
is not in two distant trees. 不是树与树的距离
It is the same rooted branches 而是同根生长的树枝
but can’t depend on each other in the wind. 却无法在风中相依
——出自泰戈尔《世界上最遥远的距离》
✮5.secure [sɪˈkjʊə(r)] adj 安全的;安心的;可靠的;牢固的vt.获得;拴牢;保护
security n. 安全
security check 安检 // security guard 保安人员 // a sense of security 安全感
safe adj. 安全的 n.保险箱 // safety n. 安全
safe and sound 安然无恙地
So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffe