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课件网) Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Language Focus 1. fortune n.机会,运气 财富 （1）People who love laughing will not have bad fortune. 爱笑的人运气不会差。 （2）He made a fortune by selling cars . 他靠卖车发了财。 fortunate adj.幸运的(=lucky) fortunately adv.幸运地( =luckily) unfortunately adv.不幸地( =unluckily) (chance or luck) （a large amount of money） make a fortune 发财 2. admit v. 承认，准许进入（或加入） admit doing sth 承认做某事 be admitted to/into 被录取;被获准进入... 【2020 全国卷Ⅱ】Open: Daily, 09.30 – 17.30 (last admission 17.00). 开放时间：每天上午9:30到下午5:30 (最后入馆时间为下午5点)。 (1). She apologized to me and admitted taking my umbrella by mistake. 她向我道歉并且承认错拿了我的雨伞。 (2). She was admitted to Peking university, which made her parents very happy. 她被北京大学录取了，这让她的父母非常高兴。 admission n.准许进入；入场费 (1). Something unexpected occurred. 发生了一件出乎意料的事。 3. occur: vi. 发生(happen)；出现 An idea/thought occurs to sb. It occurs to/strikes/hits sb that ... 某人突然想到... (2). The idea occurred to July in a dream. 这个主意是July在梦中想到的。 (3). It occurs to me that I havn’t eaten breakfast. 我突然想到我还没吃早饭。 (occurred) 4. seek: v. 寻找，寻求，争取，请求 She managed to seek help from a neighbour. (1). They are seeking for somewhere to hide. (2).They seek to improve relations between our two countries. seek for... 寻找......（=look/search for...) seek to do... 试图做......（=try/attempt to do...) 4. claim v. 夺取（生命）; 宣称，断言 (1). She claimed that she had ever been met by the president. 她宣称曾被总统接见过。 (2).The car crash claimed three lives. 那次车祸导致三人死亡。 (3) .Now they are returning to claim what was theirs. claim that… 声称...... 索取,索要 辨析： except 除…之外(不包括) besides 除了… (还) 1) Some people choose jobs for other reasons _____ money these days. 2) He cleaned all the rooms _____ the bathroom. apart from apart from/except apart from/besides 5. apart from 除…之外;此外 Apart from being the kingdom of flowers, it is home to many ethnic minority groups(少数民族). 除了是花的王国外，它还是很多少数民族的所在地。 6. escape v.逃走;逃脱;避开 n.逃跑;逃脱;解脱 1) Tom broke the window,but he was fortunate/lucky to escape punishment/being punished. Tom 打破了窗户，但是他幸运地逃脱了惩罚。 2) Lucy managed to escape from the burning car. 她设法从着火的汽车里逃了出来。 E.g. I knew his face, but his name escaped me. 我认识他的面容，但他的名字我却记不得了。 escape from...从……逃跑/逃走 escape (doing) sth.逃脱(做)某事 7. settle v.定居；结束(争论); 解决(纠纷) (1).After working abroad for several years, Gill wants to settle down in Britain. (2).Living in the quiet village,Gill settled down to doing his research. (3). settle an argument settle a problem settle down 定居;安静下来 结束争论 解决问题 settle down to (doing) sth 着手认真做某事 settlement n.协议；解决；定居点 settler n. 移民者 8. suit vt.适合;满足...需 ... ...
