和我一起背單詞(第十八課第一節(jié))

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第18課第1節(jié) 單詞
    1 advance n.前進
    There were so many people that our advance was slow.
    人太多.因此我們的前進速度很慢.
    n.進步
    We had made great advances in airplane design.
    我們在飛機的設計上進步很大.
    同.progress
    2 assure v.保證
    The captain assured the passengers that there was no danger.
    船長向乘客保證沒有危險.
    n.assurance
    同.guarantee;convince
    3 biology n.生物學
    Specialists in biology study the origin and structure of plant and animal life.
    生物學專家研究動植物生命的起源和構造.
    4 brilliant adj.輝煌的
    We have had a week of brilliant sunshine.
    我們有一星期陽光明媚的好天氣.
    adj.有才氣的
    Everyone likes to hear him, he is a brilliant speaker.
    每個人都喜歡聽他說話,他是個有才氣的演說家.
    n.brilliance
    5 cause n.原因
    The flood last month was the cause of much damage.
    上個月的水災是造成許多災害的原因.
    同.reason
    6 colony n.殖民地
    Canada and Australia used to be British colonies, now they are independent.
    加拿大和澳大利亞過去是英國的殖民地,現在已經獨立了.
    7 conduct n.行為
    The children were rewarded for good conduct and punished for bad conduct.
    孩子們因行為好而受獎勵,因行為壞而受懲罰.
    同.behavior
    8 contrast v.比較
    Contrast these foreign goods with the domestic products.
    把這些外國貨和本國貨比較一下.
    9 cruel adj.殘忍的
    The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.
    殘忍的主人用鞭子無情的鞭打奴隸.
    n.cruelty
    10 defect n.缺陷
    The car was unsafe because of a defect in its construction.
    這部車不安全,因為構造上有缺陷.
    adj.defective 同.shortcoming
    從以上單詞中選出適當的一個單詞,填入空格內.
    1 The teacher ( ) the hot climate of our country with the cold climate of another in the last class.
    2 He is much interested in plant and animal life; he will study ( ) in the university.
    3 A(n) ( ) is a country of area under the control of a distant country and settled by people from that country.
    4 We tried to ( ) the nervous old lady that flying in an airplane was quite safe.
    5 You are old enough to know the rules of ( ) .
    答案:
    1 The teacher (contrasted) the hot climate of our country with the cold climate of another in the last class.
    2 He is much interested in plant and animal life; he will study (biology) in the university.
    3 A(n) (colony) is a country of area under the control of a distant country and settled by people from that country.
    4 We tried to (assure) the nervous old lady that flying in an airplane was quite safe.=
    5 You are old enough to know the rules of (conduct).