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课件网) Unit 5 Unit 5 Revealing nature A Journey of Discovery 1. The captain of the ship, the Beagle, wanted someone who would “profit by the opportunity of visiting distant countries yet little known”. eg The airport is about 20 kilometres distant from the city. The football match is still five weeks distant. distant adj. far away in space or time 遥远的，远处的; 久远的 作the ship的同位语 who引导的定语从句 eg After the quarrel, Sue remained cold and distant. Jessie is a distant cousin of Nora. Hank nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes. distant adj. unfriendly 不友好的；冷淡的 not closely related to you 远亲的 thinking deeply about something private, rather than about what is happening around you 心不在焉的，恍惚的，出神的 be distant from 离……很远；与……关系不密切 a distant memory 久远的记忆 in the not too distant future 在不久的将来 distance n. 距离；远方 in the distance 在远处（距离远） keep one’s distance 保持距离 【语境应用】完成句子。 Those stars are distant _____ our galaxy. What’s the _____ (distant) between Beijing and Shanghai On a clear day you can see the temple _____ (在远处). He often _____ (保持距离) from his neighbors. from distance in the distance keeps his distance 2. The person who answered the call was not the captain’s first choice. (翻译) 响应号召的那个人并不是船长的第一选择。 eg College graduates should answer the call to go down to the grass-roots units. He walked rapidly into the living-room to answer the call. answer the call 响应号召；接电话 eg This colour wasn't my first choice. I know I wasn't your first choice for the job. first choice: the thing or person you like best 首选，第一选择 The person who answered the call was not the captain’s first choice. We could also say One person applied for the job, but he was not the person that the captain would have chosen first. 3. What’s more, he had recently received a letter from his father predicting that he would be “a disgrace to yourself and all your family”. 介词短语作后置定语 现在分词短语作定语，解释说明letter的内容 a disgrace to: a person or thing that is so bad that people connected with them or it feel or should feel ashamed 令人感到羞耻的人（或事） eg That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession. What’s more, he had recently received a letter from his father predicting that he would be “a disgrace to yourself and all your family”. We could also say Besides, he had received a letter from his father, in which his father said that he would not only make himself but also the whole family feel ashamed. 4. Despite all this, his adventures on this ship would lead to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. lead to: to result in (something) 导致；造成(后果) eg Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems. His carelessness led to the accident. lead to: used to say where a path, wire etc. goes or what place is on the other side of a door 通到，通往，通向 eg T ... ...
