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课件网) 选择性必修四 Unit 3 Sea Exploration Learning About Language 1. tale n.故事，叙述 gale male female pale sale n.大风，狂风 搭配：fairy tale / folk tale A Tale of Two Cities Ms Yan told her children the tales of her childhood. 严老师给孩子们讲她童年的故事。 Marco Polo’s tales inspired European explorers to search for sea routes from west to east. 2. merchant n.商人;批发商 同义：businessman 助记：chant v.反复唱 n.圣歌 A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. 一个商人派他的儿子去向最聪明的人学习幸福的秘诀。 However, merchants and explorers from the East set sail from east to west many years before Columbus first did. The three men built a small boat so that they could set sail for France at high tide. 这三个男人造了一只船，以便在涨潮时起航前往法国。 The ship that the Greens were waiting for set sail from New York. 格林一家人等待的那艘船是从纽约起航的。 3 set sail 起航；开航 sail vi. 起航 n. 帆 set sail from/for… set sail across/sail across sail into/out of sail around the world set out set about doing sth set off set up set aside 从…起航/起航前往… 航行穿过… 驶入/驶出 乘船环游世界 出发;动身;启程;开始工作 (set out to do sth) 留出；把...放在一旁 sailing sailor 动身;引爆 4. extend 易混： intend pretend extent expand v.(向四周)扩大 I climbed up the desk nearby and extended my arms as long as possible. 我爬上旁边的桌子，把胳膊尽可能地伸直。 I explained to him what had happened and sincerely extended my apology to him. 我向他解释了所发生的事情，并真诚地向他道歉。 4. extend ① vt. 扩展；扩大...的范围 extend a house/extend operation ② vi. 涉及 ~ to；延伸 extend from... to... 从......延长至...... ③ vt.延长；使延期 extend the deadline for...by 时间 /extend the life ④ vt.伸展，展开 extend one’s hand 伸出手 extend the hand of friendship to sb. extend a helping hand to sb. 向某人伸出援助之手 ⑤ vt.提供，给予 extend a warm welcome to sb. 向某人表示热烈欢迎 extend sb. an invitation 向某人发出邀请 extended my apology to sb. 向某人道歉 1 (续写心理描写）即使他身处困境，他也会向我伸出援手，因此我要向他表达真诚的感谢。 Even if he is in trouble, he will extend his helping hand to me. So I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to him. 2 听说我们的假期将会延长两天，我们无法掩饰我们内心的激动，高兴地跳了起来。 Hearing that our holiday will be extended by two days, we couldn’t conceal our inner excitement and jumped with joy. 3 (动作描写)令她高兴的是，她看到扎克在远处向她伸出双臂。 To her delight, she saw Zack extending his arms towards her at a distance. 5. negotiate vt.商定;达成(协议) vi. 谈判;协商 negotiate (with sb. ) about/for sth. 就某事和某人谈判 Secondly, family members should negotiate instead of quarrelling. 其次，家人应该协商而不是争吵。 Our coach is negotiating with the headmaster for the use of their gym. 我们的教练正在同校长交涉使用他们体育馆的事。 negotiable adj.可协商的 negotiator n.谈判者 negotiation n. 谈判；磋商 conduct negotiations with sb. ... ...
