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dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Language study Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.” 他認(rèn)為人應(yīng)該保持一顆好奇心,他最著名的一名話是 : “偶爾離開平路,去尋求困境。所有真正偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)都是思考的結(jié)果。 dive into 作 “ 潛心于 ……” 講時(shí)和 devote oneself to sth. 的意思一樣,但 devote oneself to sth. 還有 “ 投身于 …… 。能用做連詞的名詞短語還有: the first time 第一次 last time 上次; next time 下次; the instant / moment / minute / second … that 一 …… 就 ____ I sees him, the old man is sitting in the same chair. A. Every time B. Every time when C. At each time D. Each time that 2. Bell never set out to invent the telephone and what he was trying to design was a multiple telegraph. 貝爾從未打算發(fā)明電話而是試圖設(shè)計(jì)一種復(fù)式電報(bào)。 set out to do sth. = set about doing sth. set out for = set off for = leave for 意為 “ 出發(fā)到 …… 去 ” Let’s set out before dark. 我們天黑前動(dòng)身吧。 〔 U〕 靈感 , 啟發(fā); He said my sister was the inspiration for his heroine. 他說我姐姐是他的女主人公的原型。 current (1) n. 氣流 。 (2) adj. 時(shí)下的 , 當(dāng)今的 , 流行的 , 通用的 Most of the old are interested in current events. 大部分老年人都對時(shí)事感興趣。 It is/was not until… that …. 這是強(qiáng)調(diào) not until 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句句型。 2. The ladder doesn’t seem very stable. 這架梯子好像不太穩(wěn)。 實(shí)踐的 。 Using Language Listening and speaking Zhou Rui has decided to do a project on a living British inventor called James Dyson. So he telephoned Dyson’s pany in England to interview one of its engineers about the great man’s ideas. Situation 1. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. □ washing machine □ drum □ refrigerator □ bicycle □ carpet cleaner □ court √ √ √ √ Object The Problem James Dyson’s improvement Washing machine Washing machines at that time do not clean the clothes as well