Unit 4 Words and expressions辅导.docVIP

1. date back to 追溯到， 后接点时间，在句中做谓语时， 常用一般现在时， 无被动态。＝ date from date back 意为“追溯; 存在”， 后接“段时间” eg. The Great Wall of China dates back to the third century B.C. The beautiful folk legend dates back more than 300 years. 2. scale n. 1)磅秤；天平盘 a pair of scales 一台天平 a spring scale 弹簧秤 weigh sth. In the scale 用秤称 2) 规模； 程度； 范围（与on 连用）on a large/ big/ vast / grand scale 3. conflict n.(c.或 u.) / vi. 斗争 Eg. 1) Some people feel there is a great deal of ~ between religion and science. 2)The two parties have been in ~ since the election. . 3) Do British law ~with any international laws? 4. tight adj. 紧的； 紧密的 a ~ knot 打的紧紧的结 a ~ rope 绷紧的绳索 a ~ ship 不漏水的船 My shoes are too ~ 5. seal n. 1) 海豹 2）封口； 封条 vt. 封闭 eg. ~ an envelop My lips are sealed, I won’t tell you. 我现在守口如瓶， 不会告诉你的。 6. appeal to(prep.) sb. 对……有吸引力 appeal to sb. for sth. 为某事向某人呼吁 appeal to sb. to do sth. 呼吁某人做某事 eg. This idea ~ed to his father. We are ~ing to the government for food and clothes. The government is ~ing everyone to save the water. 7. attach sth. to (prep.) 把…… 系在……上 attach to 与…… 有联系 attach importance/ significance / value/ weight … to sth. 认为……有重要性(意义,价值, 分量) be attached to 爱慕…… 依恋……; 附属于…… Eg.1)Please ~ this label to the bottle. 2) Do you live in a bedroom with a bathroom attached? 3) This institute is ~ed to the University of Texas. 这个研究所附属于得州大学. 4) I am very much ~ed to that old car. 5) Most people attach great importance to their children’s education. 8. distant adj. 远的 a ~ relative distance n. 远方; 距离 in the distance at a distance keep sb. at a ~ (对某人) 保持距离 9. fluency n. 流利 fluent adj. 流利的 flu n. 流感 speak English with fluency speak fluent English 10. botany (u. n. ) 植物学 Botany Bay 植物湾 botanist (c.n.) 植物学家 botanical adj. 植物学的 ~garden 植物园 11. beard n. 下巴上的胡须 wear a ~ 留胡须 mustache n. 唇上的胡须 whiskers n. 脸颊的胡子 Warming –up and reading 1. adapt to adapt (oneself) to be adapt