Unit 4
Extraterrest
rials
Unidentified Flying Object
Unidentified Flying Object (UFO),any object
or light,reportedly sighted in the sky,that
cannot be immediately explained by the
observer,Sightings of unusual aerial
phenomena date back to ancient times,but
UFOs (sometimes called flying saucers)
became widely discussed only after the first
widely publicized U.S,sighting in 1947,Many
thousands of such observations have since
been reported worldwide,
At least 90 percent of UFO sightings can be
identified as conventional objects,although
time-consuming investigations are often
necessary for such identification,The objects
most often mistaken for UFOs are bright
planets and stars,aircraft,birds,balloons,
kites,aerial flares,peculiar clouds,meteors,
and satellites,The remaining sightings most
likely can be attributed to other mistaken
sightings or to inaccurate reporting,hoaxes,
or delusions,although to disprove all claims
made about UFOs is impossible,
From 1947 to 1969 the U.S,Air Force
investigated UFOs as a possible threat to
national security,A total of 12,618 reports was
received,of which 701 reports,or 5.6 percent,
were listed as unexplained,The air force
concluded that,no UFO reported,investigated,
and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given
any indication of threat to our national security.”
Since 1969 no agency of the U.S,government
has had any active program of UFO
investigation,
In 1997 the U.S,Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) admitted that the U.S,military had
deceived the American public in an effort to
hide information about high-altitude spy
planes,These planes,the Lockheed U-2A and
the Lockheed SR-71,accounted for over half
of the UFO reports during the late 1950s and
1960s,
Some persons nevertheless believe that UFOs
are extraterrestrial spacecraft,even though no
scientifically valid evidence supports that belief,
The possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations is
not the stumbling block; most scientists grant
that intelligent life may well exist elsewhere in
the universe,A fully convincing UFO
photograph of a craftlike object has yet to be
taken,however,and the scientific method
requires that highly speculative explanations
should not be adopted unless all of the more
ordinary explanations can be ruled out,
UFO enthusiasts persist,however,and some
persons even claim to have been abducted
and taken aboard UFOs,(A close encounter
of the third kind is UFO terminology for an
alleged encounter between humans and
visitors from outer space.) No one has
produced scientifically acceptable proof of
these claims,
Objectives
? 1,understand the main idea ( some E.T,has tried
to establish relationship with people on Earth,
but found their friendly initiative rejected due to
misunderstandings,),
? 2,appreciate the difference between formal speech
and informal speech,
? 3,grasp the key language points and grammatical
structures in the text,
Background
? Venus the second major planet in order of
distance from the Sun,Also known as Hesperus,
the evening star,or Phosphorus,the morning
star,Venus can be the brightest object in the sky
after the Sun and Moon and follows a near-
circular path some 106 million kilometres from
the Sun,taking 225 days to complete one orbit,
Venus from Space meteorite craters
on its surface
? extraterrestrial life life-forms that may have evolved
on other planets,There is no hard evidence at present that life
exists other than on the Earth,Most UFOs have been
satisfactorily explained as being natural or man-made,and the
Viking missions to Mars were inconclusive in testing for the
existence of life on that planet,Nevertheless,searches have
been and are being made for signs that life has arisen in other
parts of the universe,Certain knowledge either that life is
confined to planet Earth or has been found elsewhere would
have the profoundest philosophical elsewhere must include
the size,age,and structure of the universe,and the conditions
under which life as we know it can originate and evolve,
Other factors of relevance in the search for extraterrestrial life
include an assessment of the probability that intelligence
leading to scientific and technological civilizations similar to
our own may arise,
? the Congress The Congress is one of the
three branches of the US federal government,the
legislative branch,Congress has two houses,the
Senate and the House of Representatives,The
main job of Congress is making laws,Before a
new law can be made,both houses have to pass it,
and it must then have the approval of the
President,In a system of government based on a
series of checks and balances,the two houses of
Congress act as a check on each other,as well as
together forming a check on the powers of the
executive branch,especially the President,
? the Supreme Court The judicial branch is
one of the three branches of US federal government
and operates the system of law courts,The Supreme
Court in Washington,D.C,is the highest court in the
US,and is very powerful,It has nine judges,called
justices,Traditionally,they are called the nine old
men,although there has been one woman justice,
The head of the court has the title of Chief Justice of
the United States,Justices are appointed by the
President,although the Senate must give its
approval to the choice,There has been only one
African-American justice,
? income tax a tax paid according to a
person’s level of income,with people on higher
incomes paying higher rates of tax,It is used by
the government to help pay for things like health
care and education,It is collected in Britain by
the Inland Revenue and in the US by the Internal
Revenue Service,
structure
Parts Paragraphs Main Idea
Part One
Paras 1-3
The narrator claims that no
extraterrestrials will ever land
on earth,
Part Two
Paras 4-48
The narrator gives an account
of his encounter with
extraterrestrials,making it
clear why he claims that they
will return no more,
(1)
Sections Paragraphs Main Plots
Section One Paras 4-5 (before the E.T.’s arrival) Bart got quite irritable because of his complicated
tax form,
Section Two
Paras 6-11
(the landing of the flying saucer) The
narrator was shocked at the sight of a
flying saucer landing on Earth and two
men getting out of it,while Bart didn’t
notice it at all,
Section Three
Paras 12-34
(the meeting with the E.T.) Unaware of
the guests’ identity and caught up with
his tax form,Bart talked to the guests
with an impatient and sarcastic tone
and turned down their request rudely,
Their conversation ended with the
guests’ promise of not coming back,
Section Four
Paras 35-48
(after the E.T.’s departure) After the
E.T,left,the narrator got mad at Bart
because of his irrational attitude to the
guests,Bart didn’t realize his stupid
error until it was too late,
(2)
Language
points
1,pessimist
n,a person who thinks that whatever happens will be bad
pessimism n,悲观,悲观主义 pessimistic adj.悲观的
(antonym) optimist n,乐观的人，乐观主义者
optimism n,乐观,乐观主义 optimistic adj,乐观的
2,on account of
(fml) because of
eg,This house isn’t suitable for an old person ~~ those
stairs,
因为身体不舒服，他无法出席这次会议。
He cannot attend the meeting ~~ his sickness,
account
n,① 帐户
current / checking ~~ 活期帐户
deposit ~~ (通知 ) 存款帐户
savings ~~ 储蓄帐户
② description; a written or spoken report 描述
eg,Give us an ~~ of what happened,
by / from all ~~s 据众人所说
bring / call sb,to ~~ (for) 强迫某人解释某事
③ importance; value; worth 重要性,价值
eg,The doctor is a man of some ~~ in this village,
of great / no ~~ 很 / 不重要
④ consideration; thought 考虑
take (sth.) into ~~ 考虑某事
on no ~~ / not on any ~~ 决不
⑤ advantage; profit 利益
eg,He put / turned his knowledge to ~~,
他把知识做了有效的利用。
on one’s own ~~ 为了自己的利益
v,consider 认为
eg,He was ~~ed a wise man,
He ~~ed himself capable of that job,
~~ for ( to sb.) 解释 ; 说明
This letter accounts for his lateness,
accountable adj,~~ for sth,(to sb.) 有责任的
accountancy n,会计工作 accountant n,会计
3,deputy
n,the second most important person in an organization
eg,After many year’s hard work,he was promoted to ~~
manager,
4,work up
① spend time and effort preparing
eg,I was busy working up the exam paper last night,
② produce or develop gradually
eg,His mother brought him to those concerts hoping to
~~ his interests in classical music,
5,pension
n,an amount of money paid regularly to someone who can
no longer earn money by working 抚恤金,养老金
6,disable
v,(usu,pass.) make sb,unable to use his / her body
properly
eg,James became ~~d in a car accident,
the ~~d
7,veteran
n,person with much or long experience,esp,as a soldier
8,complicated
adj,difficult to understand or deal with 复杂的,费解的
eg,The situation is so ~~ that no one can predict what will
happen next,
The new machine is too ~~ even for a skilled operator
to handle,
(com.) complex adj,复杂的,难懂的 ; 纷繁的,繁杂的
complicate v,使 … 复杂化 complication n,复杂
9,back up
support ~~ sb,(against sb,/ sth.)
eg,If I didn’t back you up,you wouldn’t get the position,
10,knock off
stop working,usu,at the end of a day
eg,I will ~~ early today if you can help with these
typing,
11,hit the sack
go to bed
12,curse
v,swear
eg,The driver has been ~~ing his bad luck all the
way,
n,咒骂,诅咒 ~~ on sb,/ sth,
… if I ought to knock off and hit the sack
or keep on listening to Cameron curse…
? … listen to sb,do sth,…
? 部分动词后接省略 to 的不定式作宾语补足语
? see,look at,watch,listen to,hear,notice,
observe,feel
13,real steady
constantly
14,go over
examine the details of; check; study carefully
eg,~~ the textbook before you take the examination,
机场的警卫要检查每一位乘客。
The guards ~~ every passenger at the airport,
15,column
a series of numbers arranged on under the other
16,have on
be wearing sth,have sth,on
eg,It’s cold outside,Do you have your coat on?
17,alike
adj,being (almost) the same in appearance,quality,
character,etc,
eg,The two brothers are very much ~~,
adv,in (almost) the same way; equally
eg,She treats all her children ~~,
(com.) like,likely,likewise,similar
(antonym) unlike adj,/ prep,
as ~~ as chalk and cheese 截然不同
It’s ~~ him to be late,He’s usually on time,
18,observation
the act of watching attentively
eg,The woman had to be kept in hospital under ~~ for at
least a week,
19,locality
n,a particular place; the position of sth,(尤指事件发生之处 )
eg,Having lived her for about ten years,they moved to
another ~~,
20,isolate
v,(usu,pass.) set apart; cut off from others
eg,When I’m angry,I find it best to ~~ myself from
others for a while,
这场大雨引起的洪水把那几个村庄与外界隔绝了。
Those villages were ~~d by the flood caused by the
heavy rain,
isolated adj,孤立的,独一的 isolation n,隔离之状态
21,adopt
v,① take over and use as one’s own 采用,采取
eg,I ~~ed their method of cake-making,
② take into one’s family and make legal son or
daughter
(com.) adapt ~~ sth,/ sb,to / for / to do sth,
v,change so as to be suitable for new needs 使适合
eg,We ~~ed ourselves to the hot weather,
He ~~ed his old car to carry vegetables,
22,mode
n,a manner,way or method of doing
eg,You have to change your ~~ of life once you have a
baby,
23,appearance
n,① the way that sb,/ sth,Looks
eg,In my mind,a good mind is better than a good ~~,
② an act of coming into sight
eg,The singer made her first ~~ in a movie,
24,go for
① be attracted by
eg,What kind of music do you ~~?
② like or prefer
eg,Many children go much for fast food,
25,blink
v,shut and open the eyes quickly
26,regardless of
without worrying about; despite,in spite of
eg,~~ danger,he climbed the tower,
无论男女都有权参加选举。
Everybody has the right to vote ~~ sex,
27,nationality
n,国籍
28,at one’s service
willing to help sb,
eg,If you need any help,I’m at your service,
,Would you hold this for me?”, At your service,sir.”
29,arrangement
n,plan; preparation ~~ about / for
eg,The manager made no ~~ to see this client,
30,organization
n,a group of people organized together for some purpose
31,supreme
adj,greatest in power,rank or degree
eg,The doctor made ~~ efforts to fulfill his plan,
32,go to pieces
feel upset or nervous and lose control
eg,When he heard of the death of his son,he nearly went
to pieces,
33,come around
visit some one at their house
eg,Why didn’t you ~~ while you were in this city on
business?
It’s unusual for a neighbor to ~~ nowadays,
34,leave … alone
① allow one to be by oneself
eg,When someone is upset,it’s best to leave him alone,
② allow sb,or sth,to remain untouched or unchanged
eg,The vase is quite fragile,You’d better leave it alone,
35,heave
v,raise or life with great effort
eg,I need your help to ~~ the piano to the stage,
36,wit
quick understanding,intelligence (wits)
37,make like
act as if one were; pretend to be ~~ sb,/ sth,/ that…
eg,John made like a monkey to amuse the children,
He made like that he was the leader,
38,knock down
① cause sb,to fall to the ground by pushing or hitting him
knock sb,down
eg,The girl was knocked down by a car while crossing the
road,
② destroy and remove sth,
eg,The house was knocked down to make way for a new
road,
40,catch sight of
see for a moment 瞥见
eg,I caught sight of her as she turned the corner and then
disappeared,
在我走过他身边时,看到他正在写信。
I caught sight of him writing a letter as I went past him,
41,fade out
disappear gradually = fade away
eg,My daughter’s interest in drawing has now almost
completely faded out,
current / checking ~~ 活期帐户 ( no interests,money
can be taken out at any time )
deposit ~~ (通知 ) 存款帐户 ( earns interests,money can
be taken out only if advance notice is given )
savings ~~ 储蓄帐户 ( any interest-earning account )
⑴ like v,喜欢
prop,be ~~ 与 … 象,与 … 相似
adj,相像的＝ alike
有相同性质的 ~~ thinking produces ~~ ideas,
类似的 running,swimming,and ~~ sports,
as ~~ as two peas (in a pod) 完全相同
n,同样价值之事物 I’ve never seen its ~~,
running,swimming and the ~~,
conj,如同,同样 Do it ~~ I tell you,
He acts ~~ he’s a king,
⑵ likely adj,可能的 be ~~ to do sth,/ It’s ~~ that…
He is the most ~~ of these people who apply
for the job,
It is a ~~ story,有这回事。
adv,可能地 most ~~,very ~~
They will very ~~ come by car,
as ~~ as not = probably 可能
⑶ likewise adv,in the same way 同样地,照样地
also,in addition 也,另外
Go and do ~~,
You need plenty of food,~~,you need
plenty of water,
⑷ similar adj,be ~~ to like or alike 相似的
We have ~~ opinions; my opinions are ~~ to
his,
⑸ alike 为表语形容词,不能用来作定语放在名词前修
饰名词。而 like 和 similar 可以作定语。
Extraterrest
rials
Unidentified Flying Object
Unidentified Flying Object (UFO),any object
or light,reportedly sighted in the sky,that
cannot be immediately explained by the
observer,Sightings of unusual aerial
phenomena date back to ancient times,but
UFOs (sometimes called flying saucers)
became widely discussed only after the first
widely publicized U.S,sighting in 1947,Many
thousands of such observations have since
been reported worldwide,
At least 90 percent of UFO sightings can be
identified as conventional objects,although
time-consuming investigations are often
necessary for such identification,The objects
most often mistaken for UFOs are bright
planets and stars,aircraft,birds,balloons,
kites,aerial flares,peculiar clouds,meteors,
and satellites,The remaining sightings most
likely can be attributed to other mistaken
sightings or to inaccurate reporting,hoaxes,
or delusions,although to disprove all claims
made about UFOs is impossible,
From 1947 to 1969 the U.S,Air Force
investigated UFOs as a possible threat to
national security,A total of 12,618 reports was
received,of which 701 reports,or 5.6 percent,
were listed as unexplained,The air force
concluded that,no UFO reported,investigated,
and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given
any indication of threat to our national security.”
Since 1969 no agency of the U.S,government
has had any active program of UFO
investigation,
In 1997 the U.S,Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) admitted that the U.S,military had
deceived the American public in an effort to
hide information about high-altitude spy
planes,These planes,the Lockheed U-2A and
the Lockheed SR-71,accounted for over half
of the UFO reports during the late 1950s and
1960s,
Some persons nevertheless believe that UFOs
are extraterrestrial spacecraft,even though no
scientifically valid evidence supports that belief,
The possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations is
not the stumbling block; most scientists grant
that intelligent life may well exist elsewhere in
the universe,A fully convincing UFO
photograph of a craftlike object has yet to be
taken,however,and the scientific method
requires that highly speculative explanations
should not be adopted unless all of the more
ordinary explanations can be ruled out,
UFO enthusiasts persist,however,and some
persons even claim to have been abducted
and taken aboard UFOs,(A close encounter
of the third kind is UFO terminology for an
alleged encounter between humans and
visitors from outer space.) No one has
produced scientifically acceptable proof of
these claims,
Objectives
? 1,understand the main idea ( some E.T,has tried
to establish relationship with people on Earth,
but found their friendly initiative rejected due to
misunderstandings,),
? 2,appreciate the difference between formal speech
and informal speech,
? 3,grasp the key language points and grammatical
structures in the text,
Background
? Venus the second major planet in order of
distance from the Sun,Also known as Hesperus,
the evening star,or Phosphorus,the morning
star,Venus can be the brightest object in the sky
after the Sun and Moon and follows a near-
circular path some 106 million kilometres from
the Sun,taking 225 days to complete one orbit,
Venus from Space meteorite craters
on its surface
? extraterrestrial life life-forms that may have evolved
on other planets,There is no hard evidence at present that life
exists other than on the Earth,Most UFOs have been
satisfactorily explained as being natural or man-made,and the
Viking missions to Mars were inconclusive in testing for the
existence of life on that planet,Nevertheless,searches have
been and are being made for signs that life has arisen in other
parts of the universe,Certain knowledge either that life is
confined to planet Earth or has been found elsewhere would
have the profoundest philosophical elsewhere must include
the size,age,and structure of the universe,and the conditions
under which life as we know it can originate and evolve,
Other factors of relevance in the search for extraterrestrial life
include an assessment of the probability that intelligence
leading to scientific and technological civilizations similar to
our own may arise,
? the Congress The Congress is one of the
three branches of the US federal government,the
legislative branch,Congress has two houses,the
Senate and the House of Representatives,The
main job of Congress is making laws,Before a
new law can be made,both houses have to pass it,
and it must then have the approval of the
President,In a system of government based on a
series of checks and balances,the two houses of
Congress act as a check on each other,as well as
together forming a check on the powers of the
executive branch,especially the President,
? the Supreme Court The judicial branch is
one of the three branches of US federal government
and operates the system of law courts,The Supreme
Court in Washington,D.C,is the highest court in the
US,and is very powerful,It has nine judges,called
justices,Traditionally,they are called the nine old
men,although there has been one woman justice,
The head of the court has the title of Chief Justice of
the United States,Justices are appointed by the
President,although the Senate must give its
approval to the choice,There has been only one
African-American justice,
? income tax a tax paid according to a
person’s level of income,with people on higher
incomes paying higher rates of tax,It is used by
the government to help pay for things like health
care and education,It is collected in Britain by
the Inland Revenue and in the US by the Internal
Revenue Service,
structure
Parts Paragraphs Main Idea
Part One
Paras 1-3
The narrator claims that no
extraterrestrials will ever land
on earth,
Part Two
Paras 4-48
The narrator gives an account
of his encounter with
extraterrestrials,making it
clear why he claims that they
will return no more,
(1)
Sections Paragraphs Main Plots
Section One Paras 4-5 (before the E.T.’s arrival) Bart got quite irritable because of his complicated
tax form,
Section Two
Paras 6-11
(the landing of the flying saucer) The
narrator was shocked at the sight of a
flying saucer landing on Earth and two
men getting out of it,while Bart didn’t
notice it at all,
Section Three
Paras 12-34
(the meeting with the E.T.) Unaware of
the guests’ identity and caught up with
his tax form,Bart talked to the guests
with an impatient and sarcastic tone
and turned down their request rudely,
Their conversation ended with the
guests’ promise of not coming back,
Section Four
Paras 35-48
(after the E.T.’s departure) After the
E.T,left,the narrator got mad at Bart
because of his irrational attitude to the
guests,Bart didn’t realize his stupid
error until it was too late,
(2)
Language
points
1,pessimist
n,a person who thinks that whatever happens will be bad
pessimism n,悲观,悲观主义 pessimistic adj.悲观的
(antonym) optimist n,乐观的人，乐观主义者
optimism n,乐观,乐观主义 optimistic adj,乐观的
2,on account of
(fml) because of
eg,This house isn’t suitable for an old person ~~ those
stairs,
因为身体不舒服，他无法出席这次会议。
He cannot attend the meeting ~~ his sickness,
account
n,① 帐户
current / checking ~~ 活期帐户
deposit ~~ (通知 ) 存款帐户
savings ~~ 储蓄帐户
② description; a written or spoken report 描述
eg,Give us an ~~ of what happened,
by / from all ~~s 据众人所说
bring / call sb,to ~~ (for) 强迫某人解释某事
③ importance; value; worth 重要性,价值
eg,The doctor is a man of some ~~ in this village,
of great / no ~~ 很 / 不重要
④ consideration; thought 考虑
take (sth.) into ~~ 考虑某事
on no ~~ / not on any ~~ 决不
⑤ advantage; profit 利益
eg,He put / turned his knowledge to ~~,
他把知识做了有效的利用。
on one’s own ~~ 为了自己的利益
v,consider 认为
eg,He was ~~ed a wise man,
He ~~ed himself capable of that job,
~~ for ( to sb.) 解释 ; 说明
This letter accounts for his lateness,
accountable adj,~~ for sth,(to sb.) 有责任的
accountancy n,会计工作 accountant n,会计
3,deputy
n,the second most important person in an organization
eg,After many year’s hard work,he was promoted to ~~
manager,
4,work up
① spend time and effort preparing
eg,I was busy working up the exam paper last night,
② produce or develop gradually
eg,His mother brought him to those concerts hoping to
~~ his interests in classical music,
5,pension
n,an amount of money paid regularly to someone who can
no longer earn money by working 抚恤金,养老金
6,disable
v,(usu,pass.) make sb,unable to use his / her body
properly
eg,James became ~~d in a car accident,
the ~~d
7,veteran
n,person with much or long experience,esp,as a soldier
8,complicated
adj,difficult to understand or deal with 复杂的,费解的
eg,The situation is so ~~ that no one can predict what will
happen next,
The new machine is too ~~ even for a skilled operator
to handle,
(com.) complex adj,复杂的,难懂的 ; 纷繁的,繁杂的
complicate v,使 … 复杂化 complication n,复杂
9,back up
support ~~ sb,(against sb,/ sth.)
eg,If I didn’t back you up,you wouldn’t get the position,
10,knock off
stop working,usu,at the end of a day
eg,I will ~~ early today if you can help with these
typing,
11,hit the sack
go to bed
12,curse
v,swear
eg,The driver has been ~~ing his bad luck all the
way,
n,咒骂,诅咒 ~~ on sb,/ sth,
… if I ought to knock off and hit the sack
or keep on listening to Cameron curse…
? … listen to sb,do sth,…
? 部分动词后接省略 to 的不定式作宾语补足语
? see,look at,watch,listen to,hear,notice,
observe,feel
13,real steady
constantly
14,go over
examine the details of; check; study carefully
eg,~~ the textbook before you take the examination,
机场的警卫要检查每一位乘客。
The guards ~~ every passenger at the airport,
15,column
a series of numbers arranged on under the other
16,have on
be wearing sth,have sth,on
eg,It’s cold outside,Do you have your coat on?
17,alike
adj,being (almost) the same in appearance,quality,
character,etc,
eg,The two brothers are very much ~~,
adv,in (almost) the same way; equally
eg,She treats all her children ~~,
(com.) like,likely,likewise,similar
(antonym) unlike adj,/ prep,
as ~~ as chalk and cheese 截然不同
It’s ~~ him to be late,He’s usually on time,
18,observation
the act of watching attentively
eg,The woman had to be kept in hospital under ~~ for at
least a week,
19,locality
n,a particular place; the position of sth,(尤指事件发生之处 )
eg,Having lived her for about ten years,they moved to
another ~~,
20,isolate
v,(usu,pass.) set apart; cut off from others
eg,When I’m angry,I find it best to ~~ myself from
others for a while,
这场大雨引起的洪水把那几个村庄与外界隔绝了。
Those villages were ~~d by the flood caused by the
heavy rain,
isolated adj,孤立的,独一的 isolation n,隔离之状态
21,adopt
v,① take over and use as one’s own 采用,采取
eg,I ~~ed their method of cake-making,
② take into one’s family and make legal son or
daughter
(com.) adapt ~~ sth,/ sb,to / for / to do sth,
v,change so as to be suitable for new needs 使适合
eg,We ~~ed ourselves to the hot weather,
He ~~ed his old car to carry vegetables,
22,mode
n,a manner,way or method of doing
eg,You have to change your ~~ of life once you have a
baby,
23,appearance
n,① the way that sb,/ sth,Looks
eg,In my mind,a good mind is better than a good ~~,
② an act of coming into sight
eg,The singer made her first ~~ in a movie,
24,go for
① be attracted by
eg,What kind of music do you ~~?
② like or prefer
eg,Many children go much for fast food,
25,blink
v,shut and open the eyes quickly
26,regardless of
without worrying about; despite,in spite of
eg,~~ danger,he climbed the tower,
无论男女都有权参加选举。
Everybody has the right to vote ~~ sex,
27,nationality
n,国籍
28,at one’s service
willing to help sb,
eg,If you need any help,I’m at your service,
,Would you hold this for me?”, At your service,sir.”
29,arrangement
n,plan; preparation ~~ about / for
eg,The manager made no ~~ to see this client,
30,organization
n,a group of people organized together for some purpose
31,supreme
adj,greatest in power,rank or degree
eg,The doctor made ~~ efforts to fulfill his plan,
32,go to pieces
feel upset or nervous and lose control
eg,When he heard of the death of his son,he nearly went
to pieces,
33,come around
visit some one at their house
eg,Why didn’t you ~~ while you were in this city on
business?
It’s unusual for a neighbor to ~~ nowadays,
34,leave … alone
① allow one to be by oneself
eg,When someone is upset,it’s best to leave him alone,
② allow sb,or sth,to remain untouched or unchanged
eg,The vase is quite fragile,You’d better leave it alone,
35,heave
v,raise or life with great effort
eg,I need your help to ~~ the piano to the stage,
36,wit
quick understanding,intelligence (wits)
37,make like
act as if one were; pretend to be ~~ sb,/ sth,/ that…
eg,John made like a monkey to amuse the children,
He made like that he was the leader,
38,knock down
① cause sb,to fall to the ground by pushing or hitting him
knock sb,down
eg,The girl was knocked down by a car while crossing the
road,
② destroy and remove sth,
eg,The house was knocked down to make way for a new
road,
40,catch sight of
see for a moment 瞥见
eg,I caught sight of her as she turned the corner and then
disappeared,
在我走过他身边时,看到他正在写信。
I caught sight of him writing a letter as I went past him,
41,fade out
disappear gradually = fade away
eg,My daughter’s interest in drawing has now almost
completely faded out,
current / checking ~~ 活期帐户 ( no interests,money
can be taken out at any time )
deposit ~~ (通知 ) 存款帐户 ( earns interests,money can
be taken out only if advance notice is given )
savings ~~ 储蓄帐户 ( any interest-earning account )
⑴ like v,喜欢
prop,be ~~ 与 … 象,与 … 相似
adj,相像的＝ alike
有相同性质的 ~~ thinking produces ~~ ideas,
类似的 running,swimming,and ~~ sports,
as ~~ as two peas (in a pod) 完全相同
n,同样价值之事物 I’ve never seen its ~~,
running,swimming and the ~~,
conj,如同,同样 Do it ~~ I tell you,
He acts ~~ he’s a king,
⑵ likely adj,可能的 be ~~ to do sth,/ It’s ~~ that…
He is the most ~~ of these people who apply
for the job,
It is a ~~ story,有这回事。
adv,可能地 most ~~,very ~~
They will very ~~ come by car,
as ~~ as not = probably 可能
⑶ likewise adv,in the same way 同样地,照样地
also,in addition 也,另外
Go and do ~~,
You need plenty of food,~~,you need
plenty of water,
⑷ similar adj,be ~~ to like or alike 相似的
We have ~~ opinions; my opinions are ~~ to
his,
⑸ alike 为表语形容词,不能用来作定语放在名词前修
饰名词。而 like 和 similar 可以作定语。
