研究生英语课件第三单元desert.ppt

Desert Questions: Have you ever been to a desert? What kind of picture will you think of when referred to desert ? New words scorch v. 烤焦，烧焦 Text Paragraph 1. A scorching sun, an endless sea of sand and a waterless, forbiddingly lonely land—that is the image most people have of deserts. 炎炎烈日下,无尽海的沙子和无水,令人生畏而孤独的土地,是大多数人对沙漠的印像。 Scorching adj. 炽热的 scorch [sk??t?]? v. 烧烤，烧焦 (scorching adj. 灼热的) e.g. She scorched the cake.她把蛋糕烤焦了。 forbiddingly [f?bidi?li]? adv. 难以接近地，令人生畏地 e.g. Among?his?mature?works,? the best known are the forbiddingly titled our socialis