Section_ⅡWarming Up & Reading - Language Points

　　(一)用所给词的适当形式填空

　　1．He returns to his home from abroad annually (annual)．

　　2．A friend told me I might find some accommodations (accommodate) here.

　　3．They decided to give up the project, and the idea of abandonment (abandon) made us upset.

　　4．The elephant yelled (yell) to show its anger.

　　5．We dived (dive) into the river to cool off.

　　6．The police have appealed for witnesses (witness) to the accident.

　　7．The teacher urged (urge) on her students the importance of hard work.

　　8．I paused (pause) for breath, and considered taking a short rest.

　　(二)根据词性和汉语意思写出单词

　　9．opposite prep.在......对面adj.相对的；相反的→opposition n．反对；反抗

　　10．flee vi.逃避；逃跑vt.逃离→fled(过去式)→fled(过去分词)

　　11．drag vt.拖；拉；扯→dragged (过去分词)→dragging (现在分词)

　　12．depth n．深(度)；深处→deep adj.深的→deepen v．加深

　　13．conservation n．保存；保护→conserve v．保存→conservative adj.保守的；守旧的

　　1．witness

　　[教材原句]　I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.

　　当时我以为只是一个故事罢了，但是后来我亲眼见过多次。

　　(1)vt.当场见到；目击

　　①Did you witness the terrible accident opposite the post office?

　　你当场看到了邮局对面发生的那次事故吗？

　　②The last decade has witnessed house price in big cities increase sharply.

　　过去的十年见证了大城市房价的急剧上涨。

　　 (2)n.目击者；证人；证据

　　be (a) witness to ...

　　　　　　　　目击......；为......提供证据

　　bear/give witness to ...

　　 为......作证

③He is a_witness_to_the_air_crash which resulted in the death of 43 passengers.