UNIT1SCIENCEFICTIONToday’ssciencefictionistomorrow’ssciencefact.今天的科幻小說(shuō)是明天的科學(xué)事實(shí)《環(huán)太平洋》-1.【環(huán)太平洋1080】(Av55208285,P1).mp4testoutv.檢驗(yàn)；考驗(yàn)Scientiststestouttheoriesbyexperiments.科學(xué)家借用實(shí)驗(yàn)證明理論。Thesoftwareshouldbetestedoutbeforebeingputonthemarket.該軟件被投放市場(chǎng)之前應(yīng)該得到檢驗(yàn)。拓展：testsb.forsth.給某人做某方面的身體檢查test...on...在...上做實(shí)驗(yàn)ridiculousadj.可笑的,荒謬的；愚蠢的；荒唐的副詞:ridiculously名詞:ridiculousnessItisridiculoustodisputeaboutsuchthings.爭(zhēng)論這種事太可笑了。It'sridiculousthatweshouldhavetoqueue,whenwehavealreadygotourtickets.我們已經(jīng)拿到了票,居然還要排隊(duì),未免可笑。Shelooksridiculousinthatgetup.她那套裝束看起來(lái)很可笑。dignityn.尊嚴(yán)；高貴；莊嚴(yán)Comportyourself

withdignity.

有尊嚴(yán)地；體面地舉止要莊重。Therealdignityofamanliesinwhatheis,notinwhathehas.一個(gè)人真正的高貴之處在于他是什么樣的人,而不在于他擁有什么。拓展：nationaldignity民族尊嚴(yán)salaryn.薪水（尤指按月發(fā)放的）Howmuchofyoursalarygoesforrent?您的薪水有多少是用來(lái)付房租的?Holidaysarefewandfarbetweenforasalaryman.對(duì)一個(gè)工薪人員來(lái)說(shuō)假期并不常有。monthlysalary月薪pay/offersb.asalary付給某人工資辨析：wage多用復(fù)數(shù)形式，指按小時(shí)、日或星期的報(bào)酬，通常指體力勞動(dòng)者的工資。appointmentn.約會(huì),約定；任命,委派make/fixanappointmentwith

與某人約會(huì)keep/breakan/one’sappointment守約/違約推遲/改變某人的約定putoff/changeone’sappointmentappoint

v.任命；指定；約定HewasappointedSheriffofNewYork.他被任命為紐約司法長(zhǎng)官.guiltyadj.有罪的；內(nèi)疚的比較級(jí):guiltier,guiltiest副詞:guiltily名詞:guiltinessHewasguiltyofassaultandbattery.

有...過(guò)失；有...罪責(zé)他犯了毆打罪。feelguiltyabout

感到愧疚No.Ididn'tfeelguiltyaboutthat.沒(méi)有，我沒(méi)有為那種事感到有罪惡感。dismissv.讓...離開(kāi)；開(kāi)除；解散；解雇時(shí)態(tài):dismissed,dismissing,dismisses

名詞:dismissionHewassummarilydismissedfromhisjob.

從...解除/開(kāi)除...他很快就被解雇了。Papadismissedtheideawithashakeofhishead.爸爸搖了搖頭打消了這個(gè)念頭。Hepronouncedthatweweredismissed.他宣布我們被解雇了。declarevt.宣布,宣稱(chēng)；表明時(shí)態(tài):declared,declaring,declaresTheelectorsdeclaredagainsttheirformerMemberofParliament.~for選舉人宣布反對(duì)他們的前任議員。

贊成Chinaformallydeclaredwaragainst/onJapaninDecember1941.中國(guó)在1941年12月正式對(duì)日本宣戰(zhàn)。ona...basis根據(jù)；以...方式（基準(zhǔn)）Yoursalaryisonamonthlybasis.

你的工資是按月結(jié)算。basevt.以…作基礎(chǔ)Themuseum'sbaserestsonheavypillars.以...為...基礎(chǔ)博物館的地基建在重型支柱上。basicadj.基本的；基礎(chǔ)的basicinformation基本信息；基本資料superioradj.上級(jí)的；優(yōu)秀的；更好的；占優(yōu)勢(shì)的Thebookissuperiortothat.

比....更好；比...更勝一籌這本書(shū)比那本書(shū)好。Thismachineissuperiorinmanyrespectstothat.這臺(tái)機(jī)器在很多方面比那臺(tái)好。注意：superior

沒(méi)有比較級(jí)，也不與than連用拓展：用to不用than表比的詞：seniorto...比...年長(zhǎng)/級(jí)別高juniorto...比...年輕takeover接收；接管；占上風(fēng)Rightnowshetakesovertwojobs.時(shí)至今日她還承擔(dān)兩份工作。Thefirmwastakenoverbyamultinationalconsultingfirm.這家公司被一個(gè)跨國(guó)咨詢(xún)公司收購(gòu)。拓展：takeawaytakein吸收；理解拿走；奪走takedown寫(xiě)下；記下takeofftakeup占據(jù)；從事；繼續(xù)起飛；脫掉；開(kāi)始成功fetchvt.接來(lái)；到達(dá)；取來(lái)Shehasgonetofetchwater.她去打水去了。Wefetchupatthewharfexactlyontime.

引起；到達(dá)；最終成為我們準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)碼頭。辨析：fetch:指一往一返，相當(dāng)于goandbring，去取了東西或帶人再返回到出發(fā)處。bring:指從某處把人或物帶到或拿到說(shuō)話(huà)者所在的地點(diǎn)，強(qiáng)調(diào)方向，不著重方式。turnout關(guān)掉；熄滅；在場(chǎng)；出席，參加；結(jié)果是Itturnedoutthatourcalculationswereincorrect.結(jié)果證明我們的計(jì)算是錯(cuò)誤的。Thispolicyhasturnedouttobeanabjectfailure.這一政策最后以慘敗而告終。復(fù)習(xí)：調(diào)低；拒絕turndownfallawayvt.消失（逐漸）；減少；拋棄Theadvocatorsofthiserroneousdoctrinearefallingaway.這一錯(cuò)誤學(xué)說(shuō)的支持者們正在減少。Whatwasgoingon?Theturbanfellaway.這是怎么回事?大圍巾落了下來(lái)，urgen.強(qiáng)烈的