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课件网) Lesson 55 Not a gold mine 并非金矿 gold n. 金子 sth. be made of gold ……由金子做成的 gold watch；gold ring； golden adj. 金色的, 宝贵的 golden sun 金色的太阳 golden fish 金鱼 golden opportunity 宝贵的机会 (opportunity n. 机会, 时机) eg. I am glad to have the golden opportunity to study with you. Silence is golden. 沉默是金 ★ ★ treasure n. 财宝 (为总称, 没有复数) treasure island 《金银岛》 jewel /d u: l/ n. 宝石 珠宝, (可数) jewelry n. 珠宝, 珠宝类 珠宝(总称, 不可数) I have some jewels. = I have some jewelry. diamond /dai m nd/ n. 钻石(可数） revealer n. 探测器 reveal v. 揭示 The doctor did not reveal the truth to him. invent v. 发明 invention n. 发明 inventor n. 发明家 detect v. 探测 detective n. 侦探 detector n. 探测器 pirate n. 海盗，盗印者, 盗版者 a pirate ship/ flag 海盗船/ 旗帜 vt. 盗印, 盗版, 掠夺, 翻印 arm v. 武装 ① n. 手臂；武器 hold one's arm搀着某人的胳膊 ② v. 武装 be armed with … 用……来武装 The youth should be armed with knowledge. ★soil n. 泥土 soil n. 土壤 (能生长植物的地方) earth n. 地球，大地（相对于天空而言） ground. 地面 land 陆地（与江河湖海相对） field 田地，田野 entrance n. 入口 entrance of/to… ……的入口 entrance of the park = entrance to the park 公园的入口 thoroughly adv. 彻底地 completely/thoroughly/totally thorough adj 彻底的; 完全的; 细致的; 深入的 They searched the whole cave thoroughly. 他们把整个洞彻底地搜寻了一遍。 ★confident n. 有信心的 confidence n. 信心 be confident of doing sth. 有信心做某事 I am confident of studying English well. be confident that +从句 有信心做…… She is confident that she will win the race . 1. Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. ★dream n. 梦；v. 做梦 ① n. 梦想 dreams come true 梦想成真 dreams ended 梦想破灭了, 梦断了 ②做梦 dream of doing sth Dream of flying in the sky comes true. come true 变成现实，（预言、期望等）成为事实， （愿意）实现 His dream to travel around the world at last came true. 2. A new machine called‘The Revealer’has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. n. +called 被称之为……的…… be used to do sth. 被用来做某事 used to do 过去常常做某事 be used to doing sth 习惯于做某事 in the ground (更习惯于用“under the ground” ) 3. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where--it is said--pirates used to hide gold. it is said 是插入语，当“据说”讲。 where = in which翻译时译为“在那儿”，修饰cave；是一个地点状语从句 This is the river where I swim. 4.The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. would表示过去的习惯性动作, 它后面跟动词原形（bury和fail）。 fail to do sth. 未能、不能、忘记做某事项（fail 后面接动词不定式表示否定） He failed to see the reason why they sent him away. collect的含义之一为“（去）取，接” Don’t fail to collect me before you go to the party. Very excited, … 形容词短语做状语（位于句首，多用于说明原因或说明动作发生时主语的状态） two feet deep“数词+量词+形容词” 可以做定 ... ...
