Unit4 Exploring plants目标认知 重点词汇: scale, conflict, restriction, fluency, appeal, postpone, evolve, attach, date back to, give out 重点句型:not …until 句型 语 法: 宾语 精讲巧练 重点词汇 scale 【原句回放】 However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale
(P32) 【点拨】scale n
the size of sth
, especially when it is big 意为“大小,规模”,on a large scale 表示“规模宏大的”,还表示“等级;比例,尺度” 如:Any public demonstrations(游行)on a large scale without the permission of the city authorities is antisocial
The scale of this map is one centimeter to the kilometer
A machine for weighing people has a scale from one pound to 300 pounds on it
【拓展】scales 表示“称,天平”;scale 也用作动词,表示“攀越,爬越”,短语:scale up/ down 按比例逐步增加/减少, 如:Students scaled an 8-foot fence to enter the theatre