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[词条1] curious [课文原句] He was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown.(Page 42) [点拨] curious在这里作形容词,意为好奇的；求知欲强的,固定搭配be curious about ...,意为对……感到好奇。又如: Children are naturally curious about the new things. [拓展] ●be curious to do sth.想要做某事,渴望做某事。例如: ①They were curious to know about the nature. ②I’m curious to hear what you are going to say. ●It is curious that ... 奇怪的是……。例如: It was curious that he left without telling all of us. ●名词形式为curiosity,意为好奇心,固定搭配out of curiosity,意为出于好奇心。例如: ①My curiosity forced me to open the mysterious box. ②Out of curiosity, he pressed the button of the fire alarm. [词条2] present [课文原句] Then, a few months after Careter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who was also present when the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt. (Page 43 ) [点拨] present在这里作形容词,意为出席的,在场的,常作后置定语。又如: ①All the students present were against his advice. ②There were 300 people present at the meeting. [拓展] ●present作形容词还可意为现在的,当前的,只能作前置定语。例如: He is not clear about the present situation. ●present还可作动词,意为赠送,颁发；提出,显示。固定搭配:present sth. to sb. / present sb. with sth. 将某物赠送给某人。例如: ①All the dancers were presented with flowers. ②Young teachers try to present their material in an interesting way. ●present还可作名词,可意为礼物,赠品。例如: My aunt said that she would buy me a computer as a present on my birthday. ●present作名词时还可意为目前,现在。固定搭配:at present现在；for the present暂时。 [词条3] certain [课文原句] What is certain, though, is that the mystery of Tutankhanum’s tomb has never been fully explained. (Page 43) [点拨] certain在这里作形容词,意为确定的,肯定的。又如: We’re not quite certain what time the train leaves. [拓展] ●certain常用的固定搭配:be certain to do sth.肯定,一定做……；be certain of (doing) sth.对……确定；It is certain that ……肯定,确定。例如: ①Are you certain of what you are saying? ②It is certain that they will come. = They are certain to come. ●辨析certain与sure:???? 两者都可作表语,意为确信的,对……有把握的等。后跟从句时,certain的主语可以是人,也可以是物,而sure的主语只能是人。certain还可作定语,意为某个,某些,某种,而sure作定语时,意为有把握的,可靠的,肯定的。例如: ①I’m not sure that he’s honest.