Unit20 Archaeology words and language points高二英语课件

Unit20ArchaeologyGlossarystudydecoration:

tofurnish,provide,oradornwithsome-thingornamental;ornamenttodecorateastreetwithflagsdecorateahouseforNewYearcuriosity:

adesiretoknoworlearnHeisfullofcuriosity.fromcuriosity(=outofcuriosity)在好奇心驱使下emperor:

themalerulerofanempireVS.empressYellowEmperor(中国)黄帝theRomanEmpireEmpressWuZetianbuildanoilempire(=ahugecompany)EmpireState美国纽约州的别名arrow:

astraight,thinshaftwithapointedheadatoneend;asadirectionalsymbolarrowcharacters楔形文字asswiftasanarrowTimeflieslikeanarrow.=Howtimeflies.shootthearrowatthetarget有的放矢trafficarrow交通箭头标志distinction:theconditionorfactofbeingdissimilarordistinct;differenceAdistinctionshouldbemadebetweentheprimaryandsecondarycontradictions.要区分主要矛盾和次要矛盾。Thereisnoapparentdistinctionbetweenthetwins.Hisdistinctionofsoundisexcellent.adistinctionwithoutadifference名义上的区别,人为的区别Make/drawadistinctionbetween对...加以区别withdistinction以优异的成绩;以杰出的表现withoutdistinction无差别地,一视同仁地dozen:

asetof12severaldozenexercise-bookssomedozen(of)people约十二个人somedozensofpeople几十个人3dozenofthesestudentspackpencilsindozens按打包装铅笔abaker'sdozendozen十三个besixofoneandhalfadozenoftheotherdozen半斤八两bythedozen按打计算trend:

ageneraltendencyorinclination;currentstylethelatesttrendinfashionthetrendofacoast-line海岸线的走向setthetrend(在风尚、式样上)开个头,带个头伸向,转向,趋向,倾向(towards)Thegendergapwastrendingdown.“性别之间愈来愈没有距离”.Theprevailingwindtrendseast-northeast.强风转向东北偏东方向.trendyadj.最流行[时髦]的;合乎潮流的average:

anintermediatelevelordegree;ordinaryWhatistheaveragerainfallforAugustinyourcountry?Hisresultsistheaverage.on(an/the)average通常；按平均Mostpeoplearemenofaverageability.abovetheaverage在一般水平以上,中上;在平均数以上belowtheaverage在一般水平以下,中下;在平均数以下be(well/quite)uptotheaverage(完全)达到一般水平beaboutuptotheaverage刚达到一般水平link:aunitinaconnectedseriesofunits;oneoftherings;connect,joinThetwofamilieslinkedupthroughthemarriageofadaughterandson.Thenewbridgewilllinktheislandtothemainland.Researchershavedetectedalinkbetweensmokingandheartdisease.Onelinkbroken,thewholechainisbroken.一环脱,全链断。linkup联接;结合status:

positionrelativetothatofOthers;standinghavenoofficialstatus未任官职socialstatus/positionhisstatusasateacher他的教师身分statusoftaxpayers纳税人身分thestatusofaminor.未成年人的地位remote:

locatedfaraway;distantinspaceorintime;hiddenaway,lonelyintheremotefuturearemoterelative/hamletintheremotepastkeeponeselfremotefromhumanpassions完全不近人情;割断人世间的情丝;不食人间烟火aquestionremotefromthesubject与本题不太相干的问题beremoteandcoldinone'smanner态度冷漠quantity:aspecifiedorindefinitenumberoramountMathematicsisthescienceofpurequantity.Heateasmallquantityofrice.Quantitiesoffoodwereonthetable.Whatquantitydoesshewant?她要多多少?Ipreferqualitytoquantity.aquantityof一些aknownquantity【【数】】已知数数[量量]in(large)quantities大量地地;大大批批地accompany:tobeorgowithasacompanionSheaccompaniedmetothedoctor's.Pleaseaccompanymeonthetriptomyhometown.Lightningusuallyaccompaniesthunder.MarysangandIaccompaniedheronthepiano.(be)accompaniedby附有有,伴伴随随beaccompaniedwith(athing)带着着,带带有有Thetextisaccompaniedbyillustrations.approximately:about,nexttoanapproximateanalysis大概概的的分分析析beapproximateto近似似,约约计计approximatev.近近于于,接接近近于于(to)Hisdescriptionof