英语选修八U2知识点.ppt

* B8U2掌握词汇： differ, exact, twin, altogether, correction, correct, object, moral, flour, owe, retire, bother, strike, unable, feather, reasonable (reason) B8U2理解词汇 commercial, straightforward,undertake, breakthrough, procedure, carrier, cast, Medium (media), obtain, forbid, operal, Loaf (loaves),shortly, regulation, vain, Resist, decoration, turkey, hatch, 1. It is a difficult task to undertake.（掌）（undertook; undertaken） undertake v. 从事, 保证 1) I’ll undertake your security. 我将保证你的安全. 2) He undertook to finish the job by Friday. 他答应星期五之前完成这项工作。(undertake to do sth 许诺做某事；同意做某事) 2. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough ---the cloning of Dolly the sheep. 但是决心和耐心使科学家们最终于1996 年收获了突破性的结果-----克隆羊多莉 pay off （1）得到好结果，取得成果 1) His efforts paid off when the girl accepted his proposal. 他的努力没白费，女孩接受了他的求婚。 2) Years of hard work _________________ in his future career. （paid off） （多年的辛劳使他在以后的事业上获得了成功） （2）偿清，还清 3) I shall have paid off all my debt by next month. (我到下个月就将还清所有的债务） pay for 付钱买，付出代价 ；pay the bill 付账 ；pay back 还钱；还债；偿还 ； pay a visit to 拜访；pay attention to 注意 4) Who paid for （付钱）the book? 5) All the money you borrowed from the bank ______________.（必须归还） （ must be paid back） 3 Then came disturbing news that Dolly became seriously ill. 然后传来了多莉得了重病的令人烦恼的消息。 disturb vt. （掌握词汇）扰乱, 使不安, 弄乱; disturbed adj. 被扰乱的, 动乱的, 不安的； disturbing adj. 令人不安的。 eg. I’m very disturbed about Alice. Don’t disturb the papers on my desk. What disturbing news it is! 4 Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal. (1) cast down 使沮丧 （cast/cast/cast） eg. The fact that he had failed in the final exam really cast him down. 期末考试失利使他十分沮丧。 be cast down=feel discouraged 感到沮丧 He was much cast down by the failure of the experiment. 实验的失败使他非常沮丧。 cast about/ around for sth. 四处寻找，苦苦思索 （例句见阳光P24） (2) be appropriate to 适当，合适；适合于；对…很合适 eg. Write