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课件网) Unit5 Working the Land vocabulary (1)devote...to (doing) sth 把(时间、精力或注意力)投入、用于(做)某事 (2)devoted adj. 热爱的,忠诚的 (3)devotion n. 献身,忠诚,热爱,专心 devote vt. 把……献(给);把……专用于;专心于 1.The fans are devoted to their favorite stars. 2.He devoted his energies to writing films. 3.Mary has always shown intense devotion to her children. 小试牛刀 1. From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and _____ (devote). 2.They devoted their spare time to _____ (help) rebuild homes. 3.His _____ (devote) to work always earns him respect from his colleagues. (1)convince sb that/of 使某人相信…… convince sb to do sth 劝服某人做某事 (2)convinced adj. 确信的;信服的 be convinced of/that 确信……,相信…… (3)convincing adj. 令人信服的,有说服力的 convince vt.使相信;使确信;说服 1. I've been trying to convince Jane to come with me. 2. I'm convinced that he has learned from his mistakes. 3. Teachers are eager to convince students of the importance of learning. 1.We’ll not give up until we find (convince) evidence. 小试牛刀 2. (convince) that he had done nothing wrong, he refused to apologize. 3.我深信他已经从错误中吸取了教训。 (1)make an assumption做出假设 a false/wrong/mistaken assumption错误的假设 be based on an assumption以假设为基础 (2)assume vt.假设;假定 It is assumed that...人们认为…… assumption n.假定;设定(责任的)承担; (权利的)获得 1.Assuming that you get a place at university, how are you going to finance your studies 2. People assume that what they do has little effect on the environment. 1.Experts have made assumption that the economy will continue to improve. 小试牛刀 2. Try to understand what's actually happening instead of acting on the (assume) you've made. 3.人们认为他们所做的对环境的影响很小。 (1)expand into (整体)扩展到 (2)expand on/upon 展开;更充分地阐述;详谈 (3)expand to (指数量、金额、图像等)扩大到 (4)expansion n.扩大;扩张;扩展 expand vt.& vi.扩大;增加 vt.扩展;发展(业务) 1.You will have to expand on your argument if you want to convince me. 2. The company is eager to expand into new market. 3.His book is an expansion of a short story he wrote before. 小试牛刀 1.He hopes the event will take place every year and expand _____ neighboring country. 2. Water _____ (expand)as it freezes. 3. The rapid _____ (expand) of cities can cause social and economic problems. (1)be estimated to be/have 估计 It is estimated that...据估计 (2)at a rough estimate 粗略估计,粗略说来 (3)underestimate v.低估 estimate vt.估计;估价;估算 n.估计;估算 1.The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million. 2. It is estimated that smoking causes 1,000,000 premature deaths every year. 1.It was difficult (estimate) how many trees had been destroyed. 2.据估计这项工程将持续四年。 _____ _____ _____ _____ the project will last four years. 3. The tree _____ (estimate) to be at least 700 years old. 小试牛刀 (1)in reality事实上;实际上 escape fro ... ...
