牛津高一英语模块三unit1词汇解析与词汇专练

牛津英语模块三Unit 1

重点词语解析

Welcome to this unit & Reading

1. sense

【点拨】n. 感觉；意义vt. 感觉到

I had a sense of tiredness, so I’d like a good rest.

【拓展】a sense of humor幽默感；have a good sense of direction有很强的方向感；

a sixth sense第六感觉；make sense有意义/讲得通；lose one’s sense失去理智；come to one’s senses 恢复理智；There is no sense in doing sth做某事无意义；common sense 常识；in a sense在某种意义上来说；in no sense决不是/决非。

I don’t think that group of numbers make any sense.

He is in no sense the person as you describe.

2. observe

【点拨】vi. 注意到; 观察到

Did you observe anybody take away my suitcase I left on the bench

He has been observing the newly-found star for several months.

【拓展】（1）vt. 遵守；奉行（法律、习俗、规章等）

All students are required to observe school rules.

(2) vt.庆祝；纪念（节日、生日等）

How are you going to observe your eighteenth birthday

3. deserted

【点拨】adj. 丢弃的；空无一人的

They decided to spend the night in the deserted temple.

【拓展】（1）desert vt. 抛弃；vi. 逃跑；开小差

He shouldn’t have deserted his wife and children.

(2) desert n. 沙漠

The Sahara Desert is the largest one all over the world.

4. sight.

【点拨】n. 视野；视觉；视力

Turn right and the museum will be in sight soon.

I caught sight of a man putting his hand into a passenger’s pocket.

【拓展】in sight看见；out of sight 看不见；catch sight of 看到；lose sight of看不到；at first sight一看见（就…）; come in / into sight进入视野；lose one’s sight 失明；the London sights伦敦风景。如：

Out of sight, out of mind. （谚）久别情疏。

The solider is a fighting hero, who lost his sight in a battle.

5. beat

【点拨】vi. (心)跳动；vt.（反复）击打；打败（对手）

I could feel my heart beating fast with fear.

Bad luck! We were beaten in the football final!

【拓展】beat sb to death将某人痛打致死；beat sb black and blue将某人打得鼻青脸肿；beat sb in the basketball match在篮球比赛中战胜某人；beat against the window（雨水等）打在窗上；beat about the bush 旁敲侧击；give sb a good beating 痛打某人一顿；beat down杀价；dead beat累极了；beat one’s brain 绞尽脑汁。He was given a good beating for telling his father a lie.

6. fear

【点拨】n.& vt 害怕；恐惧

Hearing the sudden thunder, the girl trembled with fear.

【拓展】live in fear生活在恐惧中；put fear into one’s heart 使某人恐慌；for fear of/that…惟恐……；tremble with fear怕得发抖；be overcome by fear感到害怕。She kept silent over this matter for fear of losing her job.

7. still

【点拨】adj. 静止的；不动的

Please keep still so that I can take a photo of you.

Still water runs deep.

【拓展】①adv. 不动地；仍然；(修饰比较级)还要；更加

He stood still on top of the mountain, lost in thought.

Li Tao is tall, but his brother is still taller.

②conj. 可是；仍然

Only Jim failed the exam, still he had done his best.

③vt.使……平静

I did what I could to still my young brother.

8. rare

【点拨】adj. 稀有的；罕见的

Law should be put in place to protect rare animals.

【拓展】(1)adj. 煮得嫩的rare steak 鲜嫩的牛排（2）adj. 稀薄的rare air稀薄的空气。（3）rarely adv.极少有地,

Rarely do I eat in the restaurant alone.

9. freeze

【点拨】vt. &vi (使)僵住；（使）冻结

Water freezes when the temperature drops under 0 o C.

【拓展】freezing adj. 极冷的；be frozen with 因……而呆住；freeze one’s blood