外研社版高三选修 10

Module2 australia and new zealand.-Langguage points

1 survive1) [I or T] to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation:The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.None of Shakespeare's plays survives in its original manuscript form.

The family are struggling to survive on very little money.The front passengers were lucky to survive the accident.The prime minister succeeded in surviving the challenge to his authority.“How are you?” “Oh, (I'm) surviving (= life is satisfactory, but not very good).”2) [T] to continue to live after someone, especially a member of your family, has died:He is survived by his wife and four children.

2 deadly adj.

causing, likely to cause death:

Fog is one of the sailor’s deadliest enemies.

filled with hate: deadly enemies

like that of death: a deadly paleness

3 release1) to give freedom or free movement to someone or something:He was released from prison after serving two years of a five-year sentence.She was arrested for shoplifting but was released on bail (= after paying a sum of money to the law court).The operation released him from years of pain.

2) to move a device from a fixed position to allow it to move freely:

He released the handbrake and the car jumped forwards.

3) to fire a bomb or a missile, or to allow it to fall:

The plane released its bombs at 10 000 feet.

4) to allow a substance to flow out from somewhere:Coal power stations release sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere.Hormones are released from glands into the bloodstream.5) to express a feeling which you have been trying not to show:He punched the pillow in an effort to release his anger.

4 impose

1) to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:

Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes.

Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.

The council has imposed a ban on alcohol in the city parks.

2) to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living:

I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.

We must impose some kind of order on the way this office is run.

1 The urge to survive drove them on. 求生的欲望驱使他们继续努力。2 Cancer is a deadly disease. 癌症是一种致命的疾病。3 He was released from prison after serving his sentence. 他刑满获释。4 Don't try to impose your wishes on us. 不要试图把你的愿望强加给我们。

1. By comparison, there are 250 species of snakes in the United States, but only four of them are poisonous.

• 相比之下，美国有 250 种蛇，但其中只有四种有毒。• by comparison 相比之下• 我们只有通过比较来分辨好坏。• We can only tell good from bad by comparison.

2. If you kill one, you will be in trouble. On the other hand, they can kill you without getting into any trouble!

• 如果你杀死一条鳄鱼，麻烦可就大了。但反过来，它们能弄死你而又不会有任何麻烦 !

• in trouble 有麻烦；在困境中， get into trouble 陷入麻烦• 别提我的名字，免得给我惹麻烦。• Don't mention my name or you'll get me into trouble.

1 He's never been in trouble with his teachers before.2 She'll be in big trouble if she crashes Sam's car.3 He got into financial trouble after his divorce.4 I hope you won't get into trouble because of what I said to your dad.5 The marriage ran into trouble because of her husband's heavy drinking.6 The company will be in serious/real trouble if we lose this contract.

out of trouble 脱离了困境 If you want to stay out of trouble, you'd best not make an

y mistakes. 如果你不想找麻烦，你最好别犯任何错误。 His father told him to stay out of trouble. 他父亲叫他避开是非之地。 They couldn't, even if they would, get out of trouble by t

hemselves. 即使他们想，也无法自己独立摆脱困难。

3. In terms of reported incidents, dogs kill more people each year than great whites have killed in the last 100 years.

• 根据已报道的事故来看，每年被狗咬死的人数比大白鲨在过去 100 年里吃掉的人数总和还要多。

• in terms of 按照；根据• 那些数字是以百分数表示的。• The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage/in per

centage terms.

It is difficult to express it in terms of science. 要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。Think of it in terms of an investment. 从投资的角度来考虑那件事。He often talks about his girlfriend in terms of love. 他经常用充满爱意的语言谈论他的女朋友。It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality. 今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。

4. A few varieties, however, can kill humans, so it is just as well that snakes are very shy and usually attack only if they are disturbed and feel threatened.

(it's) just as well (as a reply) it is fortunate (that); there is no harm done.

--- We were too late to see the film.

--- Just as well; I hear it isn't very good.

(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

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