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。