【同步学案】2018-2019学年北师大版高中英语选修七学案:Unit 21 Section Ⅳ Communication Workshop
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   decline vi.下降;减少;衰退;拒绝;谢绝

  n.下降;衰退;衰退期

  (教材P40)...it is generally agreed that a patient's chances of recovery decline...

  ......通常认为病人康复的可能性降低了......

  

  (1)decline(from...)to...    (从......)下降/减少到......

  decline by 下降/减少了......

  decline to do sth. 婉言拒绝做某事

  (2)fall/go into a decline 开始衰落,衰弱下去;走下坡路

  a decline in ......的下降

  in decline=on the decline 在下降,在衰退

  

  ①Since the beginning of 2014,the price of worldwide milk products has declined ________ 3.8%.

  自从2014年年初以来全球乳制品的价格已经下降了3.8%。

  ②The birth rate is on the/in decline while the death rate is on the increase.

  出生率在下降而死亡率在上升。

  ③The town fell/went into a decline after the mine closed.

  这个镇在矿井关闭后开始衰落。

  【答案】 ①by

   equip vt.装备,配备

  (教材P137)There's no doubt that this will equip us to cure all sorts of illnesses,from heart disease to cancer.

  毫无疑问,这将使我们具备条件治愈各种疾病,从心脏疾病到癌症。

  

  (1)equip sb./sth.to do sth.  使某人/某物具备条件做某事

  equip sb./sth.with sth. 用某物装备某人/某物

  equip for... 为......做准备

  be equipped with 配备有......(表示状态)

(2)equipment n. 装备;器材;装置