Language points(Unit 3 Inventors and inventions )选修八.ppt

根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。 He asked _________________________ ______________________ (我们什么 时候方便参观这家工厂). 2. Come whenever ___________________ (对你来说是方便的). when it would be convenient for us to visit the factory it is convenient to you 3. I will call back ______________________ (在更方便的时候). 4. We bought this house ______________ (为方便起见); it’s near the shops and the railway station. at a more convenient time for convenience 8. But monitored carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to the plan. 但是经过仔细监视，证明这些蛇不会惹 麻烦，一切都按计划进行着。 monitor (vt.) 1) 利用监听器或监视器来监听、收听、 收视重要内容，如有关军事、政治或 非法活动的内容。如： They have been monitoring the enemy’s radio broadcasts to try to find out their secret plans. 他们一直在监听敌方的电台广播，设 法查探他们的秘密计划。 2) 密切监听，监督。如： The teacher is monitoring an examination. 老师在监考。 prove (vt.) 1) 证明，证实。如： He has proved his courage in battles. 他已在战斗中证明了自己的勇气。 Facts prove that the creative power of people knows no limits. 事实证明人民的创造力是无穷的。 2) 原来是，证明是。如： The method/ drug proved highly effective. 这个方法被证明是非常有效的。 My advice proved to be wrong. 我的意见被证实是错的。 9. Pressed by my friends and relations, I decided to seize the opportunity to get recognition for my successful idea by sending my invention to the patent office. 由于朋友和亲戚的敦促，我决定抓住 这次机会把我的发明送到专利局去， 请他们对我这次成功的思路给予认可。 seize 阅读下列句子，观察 seize 在句中的 意思。 1) Seize the day, seize the hour. ___________________ 2) He seized me by the hand and dragged me from the window. ___________________ 抓住（时间、机会等） 抓住，捉住 用seize的适当形式填空。 1) The host _______ my hand and shook it heartily. 2) We must _______ every chance to practice speaking English. 3) The soldiers seized the city after a hard fight. _____________ 夺取，攻占 seized seize 1. The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill