Unit 3 Traditional skills第 1 课时——词汇课后拓展课时精讲栏目导航课时过关重点词汇学习。 1．description n. 说明；形容 Listen to a description of a picture. 听对一个图片的描述。 He gave a description of what he saw. 他描述了他所见到的一切。 【同根词】describe v.（=say what sth. is like; give a picture of sth. in words）描述 Learn how to describe people. 学习如何描述人。 The police asked me to describe exactly how it happened. 警察让我准确地描述它是如何发生的。 【小试牛刀】 （1）言语无法形容她的美丽。 Words can’t her beauty. （2）他向我描述了他的计划。 He his plan me. describe described to 2．although conj.（= though）虽然；尽管 Although he is over 65, he is very fit and still enjoys working. 尽管他已年过 65 岁，但是他非常健康，并且他依然喜欢工作。 I like him. Though he makes me angry sometimes. 我喜欢他，不过他有时惹我生气。 注意：although 和 though 不能和 but 连用。 【小试牛刀】 虽然下着雪，他们还是出去了。 it was snowing, they still went out. Although/Though 3．ready adj.（= fully prepared or completed）准备好；（=happy to do sth.）乐意的，情愿的 Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon, and gets the cormorants ready for work. 大民通常在傍晚出发，并准备好捕鱼用的鸬鹚。 She is always ready to help others. 她总是乐于助人。 【搭配】be ready for 准备好做某事 We are ready for the journey. 我们为旅行做好了准备。 【辨析】get ready 和 be ready 这两个短语的共同意思是 “准备”。其区别是：前者着重表示“做准备”这一动作; 后者着重表示 “准备好了” 这一状态。试比较下面两个句子的不同： They are ready for the competition. 他们做好了比赛的准备。 We must get ready for it. 我们必须准备好。 4．reach v.（= get to=arrive at/in）到达，抵达；（=be able to touch it by stretching out your arm or leg）触及，去拿，去碰 When Damin’s boat reaches the right place in the river, he ...
