Great_Scientists_词汇课.ppt

1. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. 2. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found. 3. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined. 3. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined. 4. It seemed that the water was to blame. 5. A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day. 8. defeat vt.打败；战胜；使受挫; n.失败 辨析：defeat，beat win defeat与beat同义，表示“击败对方”，宾语为参赛者或竞争者，如sb.或a team；而win则表示“赢得比赛、战争或某些奖赏或荣誉”，宾语为game，match，prize等，不能接人。 运用：用defeat、beat或win填空。 ⑴ They_______________ us fair and square in the football match. ⑵ The U.S.A _____ the Iraq War but lost the national popularity(国家声望). won defeated/beat * 1.character n. 性格，品质；人物；字体 _____________ n.特征；特性adj. 独特的 characteristic ⑴ We are building socialism with Chinese ______________ (character). ⑵ He finished a novel with 2 million Chinese ___________(character). ⑶ He is firm in __________ (character). characteristics characters character 2.attend v.护理，照顾；出席，参加 _____________n.服务人员，侍者；随从 ____________adj.专心的，留意的 ____________adv.专心地 ____________[搭配]照顾，护理；处理 attend to attendant attentive attentively ⑴ It is the nurse who attended ___ my uncle when he was ill in the hospital last month. ⑵ Mr Smith has some urgent business to attend to，so he can’t __________ (attend/take part in/join)your wedding. ⑶ You should be more _________to your work. to attend attentive 3.pollute vt. 污染；弄脏 ______________ n.污染 ⑴ We can’t drink the _____________ (pollute) water. polluted pollution ⑵ Nowadays，something must be done to reduce air________ (pollute). ⑶ The _________ (pollute) that has polluted the river is a chemical factory. pollution polluter 4.instruct vt.命令；指示；教导 ______________adj.有指导意义的，有益的 ______________n. 指导；说明书