unit2 History Makers

unit2 History Makers

    Lesson 6 History Makers
    I.               词汇
    1.       lead
    (1) vt, vi (led, led leading )
    引导;指引;通往,通到;导致;走在前列,(在比赛中)领先经验;过(生活)
    He led us to his home. 他把我们带到他家。
    The path leads to the village. 这条小路通到那村庄。
    All roads lead to Rome.[谚]条条道路通罗马。
    After the first half of the race I was leading. 跑了一半赛程后我领先了。
    He led a hard life. 他的日子过得很苦。
    (2)lead n榜样 线索;提示 (比赛中)领先,领先地位;主角;新闻的主要一段或第一段
    牵狗的链子或皮带 (= leash); 导线
    She was in the lead during the race. 她在赛跑中领先。
    take the lead带头;居首位
    (3)lead to    通向, 导致
    2.       personally   adv. 亲自,本人直接地;就对个人而言;作为个人
    I thanked them personally. 我亲自感谢他们
    Personally, I don't mind. 就个人而言,我不介意
    I admire his skill but dislike him personally. 我佩服他的技巧但不喜欢他这个人
    3.       revolution  n革命;剧烈的变革;完全改变;绕转;旋转
    The army officers led a revolution against the king.
    军官们领导了一次反国王的革命。
    Air travel has caused a revolution in our way of living.
    空中旅行使我们的生活方式完全变了。
    the revolution of the moon round the earth 月球绕地球转
    a speed of 100 revolutions per minute 每分钟100 转的转速
    4.       experience
    (1) n.这词作为可数名词用时,解释为“经历”,作为不可数名词用时解释为“经验”
    I had an usual experience yesterday. 昨天我经历了一次不寻常的事情。
    He has not enough experience for the position. 对于这种职位,他没有足够的经验。
    gain experience in ...获得...经验 learn by [from, through] experience从经验中学到[懂得]
    man of experience有阅历[见识]的人
    (2)experience可以用作动词
    He experienced all sorts of difficulties and hardships. 他经历过一切艰难困苦。
    He is much experienced in teaching. 他有丰富的教学经验。
    be thoroughly [poorly] experienced in在...方面十分有[缺乏]经验
    experience difficulties [setbacks]遭到困难[挫折]
    5.       struggle 
    (1) vi.
    努力, 奋斗, 同...斗争(against; with; for)
    挣扎, 奋力前进, 艰难或奋力地进行(along; through; in; on; up)
    struggle against [with] difficulties与困难作斗争struggle for power争夺权力
    struggle for a living为生活而挣扎struggle to one's feet挣扎着站起来
    struggle through the snowstorm冒着暴风雪前进
    (2)n.斗争, 战斗, 奋斗, 拼博, 战争; 挣扎努力;奋斗的目标; 麻烦[费劲]的事
    struggle for existence生存竞争[斗争] be in one's death bed struggle进行垂死挣扎
    The struggle for independence was long and hard.为独立而斗争是长期而艰苦的。
    It was a struggle for her to make him understand.对她来说, 要他明白是一件费劲的事。
    6.       equal
    (1) adj.   (常与to, with连用)相同的;胜任的;经得起的
    cut the cake into six equal pieces 把蛋糕等分成六块
    One li is equal to half a kilometre.一华里等于半公里。
    It is equal to me whether he comes or not.他来不来对我都一样。
    John is quite equal to the job of running the office.
    约翰很能胜任主理这个办事处的工作。
    He is equal to this task.; He is equal to doing this task.他能胜任这项任务。
    (2)  n同等的人,相等的人
    Let x be the equal of y.设x等于y。
    Is he your equal in play chess?  他的棋艺跟你一样好吗?
    (3) V.与…相等,等于;比得上
    ‘x = y’ means that x equals y. “x = y” 就是 x 与 y 相等。
    Three and five equals eight. 三加五等于八。
    Eight times eight equals sixty-four.八乘八等于六十四。
    None of us can equal her. 没人比得上她。
    7.       protest
    (1)vt, vi(常与against, at, about连用)反对;提出异议;抗辩;抗议
    The tourists protested about the bad service at the restaurant.
    旅客们对那家饭店低劣的服务表示不满。
    The children protested when they were punished unfairly.
    当孩子们被不公平地处罚时,他们表示抗议。
    They protested with one accord that they had not used any drug.
    他们异口同声地申明他们没有服用毒品。
    (2)n抗议(书);反对,抗议
    The people made a protest about the rise in prices. 人们对价格上涨提出抗议。
    protest march 抗议游行
    8.       continue
    vi, vt 继续;使继续;连续;使连续;延伸
    The fighting continued for a week. 这场战斗持续了一星期。
    "According to the weather report, the weather will continue fine till this weekend."
    "据天气预报,到本周末天气仍然很好。
    continued story连载小说[故事]  continue investigations继续调查研究
    continue to improve不断改善     continue working持续工作
    Will you continue gardening after dinner?饭后你继续干花园的活, 好吗?
    我们指望你们会早些来帮助我们。
    figure out算出;了解
    We must figure out how to solve the problem.我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法。
    I couldn't figure out who the lady with the sunglasses was.
    我想不出那位戴墨镜的夫人是谁。

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