Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNatureWorld第2课时Reading同步课件外研版必修4.ppt

1．claim v. 1)(根据权利)要求；认领；索赔 ①Did you claim on the insurance after your car accident? 你的车子出事之后，你要求领保险金了吗？ ②I claimed the coat that the teacher found. 我认领了老师找到的外套。;2)声称；自称；主张 ①He clamied that he hadnt done it, but I didnt believe him. 他声称没有做这件事，可是我不相信他。 ②Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. 渔夫和水手有时声称看到过海里的怪物。 n. 1)(依据权利的)要求 They made a claim for higher pay. 他提出了更高报酬的要求。;2)权利 The poor have a claim to our sympathy. 穷人值得我们同情。 3)声明；声称 The governments claim that the war was necessary was clearly mistaken. 政府声称战争是必然的，这说法显然是错误的。 4)索赔 The insurance company cannot meet such enormous claims. 保险公司不能支付如此巨额的赔款。;知识拓展 claimable adj. 可要求的；可索赔的 claimee n. 被索赔人 claimer n. 索赔者；申请者 have a claim on/to 有对……的要求权 raise a claim 提出(所有权的)要求 make a claim to 认为……是属于自己的 make a claim for 对(赔偿等)提出要求;即学即用 (1)Many people claimed________flying saucers. A．seeing　　　　　　　 B．having seen C．to have seen D．to see (2)Every citizen in a democratic country may________the protection of the law. A．declare B．claim C．ask D．announce 答案：(1)C　(2)B;2．calm adj. 平静的 The high wind passed and the sea was calm again. 大风过后，大海又恢复了风平浪静。 比较级：calmer；最高级：calmest 辨析：calm, quiet, silent与still calm指物体不激烈运动，多用于天气、海洋等；亦指人的思想、情绪稳定，不受感情或激情的干扰，强调镇静。 quiet主要指相对地没有明显的吵闹或骚乱的一种静的状态；用于人时，指人性情温和、文静，但也指人的悠闲。;silent指没有影响，如人的沉默不语或环境的寂静；指人时强调沉默。 still指寂然不动，鸦雀无声，完全没有声响。多用于描绘景物，亦可指人或动物。强调静止。;即学即用 He did what he could________the girl. A．calm B．to calm C．calmed D．calming 答案：B;3．action n. 行动；行为 take action 采取行动 Action speaks louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 bring into action 使行动起来 go into action 行动起来 in action 在运转；在战斗中;即学即用 He insisted that the situation is got good and we________. A．must take action B．take action C．taking action D．took action 答案：B;4．cover v. 1)vt. 占据；覆盖；走完；看完；报道；涉及 ①The big garden covers an area of more than 100 mu. 这个大花园占地一百多亩。 ②The mountain is covered with snow all the year around. 山上终年被雪覆盖。 ③The review covered everything we learned last term. 这次复习包括上学期我们所学的全部课程。;④She covered 1 000 me