New words and expressions Unit 3 刘青

Australia China

Canberra Queensland Victoria Tasmania Torres Strait The Great Barrier Reef Melbourne Sydney Name of places Canberra

Tasmania Torres Strait

澳大利亚联邦 首都堪培拉（ Canberra ）１８２４ 年初建居民点，称坎伯里，

The outback Australia

a ranch （大牧场） in the outback

Ayers Rock in the Northern Territories is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people.

Aborigines ：土著, 原居民, 澳大利亚土著居民, 土生动物 ( 或植物 ) 群 --- Aboriginal (adj.)

Queensland is a sunshine state.

A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland

Victoria Melbourne

Tasmania: was discovered by Abel Tasman Tasmania joined Australia in 1901.

The Opera House in Sydney

Kangaroos

A platypus——egg-laying mammal

It feeds chiefly on the leaves of trees.koala

dingoes

Important words & expressions claim resemble differ as a consequence (of) break out feed…on

1.claim vt. (1) 认领 (2) 要求 (3) 声称 claim that… claim to do n. make a claim on/for 要求 索取 claim sth (back)

(1) 我认领了老师找到的外套。 (2) 每个公民都可以要求法律保护. (3) 他声称没有得到帮助而完成了这项工作。 (4) 不要不懂装懂。 I claimed the coat that the teacher found. Every citizen may claim the protection of law. He claimed that he had done the work without help. Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.

2.resemble vt be similar to The two objects resemble each other in appearance 。 She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character. resemble resembles in take after sb

3.differ vi.= be different A differ from B in… We differ from each other in many ways.differ from in different adj. difference n.

4.as a consequence (of) =as a result (of) = in consequence (of) take the consequences 承担后果 take the responsibility 承担责任 As a consequence of your laziness and rudeness, I am forced to dismiss you. After graduation, he became quite lazy. As a consequence, he couldn’t find any job.

5.break out ： happen ， take place ， come about ， occur 类似词组： break in,break into, break through, break down, break up break off break away from

1.Don’t break _______ when we are talking. 2. His plan broke ______ at last. 3. A quarrel broke _______ between them. 4. Modern music has broken _________ the 19th century rules. 5. They broke _______ all kinds of hardships. 6. When he returned, he found his room broken ________. 7. She has just broken _______ with her boyfriend. in down out away from through into up

6. feed.. on feed A on B. 用 B 喂养 A feed A to B 把 A 喂给 B feed on 以 … 为生 The farmers feed the sheep on grass. The farmers feed grass to the sheep. Sheep feed chiefly on grass.

be fed up with… I am fed up with his laziness and carelessness ． I'm fed up with this hot and humid weather ， it's time we had some cool air ．

用 feed 词组的正确形式填空 1.A sheep __________ the special grass grows faster than an ordinary one. 2. The grass ________ the sheep is special. 3. ______________ so many lectures, he just pretended to be ill and refused to go to the talk. fed/feeding fed to Fed up with

More words 1.fellow adj./ n. fellow students school fellows town fellows 2. govern vt. governor n. gover n ment

4. transform vt. (into) transform the room into a study trans- transplant, transmit 3. diverse adj. diverse cultures/ways diversity n. diversify v.

6. mine n. miner n. 矿工 mineral n. 矿物质 mineral water vitamins and minerals 5. immigration n. immigrate v. (to/into) emigrate v. (from) emigration n.

8. medium adj. a man of medium height medium n. 媒体 中介 pl. media 7.outdoors adv. play outdoors outdoor adj. outdoor dress / activities / sports

13..round up gather 使集合在一起 The farmers round up the cattle in the evening. He rounded up the children and took them to the zoo

fence: fence

14.outdoors adj & n. 在户外，在露天 外面很冷。 我看到他们从户外进来。 outdoor adj. outdoor dress / clothes / sports It’s cold outdoors. I saw him coming in from the outdoors.

outdoors: adv. The hot temperatures of August in the Midwest may make eating outdoors unpleasant, but that's exactly when cooking outdoors makes the most sense.

15.pointed adj. 尖的，直截了当的。 Jack was showing pointed attention to the film star. 16.medium n. pl. media Air is the medium of sound. 介体，介质 adj. 一个中等个子的人。 一个中等规模的公司 杰克对那位电影明星献殷勤。 a man of medium height a medium-sized firm