大学基础英语Unit 8.pptVIP

* Unit 8 Antarctica Author: Iran Cameron(1924- ) pen name of Donald Gordon Payne, British novelist and writer of documentaries. His publications include The Midnight Sea(1958), The Wind at Moring(1973) and Antarctica: The Last Continent(1974). Seen from the space Pre-reading question What do you know about Antarctica? Cold ? Ice? Or penguins? The Antarctic continent is the land except the surrounding islands, is the worlds latest discovery of the continent, it is lonely at the southernmost tip of the planet. Antarctica has an area of more than 98% of the thickness of a high snow- covered , known as white continent .There are 6 continents around the world, the Antarctic continent is larger than the Australian mainland, ranking No. 5. Antarctica and Australia, the mainland which are the worlds only surrounded by the sea , surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, forming a circle around the earths great water, was completely closed state. Important words/phrases: Let alone, 更不用说 Let sb/sth go, to stop holding sb/sth 放手，松手 Let yourself go, to behave in a relaxed way without worry about anything 放松，随心所欲 Let (sb) down ,to fail to help or support sb as they had hoped or expected使失望 Let on (to sb) ,to tell a secret 泄密 Set food in/on sth, to visit or go to a place Set about sth , to start doing sth 开始做，着手做 tenure,noun the legal right to use a piece of land 占有，所有权 outweigh , verb to be greater of important than sth 重于，大于，超过 hem, noun 边，缘 verb to surround sb/sth 包围，给…围上边 habitation noun the act of living 居住 habit verb栖息 habitat noun栖息地 habitable adj 可居住的 tempestuous, adj full of extreme emotion 激烈的，狂暴的，有暴风雨的 Incline, verb to trend to think or behave in a particular way 有。。趋势 adj inclined A hand full of, 一把（的量），很少的 obscure adj, not well kown 无名的，鲜为人知的 Adj, difficult to understand 费解的 Verb，to make sth difficult to see, hear or understand 使模糊 shatter verb To suddenly break into piece 使分