lesson 9
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Lesson nine –flying cats
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Fascinate vt 使着迷；使感兴趣
eg. Travelling always fascinate me
enthrall v to be interesting in reading or watching
eg. They were enthralled with the play
eg. The child listened enthralled as the storytellers unfold the tale.
enthralling stories 引人入胜的
charm v/n 迷人 your eyes charmed me
allure n. sth exciting , interesting 诱惑力；魅力
2. affectionate adj 充满深情的
Affection = love
Maternal affection 母爱
Sentimental adj
Emotional adj
eg. women are more sentimental than men
melancholy n / adj 忧郁
eg. Falling leaves give me a feeling of melancholy
Mysterious adj
Mystic adj 神奇的
Mystery n 难解的事情 ； 迷
Enigma n 迷 （书面）奥秘
Eg. his death is an enigma to us .
Riddle n 难解的迷；猜不透的事
eg. It’s a riddle that he is still at large.
Sphinx n 猜不透的人
eg. he remains a sphinx
submissive adj 恭顺的；顺从的
docile adj quiet and easily controlled
a docile child
meek and mild (women) 温顺的；贤惠的；温和的（ meek =mild）
a meek and mild wife
feline n ./ adj
-ine ….科的动物
Canine 犬科
Bovine 牛科
Swine 猪科
eg. Cast pearls before swines 对牛弹琴
independent adj dependent
independence n be independent of 不依靠…..；独立于….
be dependent on 依靠….
eg. Children ought to be independnet of their parents and learn to denpent on themselves
when they are grow up.
Depend v
- it all depends
eg. The answer depends on who does it
- you can depend on me 交给我放心好了
parachute n / v
parachute jump 跳伞
trooper 兵
parachute trooper 伞兵
infantry n 步兵
cavalry n 骑兵
artillery n 炮兵/大炮
resistence
air-resistence
friction-resistence
resist v 抵制
resist the temptation
eg. Never could I resist the temptation of chocolate.
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1. never fail to do sth 总是能……
eg. My watch never fails to keep time
eg. English never fails to fascinate me
never ….without…. 没有….不….
eg. they never meet without quarreling . .一见面必吵架
eg. Nothing can be gained without pains but poverty. 只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的
2. lead ….a life
Lead a mysterious life / lead a dog’s life 悲惨
Of one’s own 自己的
eg. I have a car / a car is of my own
on one’s own :without any help 靠自己
eg. I became indenpent of my parents and began to make a living on my own.
For one’s own good. 为…着想
eg. I know what you have said is for my own good.
3. as a result 结果 eg. He never studied hard, as a result, he failed the final examination
as a result of 由于
eg. As a result of the long drought, the area is greatly short of water.
In concequence of 由于
eg. In concequence of the green house effect, the earth is getting warmer and warmer.
4.remain suspicious of sth 对…心存戒心
Eg. little kids remain suspicious of trangers/
Suspect v
-Suspect sb of doing sth 怀疑…做了
eg. He was suspected of stealing.
Suspicion n
-be under suspicion 受到怀疑
Doubt : to feel uncertain
eg. I doubt whether he come or not.
Do not doubt that…..相信
eg. I never doubt that to stick to my dream will lead to a success.
all one’s life 总身
eg. He keeps single all his life.
For life 终身
He keeps single for life
For dear life 拼命地
Eg. I tried to catch the last train for dear life.
5.one of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that…
Apparently adv
=it would seem that….似乎
eg. it would seem that the husband actually wants their spouse to be a devoted and
supportive wife and a good and a loving mother. 忠诚的；善于持家的
ability to survive
ability to think 思考的能力
effort n 努力
eg. My effort to persuade her to return failed.
Right n 权利
The right to vote
Dream n
A dream to a scientist
Survive falls
Survive v 存活 eg. How can we survive this romance…躲过
survival n
The survival of the fittest 适者生存
6. recently the new york animal medical centre made a study of 132 cats over a period
of six months
Make a study of sth over a period of …
Experience in common
Die from sth 死于…外因
Die from shock / overwork /an injury
Die of sth 内因
Die of hunger/ cancer/old age
Die for knowledge 为….而献身
Be a /no shortage of
Be short of
Be short of fund
Be in want of sth 需要….
Eg. people are in want of permanent peace.
Shortage n
Run out of 用光了
eg. I am running out of breath.
7. plenty of 可数/不可数
eg. They are plenty of fish in the sea.
You are not the only pebble on the beach.
Windowsill
Fall vi
Fall off/from 从…摔下来
High-rise adj 高层的
Fall vt
Fall thirty-two storeys 强调过程 (摔了32层)
Fall off thirty-two storeys 强调起始位置
8.suffer from
Suffer from a broken tooth
Suffer from sea sick
Suffer from homesick
Suffer from lovesick
