Unit 4 World of the Future(8)

Unit 4 World of the Future

1) Darwin’s _________ on the habits of certain birds

2) Independent _________ monitored the elections.

giant adj. & n.

1) adj. extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type

a giant electronics company

2) n. an extremely tall strong man

Bigger even than his father, who was a tall man, James was a giant.

Practice：

Translate the following sentences into Chinese:

1) The giant packet gives you more for less money.

特大的包装能使你用更便宜的价钱买到超值的分量。

2) He is a giant of a man.

他是个大个子。

telescope n. & v.

1) n. a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making

distant objects look larger and closer

Details on the moon’s surface can only be seen through a telescope.

2) v. to make a process or set of events happen in a shorter time

The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.

Tele- (prefix): at or over a long distance

Practice：

Translate the following sentences into English:

1) 望远镜对于我们观察星星是必不可缺的。

The telescope is indispensable to the observation of stars.

2) 三集的内容被压缩成了一集。

Three episodes have been telescoped into a single program.

planet n.

a very large round object in space that moves around the sun or another star

Saturn is the planet with rings around it.

He thinks motherhood is glamorous — what planet is he on?

Practice：

Translate the following sentences into Chinese:

1) The earth is a planet.

地球是个行星。

2) Is there life on other planets?

其他行星上有生命吗？

arithmetic n.

the science of numbers involving adding, multiplying, etc.

Of course that simple arithmetic may be wrong.

Collocation:

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