初中英语

为孩子开启智慧之门

Unit 5 Water

Name：Period 1新课讲授

一．words精讲

1. drop, vt.& vi.（使）落下、 投下； vt.放弃、停止； n.滴；

如：I dropped my glasses and broke them.

Temperatures can drop to freezing at night.

a drop of blue ink

链接：drop asleep不知不觉睡着

2. journey，n.旅行， 历程，；vi.旅行，出游

如：A fast train does the journey to Ottawa in three hours.

She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey.

链接：journal 定期刊物,杂志,日报;日志,日记 ；journalist记者,新闻工作者

3. valuable, adj.贵重的，宝贵的、 有价值的、可评估的

如：Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.

链接：valuate对 作估价,对 作评价

4. return, v.回转，返回； n.归来，返乡。

如： It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement.

I'm just watching for a chance to punish him in return!

链接：in return 回报的：作为回报或回复的

5. chemical, adj. 化学的、 用化学方法制造的，化学作用的;n.化学药品，化学制品。

如：This chemical acts a part of an acid in our experiment.

The chemical must be salted out and allowed to dry.

链接：chemically，adv.化学地；chemistry，n. 化学

6. quantity, n.量，数量； 定量，大批；

如：To her the outside world was a totally unknown quantity.

She was burdened with a large quantity of parcels.

链接：quantitative adj.定量的； 数量（上）的; quantify, v. 确定数量

7. bank, n.银行；（河的）岸；

如：She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.

They have dug away the whole bank at this point.

链接：bank on 依赖，指望：在 上有信心；依赖。

8. add， vt. 增加、 补充、 附带说明； vi.增加、 做加法； n.加法、加法运算

如：Beat up the eggs before you add the flour.

Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.

Two and three added together are five.

链接：addition附加，增加；additional另外的, 附加的, 额外的

9. stir, vt.& vi.（使）移动、 搅拌、使行动；vt. 使打起精神、 使奋起；n.搅动、 骚乱、 微动。

如：The children liked to stir the cake about, making a wish.

It doesn't take much to stir the students to violence.

If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people.

链接：stir the blood激起热情，使兴奋；stir something up惹事，滋事；煽动，激起

10. form, n.形状、形式、表格；vt. 形成、 构成、 组织； vi.形成，产生，排队；

如：The noun "mouse" is the singular form of "mice".