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Unit3 traditional skills
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n.
说明，形容
Listen to a description of
a picture.
同根词：
describe
v.=say what sth. Is like; give a
picture of in words
描述
The police asked me to
describe exactly how it happened.
man
n.= a person who catches fish as a job
渔夫
The fisherman gets money by catching
fish.
同根词：
Fish
v.
捕鱼，钓鱼
;
n.
鱼（可数名词，但单复数同形
，当指鱼的种类时，复数
形式是
fishes
< br>）
They are
good at catching fish.
搭配：
Fishing rod
钓鱼竿
gh
conj. = though
虽然，尽管
Although he is over 65, he is very fit
and still enjoys working.
注
意：
although
和
though
不能和
but
连用
adj.= fully prepared or
completed
准备好的
=
happy to do
sth.
乐意的，情
愿的
比较级：
readier
最高级：
readiest
搭配：
Ready for
准备好做某事
We are ready for the
journey.
辨析：
be
ready
和
get ready
这两个短语的共同意思是“准备”
。其区别是：前者着重表示“
准备好了”这一
状态；后者着重表示“做准备”这一动作。从下面两个句子体会：
They are ready for
the competition.
We must
get ready for it.
Be
ready
和
be
prepared
的区别：
这两个短语都可以表示已经完成采取某种行动之前所必要的准备或具备进行某
< br>项活动的条件。其区别在于：
be ready
表示具备
做某事的条件、处于可以做某事
的状态，或有思想准备，乐于做某事。例如：
We are ready to
start.
He was always ready
to help his friends.
而
be prepared
除强调为
做某事而进行了积极的努力外，还常常用来强调精神上
有应付意想不到的事件的能力。例
如：
The students
was throughly prepared for the examination.
These children ae prepared
for the disappointments as well as the joys of
life.
v. = get to =
arrive at/in
到达；抵达
= be able to touch it by stretching out
触及，去拿，去碰
your arm or
leg
第三人称单数：
___________________
过去式：
___________________
过去分词：
___________
____________
现在分词：
___________
________
辨析：
reach , arrive, get to
的区别
三者均可表示“到达”
Arrive
和
get
都是不及物动词，前者较正式，后者则较口语化。两者之后均不可
接宾语，但
可接
here, there,
home
之类的表示地点的副词作状语。例如：
What time does the train
arrive?
We got
(arrived)here last night.
要
表示
“到达某地”
，
需借助适当介词。
Arrive
之后通常接介词
at
或
in
，
例如：
We arrived at the station five minutes
late.
They will arrive in
Paris next Monday.
Get
之后通常接介词
to
，例如：
When we got to the park, it began to
rain.
The bus gets in at
five thirty.
Reach
通常是及物动词（较
get
更正式）
，
其后可直接跟地点名词作宾语（不能用
介词）例如：
He reached Beijing
yesterday.
主语：
re
ach
之后也可接
here, there,
home
等词。例如：
When did he reach home yesterday?
拓展：
reach
< br>除可表示到达某地外，还用于其它意义的到达。
Your letter reached me last week.
He has reached school age.
t
v. = make sb. interested in
sb. or sth.
吸引
The show attracts viewers from all
works of life.
同根词：
attraction
n.
吸引力，有吸引力的地方或物品
The main attraction of the
place is the beach.
Attractive
adj.
美丽的，有吸引力的
All the goods in this shop
are attractive in price.
v.
悬挂，吊
第三人称单数：
_________________
过去式：
________________
过去分词：
___________
___________
现在分词：
____________
______
注意：
hang <
/p>
的过去式和过去分词为
hung,hung
，意思是“悬挂，吊”
；当过去式
和过去分词为
hanged,hanged
意思是“
（被）绞死”
e
v. = need
需要，需求
The job requires ten years of work
experience.
同根词：
Requirement
n.
需求，需要，必要条件
搭配：
Require sb. To do
sth.
要求某人做某事
Our teacher requires us to study hard.