[重点词汇] 1、 transport [vt .] 输送,运送,运输(货物,人等) 课本原句:Transport is an important part of out lives. 交通运输是我们生活的重要组成部分 . 补充例句: That yellow bus transports passengers from airport to the city. 那辆黄色公共汽车将乘客从机场运送到城里。 The goods were transported by plane. 那些物品是用飞机运输的。 相关链接:1)美国用 transportation ; 英国用transport 2) transport cafe(英)公路廉价餐厅 2、 underground [n.] 地铁 课本例句:Welcome to the London Underground,or as it is commonly known, The Tube . 欢迎来到伦敦的地下通道,也就是大家所知的地铁. 补充例句:We must go there by underground ,only by this way can we get there on time. 我们必须坐地铁到那儿,只有这样才能按时到。 相关链接: [adj.] 地下的,在地下的 补充:an underground passage 地下通道 [adv.] 在地下 补充:go underground (组织,人等) 潜入地下 3、 pick up 和drop off 课本原句:Buses have routes. They pick up and drop off people at different places on the route. 公共汽车在不同的地方搭客或让客人下车. 1)pick up [vt.] 课文中意为用车、船等搭载客人,驾车出去迎接等.注[可分开用pick ……up] 补充例句:I am busy today, so I will ask Tom to pick you up at the station? 我今天忙,我将让汤姆去车站接你. 相关链接:pick up ① 基本意:[vt.] (可分开用)拾起; 采取 例句:I told you the news that I picked up a coin on the road.
我告诉你个好消息我在路上拾到一枚硬币。 ② [vi.] [vt.] (可分开用)(健康,景气,事态)恢复,使恢复;变好 例句:I believe things will pick up soon. 我相信事情很快就会好转。 ③ [vt.] (可分开用) (偶然地)发现,得到;得到(知识,利益等);可耳闻而学会 例句:He picked up the book in a most unlikely place. 他在一个非常令人意想不到的地方得到那本书。 ④ [vt.](可分开用)探出,接收,收听(广播) 例句:I have been told that he often picks up VOA programs。 有人告诉我他经常收听美国之音节目。 2)drop off ① 课文中意为:(从车等)下车,使(人)下车。(词组可分开用) 补充例句:I can drop you off at your place. 我可以让你在你的住处下车。 ② [vi.] (数量,兴趣等)减低,逐渐消失。 补充例句:Interest in the work has dropped off. 对那工作的兴趣已逐渐消失。 4、 Over [prep.] 课文原句:Aeroplanes are used to travel quickly over long distances. 飞机被用于长距离范围内快速旅行. 课本中意:(表示期间)……之中,在……中一直,知道……结束 补充例句:We stayed there over Christmas. 我们于圣诞节期间停留在那儿。 注:over通常表示比 through (out)较短的期间。 5、 Boundary [n.](复数-ries) 1) 界线,边界 课文原句:However, most trains into London only went to the distant boundary of the city. 可是,大多数开往伦敦的火车都在城市的边界上. 补充例句:The river forms the boundary between the two states. 那条河流成为两州的界线。 2) 界限,范围 例句:It is beyond the boundaries of human knowledge. 那超越人类的知识范围。 6、 cause damage to 使……受到损害 课文原句:Building railway tracks into the city would have caused damage to many historic buildings. 修建进入城市的铁轨将会破坏许多历史建筑物. 亦可用: do damage to 补充例句:His careless remake did damage to his reputation. 他说话不谨慎,对他的名声造成了损害。 7、 choke off 课本原句:Unfortunately, the increased number of vehicles on the road choked off traffic. 不幸地是, 大量增加的车辆堵塞了交通. 补充例句:The chimney is choked off with soot . 那烟囱被烟垢堵住. 课本中意:阻塞 相关链接: choke back 抑制(愤怒,悲痛) choke down勉强咽下(食物) choke up 闷住,噎住;激动的说不出话来 8、 beneath [prep.] [adv.] 课本原句:The first tunnels were opened in 1863 and were just beneath the surface of the ground. 第一条地下通道建于1863年, 就在地面之下. 1) 课本中意:在……之下 补充例句:The ground beneath my feet was soft. 我脚下的地面是柔软的。 2) 不足取,不适合 Such words are beneath you. 9、 link up 连接,结合 课本原句: Sixteen years later, in 1884, the Metropolitan Railway company and the Metropolitan District Railway linked up and provided the underground service in the middle of the city. 16年后,就是1884年,大都会铁路公司和大都会区铁路公司联合起来在城市中心提供地铁服务. 补充例句1:The two companies linked up to hold a charity event. 两家公司联合举办了一场慈善活动。 补充例句2:We link up with the company. 我们与该公司携手合作。 10、 accelerate the pace of 加快……的步伐 课本原句:These new ways of digging accelerated the pace of the London Underground’s development. 这些新的挖掘方法加快了伦敦地铁的发展步伐. 补充例句:This meeting accelerated the pace of educational reforms. 这次会议加快了教育改革的步伐。 11、 be responsible for 对……负责任 课本原句:An architect called Charles Holden was responsible for designing many of these stations. 一个叫Charles Holden的人负责设计了许多线路. 补充例句:Parents are responsible for their children’s safety. 父母亲应负责子女的安全。 [n.] responsibility 12、 function as 用作……,起……的作用 课本原句:During World War II, when London was bombed, Many underground stations functioned as bomb shelters. 第二次世界大战期间,伦敦遭到轰炸,许多地铁站都充当了防空避难所. 补充例句:The room functions as a meeting room. 这个房间用作会议室。 13、 permit sb. to do sth.允许某人做某事 课本原句:Visit our ticket office and buy one of the travel cards that permit you to travel all over the underground system.. 请光临我们的售票处,选择购买一张允许你乘坐伦敦地铁系统所有地铁线的乘 车卡 补充例句:The man permitted her to park there. 那个人允许她在那里停车。 14、 arise from sth. 或 arise out of sth. 因某事而产生 课本原句:The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has increased greatly over the past year. 在过去一年里, 交通事故的数量以及交通事故所引发的死亡人数急剧上升 . 补充例句:There are more and more family problems arising from the lack of communication. 因缺乏交流而引出的家庭问题越来越多。 15、 invitation 活泼,导致,引诱,怂恿 课本原句:This lack of control is an invitation to accidents. 车身失控就会诱发事故. 补充例句:He shows me an invitation to the membership. 他给我以入会的诱惑。
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