UNIT1SCIENCEFICTION1.ridiculousadj.愚蠢的；荒謬的；荒唐的Itis/wasridiculousthat...……是荒謬的。aridiculousidea荒唐的主意ridiculouslyadv.荒謬地Themealwasridiculouslyexpensive.這頓飯貴得離譜。Itwasanabsolutelyridiculousdecision.這是一個絕對荒謬的決定。Itisridiculoustosuggesttheyarehavingaromance...暗示他們正在談戀愛的說法真是太荒謬了。(1).

（……是荒謬的）theyareshortofwaterinacountrywhereitisalwaysraining.(2).

She（看上去很可笑）inthishatwhileshewasfondofthestyle.(3).Itsoundedlike

（荒唐的主意）.However，itwastheideathatledtothisinvention.Itisridiculousthatlookedridiculousaridiculousideakeep/makeanappointment守約/預約haveanappointmentwith…和…約會appointsb.(as/tobe)任命某人(為……)appointsb.todosth.指派某人去做某事2.appointmentn.委任;預約

Shemadeanappointmentforhersontoseethedoctor.她為兒子約定了看醫生的時間。Shehasanappointmentwithheraccountant（會計）...她和她的會計約好了見面。Theyappointedhim(as)captainoftheEnglishteam.他們任命他為英格蘭隊隊長。1.ZhangZhengwas_________(appoint)ascaptainofChina’sfirstaircraftcarrier“Liaoning”.2.Ihaveanappointment

DrSmith,butIneedtochangeit.3.MrBlackisacarefulandexperiencedengineersoheisoftenappointed__________(deal)withsomechallengingtasks.4.She_______________(appoint)mayorofthecityforherintegrityandwhatshehaddoneforthepublic.

appointedwithtodealwasappointedbeguiltyof犯有……罪beguiltyat/about對/為……感到內疚/有愧guiltn.內疚;犯罪3.guiltyadj.內疚的；有罪的；有過失的Theywerefoundguiltyofmurder...他們被判謀殺罪成立。Hefeltguiltyaboutnotvisitinghisparentsmoreoften.他因沒有常去看望父母而感到內疚。Manysurvivorswereleftwithasenseofguilt.許多幸存者都有內疚感。1.Istillfeelguilty

_______thesethingsIsaidtomyfatherwhenIwasateenager.

2.Afeelingof_____（guilty）begantostirinher.她心里漸漸生出了內疚感。3.約翰臉上顯出慚愧的表情。(havea…look)4.他因離開自己的孩子去工作而感到內疚。

about/atJohnhadaguiltylookonhisface.Hewasguiltyabout/atleavinghischildrenandgoingtowork.guiltinferioradj.較差的；低下的besuperior/inferiorto...比……好/差besenior/juniorto...比……年長/幼

4.superioradj.更好的;占優勢的;(在級別或重要性上)更高的1.Thismodelistechnicallysuperiortoitscompetitors.

這一款式在技術上超過了與之競爭的產品。

2.Modernmusicisoftenconsideredinferiortothatofthepast.現代音樂常被認為不如過去的。3.Afewyearsagoitwasvirtuallyimpossibletofindsuperiorqualitycoffeeinlocalshops...幾年前在當地商店里幾乎買不到優質咖啡。4.inferiorgoods劣質商品atasteady/gentlepace以穩定的/徐緩的速度atone'sownpace按照某人自己的節奏paceupanddown踱來踱去5.pacen.速度；步伐；節奏；vt.&vi.確定速度；調整節奏Itisdifficulttokeepupwiththerapidpaceofchange.跟上迅速的變化是很困難的。Iprefertherelaxedpaceoflifeinthecountry.我喜愛鄉間那悠閑的生活節奏。Shetooktwopacesforward.她向前走了兩步。ItwasatoughraceandIhadtopacemyself.這是場艱苦的比賽，我不得不控制好節奏。1.Astheywaited,Kravis_____theroomnervously…他們等的時候，克拉維斯在屋里不安地踱來踱去。

2.Icannotwalk_____aslowpace.我不能以那種速度行走。

3.他開始在屋里踱來踱去。

pacedatHebeganto

pace

up

and

down

inthe

room.urgentadj.緊急的；急迫的；催促的urgencyn.緊急；

急迫urgentlyadv.迫切地；緊急地urgesbtodosth力勸某人做某事urgesthon/uponsb大力推薦；竭力主張Itisurgedthat+should+動詞原形(虛擬語氣)6.urgen.沖動;強烈的欲望；v.催促

Ihadastrongurgetolookattherandom(隨機)thingsthatwerebeingflashed(閃)beforemyeyes!

我有一種強烈的沖動去看那些隨機在我眼前閃過的東西!1.Moreandmorepeopleurgethegovernment_____(do)moreforthedisabled.

2.Thereport__________(urge)thatallchildren________________toswim.這份報告呼吁應教會所有的兒童游泳。3.‘Wemustfindhim,’shesaid_______(urgent).4.Thereisnosenseof________(urgent)oneitherside.5.Weurgedher_________toBeijingassoonaspossible.todourged/urges(should)betaughturgentlyurgencytocomeexplosionn.爆炸；爆破；激增explosiveadj.易爆炸的；暴躁的，易怒的explodeintolaughter突然大笑explodewithanger勃然大怒7.explodev.爆炸；爆破；情感迸發1.Therewasahugebangasifsomeonehadexplodedarocketoutside.突然一聲巨響，仿佛有人在外面引爆了火箭似的。2.SuddenlyCharlesexplodedwithrage(憤怒).查爾斯勃然大怒。3.About300peoplewereinjuredintheexplosion.約有300人在爆炸中受傷。1.Thespeaker’smistakewassofunnythattheaudience________(explode)withlaughter.2.Afterthesecond__________(explode),allofLondon'smaintrainandsubwaystationswereshutdown...3.He'sinheritedhisfather’s__________(explode)temper.4.theexplodingworldpopulation

迅猛增長的世界人口5.Thepopulationexplodesto40,000duringthetouristseason...旅游季節，人口激增至4萬。explodedexplosionexplosivemorethan+數字:“超過；不止”=over；morethan+n.:不僅僅……”，相當于notonlymorethan+adj/adv:“非常，很”，相當于very8.morethan1.Donotwritemorethan