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课件网) Unit 3 My School Section B What fun things do you do at school Vocabulary 1.skim v.略读,浏览 例句: I always skim the financial section of the newspaper. 我总要浏览一下报纸上的财经版。 You'd better skim the article to get the central thought when reading. 阅读时,你最好通过略读来掌握文章的中心思想。 When I read magazines, I skim and skip. 读杂志的时候,我略读和跳读。 2.be different from与……不同,不同于 例句: If you spoke in the first person, the word would be different from in the third person. 用第一人称讲话,所用的词会完全不同于用第三人称讲话。 What you eat for lunch may be different from the lunch of someone who lives in another country. 你午餐吃的东西可能与住在另一个国家的人不同。 The future will be different from the past. 未来并不同于以往。 3.modern adj.现代的; 现代派的;现代化的 例句: He collects modern sculpture. 他收藏现代雕塑。 She is very modern in outlook. 她的看法很时髦。 I don't really go for modern art. 我并不是很喜欢现代艺术。 Greed is a disease of modern society. 贪婪是现代社会的恶疾。 The novel may become a modern classic. 这部小说可能会成为现代名著。 4.exercise n.&v.运动,锻炼 例句: Do you take regular exercise 你经常锻炼吗? Riding a bike is great exercise. 骑自行车是很好的锻炼。 How often do you exercise 你多长时间锻炼一次? 5.amazing adj.惊人的,了不起的;令人诧异的 [提示] amazed是动词amaze的现在分词形式, 常用于描述人的感受; 而amazing则是amaze的过去式和过去分词形式转化而来的形容词, 常用于描述令人惊奇的事物或特性。amazed意为“感到惊讶的”, 侧重于描述人的感受; 而amazing意为“令人惊讶的”, 侧重于描述物或事的性质。 例句: She has amazing powers of recall.她有惊人的记忆力。 The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety.大自然最让人惊叹的地方在于它的无限多样性。 She's an amazing actress.她是个了不起的演员。 It sounds very amazing.听起来很神奇。 I was amazed by her beauty.我被她的美丽惊呆了。 6.raise v.提起,举起;;增加,提高;筹募,征集;提出,提起;饲养,种植;抚养,养育; 例句: How can we raise standards in schools 我们怎样才能提高学校的水平? She has been wrestling to raise the money all year. 她一年来一直在想方设法筹集这笔资金。 We have had to raise our prices because of rising costs. 因为成本日益上涨,我们不得不提高价格。 Don't you raise your voice to me! 别对我高声大气! 7.change v.改变,变化;更换,替换;n.变化,变革;找回的钱,零钱 例句: Leaves change colour in autumn. 树叶在秋天改变颜色。 We can't change our plans now. 我们现在不能改变计划了。 We change our car every two years. 我们的车每两年更换一次。 Nothing will make me change my mind. 什么都不能让我改变主意。 Do you have change for five dollars 你有五元零钱吗? 8.send v.邮寄,发送;传达,告知;派遣 例句: Do you want to send an E-mail 你想发一封电子邮件吗? Shall I send you the book 我把书给你寄去,好不好? I will send you a copy of the report. 我会把这个报告的复印本寄给你。 10.sound n.声音,声响;v.(使)发声,(使)作响;听起来像 [注意]当“sound”作为连系动词时, 其后常常 ... ...