1.refer vi.提到;参考;查阅vt.查询;叫……求助于→reference n.指称关系;参考 2.base vt.以……为据点;以……为基础n.底部;根据→based adj.以(某事)为基础的;以……为重要部分(或特征)的
3.vary vt.& vi.使多样化;变化→variety n.(植物、语言等的)变体;异体;多样化→various adj.不同的;各种各样的 4.globe n.球体;地球仪;地球→global adj.全球的;全世界的
5.appreciate vt.欣赏;重视;感激;领会→appreciation n.欣赏;感激;感谢
6.equal n.同等的人;相等物 adj.相同的;同样的→equally adv.相同地;同样地→equality n.平等
7.describe vt.& vi.描述;描写→description n.描写(文字);形容
1.character n.文字;符号;角;品质;特点
①Mr.Brown loves to study Chinese characters.文字
②Shakespeare made his characters live through their language in his plays.人物
③At the last moment,Tom decided to put in a new character to make the story seem more likely.角
④We are good friends and we are much alike in character.性格
2.武汉科技大学外语外事职业学院major adj.主要的;重要的;大的 n.主修课程;主修学生 vi.主修;专门研究
①Li Ming wants to major in physics at college.主修
②Environment protection is a major event.重要的
③He is a major in French at Stanford.主修学生
Words And Phrases
native adj.出生地的;本地的;土著的
n.本地人;本国人
嵌入式之家(教材P60) How many billion people speak the UN's official languages as their native or second language?
有多少亿人把联合国的官方语言作为他们的母语或第二语言? [例1] Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don't speak the s
ame kind of English.
以英语作为母语的人,即使他们所讲的语言不尽相同,但也可以相互理解。
[例2] Is her uncle a native of Shanghai,or just a visitor?她叔叔是上海本地人,还是只是一名游客?
[造句]研究人员说这种虎产于印度。
The researcher says the tiger is native to India.
[知识拓展]
(1)one's native country/land/language
某人的祖国/故乡/母语
be native to 原产于……
(2)be a ……的人;生长于……的动物或植物
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①杭州现代汽修学校The kind of horses is not native to America—it was introduced by the Spanish.
②The British forced the natives四川省工商行政管理局(native) to leave their land by burning their villages.
完成句子
③As a matter of fact,French is not my native language(我的母语).
[小片断理解]
French is not my native tongue.I'm a native of this place.
refer to 提到;查阅;参考;谈到;提交;把……称作……;指的是;描述;指的是
(教材P60)Pronouns refer to something or somebody mentioned earlier.
代词指的是前面提到的某件事或某个人。
[例1] Does your words refer to all of us?
你说的话是针对我们所有人吗?
[例2] The regulations refer only to children.
这些规定只适用于儿童。
[造句]我看了一下手表以便知道准确时间。
I referred to my watch for the exact time.
[知识拓展]
(1)as... 把……称作……
(2)reference n. 言及;提及;参考;查阅
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一词多义
①No one referred to the matter again.提及
西安外国语大学高职部
②When I said some people were stupid I wasn't referring to you.指的是
③The new law does not refer to land used for farming.有关;适用于
④If you don't know the exact meaning of the word,you may refer to the dictionary.查阅
⑤English is referred to as a universal language.把……称作是
base vt.以……为据点;以……为基础 n.底部;根据;基础
(教材P62)At the beginning,written Chinese was a picturebased language.
起初,汉字是一种基于图画的语言。
[例1] Please do remember that success is based on hard work.
请一定要记住,成功基于艰苦的努力。
[例2] He used the house as a base for his printing business.
他把房子用作印刷业的基地。
[造句]你不应该把你的报告基于错误的信息。
You shouldn't base your report on false information.
[知识拓展]
(/upon 把……建立在……的基础上
be based on/upon 以……为基础/依据
(2)basis n. 基础,主要成分
(3)basic adj. 基本的;基础的
(4)based adj. 以……为基础的,以……为重要部分的
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①We always base our idea on/upon facts.
②The suggestion was made on the basis(base) of secondhand information.
③The right to work is a basic(base) right of the citizens.
④Based(base) on a lot of researches,his plan is very practical.
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Based on the different technologies,tea is divided into three basic types.(base)
date back(to...)追溯到……
(教材P62)It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu...
它的使用可以追溯到数千年前的龙骨时期短跑技术……
[例1] As far as I know,the old town dates from/back to the early Tang Dynasty.
据我所知,这个古老的城镇可追溯到初唐时期。
[例2] According to the expert,the building has a history dating from/back to the early Tang Dynasty.