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Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮
New words and expression 生词和短语
学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的,要把单词放在语句中体会其应用
学习关键句结构是则要把它放在段落结构或文章里
puma n.美洲狮
spot v.看出, 发现 <...
Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮
New words and expression 生词和短语
学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的,要把单词放在语句中体会其应用
学习关键句结构是则要把它放在段落结构或文章里
puma n.美洲狮
spot v.看出, 发现
see, pick out, recognize, catch sight of 强调结果, 辨别出, 看见, 识别, 发现
-- A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.
-- He has good eye for spotting mistakes.
同意词:
-- find:强调发现的结果 / find out:查出事实真相
-- discover:做出重大发现 / notice:注意到
-- observe:观察 / watch:观察活动中的人或画面
Spot n.斑点
-- There is a white spot on the shirt.
on the spot有两个含义:
1> 立刻, 马上(at once, immediately)
-- Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.
2> at the place of the action 在现场
-- Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.
Evidence n.证据(不可数名词)
Evident adj.明显的, 显然的 / evidently adv.明显地, 显然
Evidence = proof (n.证据)
-- When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.
in evidence 显而易见的
-- He was in evidence at the party.
Accumulate v.积累, 积聚(强调积累的过程)
-- As the evidence accumulates, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
Gather vt.聚集, 把某人召集在某处
-- The teacher gathered his students in the class
Collect vt.搜集, 采集
-- Do you collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps as my hobby.(n.业余爱好)
Assemble v.集合, 集会 / 装配
-- A large number of people assemble on the square.
Hoard vt.大量的储存 (-- hoard up = store up 储藏)
-- The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter (squirrel n.松鼠)(nut n.坚果)
amass vt.积聚(主要用于诗歌和文学作品)
-- The clouds amassed above the hills
Oblige v.使…感到必须
feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事
-- I feel obliged to say no to his demand(n.要求, 需要)
be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事
-- They were obliged to sell their car to pay their debts off.(debt n.债务)
hunt v.n.追猎, 寻找 (hunt for)
-- The experts from London zoo began to hunt (v.) for a puma.
-- The hunt (n.) for the puma proved the difficult. (prove vt.证明, 证实)
search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物
-- The police were searching the forest for the missing boy.
run after 强调追赶, 追求
-- look, a dog is running after a cat
-- what are you run after in your life
seek = pursue v.追寻(理想)
chase v.追赶 (-- They are chasing a thief / They are running after a thief)
blackberry n.黑莓 / berry n.浆果
human being 人类
corner v.使走投无路, 使陷入困境
一般来讲定语从句和同位语从句紧随在被修饰名词的后面,但为了保持句子平衡,也可以把谓语动词放到从句之前
1> 定语从句只是对于被修饰词的补充说明、修饰
-- 定语从句的引导词:
-- 指人:主语who;宾语who, whom;定语 whose
-- 指物:that(也可以指人)/ which
-- 时间状语:when / 地点状语:where / 原因状语:why
作为动词, 经常使用被动语态
-- The thief was cornered at last
-- The problem cornered me.
corner n.角落
-- at the corner of the street
-- in the corner of the room
-- on the corner of the desk
Trail n.一串, 一系列
trail vt. 跟踪, 追踪(= follow)
-- The police trailed the criminal to the place where he was hiding (criminal n.罪犯)
Print n.印痕
Cling v.粘 (clung, clung, clinging)
-- She is always clinging to her mother.
-- He clung to the hope that he would succeed. 他怀有成功的希望
stick v.粘住 (-- stick the envelop)n.信封
stick to 坚持 (-- stick to the plan / stick to one’s promise)n.许诺
sticky adj.粘的 (-- sticky fingers)