Unit 1  Great  Scientists

unit 1  great  scientists
語言要點
單元要點預覽（旨在讓同學整體了解本單元要點）

詞匯
部分 詞語
辨析 1. character / characteristic   2. examine / check / test  3. cure / treat 
4. blame / scold    5. reject / refuse
 詞形
變化 1. scientific adj.科學的 science n.科學 scientist n.科學家
  2. valuable adj.有價值的 value n. 價值 value v. 估價, 評價
  3. instruct v. 教導， 命令 instruction n. 指示，用法說明 instructive adj.有益的，教育性的
  4. enthusiastic adj.熱心的，熱情的 enthusiasm n.狂熱，熱心 enthusiast n.熱心家，狂熱者
 重點
單詞 1. conclude v. 斷定， 得出結論; 結束（正式）；
2. attend v. vt. 出席, 參加, 照顧, 護理, 注意 vi.專心, 留意
3. expose vt. 使暴露, 受到, 使曝光 v揭露
4. absorb vt. 吸收;使(精神)貫注;吞并
5. blame n過失, 責備 vt.責備, 譴責
6. instruct vt .教, 教導, 命令, 指示, 通知
7. contribute vi.& vt.捐助，捐獻，貢獻；投稿
 重點
詞組 put forward 提出：提議以供考慮    in addition/ apart from 除……之外;另外
make sense 有意義
重點句子 1. so many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.
2. only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
3. he placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it …..
重點語法 過去分詞做表語和定語 (見語法專題)
 
      i.詞語辨析  
1). character/characteristic n.
【解釋】
character 性格，品質 （本身具有的）；角色，人物；字體，字符
characteristic 特點，特征（區別于其他事物）
【練習】選擇character 或characteristic 并用其適當的形式填空
1） he proved himself true gentleman and the beauty of his _______ was seen at its best when he worked with others.
2） people living in the city are different from those in the countryside in  _________ .
3） what are the __________that distinguish the chinese from the japanese?
4） chinese __________ attract a great number of foreigners all over the world.
5） the main purpose of a play is to let the ________ speak for themselves as much as possible.
keys: 1) character  2) character 3) characteristics 4) character 5) character
2). examine/ check /test 檢查
【解釋】
examine仔細察看或觀察（以了解情況或是否有問題或毛病）
check檢查 （含有“校對”或“找錯”的意思）
test 檢查，檢測（以某種手段來試一試某人或某物是否達到了一定的標準）
【練習】選擇 check , examine 或 test，并用其適當的形式填空