4000英語核心詞 book2 Unit 1
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Unit 11 （20詞+1故事）
Admission is the act of allowing to enter a place.
表示允許進入某地。
→ The admission ticket to the movie was $5.
電影票售價5美元。
Astronomy is the study of the stars and planets.
研究星星和星球的學科。
→ Harold loved watching the stars, so he decided to study astronomy.
哈羅德喜愛看星星，所以他決定學習天文學。
To blame someone for something bad is to say they did it.
指責某人所做的壞事。
→ My mom blamed me for something I didn't do.
我因為有些事沒做被媽媽訓了一頓。
Chemistry the study of and reaction to substances.
研究化學物質反應的學科。
→ In chemistry class, the professor taught us about chemical reactions.
化學課上，教授給我們講化學反應的知識。
If something happens despite what you do, it happens anyway.
不管做什麼，該發生的還是會發生。
→ We still played the game despite the cold weather.
即使天氣寒冷，我們還是會玩遊戲。
A dinosaur is a very big animal that lived millions of years ago.
生活在幾百萬年前的一種巨型動物。
→ I like to see the dinosaur bones at the museum.
我想去博物館看恐龍骨。
An exhibit is a display of interesting things.
對有趣物品的展示活動。
→ There was an animal exhibit at the fair.
展覽會是有動物展品。
Fame is reputation one has gained among the public.
某人在公眾中已經取得的聲譽。
→ He had fame and fortune, but he was not happy.
他名利雙收，卻還是不開心。
A forecast is an idea about what the weather will be like in the future.
對未來天氣情況的預報。
→ The forecast says that it will rain all week.
預報說這周會一直下雨。
A genius is a very smart person.
非常聰明的人。
→ Since she was a genius, she easily passed all of her school exams.
因為她很聰明，所以輕易通過了所有考試。
Someone who is gentle is kind and calm.
表示慈祥冷靜的。
→ He is very gentle with the baby.
他對寶寶很溫柔。
Geography is the study of where things are.
研究方位的學科。
→ I had to draw a map for geography class.
我地理課作業是畫一張地圖。
To interfere is to cause problems and keep something from happening.
表示製造麻煩，阻止某事發生。
→ My little sister always interferes when I'm trying to study.
我每次想學習的時候我的小妹妹就會來搗亂。
To do something lightly is to not push very hard.
不是很用力地。
→ Draw lightly so you do not tear your paper.
輕輕地畫，別把紙弄壞了。
A principal is a person in charge of a school.
負責一個學校的人。
→ My school's principal can be very strict with the rules.
我學校的校長對校規執行很嚴格。
A row is a line of things.
一排東西。
→ James put all of his toy soldiers into neat rows.
詹姆斯把所有的玩具兵都排列整齊。
A shelf is a place on a wall where you put things.
可以存放物品的靠牆的東西。
→ I keep my clothes on a shelf in my closet.
我把衣服放在壁櫥裡的一個架子上。
If you do something out of spite, you want to be mean.
出於惡意的。
→ He snuck into his sister's room and stole her bag out of spite.
出於惡意，他溜進姐姐的房間把包偷走了。
Super means really good.
表示真的很好的。
→ My dad said I did a super job cleaning the house.
我爸爸說我把屋子收拾得很好。
If something is wet, it has water on it.
表示有水的。
→ Since my dog was wet, he tried to shake all the water off his body.
因為身上都溼透了，我的狗狗努力把水抖落。
It was the worst morning ever. When Carl woke up, he realized that he didn't do hisastronomy and chemistry homework. Also, the forecast called for rain and that would affect baseball practice. Suddenly, his mother yelled, "Take out the garbage right now!" When Carl returned from taking the garbage outside, he was all wet. "What a terrible day," he said.
這真是有史以來最糟糕的早晨。醒來的那一刻，卡爾意識到自己的天文學和化學作業都沒做。而且，天氣預報說會有雨，這會影響排球訓練。突然，他聽到媽媽大聲喊：「把垃圾拿出去倒掉！」倒完垃圾回到家裡，卡爾全身都溼透了。「真是糟糕的一天，」他說。
He walked to class. He put his umbrella on the shelf and sat in the third row. But the teacher asked why Carl's umbrella was on the floor. He told her not to blame him. But she sent him to the principal out of spite.
他走到學校，把雨傘放在架子上，在第三排坐了下來。但是老師卻質問他為何把雨傘放在地上。他請求老師不要處罰自己，但老師還是把他帶到了校長室。
Next, he took a geography test. Despite studying, Carl didn't know the answers. He started drawing lightly on his paper.
接著，他參加了一場地理考試。儘管之前上過課，但他並不會做題。於是他開始在試卷上畫畫。
Carl drew a huge dinosaur. What if it were real? He saw it in his mind. Carl's class said he was a genius for having a dinosaur. It could interfere with math class, too! Soon, Carl's fame spread through school.
他畫了一直巨大的恐龍。要是這隻恐龍是真了會怎麼樣？他在腦海中開始想像。同學們都說他是個天才，能養恐龍。而且還能應對數學課！很快，全校同學都知道了她的名字。
He taught his dinosaur to be very gentle and put it on exhibit. But admission would only be given to those classmates who paid him a fee. His idea was super.
他把恐龍教得很溫和，並放出來展覽。但只有那些付過錢的同學才能進去看。他的點子真是太棒了。
It's time to turn in your tests, the teacher said. Carl looked at his paper. As he was dreaming in class, he hadn't finished the test!
「時間到，交卷，」老師說道。卡爾看了一眼試卷，原來都是一場夢，他因此沒有完成考試！
Reading Comprehension
Answer the questions.
1、What is this story about?
a. A wet classroom
b. A boy who is a genius
c. A bell that keeps ringing
d. A day that was not super
2、What does Carl think his dinosaur can do?
a. Make money for him on admission fees
b. Interfere with taking out the garbage
c. Take the blame for failing geography
d. Reach things on the top shelf
3. What did Carl do?
a. Break a jar at breakfast
b. Draw lightly on his test paper
c. Forget his hat on the bus
d. Stay after school for being late
4. Despite Carl studying for his test, what happened?
a. His teacher was not gentle with him.
b. He had to sit in the last row.
c. The exhibit did not earn him any fame.
d. He did not do well on his geography test.
5. Do you think that Carl will have baseball practice after school? Why?
admission n.承認
astronomy n.天文學
blame v.責備
chemistry n.化學
despite prep.即使，儘管
dinosaur n.恐龍
exhibit n.展覽
fame n.名聲
forecast n.預測
genius n.天才
gentle adj.溫柔地
geography n.地理
interfere v.幹涉
lightly adv.輕輕地
principal n.校長
row n.排，行
shelf n.架子
spite n.不顧；惡意；怨恨
super adj.極好的
wet adj.溼潤的
Exercise 3（答案見文末）
Choose the word that is a better fit for each sentence.
1、chemistry / despite
Oil and water do not have a good ___________together.
We should go___________the weather.
2、admission / exhibit
I wanted to see the bird.___________at the zoo.
My daughter has gained___________.to an Ivy League university.
3. geography / dinosaur
I wish I could see a real___________
I learned about a South American country in my ___________book.
4. gentle / lightly
Be very _______________ with the old dishes.
______________ push the dirt in around the flowers.
5. genius / fame
I don’t know if I would enjoy___________
My son is a _______________ .