Book9_U3_重点词汇讲解.doc

U3 重点词汇讲解 （一重点动词讲解1. sew ? [课文原句] These flags are more than just colourful pieces of cloth and thread sewn together. (Page34, Lines 2) [点拨] sew在句中用作动词，意为缝制，缝补。再如： I made this skirt just by sewing two pieces of material together.[拓展] 动词sew还可与up连用，构成短语sew sth up或sew up sth，意为把缝起来。如： A nurse will come and sew up that wound for you soon.[课文原句] These flags are more than just pieces of cloth sewn together at random with thread. (Page34, Lines 2) [点拨]He was not listening and made a random answer to the teacher’s question. 他不在听讲，对教师的问题瞎答一通。 He took a book at random. 他随手取了一本书。 3. thread [课文原句] These flags are more than just pieces of cloth sewn together at random with thread. (Page34Lines 1-2) [点拨]The girl is always busy with her needle and thread. 这个女孩总是忙于针线活。 He was defeated in the debate because he lost the thread of his argument. 他在辩论中被击败是因为他失去了论证的连续性。 [拓展]（1）作名词时还表示“线状物；线索；脉络；思绪；思路；贯穿的主线”。如： a thread of hope 一线希望 the thread of life 生命线 （2）作动词时，表示“穿针线”。 thread a needle 穿针 thread beads 穿起珠子 They threaded carefully along the narrow pass. 他们沿着狭窄的小道小心地穿行。 4. fundamental adj. 十分重大的；根本的；基础的；基本的 [课文原句] The French Revolution led to fundamental changes throughout the country. (Page34, Line) [点拨]The fundamental cause of his success is his hard work. 他成功的根本原因是他工作努力。 [拓展] fundamental还可以作名词，“基本原则(或原理)，根本法则(或规律)；纲要”。 In three days, she had learned the fundamentals of cooking. 三天之内她就学会了烹调的基本知识。 5. abolish vt. 废除，废止（法律、制度、习俗等） [课文原句] Many of the past ways were abolished, and the people won liberation. (Page34, Line) [点拨]Bad customs and laws ought to be abolished. 不良的习俗和法规应予以废除。 Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States. 亚伯拉罕·林肯在美国废除了奴隶制。 6. equality [课文原句] Revolution—liberty, equality and fraternity. (Page34, Line ) [点拨]In some countries black people do not have equality with white people. 在某些国家黑人没有和白人同等的权利。 [拓展] (1) equality的动词形式是equal，意为“比得上，等于”。 Nobody can equal him in intelligence. 没有人在智力方面能比得上他。比得上比得上 Three and five equals eight. Women demand equa