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9. his report was _____(忽視) at first but later was i________(證實) very powerful in this field.
10. they realized there was some __________ (潛在的) danger behind the case.
11. there is a high _____________ (可能性) that the murderer just hid in the hill.
12. i’ll put you through to the ______(接待員) and she can take down your __________ (詳情).
二.詞形轉換
1. history n.---______ (adj.)---____(n. 人) 2. standard n.--_________ (vt.)
3. able adj.---_________ (反) 4. purify v.--_______(n.)---_______ (adj.)
5. relief n.---_______ (v.) 6. enquire v.---_________ (n.)
7. annual adj. ---________(adv.) 8. adjust v.---__________ (adj.)
9. addiction n. ---________(adj.) 10. surgical adj.---_______ (n.)
三.句型結構
1. if you open up any medicine cupboard in the world, there is a high probability that you will find aspirin and penicillin. (p18) 倘若你打開世界上任何一個藥柜,都很可能找到阿司匹林和青霉素。
open up probability probable
注意比較:
probable: adj. 很可能的,與likely意思相近,有時可以互換;possible的語氣稍弱。
他們各自的句型如下:
it’s probable/possible for sb. to do sth.
it’s probable/possible that… it’s likely that… sb./sth. is likely to do sth.
2. … but in fact, 3,500 years ago, some recipes recommended drinking a tea made from the dried leaves of a particular plant to reduce body pains. (p18) 但事實上,早在3,5XX年前就有一些藥方建議人們飲用一種由特殊植物的干葉制成的茶來減輕身體的病痛。
recommend recommended adj. recommendation [c or u] make…from…
相關短語:
make…of…/be made of… earrings are made of gold
make…into…/be made from wood can be made into tables.
make up/be made up of… eleven players make up the football team.
the football team is made up of eleven players.
3. the first trials of this medicine took place in 1899 when the company hoffmann worked for began giving the medicine in powder form to physicians to use with patients. (p18) 1899年, 該藥品第一次進行實驗, 當時, 霍夫曼供職的公司開始將該藥以粉末形式提供給醫師, 讓他們用于病人。
trial trial and error
occur: to happen:
an accident involving over ten vehicles has occurred in the east-bound lane.
occur to sb. phrasal verb