Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading—Language Points curious adj.好奇的，求知欲强的(教材 P42)He was bright and curious about the world outside his home town.他聪明，且对家乡之外的大千世界充满了好奇心。(1)be curious about sth. 对某事好奇be curious to do sth. 很想做某事，渴望做 某事It is curious that... 奇怪的是…… (2)curiosity n． 好奇心out of curiosity 出于好奇in/with curiosity＝curiously 好奇地meet/satisfy one’s curiosity 满足某人的好奇心(3)curiously adv. 好奇地 ①In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website.在高中，我对计算机好奇，并建立了我的第一个网站。②It’s good to be curious about the world around you because curiosity(curious) is the best teacher.对周围的世界感到新奇是件好事， 因为好奇心是最好的老师。③The reporter is curious to__know(know) whether the official is involved in the case.那个记者很想知道那位官员是否与此案有关。④It is curious that the old man should remember the names of all his childhood friends.奇怪的是，这位老人竟然记得他所有童年时期朋友的名字。⑤Suddenly the girl calmed down and curiously(curious) began looking all 1around.女孩突然静了下来，开始用好奇的眼光观察四周。 fortune n．大笔的钱，财富；运气( 教 材 P42)Inside the tombs ， he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold，along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. 在那些陵墓里，他发现了大量珠宝、黄金和已故国王们经过处理保存下来的遗体。(1)make a fortune 发财seek one’s fortune 寻找出路try one’s fortune 碰运气Fortune favors fools. [谚]傻人有傻福。(2)fortunate adj. 幸运的fortunately adv. 幸运地unfortunately adv. 不幸地 ①Gene was thrilled, thinking he would make his first fortune.基恩非常兴奋，他想到他要淘到人生第一桶金。②Now there are many young men in our society dreaming of making a fortune without hard work.现在在我们社会中， 有很多年轻人梦想不通过努...
