新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)Lesson+82+Monster+or+fish

Lesson

81

Monster

or

fish？monster

n.怪物sailor

n.海員sight

n.視野creature

n.生物peculiar

adj.奇怪的shinning

adj.閃光的oarfish

n.槳魚(yú)New

words1.creature

n.生物livingcreature生物拓展：1)create

v.create

sth創(chuàng)造/創(chuàng)建/創(chuàng)作…政府計(jì)劃為年輕人創(chuàng)造更多的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。Thegovernmentplanstocreatemorejobsforyoungpeople.他們把它刷成紅色以營(yíng)造一種溫暖的感覺(jué)。Theypainteditredtocreateafeelingofwarmth.2)creativeadj.(有)創(chuàng)造的；創(chuàng)作的；她極富創(chuàng)造力，既賦詩(shī)又作畫(huà)。She’sverycreative,shewritespoetryandpaints.3)creativityn.創(chuàng)造性；創(chuàng)造力創(chuàng)造力和原創(chuàng)性比專門(mén)技術(shù)更為重要。Creativityandoriginalityaremoreimportantthantechnicalskill.4)creationn.創(chuàng)造；創(chuàng)作他從1989年公司成立以來(lái)就在那里工作。Hehasbeeninthecompanysinceitscreationin1989.5)creatorn.創(chuàng)造者；造物主（God）peculiar

adj.1)奇怪的奇怪的氣味/味道a

peculiar

smell/taste出于某種奇怪的原因，她拒絕來(lái)到里面。Forsomepeculiarreason,sherefusedtocomeinside.2)(某人、某地、某種特殊情況等）特殊的對(duì)…特別be

peculiar

to種族歧視問(wèn)題并非只有這個(gè)國(guó)家才有。Theproblemofracismisnotpeculiar

tothiscountry.拓展：peculiarity

n.特點(diǎn)3.

claim

v.1)聲稱；斷言；主張主張做某事/成為claim

to

do/be…聲稱已經(jīng)做了某事claim

to

have

done聲稱…

claim

that…該產(chǎn)品聲稱不節(jié)食也能讓你瘦下來(lái)。Theproductclaimsthatitcanmakeyouthinwithoutdieting.據(jù)說(shuō)有些醫(yī)生每周工作80小時(shí)。Itisclaimedthatsomedoctorswereworking80hoursaweek.2)索取(錢(qián)）索回某物claim

sth

back他應(yīng)該能夠要回他的錢(qián)。Heshouldbeabletoclaimhis

money

back.拓展：claim

one’sattention4.

shining

adj.閃閃放光的shining

example光輝榜樣；杰出典范拓展：shine

v.1)發(fā)光，發(fā)亮陽(yáng)光照耀。Thesunwasshining.

2)把…照向shine

sth

on/at/around

sth把…照向…把那個(gè)手電筒照向那里。Shine

that

torch

over

there.

3)表現(xiàn)出眾辨析：shine“to

produce

bright

light”flash“to

shine

brightly

for

a

very

short

time，or

to

shine

on

and

off

very

quickly

many

timesblaze“to

shine

very

brightly”【literary】5.

sight

n.1)視力(vision)視力減弱lose

one’s

sight六年前她視力開(kāi)始減弱。Shelost

hersightsixyearsago.2)看見(jiàn)看見(jiàn)catch

sight

of

at

the

sight

of當(dāng)他見(jiàn)到她的時(shí)候，他愛(ài)上了她。Whenhecaughtsightofher,hefellinlovewithher.Hefellinlovewithheratthesightofher.3)名勝；景點(diǎn)(pl.)大家下午可以休息，也可以去參觀名勝。Intheafternoon,you’llhaveachancetorelaxorseethesights.拓展：在視野內(nèi)in/within

sight在視野外out

of

sight出現(xiàn)come

into

sight眼不見(jiàn)，心不煩。Out

of

sight，out

of

mind.TextFishermenandsailorssometimesclaimtohaveseenmonstersin

thesea.Thoughpeoplehaveoftenlaughedatstoriestoldbyseamen,itisnowknown

thatmanyofthese

‘monsters’

whichhaveat

timesbeensightedaresimplystrangefish.Occasionally,unusual

creaturesarewashedtotheshore,buttheyarerarelycaughtoutat

sea.Sometimeago,however,apeculiarfishwascaughtnearMadagascar.Asmallfishingboatwascarriedmilesouttoseabythe

powerfulfishasitpulledontheline.Realizingthatthiswasno

ordinaryfish,thefishermanmadeeveryeffortnottodamageitinanyway.Whenitwaseventuallybrought

toshore,itwasfoundtobeoverthirteenfeetlong.Ithadaheadlikeahorse,bigblueeyes,shiningsilver

skin,andabrightredtail.TextThefish,whichhassincebeensenttoamus