第12单元
（1） ★It is one's belief that…: 某人相信
beyond belief: 难以置信
have belief in: 相信，信任 lose belief in: 不相信/信任
★make/earn a (one's) living: 谋生
★set out/off/forth: 出发，上路，动身 (set out for…)
★set out to do …: 开始做什么 （set about doing…: 着手做…）
★in public: 公开地，公然 (in private: 秘密地，私下地)
★throw/cast light upon/on…: 阐明，使……显得非常清楚
★come to light: 显露，为人所知
bring sth to light: 揭露，暴露
★cut up: 切/剪碎。( cut down: 砍倒。cut off: 切断，剪断)
★in the far/near future: 在遥远/不久的将来，
★burn out: 燃完，燃光. (burn down：焚毁)
★ get/be involved in: 介入，卷入，陷入，包含
★as follows: 如下，如次
★rely on/upon sb to do …: 依赖某人做什么
★rely on/upon one's doing …: 指望某人做什么
(2) make a sketch (of): 画草图，速写，素描
lay the foundation(s) of: 奠定…的基础
turn/have …upside down: 把 …颠倒
in the form of: 以……的形式
forever = for ever: 永远
(3) phenomenon ----- phenomena: 现象，奇迹
(4) 船名前要加 the: the Endeavor, the Nautilus (she代船。)
(5)★ 倍数的三种表示法：
A. ……twice/three times + 比较级 + than ……:
This railway is twice longer than that one.
My computer is six times more expensive than yours. B. ……twice/three times as … as ………:
Alice is three times as beautiful as Rose.
C. …… twice/four times the height of ……:
( weight, width, depth, length, size……)
The elephant is five times the weight of the deer.


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