Unit 12 Fact and fantasy
we must not take these goods aboard. 我們切不可帶這些貨物上車。
she went aboard the ship. 她上了船。 the people aboard the plane are all students. 飛機(jī)上的這些人都是學(xué)生。
go / step aboard 上船（上飛機(jī)等）/ be on board e.g. there are 100 passengers on board the ship.
take…aboard 裝入 welcome aboard! 歡迎各位乘坐本飛機(jī)（本輪船）
15.prisoner 囚犯； 犯人; 俘虜
take sb. prisoner (=take sb. captive) = capture 俘虜某人
抽象含義he made her hand a prisoner. 他握住她的手不放。
my work kept me a prisoner all summer. 整個(gè)夏天我忙得不可開(kāi)交
sb be put into prison, escape from the prison,. be in prison ---be in the prison
16.gentle adj. 和善的；溫和的；文雅的；和緩的。
gentle breeze 和風(fēng) gentle heart 仁慈的心腸gentle nature 溫和的性情 gentle wind (rain) 和風(fēng)（細(xì)雨）
gentleman ---lady ladies and gentlemen gently adv. 和善地；輕輕地；文雅地
17. layer n.層
a layer of dust 一層灰塵 a layer of clay 黏土層 ozone layer 臭氧層
18. marble n.大理石, 雕刻品the floor is of marble.這地面是大理石的。
adj.大理石的, 冷酷無(wú)情的, 堅(jiān)硬的he has a heart of marble.他有一副鐵石心腸。
19. shore n. （海、湖、河）岸（beach/ coast/ bank）（常用pl）(有海岸線的)國(guó)家
we walked along the seashore. 我們沿著海岸走。
off(the) shore/coast離岸 on shore(海員)離船; 在岸上, 在陸上on the land
in shore 近岸，靠岸on the water near the shore
20.in public 公開(kāi)地；公然；當(dāng)眾in private 私下
21. throw /bring light upon / on 闡明某事, 使某事顯得非常清楚
the facts threw light upon the matter.那些事實(shí)已經(jīng)將那個(gè)問(wèn)題弄得很清楚了。
e.g. i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters.
can you throw any light on the problem?
22 .phenomenon復(fù)數(shù). phenomena, “現(xiàn)象”
下雪是冬天的一種自然現(xiàn)象 snow is a natural phenomenon in winter.
phenomenon 有時(shí)表示”奇跡,罕見(jiàn)的人才或事情”
貝多芬是位音樂(lè)奇才 he was a phenomenon among musicians.
一夜爆富是哈利被認(rèn)為是商界奇才. harry’s rapid success made him a phenomenon in the business world.
23. labour n.勞動(dòng), 勞力, 勞工, 努力,工作
manual labour 手工勞動(dòng) == physical labour 體力勞動(dòng)
mental labour腦力勞動(dòng) skilled labour熟練工人
24. hesitate vi.躊躇; 遲疑.猶豫
hesitate at / in / over/ about + n. / doing sth. 做……猶豫不決
e.g. she is still hesitating about sending her son to college.
hesitate at nothing 毫不猶豫地做某事