Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges- Introduction课件 外研版英语必修4.ppt

1．plain n. 平原；草原 Have you been to the Great Plains of the US? 你曾经去过美国的大平原吗？ adj. 清楚的；明白的；简单的；朴素的；单纯的 ①He made it plain that he did not like me. 他很坦白地说他不喜欢我。 ②She wore a plain brown dress. 她穿了一件普通的棕色衣服。 知识拓展 in plain English 用浅显的英语 in plain clothes 衣着朴素；着便衣 plain sailing 十分顺利；一帆风顺 注意：plain作名词“平原”讲是可数名词。 即学即用 The unhappiness of her look has made it________that we should leave at once. A．clean　　　　　　　　 B．know C．plain D．understand 答案：C 2．shore n. 岸；滨 ①We walked along the seashore. 我们沿着海岸走。 ②The ship was anchored off shore. 船停泊在离岸不远的地方。 辨析：bank, beach, coast, seaside与shore 上述几个词都含有“(海)岸；边”之意。 1)bank“河岸；堤岸”；指河流两旁高出水面的地方。 The old man used to sit on the river bank to fish. 那位老人过去常常坐在河岸上钓鱼。 2)beach“海(湖、河)滩；水滨”；指由于受潮水冲刷而形成的由细沙或卵石覆盖的平缓的斜坡。 The children are playing with sand along the beach. 孩子们在海滩上玩沙。 3)coast“海岸；海岸线”；是地理上的专有名词，指海洋与陆地的分界线，有清晰的边界概念。它不能用来指河岸或湖岸。 Shanghai lies on the east coast of China. 上海位于中国东海岸。 4)seaside“海滨”；尤指度假胜地。 Many English people like to go to the seaside for their holidays and lie on the beach in the sun. 许多英国人去海滨度假，并躺在海滩上晒太阳。 5)shore“岸；滨”；含义广泛，可指围绕海洋、河流及湖泊旁边的陆地，含有与水相对的意味(in shore“近岸”，on shore“在岸上”，off shore“离岸”)。 They saw a boat a mile from the shore. 他们离海岸大约一英里处看到一条小船。 即学即用 用bank, shore, coast, beach或seaside填空。 (1)There is an island called Liu Gong Island off the________of Wei Hai. (2)I decided to go to the________to spend my summer vacation, where we can enjoy the cool sea water, the sunshine lying on the________. (3)With great difficulty, we pushed the man in the sea onto the________. (4)My brother lives on the other________of the lake. 答案：(1)coast　(2)seaside; beach　(3)shore　(4)bank 3．flat 1)adj. 平的；平直的 The earth is round, not flat. 地球是圆的，不是平的。 2)n. 公寓；单元房 Do you live in a flat or a house? 你住的是一套公寓还是一座房子？ 知识拓展 fall flat on your face 趴倒在地；彻底失败 即学即用 —My car has got a________tyre. I wonder if you could lend me a hand. —No problem. A．round B．full C．empty D．flat 答案：D 4．surround v 围绕；环绕；(使)包围；围住 ①The fence surrounds the school. 篱笆环绕着学校。 ②As a child