Unit 4 World of the Future
1) Darwin’s _________ on the habits of certain birds
2) Independent _________ monitored the elections.
giant adj. & n.
1) adj. extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type
a giant electronics company
2) n. an extremely tall strong man
Bigger even than his father, who was a tall man, James was a giant.
Practice：
Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
1) The giant packet gives you more for less money.
特大的包装能使你用更便宜的价钱买到超值的分量。
2) He is a giant of a man.
他是个大个子。
telescope n. & v.
1) n. a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making
distant objects look larger and closer
Details on the moon’s surface can only be seen through a telescope.
2) v. to make a process or set of events happen in a shorter time
The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.
Tele- (prefix): at or over a long distance
Practice：
Translate the following sentences into English:
1) 望远镜对于我们观察星星是必不可缺的。
The telescope is indispensable to the observation of stars.
2) 三集的内容被压缩成了一集。
Three episodes have been telescoped into a single program.
planet n.
a very large round object in space that moves around the sun or another star
Saturn is the planet with rings around it.
He thinks motherhood is glamorous — what planet is he on?
Practice：
Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
1) The earth is a planet.
地球是个行星。
2) Is there life on other planets?
其他行星上有生命吗？
arithmetic n.
the science of numbers involving adding, multiplying, etc.
Of course that simple arithmetic may be wrong.
Collocation: