文档介绍：Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Section Ⅰ Warming Up &amp；
Reading-Pre-reading
in the
countryside on the telephone she was
very upset. “There are some snakes in

② courtyard /'k ??tj ɑ?d/ n. 院子；庭院；天井
③ now and then 偶尔；有时
④far from 句中意为“离远”。还可表
our courtyard
② ， ”
she
told
me.
示“远非；相差很远”，后接名词、动名词等。
“Snakes come near the house
nowand
⑤ walnut /'w ??ln ?t/
. 胡桃；胡桃木
n
then ③ ， and they seem to have made
⑥ get rid of
除掉；摆脱
their
home here,
not
far
from ④
the
⑦
distinguish
/dIs'tI ?ɡwI?/ vi .& vt .
显
walnut ⑤ tree.
Can you get rid
of ⑥ them
示的差别；使有所不同；辨别
please ？” I
felt
very
proud.
Here was
⑧ merciful
/'m ??sIfl/
adj . 宽大的；仁慈的；
a chance for
me to distinguish
⑦ myself
慈悲的
by inventing
something
merciful
⑧ that
⑨本句的主干结构是
Here was a chance ，其
would catch
snakes but
not harm them⑨ .
后的 to distinguish myself ...but not harm
I knew my parents
would not
like
me to
them 作后置定语，修饰
chance ，句中的
that
hurt these living creatures!
would ... 是定语从句，修饰先行词 something 。
The first thing I did was to see
⑩ product /'pr
?d?kt/ n. 产品
if there were any products ⑩ that
might
?
powder/'pa ?d?/ n. 粉末；***
help me, but there only seemed to be
?
set about
开始；着手
powders ? designed to kill snakes. A
?
reptile
n． [C] 爬行动物
new approach
was clearly
needed. I set
about ?
researching
the
habits
of
snakes
to find
the easiest way to
trap
them.
Luckily
these
reptiles
?
are
small
and
that
made the
solution
easier.
蛇的困扰
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我给住在乡下的母亲打电话的时候，她感到很心烦。 “我们院子里有几条蛇。 ”她告诉
我，“蛇时不时地爬到屋子边上来，似乎是在屋子附近离胡桃树不远的地方安家了。你能不
能把它们赶走？”我感到很自豪。这回我有机会