Lesson 11 Can People Change the Weather.doc

Lesson 11 Can People Change the Weather? Vocabulary, Idioms, and Phrases I. Words for Production 1. probably [`prabJblI] adv.　很可能 probable [`prabJbL] adj.　很可能的 It is very cloudy, so probably it will rain this afternoon. （天氣相當陰霾，所以下午可能下雨。） It is very cloudy, so it is probable that it will rain this afternoon. （天氣相當陰霾，所以下午可能下雨。） 2. predict [prI`dIkt] v.t.　預測 prediction [prI`dIkSJn] n. [C]　預測；預言 predictable [prI`dIktJbL] adj.　可預測的 No one can predict exactly when an accident will happen. （沒有人可明確預測什麼時候會發生意外。） According to the weather prediction, we will have rain showers this afternoon. （根據氣象預測，今天下午有陣雨。） The book is boring because its ending is predictable. （這本書的結局可被預測，因此很乏味。） 3. ancient [`enSJnt] adj.　古代的 There are a lot of ancient temples in Taiwan. They draw a lot of visitors every year. （臺灣有許多古老的寺廟，每年吸引許多遊客。） 4. please [pliz] v.t.　取悅；使滿意 pleasure [`plEjK] n. [U]　高興；滿足　[C]　樂事 He who tries to please everybody pleases nobody. （想要討好每個人的人不能讓任何人滿意。） Teenagers find great pleasure in reading comic books. （十幾歲的孩子喜歡看漫畫書。） It is a pleasure to have good friends that make you laugh. （擁有能使你大笑的朋友是一件樂事。） 5. fire [fZIr] v.t.; v.i.　開槍；射擊 A man walked into the bank and fired his gun into the air. （一個男人走進銀行，並朝空中開槍。） The police fired at the man who wouldn’t stop running away from them. （警察對著不願停止逃跑的男人開槍。） 6. cause [kOz] v.t.　造成；導致 What caused you to buy an apartment instead of a house? （什麼原因使你決定買公寓而不是透天屋？） 7. therefore [`TErfor] adv.　因此；所以 I don’t have enough money; therefore, I can’t go to Europe with you. （我的錢不夠，因此我無法跟你去歐洲。） 8. recent [`risNt] adj.　最近的 recently [`risNtlI] adv.　近來 In recent years, people have paid more attention to what they eat. （最近幾年，人們比較注意他們吃什麼。） I have seen a lot of good movies recently.（最近我看了許多部好電影。） 9. scientific [sZIJn`tIfIk] adj.　科學的；有系統的 scientist [`sZIJntIst] n. [C]　科學家 science [`sZIJns] n. [U]　科學 Allison always does things in a scientific way. She likes to analyze everything. （愛莉森以科學方法做事情，她喜歡分析每一件事情