时间:2019-02-24 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Todd: So, Aaron, in America we have this image of Australia being very rugged 1 and all these dangerous animals. So is that true?


 
Aaron: It's not so true, but it's not so wrong. The three main animals that are dangerous in Australia, one is the crocodile, two are snakes, and three are spiders. We have some deadly spiders in Australia and some deadly snakes, but the crocodiles aren't as dangerous, as you think.
 
Todd: Really.
 
Aaron: Unless you go swimming in crocodile water, you never see them and they're only in small parts of the north. They're not in the cities and the same with the spiders and the snakes. You never seen one. I've never seen one, and I don't think I ever will unless I go looking for it.
 
Todd: Oh, that's interesting
 
Aaron: If you see one, you shouldn't play with it. It's not toy. 
 
Todd: Yeah! What about the sharks?
 
Aaron: Sharks! Again, I've never seen one, but they do attack people, and they are a little bit dangerous, but it's more dangerous to cross the road, than to go swimming.
 
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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
rugged
 
In America, we have this image of Australia as being very rugged.
 
A 'rugged' place is rocky and not well maintained 2. It is very natural and has not been altered 3 by humans. Notice the following:
 
I prefer a more rugged landscape than the city.
There are miles of rugged trails in the mountains.
deadly
 
We have some deadly spiders and snakes.
 
If an animal is 'deadly' it can kill you. Notice the following:
 
The poison that it injects in its prey 4 is deadly.
Have you ever seen a deadly animal?
crocodile water
 
Unless you go swimming in crocodile water, you never see them.
 
'Crocodile water' is water where crocodiles live. Notice the following:
 
This place definitely 5 looks like crocodile water.
There is a lot of crocodile water around here.
look for
 
You'll never see them, unless you go looking for it.
 
When you 'look for' something you are searching or trying to find it. Notice the following:
 
We are looking for a good place to sit down in the sun.
I'm looking for my passport and I can't find it.
cross the road
 
It's more dangerous to cross the road than to go swimming.
 
When you go from one side of a road to the other side you are 'crossing the road.' Notice the following:
 
Be careful driving because a lot of animals cross the road in this area.
My parents taught me to hold their hands when I crossed the road.


adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
保持( maintain的过去式和过去分词 ); 保养; 坚持; 保卫
  • He maintained a professional demeanour throughout. 他始终保持着专业人才的风度。
  • Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中,他始终沉默以保持尊严。
adj.[医]改变的v.改变,更改( alter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The bright boy altered it to a circular form. 这个聪明的男孩把它改成了圆形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The ship has altered its course. 这艘船改变了航线。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
学英语单词
a poon
A tent
absorption water
actuarial table
Alasin
alicycle
amidrazone
apogranite
attribution model
autocatalysts
avian-flu
bastard fount
Beaconsfield
bench-drill
boat bearer
bolillos
bresaolas
Bupleurum longicaule
cage hydraulic press
carbide insert bit
Catcher in the Rye
centimoes
channel decoder
comma construction
contact reliability inspection
cotton-enamel covered wire
course
Critesion
crystal tea
decontraction
demolition of property
Deuteronomic, Deuteronomical
deviation of borehole
DIIC
distance of relative movement
distesol
dividend payout ration
duquesnel
equivalent bar
error status register
family Rhinolophidae
gang seeder
general recursive predicate
geographic proximity
gridpoints
GVE
have a peep ab sb
have something on one's shoulders
hereditary predisposition
HF-24
high pressure turbine bypass
hobnail
icker
ignition residue
intermediate preference targets
irenina malloticola
Kannose-gawa
lameller tearing
leave one's card upon someone
left-click
level of organization
library member
man of quality
mangadom
mesomeric theory
miniaturizes
moneymaking
moral duty
moving speed of table
noise level
north land (severnaya zemlya)
Orroroo
outdoor motor
ovonic threshold switch
partial solid solution
partner's capiatl
perissus asperatus
personal computing conference
photoelectric photometer
pillar shaping machine
placentotrophy
Planchonella obovata
plex structure
primary safety valve for inner container
project production
rekles
sample pulse phase
Shentoo's line
sinaed
spring for air pump
stewed
suck-boy
takehome
thermal decomposition method
transmission standards
ultrasonic test method
UNRPR
UVPROM
uvular diastematia
walkback
weirty
workcentre