撫順縣高級中學(xué)肖媧必修一Unit51.…despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.

despiteprep.(=inspiteof)

即使；盡管egIstillenjoyedtheweek

despite

theweather.

不管天氣如何，這一周我過得還是很愉快的。注意：despite后跟名詞和代詞。although/though盡管；雖然，為連詞，后接句子，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。

upsanddowns浮沉；興衰；榮辱egIhavemyupsanddowns.(翻譯)

我歷盡滄桑。Thewayaheadisfullofupsanddowns,

butthatdoesn’tworryus.(翻譯)

前進的道路是不平坦的，但是我們不怕。2.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.

basedadj.

以(某事)為基礎(chǔ)的；以……為重要部分(或特征)的

basevt.

以……為據(jù)點；以……為基礎(chǔ)，常用于basesth.on/uponsth.或bebasedon/upon結(jié)構(gòu)中。bebasedin...以……為據(jù)點，把（總部等）設(shè)在……egHebasedhisideason/uponscientificexperiments.Thisnovelisbasedon/uponhistoricalfacts.Theydecidedtobasetheorganizationin

NewYork.basen.

底部；根據(jù)egThebaseofthehouseisstrong.3.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu…

dateback常和to搭配，意為“追溯到……”，相當(dāng)于datefrom。egHisfamilyhistorydatesbacktothe1700s.(翻譯)

他的家族歷史可以追溯到18世紀(jì)。4.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,...,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.leadto,導(dǎo)致，通向……，后接名詞或doing.AllroadsleadtoRome.Hiscarelessdrivingledtotheaccident.Whathedidledtohisbeingpunished.leadsb.todosth.

帶領(lǐng)某人做某事；leadsb.tosomeplace

帶領(lǐng)某人去某地leadingadj.

最重要的；領(lǐng)先的leadern.

領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人varietyn.(植物、語言等的）變體、異體、品種；（同一事物的）不同種類avarietyof...各種各樣的……；varietiesof...各種各樣的……variousadj.各種各樣的；各種不同的varyv.變化；多變

varywith...隨著……變化eg.Theycomefromavarietyofbackgrounds.Therearevariouswaysofansweringquestions.Hismoodsvarywiththeweather.5.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintoone…

majoradj.

主要的；重要的；大的egAllofhermajorplayshavebeentranslatedintoEnglish.Themajorpartofalittlebaby’slifeisspentinsleeping.n.

主修課程；主修學(xué)生egWhatisyourmajor,EnglishorFrench?

vi.

主修；專門研究，常與in連用egLauraismajoringinphysics.6.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportance.of+n.(抽象名詞)相當(dāng)于形容詞

ofimportance=important

ofuse=useful

ofvalue=valuable

ofhelp=helpful

7.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.

nomatter(what/how/where/when/whether)…是一個引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句的連詞結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“無論（什么、怎樣、哪里、何時、是否等）……”，可置于句首、句中和句尾。egNomatterhowfasttherabbitran,itcouldnotescapethebiggreywolf.(翻譯)

無論這兔子跑多快，都無法逃過那大灰狼。Anyperson,nomatterwhotheyare,mustgothroughanidentitycheck.(翻譯)

任何人，無論是誰，都要接受身份檢查。I’llleaveanyway,nomatterwhatyousay.(翻譯)

不管你說什么，我都要離開。8.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeans

bywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.meansn.方式；方法；途徑；手段bymeansof

借助……手段；依靠……方法bynomeans

絕不；一點也不meanv.

意味著；意思是；打算

adj.

吝嗇的；平均的meaningn.意義；含義meaningfuladj.有意義的；meaninglessadj.無意義的9.ThehighregardfortheChinesewrtingsystemcanbeseen...regardn.尊重；關(guān)注

vt.

把……視為；看待regard...as...把……看作……eg.Givemyregardstoyourpatents.Theroadwasbuiltwithoutregardtothesafetyofresidents.Cyclingisregardedasoneofthebestformsofexercise.10.appreciatevt.

欣賞；重視；感激；領(lǐng)會

vi.

增值egYoucan'treallyappreciateforeignliteratureintranslation.(翻譯)

Wedidn'tappreciatethathewasseriouslyill.(翻譯)看翻譯作品不能真正欣賞到外國文學(xué)原著的美妙之處。我們沒有意識到他的病情很嚴(yán)重。I’dappreciateitifyoucouldturntheradiodown.(翻譯)如果你把收音機的音量調(diào)低一些，我會不勝感激。Iappreciateyouofferingussuchagoodchance.(翻譯)我感激你為我們提供那么好的機會。識記：

Iwouldappreciateitifyou...如果你……我將不勝感激。appreciatedoingsth.

感激做某事

11.Scanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation.

specificadj.

特定的；明確的；具體的egCouldyoubemorespecificaboutwhatyou’relookingfor?(翻譯)

你在找什么，能再說的具體些嗎？Educationshouldnotbelimitedtoanyonespecificagegroup.(翻譯)

教育不應(yīng)該局限于任何一個特定的年齡段。1.Inmyopinion,mybestfriendchangedmyattitude_________life.2.Eatingtoomuchsugarcanlead_____healthproblems.3.Thestudywasbased_________datafrom2,000women.4.Thesedatahavebeencollectedfrom___________(variety)sources.totoonvarious5.Shemajored_________mathandphysicsa