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课件网) Lesson 8 A famous monastery Text and language points A famous monastery --monastery-n. 修道院 (monks) --convent-n.女修道会, 女修道院 --nunnery-n.女修道院, 尼姑庵 (nuns) The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. Pass n. 经过, 关口 connect-v.连接, 联合, 关连 --The candidate failed to connect with the voters. 候选人无法与选民建立关系 --The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland and Italy. The famous monastery of St, Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century,lies about a mile away. found-v.建立, 创立, 创办 --The college was founded in 1872. founder- n. 奠基者，创建者，缔造者 --the founder of a university 一所大学的创办人； --the founders of a new nation 一个新民族的奠基人 lie-lay-lain-v. 位于：占据一个位置或地方： --The lake lies beyond this hill.翻过这座山就是湖 --He was lying on his back. --His interest lies in (在于）music. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times. watchdog-n. 看家狗：训练用来保护人或财物的狗 watch-n. 看守; 守夜;注意; 警戒; 谨防; 监视 --watch-hour - n.值班时间 --watchhouse- n. 哨所, 岗亭; 拘留所 --watchman- n.看守人, 警卫员 --watchroom-n. 值班室 --watchtower-n.岗楼, 了望塔 --watchword-n.口号, 标语【军】口令 --keep watch[watch and ward]值班, 看守, 照料 --keep (a)close [careful] watch on密切注视, 严密监视 --on the watch for密切注意, 守候着; 监视着, 提防 --on watch值班, 监视 Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty. now--conj. 既然; 由于 --Now (that) you are grown up, you should not rely on your parents. 既然你长大了, 就不应该依靠你的父母。 --Now(that) he is well again, he can go on with his English study. 既然恢复了健康, 他就可以继续学习英语。 Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot. despite (=in spite of ) prep.不管, 尽管, 不论 --Despite / in spite of the bad weather, they went out as planned. --She went to the party despite the fact that the doctor told her to rest. He had a big lunch despite having just had breakfast. rashly-adv. 轻率地, 无见识地-cautiously attempt -vt. 尝试, 企图 --I attempted to read the entire novel in one sitting. 我试图一次读完整本小说 As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. about-adv.在近处，附近；近旁： --spoke to a few spectators standing about.和站在附近的围观者交谈 enclosure-n.围住, 围栏, 四周有篱笆或围墙的场地 --enclose- vt. 放入封套, 装入, 围绕 --enclose a check with the order随命令附上一张支票 --cattle enclosed in feedlots;圈养在牧场的牛群 --enclosed pls. find the material The monks prefer winter to summer for they have more privacy. --prefer coffee to tea.喜欢咖啡胜于茶 --prefer doing to talking 喜欢做而不喜欢说 --I should prefer you not to stay [that you did not stay] there too long.我希望你不要在那儿呆得太久。 ... ...
