大学英语精读第一册UnitTwo.pptVIP

Unit Two Sailing Round the World single-handed: adj./adv. (done) by one person alone, by oneself 单独的(地) e.g. He can’t accomplish the task single-handed. The word-formation of this word: “a. ＋n. ＋-ed”→ (new) adj./adv. e.g. good-mannered 有礼貌的； warm-hearted 热心的； absent-minded 心不在焉的。 另外，solo： a. =single-handed “单独的 ”；作此意是，使用不太普遍，多用于表“独奏”。如： a solo play solo还可以作n., 意为“独唱(曲)，独奏(曲)”; 如：a violin solo 小提琴独奏曲 adventure vs. venture ⑴ Adventure: vt./ n. 冒险(活动)，探险；多指经历一种令人兴奋的危险的艰难。e.g. Tom Sawyer set out in search of adventure. (汤姆.索亚踏上了历险的征途。) ⑵ Venture: n. 冒险, 冒险事业；指有风险的事业以及商业投机，多指经济风险。e.g. a business venture (商业冒险) transatlantic: a. crossing the Atlantic Ocean 横渡大西洋的 trans- prefix“横过，贯通，在…另一方;” e.g. transcontinental (a.横贯大陆的) transnational (a. 跨国的) transoceanic (a. 横渡大洋的) determine vs. determined vs. determination ⑴determined is derived from the word root determine, the suffix –ed can be added to some verbs or nouns to form adjectives, with the meaning “有…”,“具有…特征”; e.g. develop＋-ed→ developed (发达的) advance＋-ed→ advanced (先进的) consider＋-ed→ considered (深思熟虑的) ⑵ determine to do “决心做某事”；e.g. He determined to study harder at English at the beginning of this term. ⑶ determine sb. to do “使某人决定做某事;” e.g. A serious illness determined him to give up smoking. (一场重病使他决定戒烟。) damage vs. harm vs. injury ⑴damage(损害, 损坏, 毁坏): 多指直接对外观、价值、使用性和完好性的破坏、损害；e.g. The storm caused extensive damage. (暴风雨造成了巨大的损害。) 习惯用法: do damage to… “对…损害”; e.g. The accident did great damage to John’s car. (事故严重损坏了约翰的车。) ⑵harm(损害,伤害,危害): 指对身体、精神或名声的损害;e.g. A few late nights never did anyone harm. (偶尔熬几个夜对人没什么伤害。) ⑶ injure(损害，伤害):可指损害身体，健康，机能，感情等，还可指损毁某人的容貌，名声，成就等。e.g. That accident injured him physically and emotionally. (那场意外使他身心俱损。) cover: v. Cover作动词的常见意思： ⑴ =travel (a certain distance)行过(一段距离)；它用作“行走”时，没有被动语态。E.g. The Red Army covered 25,000 li on their long March. (在长征中红军走了二万五千里。) ⑵. 覆盖，包括，涉及。 如说,“桌子上布满了灰尘。” The table is covered with