课文注释 Unit 4 Sharing

Unit 4 Sharing课文注释 Papua New Guinea巴布亚新几内亚。其全称为The Independence State of Papua New Guinea。西南太平洋岛国。南隔托雷斯海峡与澳大利亚相望，西与印尼接壤。领土主要由新几内亚岛(伊里安岛)东半部组成。首都莫尔斯比港(Port Moresby)。为英联邦成员国，1975年9月16日宣布独立。 I know youre dying to hear all about my life here我知道你急于了解我在这里的生活情况。 be dying for sthto do sth迫切想要；渴望。如： Im really dying for a glass of beer on a day like this! 这样的日子我太需要一杯啤酒了! She was dying for a holiday，away from her work and household things她太需要一个假期了，她需要离开工作，离开家务。 此外，短语thirsty for也可表达类似含义。如： The ground was thirsty for water大地渴盼甘露。 They were all waiting there，thirsty for news他们都等在那里，盼望着消息。 Im still trying to adapt to these conditions but，one thing is for sure，Ive become a lot more imaginative in my teaching我还在努力适应这里的生活条件，但是有一点是肯定的，我在教学中变得更加富有想象力了。 adapt (oneself) to使(某人自己)适合。如： When we moved to France，the children adapted to the change very quickly我们搬到法国后，孩子们很快就适应了这个变化。 It took him a while to adapt (himself) to the new job他花了一些时间才适应新工作的要求。 imaginative富有想象力的；想象的。如： I think his is an imaginative design我觉得他的设计很富有想象力。 Charlie is an imaginative child查利是一个富有想象力的孩子。问题：imaginative同根的派生词还有imaginable和imaginary。根据其后缀你能判断其词义吗? 请把下列句子译成汉语。 Cinderella was dressed in the greatest splendor imaginable He is the most suitable person imaginable Its no good hiding yourself from reality and living in an imaginary world The boys had never come across anything like this and started jumping out of the windows男孩们从未见过这种情况，(吓得)都往窗外跳去。 come across sbsth 偶然发现或遇见某人某物。如： I came across this book in an old bookstore near the Palace Museum我在故宫旁的一家旧书店偶然碰到了这本书。 She is the most direct young woman I have ever come across她是我所见到的最爽直的年轻女性。 They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut他们相信剩饭会在夜晚引来邪灵，所以要把食物放在罐里烧干，再把罐子扔到屋外去。 The gift you give is not something your loved one keeps but a contribution towards the lives of people who really need it你送的礼物不是给你所爱的人留念的，而是给那些确有需要的人的一项捐助。 Just 20more produce will mean the difference between sickness and health，between families going hungry and families providing for themselves仅仅把产量提高20就意味着患病与健康，饥饿与自足之间的差异。 oxen for ploughing 耕牛 oxen是ox的复数，这是个不规则的复数名词。问题：除此以外，你还学过什么不规则的名词复数形式吗? 请说出并写出几个来。 trunk library (又叫做blue trunk library)箱式图书馆。 它是世界卫生组织为了提高生活在偏远地区人民的健康水平而创立的。主要由150本书，三种杂志和世界卫生组织地区性办公室的服务所组成。为了方便运输和保存，书被装在蓝色金属箱或木箱中，因此得名。 Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (法语)无国界医生组织。 这是一个由各国专业医务人