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Lesson 90
What’s for supper?
Vocabulary
核心词汇
overfish v. 过度捕捞
扩展:over- 过度的
overdressed / overreact / overwork / overeat
过分着装的/反应过度/加班/暴饮暴食
terrify v. 吓,使恐吓
同义词:scare / frighten
派生形容词:terrifying / terrified
扩展:
terror n. 恐怖活动
terrorist n. 恐怖分子
wits n. (复数)理智,智力
Watching too much TV may dull kids’ wits.
看太多电视会让小孩子变笨的。
scare / frighten sb. out of one’s wits
把某人吓傻了
The man is at his wits' end.
江郎才尽
variety n. 品种
词组:a variety of = various[ˈveəriəs] 各种各样的
运动员们在各种各样的体育项目上竞争,这些项目可以分为夏季项目和冬季项目。
Athletes compete in a variety of sports which are divided into summer and winter games.
crew n. 全体工作人员
飞机坠毁了,造成两名工作人员和四名乘客死亡。
The plane crashed, killing two of the crew and four passengers.
crew的意思有队,组;全体人员,全体船员;
需要根据具体的语境来判断它指的是全体人员还是一组一队这个整体概念。
The crew consists of a pilot and weapon system operator.
机组人员由一个飞行员和武器系统操作员。
The crew have lunch at twelve every day.
船员们每天十二点吃午餐。
1. The snake ________________ (使恐怖) the little girl and she cried loudly.
2. I have a ________________ (品种) of books at home.
3. Your support is an important ________________ (因素) in the success of our experiment.
4. The old man made a ________________ (笼子) for birds.
5. The blue ________________ (鲸) is the world’s largest living animal.
6. The young ________________ (潜水员) is working under the water.
7. A ________________ (巨大的) photograph of the actor hangs on the wall of the theatre.
Listening
What kind of fish are they?
They are favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which have grown to unnatural sizes.
Reading
It is a surprise to hear the divers on North Sea oil rigs have been frightened by giant fish because _____.
fish and chips has always been a favourite dish for the English
fish has become rare
it is not common for fish to grow very large
divers have been friendly with fish around the oil rigs
2. Divers are terrified because _____.
(a) they have to work in the dark
(b) they have to work a hundred feet under water
(c) the fish are huge
(d) there are no fishing boats around the oil