江苏省启东中学高中英语 Unit 2 Language教案 牛津译林版必修3

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1. confusing / puzzling

confusing：指两个或以上的事物因有相似之处而“令人混淆、模糊不清、难以理解”，(difficult to understand, not clear)

e.g. The constructions on the box are very confusing.

This is a confusing word because it has two opposite meanings.

puzzling：指对某些事物的出处、来龙去脉、或如何解决感到棘手、为难。

e.g. For me, some English words are confusing, but not puzzling.

The situation was more puzzling than ever before.

2. be made up of / be made of / be made from / be made out of

be made up of：由……组合/装而成

e.g. Our class is made up of 45 students, 22 boys and 23 girls.

A watch is made up of more than 200 parts.

be made of：由……制成，（是一种形态、物理变化，由成品上可以看出原材料）。

e.g. The table is made of oak wood.

A house made of stones lasts long.

be made from：由……制成，（是一种性质、化学变化，成品上已看不出原材料）。

e.g. The fine paper is made from bamboo.

Butter is made from milk.

be made out of：由……改制而成/从……中提炼而成

e.g. She made two baby shirts out of her overcoat.

Plastic can be made out of oil.

3. invade：vt. 侵略……、涌入、侵犯（人权、私生活等）

e.g. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland suddenly.

Many tourists invaded the seaside city every summer.

It’s against the law to invade a person’s privacy.

invasion：n. 入侵、侵扰；invader：n. 入侵者； invasive：adj. 有侵略性的

4. create：vt. 创造、创作、引起（事端）

e.g. Every man is created equal.

Christians believe that God created the world.

The famous writer has created many moving characters in his novels.

A small stamp created an awkward political crisis.

creation：（u) 创造、创作；(c) 作品、产物

e.g. the creation of a new country, a creation of imagination, a man full of creation

creative：adj. 创造力的、独创的 e.g. a creative writer, a creative idea

5. officer / official

officer：n. 一般指军队官员，解释为“军官、警察、警官”，也可指“公务员”。

e.g. He is an officer in the army.

I was driving slowly along, you see, officer, when the man appeared suddenly

and …

official：n. 一般指政府官员、公司职员。

e.g. A government official will come to inspect our company.

He is an official in the War Office. - 2 - adj. 政府的、正式的、公务上的

e.g. an official visit：正式访问；an official residence：官邸；

They attended the party officially.

6. consist：vi. 1)（有部分、因素）组成、构成，与of连用，= be made up of

e.g. Coal consists mostly of carbon.

The club consists of more than 100 members.

The school consists of over 100 classes.

2) (本质）在于、存在于，与in连用。

e.g. Her beauty consists in her fine qualities.

The highlight of the picture consists in the balance of colours.

7. pick up：有许多意思，常用的含义有：捡起、接收、（用车来）接/装、无意中获得（知识、消息）、便宜购得、身体变好、（车）加速等。

e.g. The boy picked up the book and returned it to the lady.

This radio is small, but it can pick up BBC and VOA.

Wait here and I’ll pick you up in ten minutes.

Nonsense! Where did you pick up that news?

I picked up this ancient vase in a second-hand shop the other day.

We’re glad to know that she is picking up and will come back to class soon.

After turning around a corner, the car began to pick up speed.

pick：摘、采、扒窃

e.g. pick flowers

He had his pocket picked and suffered a loss.

pick out：挑选、分辨出

e.g. Can you pick out the man who did you wrong?

She picked out a pair of red shoes on show.

8. contribute：vt. 捐助、提供……= donate sth. to …、投稿、对……有贡献。

常用句型：contribute sth. to …

e.g. He contributed a lot of money to the school.

Every year the old man contributes ten thousand yuan to the charity.

I often contribute articles / short stories to the magazine.

vi. 成为……的原因，常用句型：A contribute to B = lead to / result in

e.g. The heavy rain contributed to the harvest loss this year.

A good knowledge of English contributed to his getting the job in our company.

contribution：贡献，常用复数，用于词组：make great / no …. contributions to

e.g. The old professor has made great contributions to the space science of our

country.

9. Norman：诺曼人，注意它的复数：Normans, 类似的词较少，常见的有：Germans, humans

Romans。

区别于：Frenchman — Frenchmen； Frenchwoman — Frenchwomen

Englishman — Englishmen；Englishwoman — Englishwomen

policeman — policemen； policewoman — policewomen

以及类似的合成词。

10. conquer：vt. 征服……、击败；克服（困难）、去除（习惯）

e.g. In the next year, the invaders conquered the whole country. - 3 - His beautiful voice conquered every member of the committee.

Man will conquer cancer in the near future.

Please try your best to conquer your fear of height.

Tell us how you succeeded in conquering your smoking habit.

conquest：n. 征服、克服、获得 e.g. a desire of conquest；make / win a conquest

of

conqueror：征服者、胜利者

11. rule：n. 规定、习惯、管理

e.g. We must obey our school rules.