Reading 选修九Unit3.pptVIP

沿线上有世界上最长的铁轨(478公里, the world’s longest straight stretch of railway track), 中途停靠Broken Hill, Adelaide, Kalgoorlie, Cook等风景点, 三天三晚后到达目的地。火车上有 淋浴, 冷热水, 插座等, 并有空调、 设备齐全的卫生间和酒吧。 Unit 3 Australia Reading Glance quickly at the five texts below and then answer the questions. 1. What topic is common to all five texts? Fast-reading All five texts are about some aspect of Australia. ◆a postcard from someone on holiday ◆part of a text in an encyclopedia ◆part of a tourist brochure ◆a newspaper article ◆an advertisement 3. Match each reading passage with a description below. (作介绍和 宣传用的) 小册子 1. glimpse vi. 看一眼, 瞥见(+at) He glimpsed at my new watch and said it was a good bargain. vt. 瞥见 They glimpsed a village through the trees. I just glimpsed the aero plane between the clouds. 重点单词和词组 glimpse n. (at sth. or sb.) 一瞥; 短短 一看, 常与have, give, catch等连用。 I only caught a glimpse of the driver. She drew aside the window curtain and had a glimpse of the river. glimpse 指看一眼或一瞥(无意识的)。 glance 指看一下或瞥一眼(有意识的), glance只意味着看, 而glimpse还意味着 看见, glimpse往往是glance的结果。 His glance silenced the audience, and he began to speak.She caught a glimpse of her friend in the supermarket. 辨析: glimpse, glance 2. adequate adj. 1) 适当的, 足够的 Martin decided that he had no adequate proof. He sought for an adequate solution to the problem. 2) 胜任的(+to) She proved adequate to the job. 3) 尚可的, 差强人意的 That hotel is merely adequate. be adequate for sth… 充足 to doing sth. 胜任做某事 The money is adequate for the trip. This is a solution adequate to the problem. [短语连接] be fit for… 适合……胜任…… be equal to doing sth. 胜任…… adequate 通常指数量上和质量上 满足要求 enough 偏重数量的足够 The prisoners received adequate food. (质好或量足) The prisoners received enough food. (指量) 辨析: adequate, enough 3. defence n. 防卫; 辩护 in defence of 保卫; 保护; 为……辩护 out of defence for 出于为……辩护 defence against 对……的防御 come/rush/leap/spring to sb’s defence 挺身为某人辩白 defenceless adj. 无防御的 defend vt. 防卫; 保护 The immune system is the body’s defence