高三英语Unit4（I）—TheBirthofaScience人教版【本讲教育信息】一.教学内容：Unit4（I）—TheBirthofaScience二.知识总结与归纳：1.Untilthen,mostlydoctorsandsurgeonsstudiedherbs.Attemptshadbeenmadebyotherstoclassifyplantspeciesintogroups,butthebreakthroughcamewiththeworkofCarlLinnaeus.直到那时为止，内科医生和外科医生大都研究过草药，另一些尝试按植物种类进行分类，但是突破性进展却来自CarlLinnaeus。mostly：大部分地，主要地Moreimmigrantsarrived,mostlyEuropeans.ThefilmwasmadeinScotland,mostlyinGlasgow.Attemptshadbeenmade…是makeattemptstodo/atsth.的被动形式。Shemadeanattempttohideherdistress.Theyfailedinalltheirattemptstoclimbthemountain.attempt作为及物动词，表示：尝试，企图Youareattemptingadifficulttask.2.Inhissystemtheidentificationofdifferentspecieswasbasedonthearrangementofthemaleandfemaleorgansintheflowers.在他的分类体系中，不同种群的鉴别是以花中的雄性和雌性器官的排列为基础的。bebasedon：建立在……基础之上Hisreasoningisconvincingbecauseitisbasedonscientificanalysis.Oneshouldalwaysbaseone’sopiniononfacts.Sheusedherfamily’shistoryasabaseforhernovel.3.Bornintoalifeofprivilege,JosephBankswasthesonofawealthyfamily.JosephBanks是一个富裕家庭的儿子，生来就享有特权生活。beborninto/to/of…出生于……Magiewasbornintoawealthyfamily.ShewasbornofGermanparents.born的其他用法：Hewasabornmusician.Abornteacher,shethoughtshecouldturnadeaf-blindpersonintoausefulhumanbeing.Allmenarebornthesameandequal.4.Manyyoungmeninhispositionwouldleadacosylife,butyoungBankshadanappetiteforknowledge.许多像他这样有地位的年轻人过的是舒适安逸的生活，而年轻的Banks却渴求知识。position：处境；境地；地位；位置；姿势I’mnotsurewhatIshoulddoifIwereinhisposition.TheyweremenofthehighestpositioninEngland.用心爱心专心haveanappetitefor：渴望做……Ihaveagreatappetiteforclassicalmusic.Don’teatthecake,oryouwillspoilyourappetite.Helosthisappetiteforpoliticsafterbeatenintheelection.5.Asastronomywasoneofthemostimportantbranchesofscience,itwastheBritishgovernmentthatpaidforalltheequipmentandexpensesforthatpartoftheexpedition.因为天文学是一个很重要的科学分支，所以英国政府赞助了这次考察中天文学部分所需要的设备和经费。后半句是一个强调句：被强调部分是：theBritishgovernmentExpense：花费，开支常用短语：at…expense如：atgreat/noexpenseHehadhisbookathisownexpense.Hefinishedtheworkattheexpenseofhisrest.6.Bankswasthefirsttomovecropsfromonecontinenttoanotheronalargescale,helpingtodeveloplocaleconomieswiththesenewimports.Banks首开先河把一个地方的作物大规模地引进到另一个地方，从而用这些新进口物资促进了当地经济的发展。…thefirsttomove…：不定式结构：be+序数词＋todosth.helping…：现在分词形式做结果状语。onalargescale：大规模地Inordertocelebratethetwentiethanniversaryofthecompany,theyareentertainingonalargescale.scale还有“标准，等级”的意思Theforceofthewindismeasuredonastandardscaleof0—12.Heisthepersonwhoishighonthesocialscale.7.AfterthatCaptainCookmadetwomorevoyagesaroundtheworld,butJosephBanksneverundertookanother.Frombehindhisdesk,however,hewasinvolvedinenterprisessuchastheexplorationofAfricaandthesettlementofAustralia.在那以后，Cook船长还作过两次环球航行。但是JosephBanks再也没有出过海。然而，他却在幕后卷入了诸如探索非洲和开拓澳洲之类的事业。behindhisdesk：指幕后。beinvolvedin….：牵扯，卷入，参与。Nearlyallthecountrieswereinvolvedinthelasttwoworldwar.Don’tinvolveyourselfwiththosepeople.involve：还有“包含，难免出现……；带头”等意思。Housew...
