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New words and expressions 生词短语
remains: 更多指人;body：(人和动物)都可以
to pay the last respects to his remains 向遗体告别
preservation n.保存
preserved vegetable 腌菜 preserved bean curd
She is well-preserved. 她保养得非常好。poorly/badly preserved
set in vi. 开始
Winter has set in early this year. Fatigue sets in when one grows old.
scavenger n.食尸动物
1. dustman 清道夫，清洁工 2. obscene writer
vegetarian: 吃素的 He is a vegetable. (乏味之人) carnivorous: 吃肉的
numerous a. 许多的(数量多)
numeric (about number)关于数字的 numbered a. 1.编号的
numbered card
2.时日无多的
mouse: n.
as poor as a church mouse
to play cat and mouse with sb. e.g. The policeman played cat and mouse with
the thief.
She is a mouse. (胆小的)/He is a chicken.
rat:
cat n.猫科动物 feline: 猫科的
They live a cat and dog life. (水火不容)
rain cats and dogs (北欧神话中，猫是风神，狗是雷神)
I cat a nap only 15 minutes. cat’s paw: 牺牲品，受人利用;cat walk
vole: 野鼠，鼹鼠
decompose vt. 腐烂
decay: 逐渐哀老;decompose: 分解;rot: 腐烂
inaccessible a.不能到达的 accessible
The book is accessible to beginners. /The goal is inaccessible.
access n.
Students should have access to a wide range of readings. attain:
attainable/unattainable
approach: approachable/unapproachable
Siberia: 西伯得亚 Siberian a.
cold currents 寒流
warm currents 暖流
mammoth n. 猛玛 mammoth parade 盛大游行
palaeontological a.古生物学的 pal(a)e=old palaeoanthropology 古人类学
ontology: 物种起源学 palaeolith 旧石器时代 neolith: 新石器时代
palaeography 古文书，古文书学
LeningradStalingrad: Volgograd
pit n.坑
A fall in the pit, a gain in the wit. (吃一堑，长一智)
pitfall: 意外的挫折或困难 pit (casino) boss: 赌场老板
saber: 马刀 saber-toothed
NY(New York) LA (Los Angeles) Chicago
venture vi. 冒险
I venture to buy some stocks.
Nothing Ventured, Nothing gained. (不入虎穴，焉得虎子)
bog vt.&vi.
joint venture 合资企业
I’m bogged/troubled/plunged/sunk.
Notes on the text 课文注释
likely=possibly
deposited=saved=piled up 堆积
mud (from the seashore)
the man and the like: 就他那样的人(否定意义)
cover over: 全部覆盖
第一段：强调句 1. 加原因状语 2. 加地点状语
favourable=good=ideal
small fraction 小部分
that die 已死的或将要死的
feed on: 靠……为生 I feed on feed rice. (F) I feed the baby.
live by: 通过 live by the hands 自力更生 live by the mountains
live on=feed on
dead or alive 连缀形容词要做后置定语
ecological chain: 生物链 the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest
chance=accidental 偶尔 chance meeting 邂逅 chance company 萍水相逢
on land 陆路seldom=hardlyinnumerable=numerous
see sb doing sth.
fly about: 四外飞翔 go about: 转一转
not to mention: 更不用说=let alone=not to speak of
it is very rarely…(强调句，强调状语)
come across=run into
带 other，一般用单数词，any(some)other: 任何一个
traces=remains
as…as…
when: 时间状语(接 by falling into inaccessible caves, or into an ice
crevasse…)
refrigerator: refrige
preserved: 做主语的宾语补足语in good condition: 完好状态
tar pits: 焦油坑 collected=assembled 汇集 the carnivores: 肉食动物
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