高三英语课件Unit8period1vocabulary.ppt

2.memorise vt. 记住 （亦作： memorize） “He memorized the list of dates, but neglected (忽视) the main facts Learn…by heart Remember Memory n. –ries 记忆力 Grandmother has a good memory；she can remember things which happened many years ago. 回忆 I had happy memories of my school bear in memory 记着, 没有忘记 bring back to memory 使想起 come to ones memory 想起, 清醒过来 in memory of 纪念... Memorial n.(=monument) 纪念物； 纪念碑；纪念仪式 ;历史记载 memorials of a past age 一个昔日的历史记录 The Monument to the People’s Heroes 人民英雄纪念碑 adj.记忆的; 纪念的; 追悼的 7. acquire: to get for oneself by one’s own work, skill, action, etc. vt.获得, 学到 He has acquired an extraordinary command of(能自由应用=have a good command of)the English language. 8. make sense of 搞清……的意思 Can you make sense of what he says? 9. in other words I soon find the work I was doing had already been done by someone else --- in other words, I was wasting my time. 10. instruct: give knowledge or information to vt.教, 教导, 命令, 指示, 通知 His teacher instructed him in how to do it. 14. secure: sure to be won or not to be lost adj.安全的, 可靠的, 放心的, 无虑的 v.保护 His election is secure. 15. take risks/take a risk v.冒险 You have to take a lot of risks in my job. 16. experiment with In order to discover the crops most suited(适合的)to the soil, they are experimenting with various kinds of grain. 17. adopt: to take and use as one’s own 采用 I adopted their methods of making the machine. * * 1.motivation n.动机,促动因素, 动力 eg The stronger the motivation, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language. 一个人学外语的内在要求越高, 那么他就学得越快。 motive n. 动机；目的( 指“任何使人产生行动的推动力、感情、愿望等”) His motive for working so hard is that he needs money.他这么卖命干的目的在于他需要钱。 adj.起动的；发动的 The motive power of trains is usually steam or electricity.火车的动力通常是蒸汽或电。 Motivate vt. -vated, -vating 引起动机；促起；激发 Examinations can motivate a student to seek more knowledge. 3.dictation n(c,u) 命令； 口授令人笔录；听写 Well have dictation today. 我们今天要听写了。 take sbs dictation