Unit 18 New Zealand(2009· 北京西城抽样 ) 请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于 50 个。Your English teacher shows the picture below and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates have different understandings. Look at the picture carefully and tell the class how YOU understand it.________________________________________________________________________[ 参考答案 ]As we can see in the picture, two men are staring at a potted flower with different expressions on their faces. One person is thinking about the sad ending of the flower while the other is imagining the flower blooming.In my opinion, the picture is trying to tell us that different people may have different attitudes towards life. Faced with the same situation in our daily life, pessimistic people may feel helpless and complain about it all day long. Optimistic people, however, may look at it positively and take it as a chance to show his abilities and talents.Therefore, it is our attitude that matters in our life.1 ． ______(vt. & vi.) 航行，乘船旅行2 ． ______(vt. & vi.) 用船运；装运；乘船3 ． ______(n.) 亲属；亲戚；关系；联系4 ． ______(n.) 会议；讨论会5 ． ______(n.) 百分比；百分数6 ． ______(n.) 秘书；书记；文书7 ． ______(adj.) 令人惊奇的；使人吃惊的8 ． ______(n.) 航行； ( 尤指 ) 航海；航天9 ． ______(n.) 表面；外表10 ． ______(n.) 热，热度；压力 (vt. & vi.) 加热11 ． ______(vt.) 包围；围绕[ 答案 ]1 ． sail 2.ship 3.relation 4.conference5 ． percent 6.secretary 7.surprising 8.voyage9 ． surface 10.heat 11.surroundⅡ. 词汇拓展1 ． sail→______(n.)→航海，航行______(n.) 海员，船员2 ． agricultural→______(n.) 农业，农艺3 ． relation→______(n. & adj.) 亲戚；相关的4 ． percent→______(n.) 百分率；比率5 ． possession→______(v.) 控制；占领6 ． settle→______(n.)→居民区_____...
