以下为课件内提取的文本内容，仅供参考：

Words and Phrases:

一. promising: 形容词 “ 有希望的；有出息的，有前途的"

1.有希望的运动员

promising players

2.天气可望好转。

The weather is promising.

二.incurable:形容词 “无可救要的，医治不好的"

incurably:副词

cure: 动词 “治愈”；名词 “ 药，药剂；治愈，痊愈"

curable:形容词 “可治疗的，可治愈的"

1 .这种药可治好你的头疼。

This medicine will cure your headache.

2. 目前仍没有治愈感冒的良药。

There is still no cure for the common cold.

3 .不治之症

an incurable disease

三 work on: " 致力于 “ 后面跟n./ pron./ v.-ing

1 他正在写实验报告。

He is working on a report of the experiment.

2 他在发明一种办公用的新机器。

He is working on inventing a new machine for office work.

四 go by "走过；过去"

1 随着时间飞逝，他的头发变白了。

As time goes by, his hair is turning grey.

2 我过访的时候，他不在家。

He was not in when I went by.

五 be/ get engaged ( to sb.) “ （与某人）定婚 "

1 他们于去年夏天定了婚。

They got engaged last summer.

2 我女儿和一位年轻的老师定婚了。

My daughter is engaged to a young teacher.

六 dream of “ 梦想，想到 "

1 我一直梦想到英国旅行。

I have always dreamed of a trip to England.

2 他在中学时梦想当一名飞行员。

He dreamed of becoming a pilot when he was

in the middle school.

七 seek : sought sought 动词 “寻找，探索，追求 "

seek one’s / a fortune : “ 追求财富，碰运气 "

seek for/ after : “ 寻找，追求 "

seek to do sth.: “ 尝试, 试图”

1 他在寻找该问题的答案。

He is seeking an answer to the problem.

2 他发现追求名声是不值得的。

He found it worthless to seek fame.

3 他追求财富，权势和地位。

He is seeking after wealth and power and position.

4 我们试图改变他的主意。

We sought to change his mind.

turn out +( to be ) +adj./n. : “结果是，证明是，原来是”

It turns out that…: “结果是…后来证实是…”

1 那个晚上结果是寒冷且下雨。

The night turned out ( to be ) cold and rainy.

2 那项计划结果很圆满。

The plan turns out well.

3 后来证实有两位旅客丧生。

It turned out that two travellers had been killed.

science : n. 科学

scientist : n. 科学家

scientific : adj. 科学的

scientifically:adv.科学地

match :“相似，相配 / 势均力敌，互为对手/

相等，发现（找到）相等物”

1 这双鞋不相配，一只大，一只小。

These shoes do not match; one is large and the other is small.

2 我下棋比不上她。

I can’t match her at chess.

3 他们的汉语水平相当。

They are equally matched in their knowledge of Chinese.

十一 use up : “用尽，用完 / （用于被动语态）筋疲力尽”

1 他花光了所有的钱。

He has used up all his money.

2 早饭我们吃光了所有的面包。

We used up all the bread at breakfast.

3 士兵们在经过漫长的战斗后已经筋疲力尽了。

The soldiers were used up after the long battle.

Word Study: Choose the closest meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.

The couple used up all their money to seek their

5-year-old son , who was lost six months ago.

A. search for B. save C. see

2. Her unhappiness was so obvious that anyone could see it .

A. suddenly seen B. often see C. easily see

3. “Why does an apple fall to the ground instead of rising into the air ?” Newton asked himself before he discovered the Law of Gravity.

A. the natural force that helps objects rise in

air or gas

B. the natural force that attracts objects toward

the earth’s centre

C. the natural force that keeps objects from moving

(A)

(C)

(B)

4. Scientists predict that environmental pollution will

increase in the next ten years. They warn that if we

do not take measures to solve the problem, we will

ruin our planet.

A. tell before it happens

B. tell while it is happening

C. tell after it happens

5. He observed the movement of that object for

many years and predicted that it would return

every 76 years.

A. recorded B. looked carefully at C. learnt

6. The police let the man go after they found out that

his DNA did not match the DNA they had got from

the crime scene.

A. look exactly like B. compete C. compare

(B)

(A)

(A)

Consolidation: Complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the right phrase .

work on , go by , turn out, use up

dream of , go on with , be engaged to

He __________one day becoming a famous violinist.

Tom ___________Ann.

Two weeks slowly __________.

His suggestion__________to be a good one.

He _____________his ink.

If we don’t finish painting the room today, we can _________it tomorrow.

He ____________a novel.

dreams of

is engaged to

went by

turned out

has used up

go on with

is working on

Homework:

Remember the words and phrases of the passage.

Preview grammar:

the Infinitive