赵永建全新版大学英语第二版综合教3Unit2课件.pptVIP

Make the best of 村子里的生活条件很差,但我们只能认命了. The living conditions in the village were very poor, but we had to make the best of it. 17 .disguise: 1) give sb./ sth. a false appearance假扮，伪装 pattern: disguise sb./ sth. as… e.g. 木兰女扮男装，所以她可以在战场上战斗。 Mulan disguised herself as a man so she could fight on the battlefield. He disguised himself as a woman. . 18. Be at risk of… 据报道西部的一些地区正面临着沙漠化的极大危险. It is reported that some areas in the west are at high risk of desertification. take a risk /take risks at all risks / at any risk 无论冒什么危险；无论如何 19 starve: vt. cause to suffer or die from great hunger ( 使）挨饿,（使）饿死 They tried to starve the army into surrender. starvation n. pattern: starve for=be starved of 渴望，急需 偏远地区辍学的儿童渴望上学。 The drop-out children in the remote area starve for schooling. Word Study 1.breeze: n. a gentle wind 凉爽清新的微风 a cool, refreshing breeze All of the following words are related to wind. Can you match them with their definitions? gust a strong, abrupt rush of wind gale a very strong wind hurricane a severe tropical cyclone, usu. involving heavy rains tornado a rotating column of air 2. CF: slender, thin slim 这几个词都有细小、瘦弱之意。 slender 主要表示苗条之瘦，往往含有瘦得好看或匀称的意思。例如： Film actress Zhang Ziyi is a slender woman. 电影演员章子怡身材苗条。 thin 表示人或物的直径与长度的比例较小。例如： People usually get thinner after an illness. 生病后，人们通常变得瘦一些。 slim 用于指人与动物时，其含义与slender相同，但在引申意义上却侧重于贫乏和不足状态。例如： As a slim boy, he has now filled out. 他原是一个清瘦的男孩，现在胖多了。 To tell you the truth, your chances to pass the exam are too slim. 实话告诉你，你考试过关的希望实在是太小了。 3. be confident that 麦克儿相信他能被哈佛大学录取. Michael was confident that he would be enrolled by Harvard University. be confident of 足球队非常有信心能赢得这场重要的比赛. The soccer team is quite confident of being able to win this important game. be confident about 对机器越熟悉,对使用它就越有信心. The more familiar you are with this machine, the more confident you will be about using it. 4. racial: adj. relating to a person’s race, or to different races of people 种族的 There is a