Important points in Unit 3 Module 2

P41

1. change our world for the better // change A into B / change A for B / change one’s mind //get changed

2. Great changes have taken place in our country. / just for a change/ keep the change / make necessary changes to sth

3. win a Nobel Peace Prize // win the Nobel Prize for Physics / Chemistry / Peace

4. one of the greatest composers of all time

5. have a great / good / bad effect on sb // have no / little / some effect on / upon sb

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6. one of the most famous explores the world has ever known // It was the most important tomb that had ever been found. // …than any of us had ever seen before

7. be curious about the world // be full of curiosity

8. set sail for sp

9. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.

10. the well preserved bodies of dead kings

11. be known as mummies / for sth / to sb

12. We emptied the tomb of everything it contained. // empty sp of sth // sp be empty

13. right away / right now / immediately / in no time

14. fall ill / sick and die strangely // fall asleep / silent //

15. Upon entering the tomb // Upon/On doing sth Immediately / The moment +從句

16. lead sb to sp // lead sb to think / believe // lead to sth / sp

17. lead to illness / failure // lead to Rome // This is the road leading to the village.

18. be present at the meeting // people present at the meeting // the present situation

19. fall ill with a fever // be in bed with a bad cold / turn red with anger / be wild with joy

20. At the moment of Carnarvon’s death, the lights went out in Cairo.

21. the following day // the day that followed // the accident that happened yesterday // the accident happening yesterday

22. die of heart trouble four months after the tomb was opened // die of +內因 die from+外因 die out 滅絕，死光// die away （聲音）變小，（光線）減弱// die off相繼死去

23. have something / nothing / little / much / a lot to do with the opening of the tomb

24. live on sth // He has been dead for many years, but his fame lived on.

25. some people say…,others believe …, still others believe…

26. a scientific explanation to sth

27. disturb sb / sth 打擾某人/ 攪亂某物

28. If breathed in, they can result in illness or even death.

29. If taken according to the instructions, the medicine id of great effect.

30. I will go there if invited.

31. Once seen, the park will never be forgotten.

32. When completed, the hall can seat 2,000 people.

33. While waiting for a bus, I met with a friend of mine.

34. Given more time, I could have finished it.

35. When scientists examine // examining mummies, they wear special clothing to protect themselves.

36. result in sth = lead to sth // result from sth = lie in // as a result = therefore // as a result of = because of = due to

37. What is certain , though, is that the mystery has never been fully explained.

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38. All my years of training as an explorer have finally paid off.

39. compare A with B // compare A to B // compared to/ with …

40. Words can’t express how excited I was!

41. make a great contribution to the world // make contributions to // contribute …to

42. …when referring to a woman

43. dream of being a teacher // dream of there being a good chance

44. has an exciting childhood

45. work as / serve as / act as a nurse

46. organize an air race for women

47. marry sb / get married to sb // have/ has been married to sb

48. the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic

49. contact sb / get in contact with / keep in contact with / lose contact with

50. go missing

51.Its makers spent a great deal of money building the ship.

52. set foot on / in

53. at full speed / at a speed of / with amazing speed

54. cause sb to do sth / cause sth / the cause of sth

55. Once the paper makers had shown people how to make paper, it was used all over the world.

P57 56. switch to / turn to farming / switch on/ off the lights

57. communicate with sb // communication

58. Yang Liwei went to space and returned, making the dream a reality.

59. turn one’s dream into a reality // make one’s dream come true // realize / live one’s dream // in reality = in fact = in effect = actually = as a matter of fact = in actual fact

60. be chosen to be China’s first astronaut

61. have fun // It’s fun to do sth / What fun it is to do sth

62. It made him China’s first astronaut and the 241st person in space.

63. Born in 1965, Yang has wanted to fly since he was a young boy.

65. be encouraged to do sth / into doing

66. join the army / club

67. go to university

68. They not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut but also learned survival skills.

69. three out of / in the 14 candidates

70. be qualified for sth / to do sth

71. It was his high scores on the psychological tests that finally won him his position as China’s first astronaut.

72. be in control of oneself

73. His name will go down in history with those of the first Russian and American astronaut.

74. be proud of being a Chinese / take pride in

75. look up to sb as an example of a man who managed to live his dream.