牛津英語模塊2 unit 2

Unit2Wishyouwerehereseeelephants（大象）,lions（獅子）,zebras（斑馬）andgiraffes（長頸鹿）inthebeautifulgrasslands（草原，牧地）ofAfrica!Experience體驗thesun,sand沙子andsea大海onAustralia’sfamousbeaches!澳大利亞著名的沙灘Explore探究，探索theamazingBrazilian巴西的rainforest熱帶雨林!Challengeyourself挑戰(zhàn)自我–gotravellingintheGobiDesert!戈壁沙漠Wordpoints:Wishyouwerehere!Wish一般用在虛擬語氣中，表示主觀愿望和將向虛擬的情況，意為“要是…就好了”當表示對現(xiàn)在的一種希望時，要用過去時。如果是be，則用were/wase.g.IwishIwereasstrong

asyou.當表示對過去的一種希望，動詞用過去完成時e.g.IwishIhadpaidmoreattentiontomystudy.當表示對未來的一種希望，動詞用would+動詞原形e.g.Wewishhewouldtryagain.

wordsAdventure

冒險Arrange安排Extraordinary不同尋常Flight航班Camel駱駝Desert沙漠拋棄，舍棄Dusty塵土飛揚的Shade陰涼處，樹陰Brilliant明亮的，鮮艷的Flashlight手電筒Altogether總共Uncomfortable不舒服的Rough洶涌的，粗糙的White-waterrafting

白浪漂流，激浪漂流Helmet頭盔Lifejacket救生衣Protection保護Incase萬一Backpack背包Advance前進，預先Inadvance提前，預先Supply提供，供給

wildlife野生動物，野生生物

photograph照片

defence防御，保護

scare使驚恐，驚嚇

upclose靠近地

mount（常用于山名）山，山峰

tiring讓人疲勞的，累人的

tired疲倦的，厭煩的，對…厭倦

atmosphere空氣，大氣層

African非洲的

afterwards后來，然后三毛，中國現(xiàn)代作家，1943年出生于重慶，1948年，隨父母遷居臺灣。1967年赴西班牙留學，后去德國、美國等。1973年定居西屬撒哈拉沙漠和荷西結(jié)婚。1981年回臺后，曾在文化大學任教，1984年辭去教職，而以寫作、演講為重心。1991年1月4日在醫(yī)院自殺去世，年僅四十八歲。MountKilimanjaroTheRiverNileReading:AnadventureinAfrica

30JuneDearAihuaHowareyou?SorryIhaven’twrittenforsolong.I’vebeenquitebusyarranging安排myholidaywithmyolderbrother,Colin.解析：bebusy(in)doing/withsth忙于某事e.g.Heisbusy(in)preparingfortheexam.e.g.Heisbusywithhiswork.ColinandIareplantospendafewweekstravellingbeforehegoestouniversity.解析：spend…（in）doingsth某人花多長時間或金錢做某事spend…onsth某人花多長時間或金錢做某事We’regoingtovisitsomanyexcitingplacesanddolotsofextraordinary不同尋常的things.WewillgotoAfricafirst.Ican’twait!Haveyoueverbeenthere?WeleaveLondonon15July,andwe’llbetakingaflighttoMorocco,innorthernAfrica.解析：somany,somuch;so也可以修飾形容詞，副詞和某些動詞e.g.somanybooks,somuchtime,I’msogladyouarehere.我好高興你在這兒！Don’twalksofast!不要走那么快！Such是形容詞，只能修飾名詞，常用的形式如下：Sucha(an)+

(形容詞)+單數(shù)名詞

e.g.suchalovelygirl多么可愛的一個女孩Such+(形容詞)+復數(shù)名詞

e.g.suchbeautifulflowers多么美麗的花兒Such+(形容詞)+不可數(shù)名詞

e.g.suchstrongwine如此烈的酒extraordinary解析：1.意想不到的；令人驚奇的；奇怪的e.g.Whatanextraordinarything!多么驚奇的事！2.不平常的，非凡的，卓越的e.g.anextraordinaryachievement卓越的成就3.（指會議等：出于特別的目的或者偶然舉行的）特別的；臨時的（僅僅用于名詞之前）e.g.Theyheldanextraordinarymeetingtodiscusstheproblem.4.(官員等，出于特別目的而雇傭的)特派的，特命的；e.g.anenvoyextraordinary一位特使We’regoingtoridecamelsthroughtheSaharaDesert.It’sthebiggestdesertintheworld—aboutthesizeoftheUS!Iexpect預期，期望itwillbeveryhot,dryanddustythere.We'llbetravellingbycamelwithlocalguides,camping露營，扎營intents帳篷andsleepingontheground.解析：through從...中間穿過e.g.Thearmysucceededingoingthroughthedesert.軍隊成功穿越了沙漠。across(橫過)從平面上從一端到另一端e.g.Iswamacrosstheriver.over越過，翻越e.g.Ifwecannotgooverthemountainwemustgoaroundit.我們?nèi)绻讲涣诉@座山，就得繞過它走。I'veheardthat,intheSahara,thereisnoshadeduring在...期間theday,andthestarsseemespeciallybrilliantonclearnights.I'llbringaflashlightwithmesothatI'llbeabletoseeinthedark.解析：sothat以便，為了，目的是e.g.Shestudieshardsothatshemaypasstheexam.sothat可以放在句首。e.g.Sothatsheshouldarrivethereontime,shesetoutintheearlymorning.e.g.Sothattheyshouldn'tfail,theywerefullyprepared.sothat引導結(jié)果狀語從句，表示主語行為的結(jié)果，而不是主語的愿望，意為“結(jié)果，以至于”，前面通常用逗號和主句分開。e.g.Hecamelate,sothathemissedthetrain.e.g.Shewasill,sothatshewasunabletogotowork.sothat引導結(jié)果狀語從句時，so可以放到形容詞，副詞或者分詞前。e.g.Shewassoworriedthatshecouldn'tsleeporeat.e.g.Heswamsofastthatnoneofuscouldkeepupwithhim.beableto...能，會，能夠e.g.Shewasabletoplaythepianowhenshewasseven.beunableto...不能做某事Altogether總共,thetripwilltakesixdays.ThatmeansI'llhavetositonacamelforalmost幾乎aweek--howuncomfortable!Ihopemycamellikesme！Afterthetripbycamel,we'regoingtotraveldowntheRiverNile.We'llstartatLakeVictoria.AlittlewaydowntheriverfromLakeVictoria,thewatergetsquiterough洶涌的.So,We'llgowhite-waterrafting.解析：by+交通工具，指“坐某種交通工具”byboat坐船bytrain坐火車bybus坐公交車bybike騎單車byplane坐飛機Alittle和abit都表示“一點點”；區(qū)別如下：notalittle=very/verymuch很多Notabit=notatall一點也不e.g.AlthoughIwalkedalongtime,Iwasnotabittired.e.g.AfterIwalkedalongway,Iwasnotalittletired.Thewatergets

quiterough.解析：get“變得”；e.g.It’sgettingdark.天黑下來了。e.g.Hegotangrywithyou.Get+形容詞比較級，表示“越來越…”，可以用于進行時。e.g.Manypeoplefeelsickastheairgetsthinner.e.g.It’sgettingcolderandcolder.It'squitedangerous,butveryexciting!Youhavetowearahelmet頭盔andalifejacket救生衣forprotection,justincase以防萬一youfallintothewater.Then,we’rego