Unit 3 The Land Down Under

her fellows share her interest in computers.她的同伴跟她一樣對計算機感興趣。
adj.同伴的；同類的；同事的
fellow creatures 同類動物   fellow countryman 同胞   fellow traveler旅伴；同路人
口語中有時指“男人；小伙子”
poor fellow!可憐的小伙子！。

step 5 integrative reading
1.connect
  the two cities are connected by a railway
  the no. 1 trolly bus connects here with the no. 4 trolly bus for the east lake.
connect with beijing university.
connect a with b     connect…with(by)      join a to b/join…with(by)
we can connect(join)the two islands with a bridge.
the road connects beijing with tianjin.
the new highway has joined our hometown to the city.
the pananma canal connects the atlantic with the pacific.
(the road connects shanghai and suzhou.)
2.separate
  although both these shops sell vegetables, they are quite separate.
  the children all sleep in separate beds.
  we’re sorry that you two should be separated.
  england is separated from france by the english channel.
  let’s separate them into three groups.
  please separate the good apples from the bad ones.
  they didn’t separate till midnight.
  the good friends were glad to meet after so long a separation.
cf:the world is divided into five continents.
   you can divide the apples between you.
separate:把原來在一起的人或物分隔開來
divide: 著重把一個整體按一定數(shù)量和大小比例分成若干份。
4.in area…the same size as/…more than 13 times as many as
china is large in area and rich in resources.中國地大物博。
the tv tower is nearly 40 metres in height. 這個電視塔幾乎有40米高。
they built a fence 30 meters in length. 他們建了30米長的籬笆。
the area of australia is 7.6 million sq.km.澳大利亞的面積大760萬平方公里。
a是b的x倍，可表示為：
a be x times the size/height/length of b
a be x times as big/high/long as b
a be x-1 time bigger/higher/longer than b
a be bigger/higher/longer than b by x-1 times
如：這個房間是那個房間的3倍。
①this room is three times the size of that one.
②this room is three times as big as that one.
③this room is twice bigger than that one.
④this room is bigger than that one by twice.
5.feed…on/feed…to
  你有沒有給嬰兒喂牛奶？
  ①have you fed the baby on milk?
  ②have you fed milk to the baby?
6.give birth to/be borne
  她生了三個孩子。
  ①she has borne three children.
  ②she has given birth to three children.
7.keep out
  danger! keep out!
  they closed all windows to keep out the cold.