内容正文:
保护地球
保护我们的家园
Earth first
Book 2 Unit 6 Understanding ideas
shark
音译词“鲨鱼”
scare
近义词:frighten;
派生词:scary, scared (分词形容词)
词块:scare … away / off
due to
= because of
eg. The game was canceled due to bad weather.
fin
dive
一词多义:基本义“向下冲”
隐喻:具体的“跳水” → 抽象的“冲向;俯冲”
词块:dive into, go diving;
派生词:diver
target
隐喻:具体的“靶子(目标)”→ 抽象的“目标(靶子)”
词块:set a target
achieve / realize one’s target
target audience
名词动词化:be targeted at
fortunately
fortunate + -ly;
同义词 luckily,句子副词
词族:fortune
fortunate,
fortunately
unfortunate
unfortunately
extinction
extinct (adj 灭绝的) + -tion
词块:be in danger of /be on the edge of extinction
attitude
Attitude is everything.
态度决定一切。
attitude
① 态度;看法:
have / take / adopt a positive attitude
Everything depends on people’s attitude.
Attitude is everything.
attitude to / toward(s):
We should develop a good attitude to life.
② 姿势:
He knelt in an attitude of prayer.
devote
一个人应该尽可能早地设定自己的目标,并且倾其精力和才能实现它。
华特 • 迪士尼(Walt Disney,1901年12月5日—1966年12月15日),出生于美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥,美国著名的动画大师、企业家、导演、制片人、编剧、配音演员、卡通设计者、举世闻名的迪士尼公司创始人。华特 • 迪士尼获得了56个奥斯卡奖提名和7个艾美奖,是世界上获得奥斯卡奖最多的人。
devote
① 把……用于;致力于;献身于:
Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild homes.
She devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.
devote oneself to 献身于;致力于;专心于:
If you have a job, do devote yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.
写作同义异构:除了devote oneself to你还能想到哪些表示“专注于/ 致力于做某事”的表达?
be lost in
focus on
be absorbed in
be involved in
be engaged in
concentrate on
【词汇拓展】
devoted adj 挚爱的;全心全意的;忠诚的:
Her son, to whom she was so devoted, went abroad ten years ago.
devotion n [U] 献身;忠诚;热爱;专心:
devotion to duty
I respected his devotion to teaching.
ocean
英式英语用sea
美式英语用ocean
highlight
high + light
原为绘画术语,即最明亮的部分,后引申为“做标记、强调”
cruelty
cruel (adj 残忍的) + -ty (名词后缀)
反义词:kindness
hunting
hunt (v 打猎) + -ing
词块:go hunting
词族:hunt
hunter
hunting
presentation
present + -ation;
词块:give a presentatio