时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:全新版大学英语综合教程


英语课

  Language Sense Enhancement

1、Read aloud paragraphs 4-11 and learn them by heart.

2、Read aloud the following poem.

An Excerpt 1 from Queen Mab

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Heaven's ebon vault 2,

Studded with stars unutterably bright,

through which the moon's unclouded

Grandeur 3 rolls,

Seems like a canopy 4 which love has spread

To curtain her sleeping world.

3、Read the following quotations 5.Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

Now ,my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.

--J.B.S. Halddane

The universe begins to look more like a great thought and a great machine.

--James Jeans

The universe is not hostile,nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.

--John H. Holmes

That's one small step for a man,and one giant leap for mankind.

(A comment on being the first person to set foot on the moon)

--Nell Armstronq

4、Read the following humorous dialog for fun.you might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

Q: What is an astronaut's favorite meal?

A: Launch!

Q: What did the astronaut cook for lunch?

A: An unidentified frying object!

Q: How did the astronaut serve dinner in outer space?

A: On flying saucers!

Q: What's the best way to talk to a Martian?

A: Long distance!

Q: Why do Martians have 2 antennas 6 on their head?

A: So they can receive in stereo.

Q: What's the most popular snack on Mars?

A: Marsmallows.

Q: Why do you see no Martian tourists at the Grand Canyon 7?

A: Hey,it just looks like home.

Q: Why are tomatoes not popular on Mars?

A: Because nobody told them to wait until they turn red...

Q: What kind of bulbs should you plant on the moon?

A: Light bulbs!

Q: What kinds of songs do planets like to sing?

A: Nep-tunes!

Q: What kind of poem can you find in outer space?

A: Uni-verse!



1 excerpt
n.摘录,选录,节录
  • This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
  • Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗?
2 vault
n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室
  • The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
  • The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
3 grandeur
n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华
  • The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
  • These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
4 canopy
n.天篷,遮篷
  • The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
  • They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。
5 quotations
n.引用( quotation的名词复数 );[商业]行情(报告);(货物或股票的)市价;时价
  • The insurance company requires three quotations for repairs to the car. 保险公司要修理这辆汽车的三家修理厂的报价单。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • These quotations cannot readily be traced to their sources. 这些引语很难查出出自何处。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 antennas
[生] 触角,触须(antenna的复数形式)
  • Marconi tied several antennas to kites. 马可尼在风筝上系了几根天线。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
  • Radio astronomy today is armed with the largest antennas in the world. 射电天文学拥有世界上最大的天线。
7 canyon
n.峡谷,溪谷
  • The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
  • The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。
学英语单词
accentuations
acetylpiperazine
acronymic
Actinochitinosi
active reabsorption
Ahle-Quran
air cooled side shielded nozzle
alopecia of sea urchin
alveolography
ascaricides
berocca
Bilamid-cilagHydroxymethylnicotinamide
Bilumyo
biotoxin
bite(built-in test equipment)
BKWP
boer goat
bonnier
Broummānā
Camellia tsaii
Chavanga
civic literacy
clayey silt
co-species
coefficient of uniformity
Colonel Qaddafi
conidioaleuria
dacryelcosis
Denorex
diagonal of polygon
diffuse transmittance
disordered lattice
district leader
down-sizings
dunlaps
dynamic econometric model
elastic center method
environment composition
error of indication for hardness tester
espying
firepot
fresh water mark
further notice
fuzzy searches
genus cicutas
gravitational agency
Grias cauliflora
heavy-gage sheet metal
hydraulic power steering system response characteristic
infinitely recurrent
integrated system of industrial statistics
interluded
Ispringen
Jauru, R.
load rope
loan payment
locating edge
mamaviruses
market business
meeting the quality standards projects
middle calcaneal articular surface
minibrowsers
nonscalar disturbance covariance matrix
Osuga
out of mothballs
paeumonopaludism
palak
partial salve fire
pssc
psycho-babbles
radiofacsimile converter
raigmore
raja
reverse thinking
safe distance for overrun
septasternum
set cock on hoop
shaking conveyor screw jack
simoniacally
simultaneous type radio range
sinkerballing
sled kiln
SM-C
soda granite
sparkling wines
squarely equivalent to zero
staff-developments
Strφby
subserviency
tilting type
to go
transparent control panel
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
two of a kidney
underpaints
underwing bomb rack
Uranian satellite
virtual teams
vortex mill
wantin'
wriggling of limbs
zone of saturation