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Lesson 82
Monster or fish?
Vocabulary
sailor n.海员
sailor hat 水手帽
good sailors 不晕船的人
sail v. 航行
sailing n.航行;航程
sight v. 见到
翻译:我已经十年没见到他了。
I haven’t sighted him for ten years.
n. 视力
词组:catch sight of 看见
翻译:约翰永远梦想着见到UFO。
John always dreams of catching sight of an UFO.
词组:
in sight 看得见,在视线内
out of sight 看不见
翻译:Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心不烦。
creature n. 动物,生物
翻译: This creature's tail will regenerate if it is cut off.
这种动物的尾巴如果被割掉,会再生出来。
gecko [ˈgekəʊ] 壁虎
peculiar adj. 奇怪的,不寻常的
He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.
他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
My books have disappeared — it's most peculiar!
我的书不见了——这可太奇怪了!
peculiarly adv. 异常地; 尤其地; 古怪地; 单独地
peculiarity n. 特性; 特质; 怪癖; 奇形怪状;
1. 他在成为老板前曾经当过海员。
He had been a sailor before he became a boss.
2. The missing child has been in the park.
A. see B. seeing C. sight D. sighted
3. 狗是忠实的动物。
The dog is a loyal creature.
4. That lemon has a very (奇怪的) shape.
peculiar
Listening
What was the monster called?
An oarfish.
Reading
1. The monsters which fishermen sometimes claim to have seen ___.
(a) are probably unusual fish
(b) are not fish at all
(c) exist in deep water
(d) are often washed up on the shore
2. The creature that was caught in Madagascar by a fisherman was___.
(a) a monster
(b) an unusual fish
(c) half horse, half fish
(d) a common fish
Fishermen and sailors sometimes
claim to have seen monsters in the sea.
Though people have often laughed at
stories told by seamen,
it is now known that many of these ‘monsters’
which have at times been sighted
are simply strange fish.
Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.
单词:claim v. 声称,断言;夺走……生命
用法:claim to have done 声称曾做过某事
翻译:他们声称发现了一颗新的行星。
They claimed to have discovered a new planet.
3. They claim_____monsters in the sea.
(a) that they have seen
(b) have seen
(c) to be seen
(d) to being seen
该句中的谓语动词claim(声称)是及物动词,它后面可以跟名词或以that引导的从句,也可以跟 to 加动词不定式作宾语。只有(a)that they