牛津版英语选修9 Unit3 Australia ppt.ppt

Warming up General introduction of Australia Places of interest Choose a suitable answer for each sentence. 1.associate vt. 使发生联系，使结合; vi交往 结合 【常用表达】associate sth. with sth. 将一事与另一 事联系起来 associate...with （思想上）联系，（业务上）合作 associate with sb. 与…为友/交往 be associated with sb. in …与…联合做… 如： Many Foreigners associate China with Chinese KongFu. 很多外国人想起中国就想了中国功夫。 I was associated with him in the project. 我同他一起做那个项目。 2．adequate adj. 适当的，足够的；尚可的, 差强人意的 【常用表达】be adequate for sth （数量或质量）令人满意的；足够的 be adequate to do sth 胜任做某事 be adequate to the job 胜任工作 如： He is adequate to the job. 他胜任这项工作。 She has adequate excuses for a rest. 他要求休息有充足的借口。 His explanation did not seem adequate to account for what had happened.他的解释似乎不足以说明事情发生的原因。 That hotel is merely adequate. 这个宾馆还过得去。 【知识拓展】adequately adv. 充足地 adequacy n. 充足，适当 3.tolerate v. 容忍；忍受；宽恕；能经受 （困难条件） 【常用表达】tolerate sth./ doing sth. 如：Teachers never tolerate cheating on exams. 老师绝不允许考试作弊。 【知识拓展】tolerance n．容忍；忍受，宽容；耐力; tolerant adj. 忍受的，容忍的。 常见表达如：show tolerance towards sb． 容忍某人；be tolerant of 对……容忍 5.owe vt. 欠（钱、物、债等）；把……归功于……；应当给予…… 【常用表达】owe sb. sth. ; owe sth to sb.; owe sb. an apology 如： I owe him ten yuan . 我欠他10元钱。 I owe my success to you. 我的成功多亏了你。 I owe you an apology. 我得向你道歉。 【知识拓展】owing to 因为，由于 如：Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year. 由于缺乏资金，该项目明年将中止。 6．glimpse vi. 看一眼,瞥见(at)；vt. 瞥见 如：He glimpsed at my new watch and said it was a good bargain. They glimpsed a village through the trees. 【知识拓展】 n.一瞥；短短一看，常与have，get，catch等动词连用，构成have/get/catch a glimpse of 的表达。 如：I only caught a glimpse of the driver. 我只瞥了那司机一眼。 7. shrink vi. 收缩,缩短,皱缩；vt. (使)缩小 如：Will it shrink if I wash it? 如果我用水洗，它会缩水么？ Hot water shrinks woollen clothes. 热水会使羊毛衣服皱缩。 【考例1】Woolen sweater often _______with water. A. shrinks B. decreases C. digests D. dissolves 【解析】答案为A。 Language points 1.Australia is the only country that is also a continent.