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高中英語《自然的力量 Unit 5 The power of nature（Part 1）》（選修6）
核心單詞
1.appoint  vt.任命，委派
He was appointed major of the city.
他被任命為這個城市的市長。
appoint sb.to a post.派某人擔任某職
The teacher appointed him (to be)monitor.
老師任命他為班長。
appointment  n.約會，約定；委任
make/have an appointment with sb. 與某人約會
break one's appointment   違約，失約
keep one's appointment   守約
appointed    adj.約定的，指定的
Our visitors arrived at the appointed time.
我們的來賓在約定的時間到達了。
①校長任命了一位新主任。
The headmaster appointed a new director.
②如果你想和他見面，你得預約。
If you want to meet him,you have to make an appointment.
2.evaluate  vt.評估，評價，估計
The scientists have evaluated the data.
那些科學家已經(jīng)評價了那些資料。
We need to evaluate how well the method is working.
我們需要對這一方法產(chǎn)生的效果作出評價。
evaluation   n.估價，評價；計算
accomplishment evaluation   學業(yè)成績評定
self-evaluation   自我評價
educational evaluation    教育評定
evaluation factor   評價因素
evaluation method    評價方法
[辨析]evaluate/estimate/value
三個詞都含有“評價，估計”的含義
evaluate   一般不用來表示“估價”或“估計”某物的市場價值
estimate   表示“估量，預算”，還可以表“評價，看法等”
value   表示“為...估價格”，還可表“珍視，重視”
3.vary  vt.改變，變更，使多樣化
vi.變化，不同，（彼此）相異
vary in/on   在...方面不同
vary from...to...   從...到...不等，在...到...之間變動
vary with/according to    隨...變化而變化
a variety of/varieties of=various   多種多樣的
The temperature varied throughout the day.
高手過招
(1)單項填空
The charge (B)from 5 yuan to 10 yuan.
A Charges   B varies   C differ   D range
(2）翻譯句子
物價隨季節(jié)而變動。
Prices vary with the seasons.
天氣一天天地變化著。
The weather varied from day to day.
4.guarantee   vt.保證，擔保  n.保證，保證書，擔保，抵押品
guarantee to do sth.  保證做某事
guarantee that/sth...    保證...
guarantee sb. sth.  保證某人某物
give sb. a guarantee that...   向某人保證...
The rain guarantees a good crop this year.
這場雨保證了今年有個好收成。
My watch is guaranteed for one year.
我的表保修一年。
高手過招
單項填空
Working hard is not only a (C)of great success,but is among the essential requirements.
A sign    B signal    C guarantee   D supposition
句意為：努力工作不僅是巨大成功的保證，而且是最基本的需要之一。
重點短語
1.make one's way to   前往....
Dickens made his way to the woods.
迪肯斯朝樹林走去。
Some thirty percent of the world's exports of tea makes its way to London.
世界上大約30%的茶葉都出口到了倫敦。
Thought it was raining hard,he made his way to school.
盡管雨下得很大，他還是朝學校趕去。
【聯(lián)想拓展】
摸索著前行   feel one's way
推擠著前行    fight/push one's way
迷路  lose one's way
擠出去，沖出去   force one's way out
擠進去   push one's way in
為某人指路   show sb. the way
妨礙  get in the way
蜿蜒前進    wind one's way
高手過招
翻譯句子
由于在這方面沒有經(jīng)驗，我們必須摸索著前進。
Without experience on it,we have to feel our way.
很多學生正朝博物館走去。
Many students are making their way to the museum.
2.burn...to the ground  (樓房等）被（全部）燒毀/焚毀
He has no place to live in because his house has been burnt to the ground.
他無處棲身，因為他的房子被燒掉了。
【聯(lián)想拓展】
burn away   逐漸燒掉；消失
burn down    （建筑物）燒毀，火力減弱
burn off  燒掉，蒸發(fā)
burn up   燒毀，燒得更旺/亮，消耗
burn out   燒壞，燒盡
burn oneself out  筋疲力盡
高手過招
Be careful with fire,or it will ( )the whole building.
A burn down      B burn for    C burn up    D burn in
burn down    （建筑物）燒毀，火力減弱
burn for   渴望
burn up   燒毀，燒得更旺/亮，消耗
burn in   給...留下不可磨滅的印象
3.quite a few  好些，相當多
I have made quite a few friends here.
在這里我已經(jīng)交了好多朋友。
[辨析]very few/only a few/a few/not a few
very few,only a few  都表示“少，幾乎沒有”，但very few側(cè)重于“幾乎沒有人，大多數(shù)都不”的概念
only a few側(cè)重于表達“在許多之中有幾個”不強調(diào)“大多數(shù)不”這一概念
a few 意思是“少數(shù)幾個、一些”，表示肯定概念
-Are you friends here?
-Yes,quite a few(相當多）are here.
not a few (=many)許多，大量
Very few people can bear the cold in Antarctica.
幾乎沒有人能忍受南極的寒冷。
Only a few people could see the scene.
只有幾個人看到了這個景象。
A few friends came to see me last week.
上星期有幾個朋友來看我。
Not a few students are going there.
許多學生都要去那里。