Book 3_U2_重点词汇讲解

U2 重点词汇讲解

Reading

1. throughout

prep.遍及；贯穿；在……的各个部分

The disease spread throughout the country. 这种疾病蔓延全国。

It rained throughout the night. 雨下了一整夜。

adv.到处；自始至终

The building is painted green throughout. 这栋建筑物彻底漆成绿色。

2. confusing adj. 令人迷惑的，令人不解的

Your explanation is confusing。你的解释令人迷惑。

【拓展】

confuse v. 使迷惑，使困惑

The heavy traffic confused the new driver. 繁忙的交通使司机不知所措。

We tried to confuse the enemy. 我们试图迷惑敌人。

confused adj. 感到迷惑的，感到不解的

I am confused about the problem. 对这个问题，我很困惑。

If the situation is confusing, you will get confused. 如果形势令人困惑，你会被弄糊涂的。There is a confused look/expression on his face. 他脸上露出迷惑的表情。

3. be made up of 由……组成，可与consist of 互换

The class is made up of 15 girl students and 20 boy students.

= The class consists of 15 girl students and 20 boy students.

注意两者作定语时的区别

a group made up of five doctors and 10 nurses

= a group consisting of five doctors and 10 nurses

【拓展】:

be made of/be made from/be made out of 由……制成

be made into 被制成

make up 组成，编制，弥补，化妆，和解

make for 走向……；有助于……

make out 理解，辨认出

The old building is made of stone. 这幢老房子是由石头建成的。

The wine is made from grapes. 葡萄酒是由葡萄酿制而成的。

Her dress is made out of her sister’s old dress. 她的衣服是用她姐姐的旧衣服改做的。

She made the material into a dress. 她用这种布料做了一条裙子。

Eleven players make up a football team. 11个队员组成了一个足球队。

Uncle Dick made up an interesting story for the children. 迪克叔叔给孩子们编了一个有趣的故事。

We have to drive fast to make up the time we lost in New York. 我们得开快点以弥补在纽约失去的时间。

The actors were making up when we arrived. 我们到的时候，演员们正在化妆。

He and his wife usually make up their quarrel the same day. 他和妻子吵架通常当天就言归于好。

As soon as it started to rain, we made for home. 天一开始下雨，我们就朝家里走去。

Does early rising make for good health? 早起有助于健康吗？

It was difficult to make out his handwriting. 他的书写很难辨认。

I couldn’t make out what he wanted on earth. 我不明白他到底要什么。

4. create vt. 创造,造成常指利用已有的条件或材料创造出新的事物。

Some people believe that God created the world. 有些人相信上帝创造了世界。

Blue can create a calm feeling. 蓝色能够造成一种冷静的感觉。

【辨析】

invent vt. 发明指通过想象、研究或劳动创造出前所未有的东西，尤指科技上的发明创造。The Chinese invented the compass. 中国人发明了指南针。

discover vt. 意为（先于他人首次)发现（已经存在的事物）

Recently they have discovered a comet. 最近他们发现了一颗彗星。

【拓展】：

creation n. 创造（不可数），创作的东西（可数）

creative adj. 创作的，创造性的

creative thinking 创造性思维

creativity n. 创造力

creature n. 人，动物

5. pick up 拾起；用车接载（人）；无意地学会(技术、语言、游戏等)；（病后)恢复健康、体

力等；(在广播、电视里)收听、收看到；加快速度）