新概念英语第二册Lesson+82+Monster+or+fish

Lesson

81

Monster

or

fish？monster

n.怪物sailor

n.海员sight

n.视野creature

n.生物peculiar

adj.奇怪的shinning

adj.闪光的oarfish

n.桨鱼New

words1.creature

n.生物livingcreature生物拓展：1)create

v.create

sth创造/创建/创作…政府计划为年轻人创造更多的就业机会。Thegovernmentplanstocreatemorejobsforyoungpeople.他们把它刷成红色以营造一种温暖的感觉。Theypainteditredtocreateafeelingofwarmth.2)creativeadj.(有)创造的；创作的；她极富创造力，既赋诗又作画。She’sverycreative,shewritespoetryandpaints.3)creativityn.创造性；创造力创造力和原创性比专门技术更为重要。Creativityandoriginalityaremoreimportantthantechnicalskill.4)creationn.创造；创作他从1989年公司成立以来就在那里工作。Hehasbeeninthecompanysinceitscreationin1989.5)creatorn.创造者；造物主（God）peculiar

adj.1)奇怪的奇怪的气味/味道a

peculiar

smell/taste出于某种奇怪的原因，她拒绝来到里面。Forsomepeculiarreason,sherefusedtocomeinside.2)(某人、某地、某种特殊情况等）特殊的对…特别be

peculiar

to种族歧视问题并非只有这个国家才有。Theproblemofracismisnotpeculiar

tothiscountry.拓展：peculiarity

n.特点3.

claim

v.1)声称；断言；主张主张做某事/成为claim

to

do/be…声称已经做了某事claim

to

have

done声称…

claim

that…该产品声称不节食也能让你瘦下来。Theproductclaimsthatitcanmakeyouthinwithoutdieting.据说有些医生每周工作80小时。Itisclaimedthatsomedoctorswereworking80hoursaweek.2)索取(钱）索回某物claim

sth

back他应该能够要回他的钱。Heshouldbeabletoclaimhis

money

back.拓展：claim

one’sattention4.

shining

adj.闪闪放光的shining

example光辉榜样；杰出典范拓展：shine

v.1)发光，发亮阳光照耀。Thesunwasshining.

2)把…照向shine

sth

on/at/around

sth把…照向…把那个手电筒照向那里。Shine

that

torch

over

there.

3)表现出众辨析：shine“to

produce

bright

light”flash“to

shine

brightly

for

a

very

short

time，or

to

shine

on

and

off

very

quickly

many

timesblaze“to

shine

very

brightly”【literary】5.

sight

n.1)视力(vision)视力减弱lose

one’s

sight六年前她视力开始减弱。Shelost

hersightsixyearsago.2)看见看见catch

sight

of

at

the

sight

of当他见到她的时候，他爱上了她。Whenhecaughtsightofher,hefellinlovewithher.Hefellinlovewithheratthesightofher.3)名胜；景点(pl.)大家下午可以休息，也可以去参观名胜。Intheafternoon,you’llhaveachancetorelaxorseethesights.拓展：在视野内in/within

sight在视野外out

of

sight出现come

into

sight眼不见，心不烦。Out

of

sight，out

of

mind.TextFishermenandsailorssometimesclaimtohaveseenmonstersin

thesea.Thoughpeoplehaveoftenlaughedatstoriestoldbyseamen,itisnowknown

thatmanyofthese

‘monsters’

whichhaveat

timesbeensightedaresimplystrangefish.Occasionally,unusual

creaturesarewashedtotheshore,buttheyarerarelycaughtoutat

sea.Sometimeago,however,apeculiarfishwascaughtnearMadagascar.Asmallfishingboatwascarriedmilesouttoseabythe

powerfulfishasitpulledontheline.Realizingthatthiswasno

ordinaryfish,thefishermanmadeeveryeffortnottodamageitinanyway.Whenitwaseventuallybrought

toshore,itwasfoundtobeoverthirteenfeetlong.Ithadaheadlikeahorse,bigblueeyes,shiningsilver

skin,andabrightredtail.TextThefish,whichhassincebeensenttoamus