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Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors-Language Points Warming up 1. alternative n. 可供选择的事物；（） adj. 供选择的，二选一的，常作定语 ’t like the school lunch, you have the alternative of bringing your own. 如果你不喜欢学校的午餐，你可以选择自己带饭。 alternative energy可替代能源 The way was blocked,so I went by an alternative road.这条路被挡住了，因此我走了另一条。 Do you have an alternative solution to the problem？ 你有没有别的办法来解决这个问题？ 常用结构： ……..的选择；可以做………. have no alternative but to do sth. 只能做某事；……外别无选择 = have no choice but to do sth.=can’t do sth but do sth =can do nothing but do sth=can’t help but do sth We have no alternative but to go on. 除了继续下去,我们别无选择。 There was no other alternative but to fight till the victory. 除了战斗到胜利,别无选择。 She used to suffer from starvation but now she is starving herself to try to lose weight.(starve) 她过去常常忍饥挨饿，但是现在却节食来试图减肥。 4. tentative -- adj. 不确定的a tentative smile 勉强的微笑 tentative prices 价格不固定, 暂定价 Make a tentative offer 作尝试性的出价（建议） Come to a tentative conclusion 获得暂时的结论 proposal a tentative project 提出一个初步的计划。 He still held a tentative relationship with Marjorie Stafford.他还和麦琪利·斯达福保持着若即若离的关系。 Could we make a tentative appointment for Friday? 暂时的我们能暂时先约在星期五吗? Each step he took was slightly tentative. 他每走一步都有些迟疑不决。 Reading 1. interrupt vt.vi. 打断(别人谈话)，打岔插嘴 It is rude to interrupt. 打断别人的话，是不礼貌的。Traffic in the city was interrupted by a snowstorm. 市内交通被暴风雪所阻断。 词语辨析 interrupt；disturb （1）interrupt 突然中断、打断他人的言语或行为，使其不能继续。 （2）disturb 及物动词,一般用语，多用被动语态。指扰乱，使人不能平静或妨碍别人工作、思维或正常秩序，是程度较深的打扰，以及“使焦虑，使不安、烦恼”的意思。 用interrupt, disturb填空。 (1)Sorry to interrupt you，but can you tell me where the train station is？ (2)I don’t like being disturbed while I am working in my office. (3)His passion for computer games disturbed me. 3. acute adj. 严重的, 敏锐的, 急性的, 剧烈的 ① an acute problem is very serious: This area has an acute shortage of water. 这个地方缺水严重。 He suffers from acute depression. 他患有严重的抑郁症。 ② an acute feeling is very strong: acute pain 剧痛 acute embarrassment 极其尴尬 acute anxiety万分焦急