新概念英语第三册课堂笔记 第十八课
Lesson 18
Electric currents in modern art
现代艺术的电流
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★current
n. 电流
current n. the flow of electricity 电流
a continuous movement of water 水流
adj. 目前的,现在的 current affairs 时事
currency n. 流通(货币)
currently adv.普遍地,通常地,现在,当前
★sculpture
n. 雕塑
sculptural adj. 雕塑的,雕刻般的
sculptor n.雕刻家
★mistaken
adj. 错误的
mistaken adj. incorrect;wrong;misunderstood
Eg.: The teacher has mistaken opinion of his pupil,Her doesn's use simple plain language and he is often mistaken.
make a mistake/by mistake 弄错了
He took my umbrella by mistake.
and no mistake 确实如此
Eg.: He is honest and no mistake.
mistake vt.
mistake sb.for 把某人误认为
Eg.: Yesterday I mistook him for my classmate.
★gallery
n. 美术馆
★exhibit
n. 展品,陈列品
exhibit: show in public
exhibition n. 展览会
Eg.: We went to an exhibition to visit exhibits.
★oddly
adv. 古怪的
oddly: strangely
odd adj. 古怪的
strange adj. 因为陌生而奇怪的
queer adj. 奇特的
Eg.: Look,he is wearing a queer hat.
fantastic adj.奇妙的
eccentric adj. 怪癖的;He is an eccentric person.
★attach
v. 连,系
attach vt. 系、拴、粘上,贴上
attach to
Eg.: He attached the lamb to a tree.
attach to sb.for sth. 因为某事而把……加再某人身上
Eg.: We didn't attach blame to him for his failure.
attach importance to sth. 对某事非常重视
Eg.: We attach importance to education
be attached to sth: 喜欢,喜爱
Eg.: I'm very attached to her.
attachment n.固定,爱慕,友情,附着
★sphere
n. 球体
★magnetize
v. 使磁化
magnetize vt.
Eg.: The iron was magnetied.
His speech magnetized the listeners.
★repel
v. 排斥
repel vt.: to drive back;cause feelings of dislike
Eg.: The different sexes attract each other and the same sexes repel on the contrary.
Eg.: Let me go at once,you repel me.
★flicker
v. 闪烁
flicker v. shine unsteadily
flash v. shine for a moment
★emit
v. 放射
emit v. give off
emit sound/emit smell/emit light/emit heat/emit smoke
★flash
v. 闪光
★prehistoric
adj. 史前的,老掉牙的
★electronic
adj. 电子的
★peculiar
adj. 奇异的
peculiar adj. strange and unusual
Eg.: The food has peculiar taste.
Eg.: I'm feelin rather peculiar.
★shock
v. 令人震惊,刺激人
get shocked 受震动
At the news, the got shocked
shock n.震惊:get a big shock
★emotionally
adv. 事情上
emotional adj. 易激动的,情绪的,感情脆弱的
emotive adj.引起情绪反应的
The word home is more emotive than house.
emotionally;emotional,unemotional;emotive;emotion;feeling
Eg.: I think you agree with me,women are often said to be more emotional than men.
反义词 unemotional
emotion n. 感情; Eg.: Love,hated,