1、Unit14 Zoology一、重点词汇详解 1. surrounding adj. 周围的,附近的 eg. The dance seemed to excite the surrounding bees. 这种舞蹈似乎使周围的蜜蜂兴奋起来。 2. troop vi. 成群结队 They trooped behind the first dancer, copying its movements. 它们成群结队地跟在第一只跳舞的蜜蜂后面,模仿它的动作。 troop在此句中指“结队而行,成群指向
2、”,句中的主语常用复数形式。 eg. The boys and girls trooped into the park after getting off the bus. 下车以后,学生们列队进入公园。 3. upward adv. & adj. 向上地(的),上升的(地) downward adv. & adj. 向下地(的),下降地(的) upright adj. & adv. 直立的(地),垂直地(的) It heads straight upward during
3、 the straight part of the dance. 在直线部分的摇尾舞步是直接向上的。 The straight part of the dance points downward. 直线部分的舞步向下。 4. get hold of 抓住,拿住,握住 A small animal that helps the police get hold of thieves is called dog. 帮警察抓住小偷的小动物是狗。 同类意义的表达还有: take (catch, keep) h
4、old of sth. 抓住,握住 lose hold of sb./sth. 没有抓住某人或某物 take (get, keep) hold on sth. 抓紧某物 5. faraway adj. 远的,遥远的 … and marked all the bees that went to a far-away place red. ……而且将飞到远处喂食的蜜蜂标上红色。 faraway是far + away构成的复合形容词,在句中做定语,例如a far
5、away forest(远处的森林),faraway times(遥远的时代),也可作表语,只是在做表语和状语时一般分开写。 6. take turns 轮流,依次 The two teams take turns speaking.两组轮流辩论。 同类短语:介词短语in turn, be turns“轮流,依次,换个”,其变化形式有take one’s turn(s)和in one’s turn。 eg. The girls called out their names in turn. 7. tell
6、 apart (tell… apart) 识别,辨别 to be able to recognize the difference between two or more people or things eg. In order to tell the bees apart, he painted some bees with little dots of colour. 为了便于区别,他在一些蜜蜂身上点上一些颜色小点。 8. come to light 显露,为人所知,发现 So another as
7、tonishing fact came to light.于是发现一个令人惊讶的情况。 此处come to light= to be discovered/ exposed。 9. as a matter of fact事实上,说真的,其实 eg. As a matter of fact, I would like to study how animals live together. 其实,我想研究动物是怎样群居的。 10. warn sb of sth警告某人某事Sometimes they warn
8、 each other of danger, and they also communicate simply tokeep in touch. 有时候他们彼此发出危险警告,而且他们也有些简单的交际来保持联系。 课文中这一句动词不定式to keep in touch相当于in order to keep in touch“目的是为了保持联系”,当comm