Unit3Makeithappen!Developingideas1

UNEXPECTED

INVENTIONS意想不到的發(fā)明（教材P42）

unexpected

/??n?k?spekt?d/

adj.想不到的

既可作表語，又可作定語。

The

result

was

totally

unexpected.這個(gè)結(jié)果完全出乎意料。（作表語）

Life

is

full

of

unexpected

surprises.生活充滿了意想不到的驚喜。（吉林中考）（作定語）2

Spencer

Silver

invented

a

type

of

...

glue.

Arthur

Fry

thought

it

was

perfect

for

sticking

notes

to

books

without...

the

pages.斯賓塞·

西爾弗發(fā)明了一種……膠水。亞瑟·弗萊認(rèn)為它非常適合用來在書上貼便簽，且不會(huì)……紙張。（教材P43）

glue

/lu:/

n.膠，膠水

We

need

a

tube

of

glue.我們需要一管膠水。

［動(dòng)詞］用膠水將物體黏合，粘貼glue

A

to/onto

B

把A粘到B上glue

A

and

B

together

把A和B粘在一起

Glue

this

piece

of

paper

onto

the

wall.

把這張紙粘到墻上。

He

glued

the

picture

and

his

book

together.他把這張圖片與他的書粘在了一起。

perfect

/?p?:f?kt/

adj.完美的

［形容詞］無比較級和最高級形式。

Practice

makes

perfect.熟能生巧。

No

one

is

perfect.人無完人。

perfect的其他常見含義：典例

根據(jù)句意及英文解釋，寫出句中所缺單詞。（宿遷中考）Hongze

Lake

wetland

is

a

_______

（the

best）

place

for

some

wild

birds.perfect[解析]

句意：洪澤湖濕地是一些野生鳥類的絕佳棲息地。the

best意為“最好的”，可用形容詞perfect替換，作定語修飾名詞place。故填perfect。3

The

next

day,

he

found

it

was

frozen.

第二天，他發(fā)現(xiàn)杯子凍住了。（教材P43）

freeze

/fri:z/

v.（使）結(jié)冰，（使）凍結(jié)

address

/??dres/

v.對……發(fā)表演說4

We

can

start

by

addressing

the

listeners

directly,

asking

an

interesting

question,

telling

a

story

or

sharing

a

famous

saying.我們可以以直接對聽眾發(fā)表演說、提出一個(gè)有趣的問題、講述一個(gè)故事或分享一句名言作為開頭。（教材P43）

address

a

meeting

召開會(huì)議

He

addressed

an

audience

of

10,000

supporters.他對一萬名支持者發(fā)表了演說。

（1）［名詞］演說，演講

We

are

going

to

listen

to

a

famous

writer’s

address.我們將要聽一位著名作家的演講。（2）［名詞］地址；電子郵件地址

What’s

your

new

address?你的新地址是什么？

I

can’t

find

his

email

address.我找不到他的電子郵件地址。5

I

have

no

special

talents.

I

am

only

passionately

curious.我沒有什么特殊才能。

我只有強(qiáng)烈的好奇心。（教材P44）

talent

/?t?l?nt/

n.天資，天賦，才能

［可數(shù)名詞］&［不可數(shù)名詞］have/show

a

talent/gift

for...在……方面有天賦

Mike,

a

7-year-old

boy，has

a

great

talent/gift

for

art.

邁克，一個(gè)7歲的男孩，很有藝術(shù)天賦。

All

the

students

are

looking

forward

to

the

talent

show

on

Friday.所有的學(xué)生都期待著周五的才藝表演。相當(dāng)于is

very

talented

in

（1）talent

［名詞］有才能的人；天才

He

was

such

a

creative

talent

and

not

just

an

artist.他是個(gè)極具創(chuàng)造力的天才，而不僅僅是個(gè)藝術(shù)家。（2）talented

［形容詞］有才能的;天才的

He

is

a

talented

player.他是一位天才運(yùn)動(dòng)員。6

He

was

drawn

to

electricity

and

had

a

deep

curiosity

about

its

nature.他對電很著迷，對它的性質(zhì)有著深深的好奇心。（教材P44）

electricity

/??lek?tr?s?ti/

n.電

We

aren’t

supposed

to

waste

electricity.

我們不應(yīng)該浪費(fèi)電。

When

did

the

village

first

get

electricity?

這個(gè)村何時(shí)通的電？

electric［形容詞］電的；用電的；電動(dòng)的

He

invented

the

first

electric

clock.

他發(fā)明了第一個(gè)電動(dòng)時(shí)鐘。

There

is

an

electric

guitar

in

his

bedroom.

他的臥室里有把電吉他。7

Just

look

at

Wan

Hu,

the

Ming

Dynasty

pioneer

of

space

exploration.看看萬戶，他是中國明朝時(shí)期的太空探索先驅(qū)。（教材P44）

pioneer

/?pa???n??/

n.先驅(qū)，先鋒，創(chuàng)始人

［可數(shù)名詞］其后常跟介詞of或in,表示“……的先鋒/先驅(qū)/創(chuàng)始人”。

John

Whitney

was

a

pioneer

of

computer

animation.約翰·惠特尼是電腦動(dòng)畫的先驅(qū)。

Confucius

was

a

pioneer

in

the

field

of

education.孔子是教育界的先驅(qū)。8

He

was

so

curious

about

space

that

he

invented

a

“flying

chair”!

He

lost

his

life

while

testing

this

invention.他對太空非常好奇，甚至發(fā)明了一個(gè)“飛椅”！他在試驗(yàn)這項(xiàng)發(fā)明時(shí)喪生。（教材P44）

be

curious

about對……感到好奇

后可接名詞、代詞、動(dòng)詞-ing或從句。其中curious為形容詞，意為“好奇的”，其名詞形式為curiosity“好奇心”。

As

a

child,

I’m

curious

about

the

UFO.作為一個(gè)小孩，我對不明飛行物感到好奇。

He

was

curious

about

how

she

would

react.他很好奇她會(huì)有什么反應(yīng)。

Children

show

curiosity

about

everything.兒童對一切事物都顯露出好奇心。

test

/test/

v.驗(yàn)證；檢驗(yàn)

test

out檢驗(yàn)

Test

your

brakes

regularly.要定期檢驗(yàn)剎車。

His

work

is

to

test

out

new

designs

of

cars

before

they

are

put

on

the

market.他的工作是在新設(shè)計(jì)的汽車投入市場之前對它們進(jìn)行檢驗(yàn)。

（1）［可數(shù)名詞］測驗(yàn)take/do/have

a

test參加測驗(yàn)pass

a

test通過測驗(yàn)（考試及格）fail

a

test

沒有通過測驗(yàn)（考試不及格）（2）［名詞］檢查

尤指醫(yī)療上的檢查。

I

need

to

have

an

eye

test.我需要檢查眼睛。

despite

/d??spa?t/

prep.盡管，雖然，任憑9

Despite

the

failure,

his

curiosity

gave

future

explorers

ideas.盡管失敗了，但他的好奇心為后來的探索者提供了靈感。（教材P44）

用于表示讓步或?qū)Ρ汝P(guān)系，后面常跟名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞-ing形式,不能接句子。與in

spite

of同義。

Despite

the

rain,

we

went

out

for

a

walk.盡管下雨，我們還是出去散步了。

Despite

applying

for

hundreds

of

jobs,

he

is

still

out

of

work.盡管申請了數(shù)百個(gè)工作，但他仍然在失業(yè)中。

She

was

good

at

physics

despite

the

fact

that

she

found

it

boring.盡管她認(rèn)為物理枯燥無味，她卻學(xué)得很好。后面可以接句子

failure

/?fe?lj?/

n.失敗

其反義詞為success“成功”。

Don’t

be

afraid

of

failure.不要害怕失敗。（雅安中考）

His

efforts

ended

in

failure.他的努力以失敗告終。

fail［動(dòng)詞］失敗，未能做到其反義詞為succeed。

Edison

failed

1,000

times

before

he

invented

the

light

bulb.愛迪生發(fā)明燈泡之前失敗了1

000次。

You

will

have

to

work

hard

if

you

are

to

succeed.要想有所作為，你必須苦干。10

But

curiosity

is

more

than

just

taking

risks.但好奇心不僅僅是冒險(xiǎn)。（教材P45）

risk

/r?sk/

n.冒險(xiǎn)舉動(dòng)

［可數(shù)名詞］&［不可數(shù)名詞］take

risks/take

a

risk冒險(xiǎn)the

risk

of...……的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)at

risk處境危險(xiǎn),受到威脅take/run

the

risk

of

doing

sth.冒險(xiǎn)做某事cut

down

the

risk

of...降低……的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)

We

do

not

expect

untrained

people

to

take