第13单元
（1） ★all the way: 一直，一路上 ★all the time: 一直，始终
★compared to/with…: 与…比
compare…to…: 把…比作…。
compare…with…: 把…与…相比
★square/cubic meters: 平方/立方米
( millimeters/centimeters/kilometers)
★give off/out: 发出( smoke/heat/light……) = ★send out:
★thus: 这样，如此
★call in: 召集，打电话，请来，收回
★break down: 分解, 破坏，打倒，使失效，坏掉，感情失去控制
★be sensitive to: 对……敏感
★if so ：假如是这样 ★if not：假如不是这样
★take/have a shower/bath: 冲淋浴/洗澡
(2) 10/0.5/0 degrees centigrade: 摄氏10/0.5/0度
below/above freezing: 在冰点以下/以上
It is freezing (cold) outside. 外面冷极了。
range from A to B： 从A延伸到B
range between A and B: 在A和B之间变化/变动
range over/through…: 漫游
It sounds as if……: 听起来好像……
(3) say: 假定说，比方说。
Would you take an offer of, say, 6890 dollars for your car?
Can you come to my party? Say, 7:30?
You can learn to play chess in, say, 4 months.
Say you are ill in bed, who will look after you?
(4)★ decrease: 变小，减少
reduce: 减少，缩小，降低
increase: 增加，增大，增长，增强
(5) Suppose/Supposing/Assuming (that) it rains tonight, what shall we do?
Suppose we have a rest in the shade. 我们在阴凉处休息一下吧。
Imagine that you live in the countryside. 设想你住在农村吧。
Suppose you live in the countryside. 设想/假定你住在农村。


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