[英语学习]高级英语第一册unit13.pptVIP

quadri-, quadru- (four) quadruple, quadrangle penta- (five) pentagon, Pentagon, Pentium hexa- (six) hexagon, hexangular sept- (seven) September, Sept-Wolves septangle septilateral octa- (eight) octagon, octave, octopus,October ennea-,?non-;nov- (nine) Nonagon,?enneagon,?ennehedron deci-, deca- (ten) decade, decimal centi- (hundredth part) centigrade, centimeter, centipede, century mill- (thousand) millennium, millimeter Detailed Study of the text Britain is sorry that she has lost her dominance on the high seas; Britain regrets she no longer enjoys a naval supremacy. 2) Britannia: now poetic, Great Britain or the British Islands 3) Britannia rules the waves: Britain is proud of being the lord of the sea. 4) the waves: (poet. or rhet.) the sea 2. Britain’s merchant navy…these days: 1) Britain’s merchant fleet is no longer an important item of news theses days; there is very little about the British merchant fleet in the papers recently; Britain’s merchant fleet is very little in the news recently. 2) Grab: capture 3) The headlines: titles of important news items generally printed in large, bold type. 3. in and out of the country: domestic and foreign trade domestic trade refers to goods by sea from one port to another) 4. Shipping is also a significant British success story. 1) success story: person’s rise from the poverty, etc. to fame. 2) Big profits are made in shipping in Britain; shipping in Britain has developed into a famous, profit-making industry. 5. the British fleet…competition 1) risk: expose to the chance of damage or loss 2) stiff: strong ; great in degree; difficult to deal with a stiff job; stiff reading 3) being elbowed out: a metaphor; being forced out 4) The British fleet faces the danger of being forced out of the trade as a result of intense foreign competition. 6. eastern bloc countries: the countries in Eastern Europe under Soviet influence: Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, East Germany 7. an