昂立新概念3讲义(第四版) Lesson 38 学生版

昂立新概念3讲义第四版（学生版）

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Lesson 38 The first calendar

Part 1 Words and Expressions

(1) calendar n. 历法，日历

(2) historian n. 历史学家

(3) unique adj. 无与伦比的

(4) steadily adv. 不断地= _______________

—Do you make any progress in English recently?

—Slowly but steadily. ______________________________

词根：steady adj. 稳定的

翻译：steady table ____________的桌子

do sth. _______________________ 眼要准，手要稳

(5) solely adv. 唯一地

(6) video n. 录像

(7) CD-ROM n. （只读）光盘驱动器

(8) bewilder v. 令人眼花缭乱

(9) deduce v. 推断，推理（有充分的证据和准则而得出结论）

如果你看到一位医生从一个房子里出来，你或许可以推断房子里有人生病了。

If you see a doctor leave a house, _____________________________________________ 派生词填空：Her ___________ that he was now dead was correct.

(10) scanty a. 不足的，缺乏的

a scanty lunch _______________

scanty knowledge _______________

a scanty crop ________________

scanty bikini __________________

对比：be scanty of sth. _________ V.S. be short of__________

He is scanty / short of words.

(11) clue n. 线索

结构：______________ 某事的线索

鉴定谋杀者的唯一线索是地上的一滩血迹。

___________________________________________ was a pool of blood on the ground. —When does the train leave? —I haven’t a clue. _________________

(12) insignificant adj. 不重要的

(13) shed v. 使流出，泻= pour out

+液体

shed tears __________

shed one’s blood for country __________________

+光线

shed the moonlight on my bed _________________（诗句）

词组：shed / throw light on =________________________________

你能够解释这次火灾吗？____________________________________________

(14) advent n. 到来，出现= arrival

结构：the advent of sth. 某物的出现

计算机的出现极大地改变了人们的生活。

_____________________________________ changed people's life greatly.

随着收音机出现，收音机被逐渐取代。

_____________________________________, radio was gradually replaced.

在冬天到来的时候__________________________________

(15) agriculture n. 农业

(16) assumption n. 假定，预设（没有依据）

结构：__________________________________

做出……的假设____________________________

我的计算是以房价会保持稳定的假设为基础的。

_______________________________________________________________________ 动词：assume

典型句式：让我们假设……__________________________

近义词：__________________ n 假设（有依据）

(17) dot n. 小圆点

(18) symbol n. 符号

(19) engrave v. 雕刻

engrave a picture on a shell________________________

深刻于记忆中___________________________

词根：grave n. 坟墓from the cradle to the grave = from _______ to ________ 一生en- 动词前缀，表示使得……变……能都想到什么例子？______________________

(20) ivory n. 象牙制品

(21) mammoth n. （古）长毛象

(22) tusk n. 獠牙，长牙，象牙

(23) nomad n. 游牧民

(24) correlate v. 使相互联系

结构：A correlate with B _______________

The results of this experiment do not correlate with the results of earlier ones.

________________________________________________________________________

(25) phase n. 月相；阶段

the phases of the moon ________________

a critical phase of an illness __________________

the most exciting phase of one's career __________________

(26) primitive adj. 原始的

(27) depict v. 描画，描绘

Part 2 Text

(1) (Ph1) Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.