Unit 1 Encyclopaedias第 1 课时 词汇栏目导航课 时 精 讲课 时 过 关课 后 拓 展课 时 精 讲重点词汇学习。 1．inventor：a person who has invented sth. or whose job is inventing things (1)inventor n. 发明家 如：Edison was a great inventor. 爱迪生是个伟大的发明家。 (2)invent v. 发明；创造。通常指发明、创造出来的是以前没有的东西。 They want to invent a new kind of car to protect the environment. 他们想要发明一种新型的可以保护环境的小车。 (3)invention 是名词，意为“发明”。 I think the camera is one of the most useful inventions. 我认为照相机是最有用的发明之一。 【小试牛刀】 (4)He ___________ he first electric clock. (5)Edison was one of the greatest ____________. (6)Thanks to these ____________, we can live a better life now. inventionsinventedinventors【词语辨析】invent , discover，find invent 是指创造前所未有的事物，故作“发明”解; find(偶然)遇到，碰到，发现; discover 本来已存在但以前未被发现的事物，故作“发现”解。 【小试牛刀】 (7)Edison _________ the electric light bulb． (8)I’m looking for my pen but I can’t _____ it. (9)He ___________ America in 1492． discoveredinventedfind2．born v. 出生；bear 的过去分词 adj. 天生的 having a natural ability. (1)搭配：be born = come out of one’s mother’s body 出生 I was born in 2000．我生于 2000 年。 【小试牛刀】 (2)他出生于 1980 年 5 月 10 日。 He ____________ May 10, 1980． was born on 3．ability：power to do sth. physical or mental (1)ability n. 才能，能力；复数是 abilities I have the ability to advise her to work with us. 我有能力说服她和我们一起干活。 have the ability to do sth. 有能力做某事 (2)able adj. 有能力的；能干的 When will I be able to see more clearly? 我什么时候能看得更清楚些? be able to do sth. = can do sth. 能够做某事 【小试牛刀】 (3)He has the ________ to finish the work by hims...
