Unit 3 Life in the future language points学案

【重点单词详解】

1. lack v. & n. 缺乏；缺少的东西

(2013·浙江卷阅读理解)It's not that exercise makes you healthy，it's more that a lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease.

与其说运动使你健康，倒不如说缺乏运动使你的身体虚弱，容易受到疾病的影响。

(1)v.

(2)n.

(3)

①Do you want to make more friends but lack the confidence to talk to people you don't know?

　你是否想交更多的朋友，但缺乏信心和陌生人交谈？

②Though lacking money, his parents managed to send him to a university.

　尽管缺钱，他的父母设法送他上大学。

③The lack of eco­friendly habits among the public is thought to be a major cause of global climate change.公众缺乏环境保护的习惯被认为是全球气候变化的一个主要原因。

2. tolerate vt.容忍；忍受

教材原句P18：At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.一开始，新的环境很难忍受。

容忍，忍受

①Those who know to tolerate others can naturally lead a happy life.

　那些懂得容忍他人的人自然可以生活得幸福。

②The sports world does not tolerate doping as it is a fundamental form of cheating.

　运动世界不能容忍使用麻醉，因为这是作弊的基本形式。

③Earth is letting Mankind know that our waste and destruction will not be_tolerated_any_more.

　地球正在让人类知道我们的浪费和破坏不会再被忍受了。

3. instant adj.立即的，立刻的；n.瞬间，刹那

(牛津P1058)I recognized her the instant (that) I saw her.我一眼就认出她了(1)

(2)in instant need of help急需援助

(3) 一......就......

①In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

他马上脱掉衣服跳进了水里。