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wordspuman.美洲獅spot

v.看出；發(fā)現(xiàn)evidence

n.證據(jù)accumulate

v.積累oblige

v.使…感到必須hunt

n./

v.打獵；尋找blackberry

n.黑莓human

n.人類trail

n.一串，一系列corner

n.角落

v.使走投無路print

n.印痕cling

v.粘convince

v.使…信服somehow

adv.不知什么原因disturb

v.令人不安1.convince

v.1）tomakesomeonefeelcertainthatsomethingisture

使確信；使信服使某人信服convince

sb

of

sth你要使他們相信你對(duì)這份工作的熱忱。Youneedtoconvincethemofyourenthusiasmforthejob.使某人相信…convince

sb

(that)…我確信自己是正確的。Iconvincedmyself(that)Iwasright.2)

topersuadesomeonetodosomething

說服，勸服說服某人做某事convince

sb

to

do

sth我一直在設(shè)法說服他跟我一起去。Ihavebeentryingtoconvincehimtocomewithme.拓展1：1）convinced

adj.信服的；確信的（not

before

noun）對(duì)…確定be

convinced

of

sth我堅(jiān)信她是清白無辜的。Iamconvincedofherinnocence.2）convincing

adj.有說服了的，使人信服的拓展2:1）strong（of

anargument,areasonorevidence)（論據(jù)、理由或證據(jù)）難以辯駁，確鑿的2）persuasive（ofanargument,reason,oraperson）abletopersuadesb.tobelieveordosth.（論據(jù)、理由或人）有說服力的，令人信服的3）forceful（of

opinionsorarguments)expressedfirmlyandclearlyinawaythatmakesotherpeoplebelievethem（觀點(diǎn)或論據(jù)）有說服力的4）convincing（ofanargument,areasonorevidence）thatmakessb.believethatsth.isture（論據(jù)、證據(jù)或理由）令人信服的，有說服力的5）compelling[usuallybeforenoun]（especiallywritten)

veryconvincing令人信服的6）cogent（ofanargument,areasonorevidence)

expressed

firmlyandclearlyinawaythatinfluenceswhatpeoplebelieve（論據(jù)、理由或證據(jù)）有說服力的，令人信服的2.oblige

v.1）ifyouareobligedtodosomething,youhavetodoitbecausethesituation,thelaw,adutyetcmakesitnecessary（usually

passive）（因形式、法律、義務(wù)等關(guān)系而）迫使，強(qiáng)迫強(qiáng)迫某人做某事oblige

sb

to

do

sth或feel/

be

obliged

to

do這個(gè)學(xué)生必須至少每?jī)蓚€(gè)月做一次報(bào)告。Thestudentareobligedtoreporteverytwo

months.3.spot

v.1）tonoticesomeoneorsomething,especiallywhentheyaredifficulttoseeorrecognize

發(fā)現(xiàn)；注意到；看出看到某人正在做某事spotsbdoingsth我看到有人從大樓里出來。Ispottedsomeone

comingoutofthebuilding.n.1）aparticularplaceorarea,especiallyapleasantplacewhereyouspendtime

（尤指休閑的）地點(diǎn)，處所

2）asmallmarkonsomething,especiallyonethatismadebyaliquid

（尤指液體留下的）污漬，斑痕

3）asmallroundredareaonsomeone’sskinthatshowsthattheyareill（疾病引起的）紅斑

4）if

youdosthonthespot,youdoitatonce,oftenwithoutthinkingaboutitverycarefully

立即，馬上；當(dāng)場(chǎng)馬上；當(dāng)場(chǎng)on

the

spot他得馬上做出決定。Hehadtomakeadecisiononthespot.4.hunt

v.1）tochaseanimalsandbirdsinordertokillorcatchthem

獵取，獵殺（鳥獸）2）tolookforsomeoneorsomethingverycarefully

尋找；搜尋尋找；追捕（敵人或罪犯）hunt

for孩子們?cè)诤┥蠈ふ邑悮?。Thekidswerehuntingforshellsonthebeach.警察仍在追捕殺人兇手。Thepolicearestillhuntingforthekiller.拓展：hunter

n.獵人5.cling

v.1）toholdsomeoneorsomethingtightly,especiallybecauseyoudonotfeelsafe

（尤指感覺不安全而）僅僅抓住/抱住抓住…clingtosth他緊緊抱住母親，嚎啕大哭。Heclungtohismother

andwailed.2）tosticktosomeoneorsomethingorseemtosurroundthem

纏著；黏著他的濕襯衫緊緊地貼在身上。Hiswetshirtclungtohisbody.6.

accumulate

v.1）tograduallygetmoreandmoreofsth.overaperiodoftime

積累；積聚2）tograduallyincreaseinnumberorquantityoveraperiodoftime

（數(shù)量）逐漸增加；（數(shù)額）逐漸增長(zhǎng)拓展：1）accumulation

n.積累7.

evidence

n.thefacts,signsorobjectsthatmakeyoubelievethatsth.istrue

證據(jù)，證明有（可靠/明確的）證據(jù)表明…Thereis(convincing/clear）evidencethat….有明確的證據(jù)表明電視廣告影響兒童的購(gòu)買行為。ThereisclearevidencethatTVadvertisinginfluenceswhatchildrenbuy.拓展1:1）evident

adj.明顯的clear/

obvious/

apparent/

plain拓展2:1）support:evidencethathelpstoshowthatatheoryorideaistrueorcorrect（理論或想法的）證據(jù)，依據(jù)這些統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)為我們的理論提供了進(jìn)一步的依據(jù)。Thestatisticsofferfurthersupportforourtheory.2）proof:factsordocumentsthatshowthatsth.istrue證據(jù)；證明這些成果進(jìn)一步證實(shí)了他的接觸才干。Theseresultsareafurtherproofofhisoutstandingability.3）demonstration:anactofgivingprooforevidenceofsth.證明；證實(shí)；論證這清楚地表明了看似簡(jiǎn)單的事情實(shí)際上可能非常復(fù)雜。Thisisacleardemonstrationofhowsomethingthatseemssimplecanturnouttobeverycomplicated.4）testimony:（formal）athingthatshowsthatsthelseexistsoristrue證據(jù)；證明進(jìn)口的增長(zhǎng)證明了產(chǎn)業(yè)的成功。Thisincreaseinimportsbearstestimonytothesuccessofindustry.TextPumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedfort-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewho

claimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw‘a(chǎn)largecat’onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatTextanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumbero