Unit 10 The world around us

unit 10 the world around us
一、重點詞匯
    1. fur n. 毛皮，毛，軟毛(a hair-covered skin of certain animals; the soft thick fine hair that covers the bodies of some types of animals) a fur coat皮大衣； a fine fox fur一張好的狐皮。
    2. jungle n. 熱帶叢林（a tropical forest too thick to walk through easily）
       jungle animals 叢林動物；the jungle of business錯綜復雜的商業界
    3. wolf n. 狼（a wild animal of the dog family which hunts other animals in a group）
       a wolf in sheep’s clothing披著羊皮的狼
    4. giraffe n. 長頸鹿（an african animal with a very long neck and legs and orange skin with dark spots）
    5. tour n.& v. 旅行；旅歷；旅游 (to visit as a tourist; a journey during which several places are visited) make a round-the-world tour 作環球旅行 go on a tour進行觀光游覽 be on tour在巡回演出  tour the world周游世界
    6. act vt. & vi. 扮演；擔當；表演；表現(take part in a play on the stage, behave as stated)
       he acted his part well. 他扮演的那個角色很成功。
       he acted as host to visitors. 他以主人身份接待來客。
    think before you act! 三思而后行！
       does the drug take long to act? 這藥要很久才能起作用嗎？
    7. measure  n.
      1) 計量單位 (unit, standard or system used in stating size, quantity, or degree; step) a meter is a measure of length.
     2) 措施；辦法 they took strong measures against dangerous drivers. 他們對危害公眾的司機采取強硬的措施。
         vt, vi 量；測量；計量( to find the size, length, amount, degree, etc)
         mother measured me to see what size of dress i should have.
         母親給我量尺寸，好知道我該穿多大號的衣服。
         i measured the coat against her and found it was too long.
         我把外衣在她身上量了一下，發覺太長了
    8. original adj.最初的；最早的；原始的 (first or earliest)
       who was the original owner of this house? 誰是這座房子最早的主人？
       the original owner of the house was the duke of wellington.這房子本來的主人是威靈頓公爵。