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课件网) Lesson 57 Back in the old country 本课重点 词汇 alien, absorb, comprehensive 句型 open old wounds … mean to do … WORDS alien adj. belonging to another country or race 异国的，外国的；陌生的，不熟悉的 a way of life that is totally alien to us emigrate v. 移出 to leave your own country in order to live in another country v. 移出； 移居（国外） immigrate 移进 My parents emigrated from Britain to New Zealand just before I was born. （immigrate) absorb v. to interest someone so much that they do not pay attention to other things 全神贯注于 be absorbed in sth/sb 全神贯注于… 完全吸引住 她好像完全沉浸在书中。 She seemed totally absorbed in her book. embedded adj. to put something firmly and deeply into something else, or to be put into something in this way be embedded in 嵌入..之中的 The thorn was embedded in her thumb. 刺扎进了她的大拇指。 她的愧疚感深深地植入她的性格。 Her feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality. mortally adv. in a way that will cause death 致命的 On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while watching a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington. comprehensive adj. including all the necessary facts, details, or problems that need to be dealt with 全面的，综合的，详尽的 We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products. 我们为客户提供全面的金融产品。 详尽的列表 comprehensive list 全面的研究 comprehensive study 综合保险 comprehensive insurance The bill called for comprehensive health insurance for all Americans. milestone n. a very important event in the development of something 里程碑 Graduation and marriage are important milestones in people's lives. There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight. Buzz Aldrin 巴兹·奥尔德林 territory n. government/military: land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force The plane was flying over enemy territory. milometer n. an instrument in a car that shows how many miles it has travelled 计程表 spire n. a roof that rises steeply to a point on top of a tower, especially on a church (教堂的）塔尖 retrace v. to repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made 重走~sth To go back along exactly the same path or route that you have come along 返回 We should retrace the route taken by Marco Polo. 重走路线 她转身沿原路向那栋房子走去。 She turned around and began to retrace her steps towards the house. stumble v. to walk in an unsteady way and often almost fall 趔趄地走 stumble into sth 无意间涉足某事 我从大学出来后无意间进了演艺圈。 I stumbled into acting when I left college. The room was dark, and Stan nearly fell over a chair as he stumbled to the phone. horizon n. the horizon: the line far away where the land or sea seems to meet the sky below/on the horizon 地平线以下/地平线 ... ...
