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Unit 12 Language items

1. To make a living, Verne had to write and sell stories.

make a living “谋生”

/ make one’s living / earn one’s living

living “生计,营生,收入,职业”

他当工业设计家, 过着富裕的生活.

He makes a good living as an industrial designer.

她以种花为生.

She earns her living by growing flower.

拓展:

living [U]“活; 生存; 生活”

贫困国家的生活水平很低.

The standard of living in poor countries is very low.

他们是生活简朴的榜样.

They set an example of plain living.

2. Many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity.

(1) remind “使人想起;提醒”

remind sb. of sth.

有人提醒我不要忘了我的承诺.

I was reminded of my promise.

拓展:

①???? remind sb. that

她提醒我还没浇花

She reminded me that I hadn’t watered the flowers.

??② ? remind sb. to do

我提醒他要用功

I reminded him to work hard.

比较: remember “想起; 记得”

在我的印象中, 他是个小淘气鬼

I remember him as a naughty little boy.

我不记得怎么使用这台机器

I don’t remember how to operate this machine.

3. He also suggested how inventions could be used …

suggest: “提议”

我建议大家乘火车去那里如何?

May I suggest going there by train?

我建议他应该参加俱乐部活动

I suggested to him that he should join the club activities

拓展:

①???? suggest “ 透漏; 暗示”

从他的语调可以看出, 他对那个问题并不关心

His tone suggested his indifference to the matter.

②???? suggest “使想起”

“黑”这个单词使你联想到什么?

What does the word “black” suggest to you?

4. … in the collision that follows, the three companions are thrown overboard.

(1) collision “冲突; 相撞”

公共汽车与轿车相撞

a collision between a bus and a car

= a collision of a bus with a car

正面冲突

a head-on collision

(2) the three companions:

the 表明 “船上总共有三个人”

这个老人的三个儿子在战争中都丧身了.

The three sons of the old man were killed in the war.

如不加 the, 则说明总数可能不止三个

他班上有三个学生正计划着乘飞机去意大利.

Three students in his class are planning to fly to Italy.

5. Captain Nemo takes them on a voyage across the ocean.

voyage “航行, 航海, 乘船旅行”

他正在回航途中

He is now on the voyage home.

他正在作环游世界的航行

He is making a voyage around the world.

6. By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, Julia Verne laid foundation of modern science fiction.

1) by : prep 说明手段或者方法,意思是 “通过,用, 以, 由于”, 其后常跟名词或v-ing

你必须用行动来说明这个想法

You have to express the thought by action.

他通过整夜练习,自学拉小提琴.

He taught himself to play the violin by practicing all night.

2) to lay foundation of … 奠定……的基础

他在美国待了十年, 这奠定了他事业的基础.

His ten years in America laid the foundation of his career.

7. ? At the beginning of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster.

ships are disappearing 这里现在进行时并不是表示现在正在进行的动作或正在发生的事情.而是表示经常性的动作, 这是现在进行时的一个重要用法, 一般表示说话人的某种情绪.

你老是把衣服仍在地板上!

You are always leaving your clothes on the floor!

你老打断我的话.

You are always interrupting me.

她老是帮助别人

She is always helping people.

她老是改变主意

She is constantly changing her mind.

8.? Dr Aronnax, his servant and a Canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster.

1) set out to do sth. (带着目的)开始做某事,

她决定要打破路上速度的世界纪录.

She set out to break the world land speed record.

2) set out 从某地出发上路

她天一亮就动身了.

She set out at dawn.

3) set sth. out

a. 安排或摆放(物件)

我们要为会议摆好椅子.

We will need to set out chairs for the meeting.

她的工作总是很有条理.

Her work is always set out very well.

b. ? 陈述或者宣布某事

他说他反对这项计划.

He set out his objections to the scheme.

她在一封信里阐明了辞职的原因.

She set out the reasons for her resignation in a long letter.

9. In their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine.

(1)turn out to be sb./ sth. 证明是某人(某事物); 原来是

这工作结果比我们想的要难.

The job turned out to be harder than we thought.

她原来是我妹妹的朋友.

She turned out to be a friend of my sister.

=It turned out that she was a friend of my sister.

(2) in their efforts: in 表示”正在进行的动作或状态”

他总是在行动中

He is always in action.

在这件事情上我们的意见看来是一致的.

We seem to be in agreement on the matter.

当我们到来时, 她正在打电话

When we arrived she was engaged in a telephone conversation.

10. Dressed in diving suits, they walk around in this magic world around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship.

Dressed in diving suits 及lighted by the lamps of the ship 过去分词作状语

过去分词词组作状语

从远处看,这座岛屿就像云彩.

Viewed from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.

他出身于贫穷的家庭, 只上过两年学

Born into a poor family, he had only two years of schooling..

按普通标准看, 她是可靠的

Judged by the ordinary standard, she was reliable.

2) 有些过去分词可单独作状语

他情绪低沉地去看他姐姐.

Depressed, he went to see his elder sister.

他失望地转身离开

He turned away disappointed.

3) 过去分词有时和连词一起用,这种情况接近于状语从句的紧缩形式.

尽管是战前制造的, 这台发动机仍然处于良好状态

Although ( it was ) built before the war, the engine is still in perfect order..

如果接受你担任这个职务, 将于五一之前通知你

If ( you are) accepted for this post, you will be informed by May 1st.

11. In the end, their raft is draw into a fast stream and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern Italy.

ever用于现在分词之前, 表示always, continuously “总是;不停地”

食物价格不断上涨,使得工人生活困难

The ever increasing cost of food makes the workers’ life difficult.

中国中央正在努力解决日益严重的农民问题

The Chinese central government is trying to deal with the ever growing problem of farmers.

Integrating skills

12. I read all the books I could find that threw light upon these matters.

throw light on (upon) “提供线索, 使有某种理解”

= cast light on (upon)

这本日记对故事中的事件提供了有趣的线索

The diary throws an interesting light on the events in this novel last point.

现代科学的发展已经是这个问题明朗化

The modern scientific development has thrown light on this question.

你能把这个问题阐述清楚吗?

Can you throw any light on the problem?

13. One of the phenomena that attracted my attention was …

①phenomena 是 phenomenon 的复数, “现象”

下雪是冬天的一种自然现象

Snow is a natural phenomenon in winter.

②phenomenon 有时表示”奇迹,罕见的人才或事情”

贝多芬是位音乐奇才

Beethoven was a phenomenon among musicians.

一夜爆富是哈利被认为是商界奇才.

Harry’s rapid success made him a phenomenon in the business world.

14. ? It was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out.

burn out

烧光, 烧尽

这家人因房子被人放火烧了, 被迫离开这个地区. The family was burnt out and forced to leave the area.

2) 筋疲力尽

他继续这样拚命地工作,就会累垮的.

If he doesn’t stop working so hard, he’ll burn himself out.