Module 1 Deep South
module 1 deep south
introduction
1. run away 突然離開;逃離 run away from sth 避開,回避
1) he ran away from home at the age of thirteen.他十三歲時離家出走。
2) he broke the window and ran away.他打破窗子逃走了。
3) don’t let your imagination run away with you,不要想入非非。
2. on earth 在世界上on the earth 在地球上 in the earth 在地下(里)
1) we buried the body of the dog in the earth..我們把那條狗的尸體埋在地下。
★ on earth 可用在when ,what , who , how , why , which 等之后,加強語氣,意為“究竟,到底”
1) what on earth is it?這究竟是什莫?
3.would like to do sth feel like doing sth 想要做某事
antarctica:the last continent
找出文中兩個倒裝句:
1.only two types of flowering plants are found , while there are no trees on the large continent.僅發現了兩類開花類植物,然而這片廣闊的大陸上沒有樹木生長。
2.not until the late 18th century did the british explorer james cook cross the antarctic circle, but he never saw land.直到18世紀末,英國探險家詹姆斯庫克才穿越了南極圈,但他卻始終未發現任何陸地。
language study:
1. with annual rainfall close to zero, antarctica is technically a desert.南極洲年降水量幾乎為零,嚴格的說該區域就是一片荒漠。
2. a high mountain range, the trans- antarctica range, runs from east to west, cutting the continent in two.一條高聳的山脈橫貫南極洲,從東到西將南極洲分為兩半。
3. 處于一種冰凍狀態in a frozen state
★ in good / bad state 情況好/糟 in a ….state / in a state of…. 處于… 狀態
1)the vice president is in a state of poor health.副總統健康狀況不佳。
4.98%of the surface is (be)covered permanently ( 永久的)in the ice cap(冰帽)
★百分數加名次作主語時,謂語動詞的單復述要根據名詞來決定。
1)40%of the money has been used up.40%的錢已被花光。
2)85%of he workers are out of work..85%的工人找不到工作。
5.on average (平均)it is two kilometers thick, but in some places it reaches a depth of (深度)five kilometers.
★ depth n 深度 deep adj. 深的 /. adv 深深地 deeply adv.深深地
in depth 廣泛地;深入地
1)they talked deep in to the night.他們談到深夜。
2) i was deeply moved by the story made up.我被他編的故事深深感動了。
3)we should discuss the problems in depth .我們應該深入地討論這些問題。
4)how do i love you? let me count the ways. i love you to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.問我愛你有多深?讓我告訴你:我的愛如天高,如地廣,如海深。