Lesson 90 What's for supper? 晚餐吃什么?
Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been over fished, fish has become more and more expensive. So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.
句子講解:
1、Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have beenoverfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
油煎魚(yú)加炸土豆片一直是英國(guó)人喜愛(ài)的一道菜,但是因?yàn)檫^(guò)度捕撈,魚(yú)已經(jīng)變得越來(lái)越貴了。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 fish and chips在英國(guó)是指一道菜,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 have been overfished巳經(jīng)被過(guò)度捕撈
2、So it ctmies as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oilrigs.
所以當(dāng)?shù)弥焙J豌@井平臺(tái)上的潛水員受到巨型魚(yú)類的恐嚇時(shí),人們確實(shí)感到大為吃驚。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) it comes as a surprise to do sth.做某事很讓人感到吃驚;it是形式主語(yǔ),后面不定式才是真正的主語(yǔ)。
重點(diǎn)單詞學(xué)習(xí):
dish [di?]
n. 碟,盤(pán);一道菜
vt. 把…裝盤(pán);使成碟狀
vi. 成碟狀;閑談
例句:
1. They talked all day long, dishing their classmates.
他們聊了一整天,盡聊些他們的同班同學(xué)的事兒。
expensive [ik'spensiv]
adj. 昂貴的;花錢(qián)的
例句:
1. My mother has an expensive watch .
我的母親有一個(gè)貴的表。
giant ['d?ai?nt]
n. 巨人;偉人;巨大的動(dòng)物
adj. 巨大的;巨人般的
例句:
1. One is a giant, the other a dwarf.
一個(gè)是巨人,而另一個(gè)卻是矮子
rigs
abbr. 無(wú)線電慣性制導(dǎo)系統(tǒng)(Radio Inertial Guidance System);放射免疫導(dǎo)向手術(shù)
例句:
1. Our boat has been rigged up with new sails.
我們的船已裝配好新的船帆