DOC《Unit15（第44讲—第46讲）》

accept (收养);

officially pass (正式通过) 1)I don'

t know if I should adopt a positive attitude towards the whole happening.(我不知道我是否应该对整个事件采取积极态度.) 2)Their country adopted press censorship. (他们国家采取了新闻检查制度.) 3)They adopted an orphan as they had no child of their own.(他们自己没孩子,所以收养了一个孤儿.) 4)The boy was happy as anything when his parents decided to adopt a puppy.(当爸爸妈妈决定收养一条小狗时,那个男孩高兴极了.) 5)Congress adopted the new measures. (国会通过了新措施.) 6)The National Congress adopted the government report.(全国人大通过了政府工作报告.) 请注意区别adopt和adapt adapt? vi. adjust (调节;

改变…以适应) vt. revise(校准;

调整;

改编) 1)He had to adapt himself to the new condition.(他不得不使自己适应新的情况.) 2)Mr. Wang could not adapt himself to the new climate. (王先生不能适应新的气候.) 3)He is adapting the novel for television.(他正把那部小说改编为电视剧.) 8.distinguish?? v. separate (区别,辨别);

? identify (认出) 1)You have to distinguish facts from rumours if you want to form a correct opinion.(如果想有一个正确的观点,你得分辨事实和传闻.) 2)He was distinguished from other boys by his height.(他的身高显出他与其它男孩的不同.) 3)Some children were unable to distinguish between the letters b and? p. (有些孩子不能分辨字母b和p.) 9.fantasy?? n. 想像;

幻想 1)He is always having fantasies about becoming rich.(他总是抱着发财的幻想.) 2)To a small child, fantasy and reality are very close to each other .(对幼儿来说,幻想和现实靠得很近.) 请注意区别fancy,fantasy,imagination fancy和fantasy多指无事实依据的凭空想像.Fancy的内容多是虚构的,幻想的;

fantasy的内容更是荒诞古怪的. Imagination的想像多依据所见所闻或现实内容一般是合理的. 1)She went wherever the fancy took her. (她随兴致所至想去哪里就去哪里.) 2)These fantasies are sometimes very dangerous to school children. (对学龄儿童来说这些古怪念头是很危险的.) 3)Poets, artists and inventors need imagination. (诗人,艺术家和发明家都需要想像力.) 10.underlying?? adj. 在下面的;

根本的;

潜在的 1)There are underlying similarities between all human beings. (人与人之间有着潜在的相似之处.) 2)The underlying theme of the novel is very serious. (这本小说的潜在主题是极其严肃的.) 3)Can you understand the underlying meaning of what he said? (你能理解他所说的话的含义吗?) 4)The underlying structure of this building is no doubt very firm. (这座楼的底层结构无疑是牢固的.) 11.motive n. reason, purpose (动机,目的) 1)Greed was his only motive for receiving bribery. (贪婪是他受贿的唯一原因.) 2)His motive in coming was a wish to achieve mutual understanding. (他来的动机是想达成相互理解.) 3)The little boy opened his sister'

s mail through motives of curiosity. (那个小男孩出于好奇打开了姐姐的邮件.) 4)You should question his motive before you approve his conduct. (在你赞同他的所作所为之前应该先质询他的动机.) 12.subtlety n. delicacy;

sensitivity 微妙之处,细微之处;

敏锐 subtle adj. 隐约的;

微妙的 1)Nobody noticed the subtlety of his remarks. (没有人听出他话中的微妙含义.) 2)They can sense each other'

s intentions with great subtlety. (他们能敏锐地感觉到彼此的意图.) 3)It is difficult for people from other cultures to master the subtleties of the American joke. (对于来自其他文化的人来说掌握美国笑话的微妙之处是困难的.) 4)His whole attitude has undergone a subtle change. (他的整个态度已经有了微妙的变化.) 5)He dwelt on the subtle distinction between the two words.(他详述两个词词义的细微差别.) 13.moral adj. 有道德的 n. 道德;