新概念第三册第9课

1、Lesson 9 Flying cats 飞猫 fascinate v. 迷住，吸引住 fascinating（adj.令人着迷的） fascinated（adj.感到着迷的） be fascinated with 迷上了 - He is fascinated with music. - He is fascinated with chess. Are you fascinated with English? fascination（ n. 魅力；魔力；入迷） “The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder

2、,” says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. Ive never really understood what the fascination it is that women have with little mirrors. 我从未真正理解是什么样的魅力使女人们对小镜子那么着迷。Old castles have a certainstrange fascination for me.旧城堡对我具有某种奇特的魅力。 be fascinated with 迷上了 be crazy about 着迷于 - He is crazy about mu

3、sic. be mad about 着迷于 - He is mad about music. like, love, be fond of 喜欢 - The boy is fond of football. affectionate adj.充满深情，柔情的 Cats are affectionate animals. Cats are warm and affectionate creatures to us, but viewed through the eyes of birds and mice they are vicious predators. 对我们来说, 猫是热情又充满深情的

4、动物, 但是在鸟儿和老鼠看来, 猫是恶毒的食肉动物。 affectionately（adv.充满深情地, 有感情地, 慈爱地） - The lady is looking that man affectionately affection（n. 喜爱，感情；影响；感染） affect（vt. 影响, 感动） mysterious adj.神秘的，难以理解的 - a mysterious plan - a mysterious explanation The mysterious rider dissolved into the mists. 那个神秘的骑手在雾中消失了。 The mysteri

5、ous woman passenger vanished. 这位神秘的女乘客突然不见了。 mystery（n.秘密，谜；神秘，神秘的事物） - His death is a mystery. submissive adj.服从的，顺从的 be submissive to sb 服从某人 - Dogs and horses are submissive, but cats are never submissive to us. submit（v.服从, 顺从） - submit oneself to sb/sth submission（n.屈服, 降服, 服从） obedient（adj.服从的

6、, 孝顺的） obey vt. 服从，听从 feline adj.猫的 A feline is an animal that belongs to the cat family. 猫科动物 The 16-pound feline is so fat that she can hardly walk. 这只16磅重的猫因太胖而几乎无法走路。 Dont get smug, cat lovers. Your feline friends are no better. 不过那些猫咪爱好者也不要得意，你们的猫科类朋友也绝非善类。 independence n.独立，独立性 dependence（n.依靠

7、, 依赖, 信任, 信赖） independent（adj.独立自主的, 不受约束的） dependent（adj.依靠的, 依赖的） - You have already grown up, you must be independent. depend（vi.依靠, 依赖，取决于） independ 没有此词 - You must depend on yourself. high-rise adj.高楼的；高层的 We live in a high-rise apartment downtown. When I first came to China, there were practic

8、ally no automobiles, very limited consumer goods, and no high-rise buildings. The technology was fairly backward. She has acrophobia and always becomes dizzy in a high-rise elevator. 她有恐高症，到了高楼的电梯里就发晕。 There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from!windowsill n.窗槛 We wandered down the block

9、and sat down to rest on a windowsill. Every morning on my windowsill, a layer of dust is so thick you can write a newspaper article with your finger. 每天早晨在窗台边上，厚厚一层灰呀，你都能用手在上面写上一篇报纸的文章了。 Plant herb（香草、药草） or flower seeds, and put on the windowsill. 种上药草或者花种，放在窗台上等它长成吧。paratrooper n.伞兵 Cats behave li

10、ke well-trained paratroopers, The new paratrooper was almost kicked out of the cabin. 新来的伞兵几乎是被踢出机舱的。 squirrel n.松鼠 Why the squirrel would want to kill the bat is a mystery. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. air-resistance n.空气阻力 Have you taken the air-resistance into consideration?

11、 The present case needs to reduce the air-resistance to the minimum. 现在需要的是把空气阻力减小到最低限度。 water resistance 水阻力 resist vi. 抵抗，抗拒；忍耐 resistance n. 阻力；电阻；抵抗；反抗；抵抗力你把空气阻力的因素考虑进去了吗？ shock resistance 耐冲击性；耐震强度 disease resistance 抗病性 temperature resistance 耐温性；耐热性 fire resistance 抗火性，耐火性（能）；抗燃烧性 drug resist

12、ance 抗药性；耐药性 impact n.冲击力 How will the war impact on his generation? How do you evaluate the impact of this incident? 你如何看待这个事件的影响？ This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground. height（n.高度, 海拔, 高地常用复数） protect（vt.保护） remain（vi.保持） suspicious（adj.可疑的, 怀疑的） apparently（adj.显然地, 外观上地） ability（n.能力, 才干） fall（vi.倒下, 落下）-（fell, fallen, falling） medical（adj.医学的, 内科的） period（n.时期, 学时） shock（n.打击, 震动） injury（n.伤害, 侮辱） injure（vt.损害, 伤害） ideal（n.理想 adj.理想的, 完美的） sill