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课件网) UNIT 5 Into the wild seek v.(sought, sought) 寻找，寻求 They migrate to find food, seek a partner, or in search of warmer weather.他们迁徙是为了找到食物，寻求伴侣，或者是寻找更温暖的天气。 ·People usually don’t seek to come to a nation in decline. 人们通常不会寻求迁移到衰落中的国家。 ·They managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour.他们设法使他平静下来，并且向一位邻居求助。 ·Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Africa.对于当地公司来说，现在是时候去非洲寻求商机了。 seek one’s fortune外出寻找发财机会；外出闯荡；闯世界 seek advice 征求意见 job-seeking 寻找工作；求职 measure v. 量，测量 It uses its eyes to measure the position of the sun. 它用眼睛测量太阳的位置。 ·How to measure the length of that box？如何测量那个盒子的长度？ 1. measure作名词，意为“措施，步骤”解时，常用复数形式，后可接动词不定式作后置定语。 2. measure有时还可用作系动词，后接形容词、数词等作表语，此时measure的主动形式含有被动意义，无进行时态，意为“(指尺寸、长短、数量等)量度为……”。 类似单词还有weigh。 ·Our government is trying to take measures to prevent and control pollution.我们的政府正试图采取措施来防止和控制污染。 ·The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width.这座房子长20多米，宽6米。 ·She weighs 60 kilos. 她体重为60公斤。 determine v. 测定，确定 These two pieces of information—the time of day and the point where the sun is in the sky—allow the butterfly to determine the way to go.这两条信息———一天中的时间和太阳在天空中的位置———让蝴蝶确定去哪条路。 ·An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident.已展开调查以确定事故原因。 ·Genes determine the characteristics of every living thing. 基因决定每个生物的特征。 determine to do sth＝be determined to do sth决定做某事 determined adj. 坚定的；坚决的 determination n. 决心；果断；坚定；(正式)决定，确定 ·A determined smile slowly appeared on his face. 他的脸上慢慢地露出了坚决的笑容。 ·Now that you have expressed your determination, you should act.你既然表示了决心，就应该见之于行动。 crash v. 暴跌；(突然)贬值，倒闭，失败 Its population has crashed by as much as 90 per cent in the last few years.在最近的几年里，它的(黑脉金斑蝶)数量锐减了90％。 ·The company crashed with debts of ￡50 million.那家公司由于负债5000万英镑而宣告破产。 survive v. 活下来，幸存 The more we know about this lovely creature, the greater the chance it will survive and keep its place in the natural world for a long time to come.我们对这种可爱的生物了解得越多，它生存并且在未来很长一段时间内保持它在自然界中的地位的概率就越大。 ·I can’t survive on ￡40 a week.一星期40英镑，我无法维持生活。 ·She survived her husband by ten years.丈夫死后她又活了十年。 survive on 靠……为生 survivor n. 幸存者 survival n.生存；存活；幸存；残存物；幸存事物 ·The plane crashed in an area of jungle. There were no survivors.飞机坠落在一个丛林地区，无人生还。 ·His only chance of survival was a heart transpl ... ...
