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capacious 容量大的
capacity 容量
commodious 宽敞的，便利的 (== roomy and convenient )
Eg: The cinema is both roomy and convenient.
The cinema is commodious.
expansive 易膨胀的，广阔的
Eg: I’d like to appreciate expansive sea / ocean. 我喜欢欣赏浩瀚的海洋。
vast 幅员辽阔的
Eg: The desert in our country is vast, that is a major problem.
extensive 广泛的，广阔的
extensive reading 泛读
intensive reading 精读
Eg: You can enlarge you vocabulary by intensive reading.
widespread 流传广的，分布广的
Eg: The kind of news is widespread.
far-reaching 触及很远的，流传久远的
Eg: I have a good idea and it is far-reaching.
◆seasick adj. 晕船的
airsick 晕飞机的
carsick 晕车的
bicyclesick 晕自行车的
bussick晕公交车的
homesick 想家的
分别在词尾加上后缀-ness变成名词
homesickness 思乡之情
◆intimidate v. 恐吓，恫吓
frighten, horrify, terrify
Eg: Nothing can intimidate me.
◆disadvantage n. 短处，缺点
◆◆◆exhilarating adj. 使人高兴的，令人兴奋的
exhilarate vt. == very much excite 比excite 语义强烈得多，正式得多
Eg: I’m exhilatated by your visit. 对于你的来访我是高兴极了。
stimulate 刺激，激励
stimulate sb to do sth 激励某人做某事
Eg: Your courage stimulated me to do so.
inspire激励(通过言辞)
Inspire sb to do 激励某人做某事(通过言辞)
Stir 鼓动，鼓舞
Eg: Who stired you to do it like this? You should look before you leap. 谁鼓动你这么做?你应该三思而后行。
spur 刺激
Eg: His rude remarks spured me.
encourage
Eg: He always encourages me to study hard when I’m unwilling to do so.
◆escapist n. 逍遥者
◆sip v. 呷，啜
vt & n.
== drink a little at a time.
take a sip of sth 喝一点
Eg: I’m really thirsty, would you mind my taking a sip of your coffee?
have a taste of sth 尝一点
Eg: I’m so hungry that I want to have a taste of your cake.
You can take a sip of my coffee, but my cake only belongs to me.
◆champagne n. 香槟酒
◆◆◆refinement n. 精心的安排
refine 使人精力充沛
Eg: Coffee always refined us.
Coffee always made us fresh.
◆breathtaking adj. 激动人心的;不寻常的
Eg: The picture takes my breath. 这幅画太美了。
The girl takes my breath.
The beautiful dress takes my breath.
decide to go for a trip 决定旅行
Eg: We decided to go for a breathtaking trip.
◆soar v. 高飞，翱翔
Eg: We can’t soar in the blue sky without wings.
soar effortlessly 自由翱翔
◆effortlessly adv. 不费力地
◆landscape n. 景色
landscape 指从高处或远处远望高看的这种大地的漂亮的风光
spectacle == extroordinary sight
scenery 自然风光
scene 场面
view 透过窗户看到的景色
Eg: Our classroom doesn’t have a good view.
The rising sun in the Tai Mountain is a spectacle / landscape.
◆fresh adj. 精神饱满的
a fresh man
Eg: Look at that guy, he is really fresh.他很帅
◆uncrumpled adj. 没有跨下来
Eg: He went home fresh and uncrumpled.
三、【课文精析】
Key sentence:
People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air.
现在分词短语修饰people
people who travel long distance frequently
frequently 定期地，经常地 quite often
have to decide== have to make up their mind
would rather; would sooner 要和动词原形搭配
had better do 最好地
would prefer to do
would rather do
hardly + anyone 等不定代词时不倒装，在这相当于nobody; 或 nearly nobody, virtually nobody
Key sentence:
You concentrate your mind on the journey itself, nothing can help you to keep away from it.
take your mind off sth 把某人注意力从…转移开
Eg: A holiday can take your mind off your anxiety.
Do keep your mind off your unhappiness.
I can’t take my mind off my examination, because examination day is coming.
partial solution == one part of solution
Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted.
exhausted 在这里是形容词做状语
wear out; tire out; fatigue; knock out 筋疲力尽
Key sentence:
Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read.
The writer emphasize disadvantage of travelling by train.
Travelling by car is moeunpleasant than travelling in the train.
fairly 的语气是最弱的
more often than not 主要用在书面语言当中，means very often, usually, frequetly
By comparison 通过对比
offer == provide
comforts 在这儿指代service
Be likely to do 有可能……
== it is probable that
could not be + 形容词比较级， can not be +形容词比较级，no… could be 表示“没有什么比…”
Eg: Nobody can be more beautiful than you.
No place can / could be better. 没有什么地方比这儿更好。
relatively 相对来讲
Eg: A large number of people are prepared to sacrifice their higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar.
Relatively, few people are prepared to sacrifice their holiday time for the dubious pleasure of travelling by sea.
dubious == uncertain == doubtful
Aeroplanes are famous / well-known for its being dangerous.
have the disadvantage of
have the reputation of
match sb. for
but nothing can be equal to them.
第二部分当中是采用对比法
It is almost impossible to take your mindoff the journey.
You don’t have to / needn’t devise ways of taking your mind off the journey.
hardly… when
You had hardly had time to feel tired when you arrived at your destination.
on some services 在这里指代on airplane
Keep one’s mind off 转移注意力
Keep sb. occupied 集中注意力
however == no matter how
Key sentence:
If you can do without the few pleasures of travelling by land, you will find aeroplanes provide up with the best.
关于写作中衔接词的使用
1. 起 (开篇，引出论点)： at first, first, firstly, in the beginning(起初)， first of all, at present(目前), nowadays, currently, to start with, to begin with ,for one thing(首先), for another(其次), in one hand 一方面， in the other hand 另一方面
2. 承： to start with, at the same time, at any rate无论如何，
besides此外，除了…之外还有，apart from, in addition, in addition to, furthermore,
in fact 事实上，actually, as a matter of fact, in reality , moreover, no doubt, without any doubt,
similarly 同样地， in the same way , meanwhile, in the meantime, obviously明显地，particularly,
such as, for example, for instance, consequently, as a consequence, as a result,
what is more, what is worse, what is better
above all
3.折： after all 毕竟，终究, all the same 虽然，但是， anyway 无论如何, somehow, but, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, by the time 到这个时候，此时，conversely, on the contrary, despite, in spite of , in contempt of, in disregard of, by contrast, by comparison, fortunately, in other words 换句话说，on the other hand, unlike 和……不同，不像, whereas然而，
Eg: He made a mistake, after all he is a child aged 5.
Even though you are not of most help, I’m grateful to you just the same.
I had expected myself to pass the examination, somehow I failed.
I don’t have the ability to do the work, fortunately my friends romise me to help me.
4.合： 主要是用来小结上文的或是用作结尾段: accordingly于是，因此，as has been noted (above) 如前所述的，as has been mentioned, as has been talked of,
at last, finally, lastly, at length,
briefly简而言之，in brief, in short, in a word, in conclusion, in sum, in summary, to sum up, to summarize, to conclude, on the whole 总起说来
no doubt 毫无疑问， undoubtedly, truly, certainly, positively, surely, obviously,
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