文档介绍：NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH
BOOK 3
A traffic policeman guides drivers on a snow-covered highway in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 12, 2011.
Motorists get help on a snow-covered highway.
A driver is stranded by heavy snow
Local residents help clear heavy snow.
Babe drinks beer when
he feels thirsty, It eats
delicious food everyday.
Babe , a little boar swims in the sea off a private island in the Bahamas. It is a 12-year-old tamed boar.
Mona Wiethuchter walks along the beach with Babe ,the little boar when it is a nice day. idyllic [ai'dilik]
It sleeps on the beach and enjoys the sunshine.
Take a shower when it backs home. Luke Abbott grooms Babe the pet boar with a special brush
(NAE)
puma cougar / mountain lion: a large American wild animal of the cat family, with yellowish-brown or greyish fur.
-ish: 近乎…. 的,有点….的(构成形容词)
eg:greenish 略呈绿色的
yish 近乎九十岁的
-ishly: 近似…. 地, 有点….地(构成副词)
eg:foolishly child 傻乎乎地小孩/ 傻里傻气的孩子
单词扩充: jaguar 美洲豹,美洲虎
cheetah 猎豹/’tʃitə/ /’ʃitə/ (土著语)
spot: to see or notice a person or thing, especially suddenly .
eg:
1. I’ve just spotted a mistake on the form / booking form(产品预订单).
2. The grandpapa finally spotted little Tom, his grandson in the crowd.<br****惯短语:
spot with sth 满是……的斑点
eg:
The little girl’s skirt was spotted with oil. 衣服上满是油点
2. put sb on the spot 使某人尴尬,使某人为难
eg:
The reporter’s questions put her on the spot. 记者的问题使她很下不来台。
成语:
A leopard will not change its spot. 江山易改本性难移
词汇扩展:
spot check 抽查
spot light 聚光灯
Evidence: the facts, signs or objects that make you believe that sth is true.
词汇扩展:
1. witness 证人
2. judge 法官
3. Jury 陪审团(western countries)
4. court of law 法庭
self-evident 不言自喻的
< The declaration of independence >
It was drawn up by Thomas Jefferson in 1776.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
我们认为下面这些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等,造物者赋予他们若干