Unit 3 The land down under

Period three Language points in the reading passage

1.be made up of 由……組成

e.g. (1)The Grade Three in our school is made up of 19 classes.

(2)19 classes make up the Grade Three in our school.

make up 和解,和好; 虛構,編造; 化妝; 補償,彌補; 湊錢

e.g. (1) It is very hard to make up the quarrel between the couple.

(2)Don’t make up any excuse to cheat me.

(3)I find no time to make myself up every day.

(4)Because you were ill, you will have to make up the final exam.補上,

(5)Hard work can make up for a lack of intelligence/the lost time. 彌補(用其他方式)

(6)Have you made up the money for your class?

2.surround 包圍 surround sb./ sth. with sth

e.g. （1）They have surrounded the town with troops.

他們出動軍隊包圍了該城。

surround 常用于被動語態中 “被……包圍

（2）The house is surrounded by/with high walls/trees.

（3）When he came back ,he found himself surrounded by his family and friends.

surroundings (周邊環境)

environment (與人類相對的環境)

3. represent 代表,象征; 表現; 描繪,塑造; 聲稱

e.g. (1) In a love song ,people will tell his lover that the moon represents his heart.

(2)I’d like to thank you representing my whole family.

=I’d like to thank you on behalf of my whole family.

(3)The girl representing all the new students gave us a speech on the school opening ceremony.

(4)He represented himself as a wealthy man, but in fact he was as poor as a church mouse.

representative n.代表 adj.典型的, 有代表性的

4.stand for 象征,代表; 支持; (多指代字母、符號等的替代作用)

e.g. （1）What does WTO stand for?

It stand for World Trade Organization

（2）Before we elect him, we want to know what he stands for.

5. A be similar to B 。。。和。。。相類似

(1)My new dress/bike is similar to the one you have.

我的新衣服和你的那件相似。

6. claim vt. & n. n.(根據權利提出)要求, 要求權, 主張, 要求而得到的東西

vt.(根據權利)要求, 認領, 聲稱, 主張, 需要

e.g. (1)I claimed the coat that the teacher found.

我認領了老師找到的外套。

(2)Has anyone claimed the watch? 有人認領這塊手表嗎？

(3)He claimed that he hadn't done it, but I didn't believe him.

他聲稱沒有做這件事，可是我不相信他。

(4)He claimed that he had done the work without help.

他聲稱沒有得到幫助而完成了這項工作。

(5)Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.不要不懂裝懂。

(6)Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.

漁夫和水手有時聲稱看到過海里的妖怪。

7. as a consequence= in consequence/as a result

e.g. (1)After graduation, he became quite lazy. As a consequence, he lost what he owned. /he couldn’t find any job.

in consequence of =as a result of/because of/due to/owing to= on account of

(2)e.g. In consequence of his rudeness, he was fired by his boss.

8.have an influence on/upon=have an effect on/upon

=influence sb./sth =affect sb./sth.

e.g. I don’t think this kind of system will have a great influence on our school.

9.transform…into… 把……化作/變作……

e.g. （1）The Greens have transformed their garage into a guest house

（2）A generator generator (發電機)transforms mechanical energy(機械能) into electricity.

10. differ=be different from

（1）不同,相異 A differ from B in…

e.g. We differ from each other in tastes/ in many ways.

（2）意見不同(from/with)

e.g. We differ from/with him on that problem.

11.resemble vt. 相似, 像,類似 [(+in)]

He strongly resembles his father in appearance

Try to remember the following:

1. warn sb. of / about sth.

warn sb. against doing / not to do

warn = forecast / predict

2. give sb. safety tips

3. experienced outback guide

4. go bushwalking / hiking/ cycling/ surfing

5. write / give a description of… = describe

6. list = make a list of

7. a ten-day trip to sp.