
90. What’s for supper 1. Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, /but as the oceans have been overfished,/ fish has become more and more expensive. fish and chips被看作一个整体,炸鱼薯条,动词用单数形式。 另如:a knife and fork 一副刀叉 chip [t p] n. 油煎土豆片,缺口 dish 一道菜 overfish [ v f ] v. 过渡捕捞 over- 前缀,过多的 overweight超重 overreact 反应过度 背景:炸鱼薯条受欢迎--因滥捕--而昂贵 2. So it comes as a surprise to learn /that giant fish are terrifying the divers/ on North Sea oil rigs.(北海石油钻井平台) come as a surprise 出人意料 giant [ d a nt] adj. 巨大的 n.巨人,大公司 literary giants 大文豪 giant panda 大熊猫 a giant electronics company 大型电子产品公司 terrify [ ter fa ] v. 吓,使恐怖 be terrified at sth be terrified of doing sth.=be afraid of/be scared of diver [ da v ] n. 潜水员 dive潜水 go diving dive into the river terrify & frighten terrify: 语气较强,程度更深,指使人内心感到极度恐惧。 frighten: 为普通用词,使用广泛,指产生突然、短暂的惊慌或恐惧感。 事件:潜水员受恐吓—惊讶 3. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently// and divers, who often have to work/ in darkness /a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits /by giant fish /bumping into them /as they work. 由and连接的并列复合句 who引导非限定,对divers进行补充说明 oil rig [ l -r ɡ] 石油钻塔 in darkness 在黑暗中,摸黑 wit [w t] n. (复数)理智,头脑;机智幽默的人C;风趣U out of one’s wits 失去理智;不知所措 1.be at one’s wits’ end 智穷计尽;全然不知所措 2.be frightened/scared/terrified out of one’s wits 吓得魂不附体 3.have/ keep sb’s wits about sb. 时刻保持头脑冷静;随机应变 bump into 碰上,撞上;偶然遇见;意外碰到 事件具体阐述:100英尺下工作-被巨鱼撞 4. Now they have had special cages /made to protect them from these monsters. cage [ke d ] n. 笼 have sth. done 使(别人)完成某事 protect…from doing/against 保护......免受...... 事件结果—特制保护笼 5. The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties/ like cod and skate/ which grow to unnatural sizes,/ sometimes as much as twelve feet in length. not….but… shark [ ɑ k] n. 鲨鱼 whale [we l] n. 鲸 eating adj. 供食用的,宜生食的 variety [v ra ti] n. 品种 a variety of ... 各种各样的; 形形色色的 cod [k d] n. 鳕 skate [ske t] n. 鳐 as much as ... 多达;长达,多用于数量前 鱼是食用鱼品种 6. Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: ①the warm water /round the hot oil pipes /under the sea;② the plentiful supply of food /thrown overboard /by the crews /on the rigs; ③the total absence of fishing boats/ around the oil rigs. factor [ f kt ] n. 因素 the key/major/crucial factor 关键的因素 plentiful 充足的,大量的 plenty of可数或不可数 crew [kru ] n. 全体工作人员 crew members 全体机务人员 a film/camera crew 电影摄制组;摄制组 长大原因:热量(输油管道)--食物(工人)--无捕鱼船只 7. As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. as a result 因此,后面+结果 一般用逗号隔开单独使用 a result of 由于,后面+原因 结果 8. Who e ... ...
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