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Unit 4
Journey Across a Vast Land
Vocabulary(2)
Figure skaters perform at the renovated Capital Indoor Stadium, where the delicate task of adjusting the ice temperature is being tested this week by a team of experts. Pang Siyu, a 15-year-old amateur short-track speed skater, was thrilled to clock a personal best in the women's 500m final on the Olympic track.
"This rink is awesome," she said after winning in 45.71 seconds on Sunday. "This is definitely the fastest ice I've skated on. I don't want to leave the rink yet as I haven't had enough."
awesome
adj.令人惊叹的;可怕的; 很好的
awful
adj. 极坏的; 可怕的; 非常的
awkward
adj. 笨拙的; 棘手的; 尴尬的
1. Glen's an awesome player.
格伦是个很棒的球员。
2. Awesome, we went to Australia and New Zealand.
有点可怕。我们去了澳大利亚和新西兰。
3. Sometimes the sheer inanity of politicians is truly awesome.
有时政治家们十足的浅薄真令人惊叹。
4. Grand Theft Auto Three is awesome!
《侠盗猎车手3》真赞!
5. I felt deeply honoured, yet very humbled, by this awesome prospect.
看到这样壮观的景象让我无比荣幸,同时又为之折服。
Skaters practice on the lake at Olympic Forest Park in Beijing. Curtain ready to rise on a sporting spectacular.
spectacular
adj. 壮观的; 壮丽的; 惊人的
n. 壮丽的场面; 精彩的表演
1)The view from the top of the mountain
is spectacular.
2)I called Alice to tell her how
spectacular the present looked.
3)There was a spectacular sunrise/
sunset yesterday.
4)The opening ceremony of the
exhibition was very spectacular.
5)The Olympic Games is one of the
world’s great sporting spectaculars.
The China-Laos Railway performed well in the transport of both passengers and goods over the last month, boosting tourism, trade and bilateral exchanges. In the Chinese section, a train runs every half hour. The number of daily passenger trips grew from 19,000 to a peak of 33,000. In the Laotian section, demand is high, especially during weekends and holidays. The number of passenger trips reached a peak of 2,600 daily.
The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and go carbon-neutral before 2060. The country has also vowed to increase its per-capita GDP to the level of a moderately developed country by 2035.
peak n. 顶峰;山峰; 尖形
summit n.最高点; 顶点;山顶;首脑会议; 峰会
1).Primary school enrolment will peak this year.
今年小学入学人数将达到最高峰。
2).Tourism is at its peak in August.
八月是旅游高峰。
3).Traffic is very heavy at peak hours.
在高峰时间交通非常拥挤。
4).Many mountaineers have reached that mountain peak.
许多登山家都登上过那座大山的顶峰。
5).Tourism is at its peak in august.八月是旅游高峰。
6).He began to peak and pine.他日渐消瘦。
An employee works on a smart robot assembly line in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Dec 14. Experts highlight green investment, manufacturing in inspiring growth.
highlight
n. 最好或最精彩的部分
v. 突出; 强调; 使醒目
Both books highlight the human element of science.
两本书都重点谈到科学中人的因素。
Mr Bush also wants to highlight African successes.
布什先生想突出强调一下非洲的成就。
Of course we must highlight that the system can hardly be inaccurate.
当然我们必须强调这一点,即该系统根本不可能出错。
Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
双击鼠标左键来加亮突出这个程序。
We must highlight the Party's ideological and theoretical building.
必须把党的思想理论建设摆在更加突出的位置。
It is one of the highlights of the match.
这是比赛中最精彩的项目之一。
The highlight of our tour was seeing the palace.
我们旅游中最有意思的活动就是参观宫殿。
People watch sheep and goats walking through the city center on the occasion of the Transhumance Festival in Madrid, Spain, Oct 24, 2021. Thousands of sheep and cows were paraded through the city center here during the festival on Sunday, a centuries-old tradition in Spain. The festival originated from the transhumance practice, in which shepherds in winter drove their cattle and sheep from the mountains to the warm meadows and in summer returned to the mountains to ensure their animals are well fed.
Chen Ke holds a lamb on the ranch he rents in Xiliin Gol League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in August.
Mutton kebabs are enjoyed by visitors of all ages.
goat n. 山羊; 老色鬼
sheep n. 绵羊 (单数复数相同)
lamb n. 羊羔肉; 羔羊
mutton n. 羊肉
英语中有不少与“羊”有关的谚语,这里选择一些简介如下。
1. Get someone's goat:故意为难某人或惹某人发火的意思。
Goat在这里比喻一个人的安宁,如果被人偷走,肯定大发光火。如果要故意撩拨某人,可以说:I'm going to get your goat!
2. Separate the sheep from the goats:区别好坏,分辨良莠。
此谚语与separate the men from the boys同义。Working in a challenging place like this really separates the sheep from the goats。
3. Skin a goat:直接的字义是剥羊皮,做成语用时指“呕吐”。
如:Was my cooking so bad that everybody had to skin a goat
4. Act/Play the goat:人“扮山羊”的样子当然可笑,所以此成语意指即胡闹、行为如小丑。
如:He resorted to acting the goat to get people's attention。
5. A black sheep:指的是给群体带来耻辱的人,通常译成“害群之马”或“败类”。
Black sheep of the family就是“家族的败类”即“败家子”。
6. Wolf in sheep's clothing:披着羊皮的狼,已是我们所熟知的成语。
7. Cast/Make sheep's eyes at somebody:羊的眼睛鼓鼓的,看东西有点痴痴呆呆入迷的样子,“用羊眼盯某人”形容被某人所吸引而着迷,接近中文所说的“送秋波”或“抛媚眼”的意思。
如:You should have cast sheep's eyes at her。
8. Innocent as a [newborn] lamb:像刚出生的羊羔,当然是“天真无邪”的了。
9. Meek as a lamb:此成语形容一个人像羊羔那么安详温顺。
10. In two shakes of a lamb's tail:羊羔尾巴摇动得很快,摇动两次只在眨眼间。此成语即指“一瞬间”。
A grizzly bear, known to researchers as "Bear 775 Lefty", looks for migrating salmon to help fatten up for the winter hibernation, in Katmai National Park, Alaska, on Sept 21.
grizzly bear : 灰熊
n. 灰熊
Medical support workers transport a person to a helicopter during a medical drill for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing's Yanqing district in March.
This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website via SEPAH News on December 22, 2021, shows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) taking part in five-days military drills in three provinces.
drill v. 钻(孔); 打(眼)n. 钻(头); 训练;
(应对紧急情况的)演习
military drill: 军事训练; 军事演习
military training: 军训
He drilled into the wall of Lili's bedroom.
他在丽莉卧室的墙上打孔。
The Marines carried out landing exercises in a drill that includes 18 ships and 90 aircraft.
海军陆战队在一场军事训练中进行了登陆练习,包括18艘军舰和90架飞机。
The drill has variable speed control.
这钻机有变速控制。
A winter swimming enthusiast jumps into freezing water to welcome the new year in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on Jan 4. People across China are taking part in events to welcome the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
A sudden temperature drop in Shiyang River National Wetland Park in Minqin county of Gansu province recently caused steam to condense and freeze into white rime ice, creating breathtaking scenes across 60 square kilometers.
freezing adj. 极冷的; 冰冻的
freeze (froze -- frozen):
v. 结冰; 冰冻; 冷藏; 惊呆
1. I was freezing cold.我快冻僵了。
2. It's freezing outside.外面冷得要命。
3. I think it'll freeze tonight.我认为今晚会非常冷。
4. Katherine was frozen in horror.
凯瑟琳吓呆了。
5. East Anglians played bandy on frozen ponds and canals.
东英吉利人在结冰的池塘和运河上打曲棍球。
freezing cold: 极冷的; 冻僵的
A real estate agent (left) fields queries from prospective homebuyers at a shopping mall in Shanghai on Aug 1.
mall n. 购物商场;
购物广场 = shopping mall
market n. 市场; 集市; 商场
supermarket n. 超市; 超级市场
shop: n. 商店(UK)
store: n. (大型)百货商店; 商店(US)
department store:
百货公司; 大百货商店
1. The brick-paved pedestrian mall at the city's centre was crowded.
市中心砖块铺砌的步行街购物中心很是拥挤。
2. Are you ready to go to the mall
你准备要去购物中心了吗?
3. There are 40 shops, cafes, and restaurants in a covered mall.
这个室内购物中心里商店、咖啡馆和餐馆一共40家。
4. Thus, teenagers become mall rats, hanging out but rarely shopping in those megamalls.
就这样,青少年们整天在那些超大型购物中心游逛,却很少购物。
5. Joanna had driven down to a nearby mall to buy a stock of basic provisions.
乔安娜开车去附近的商场购买了一些基本的食物和饮料。
A freight train leaving Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, for Europe runs through the Inner Mongolia prairie.
prairie
n. 北美草原
plain:
n. 平原
grass:
n. 青草; 牧草;
草地; 草场; 牧场
anticipate doing sth. 预料到……
it is widely anticipated that... 预料……
anticipation n. 预料;期望
anticipate vt.预料;预见;期望
单句语法填空
①__________________ (anticipate) this major problem, the company took a series of methods to make sure the project would go as smoothly as possible.
②He bought extra food in the ___________ (anticipate) that more people would come than he had invited .
③It ______________ (anticipate) that she will resign.
Having anticipated
anticipation
is anticipated
Saxony-Anhalt State Premier Reiner Haseloff of the Christian Democratic Union party CDU holds a bunch of flowers at the CDU headquarters following Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt, in Berlin, Germany, on June 7, 2021.
bunch n. 串;束;捆
a bunch of...: 一束;一串;一群; 大量
a bunch of keys/flowers一串钥匙/一束花
Rescuers try to save people from a passenger boat in the Zangke River of Liupanshui, Guizhou province, on Sunday. The boat capsized the day before in severe convective weather. It said the passenger boat was hit by severe convective weather before it capsized. The area where the accident occurred was enveloped by thunder storms in the late afternoon on Saturday. Severe convective weather refers to sudden and very destructive weather phenomenon that often includes thunderstorms, hail, gales and locally heavy rain.
thunder
vi. 打雷; 轰隆隆地响;
轰隆隆地快速移动
n. 雷声; 轰隆声
thunder n.
1. 雷;雷声
eg: The rumble of thunder indicates there will be a storm.
轰鸣的雷声暗示着将有一场暴风雨。
The little baby was scared by the sudden thunder.
小宝宝被这突如其来的雷声吓到了。
2. 雷鸣般的响声;轰隆声
eg: I was woken up by the thunder of traffic in the early morning.
我一大早就被车辆的轰鸣声吵醒了。
Have you heard the distant thunder
你听到远处的轰鸣声了吗?
thunder vt.
1. 打雷
eg: Is it going to rain Listen, it’s thundering.
是要下雨了吗?听,在打雷呢。
2. 发出雷鸣般响声;轰隆隆地响
eg: There was thundering applause in the hall after his speech.
他演讲过后,大厅里想起了雷鸣般的掌声。
3. 轰隆隆地快速移动
eg: He missed the train and saw it thundering past.
他错过了火车,看到他轰隆隆地驶过。
4. 使快速移动
eg: The player thundered the ball past and shot at the goal.
这个球员将球快速射进球门。
5.怒喝;大声斥责
eg: The teacher thundered against the evils of computer games.
这位老师大声呵斥电脑游戏的种种坏处。
thunder的常见短语
1. sb's face is like thunder 某人怒气冲冲;某人满面怒容
eg: His face is like thunder after he heard the bad news.
听到这个坏消息之后,他满面怒容。
2. steal sb's thunder
抢了某人的风头(或功劳);抢先讲(或做)
eg: She has resentment towards me because I stole her thunder at the meeting few days ago.
她对我有怨恨,因为我在前几天的会议上抢了她的风头。
3. thunder at sb. 斥责; 谴责
eg: The parents were thundering at their son because he didn’t get good grades.
这对父母在大声斥责他们的儿子,因为他没有取得好成绩。
Tourists observe frost on pine trees on Huangshan Mountain, or Yellow Mountain, in Anhui province on Oct 17, 2021.
frost
n. 霜; 严寒天气; 霜冻
v. 使蒙上霜; 结霜
The CIIE Fair remains a popular shopping and tourism spot for local residents and visitors, as the fourth China International Import Expo dropped its curtain on Nov 10.
curtain n. 窗帘
draw/pull/open/close a curtain
拉上/打开/关上窗帘
pull back the curtain
拉开窗帘
1、I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife.
我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。
2、A curtain acted as a divider between this class and another.
帘子作为分隔物将这间教室和另一间分开。
3.I bought enough material to curtain the house.
我买了不少布料,足够做房子的窗帘用。
4.I curtain all the rooms with my sister.
我和妹妹给所有房间都装了窗帘。
短语:
behind the curtain 在幕后;秘密地,私下,暗中
bring down the curtain on 终止,结束
draw(或drop) the curtain over(或on)
终止,结束
隐瞒,掩盖
lift(或raise)the curtain on (或over)
揭开…的序幕;开始,着手
揭露,暴露
ring down the curtain
鸣铃闭幕
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