Unit 3 Under the sea 语言点编稿：牛新阁审稿：王春霞学习目标重点词汇annual witness accommodation opposite yell pause drag depth urge abandon target reflect scare awesome重点短语in the meantime be aware of ahead of ... to death help （...）out upside down重点句型It takes sb. some time/ ... to do sth.的变化a time when...知识讲解重点词汇annual【原句回放】It was a time when the killer whales, or “killers” as they were then called, helped the whalers catch the baleen whales that were on their annual migration. 那个时期，虎鲸（当时被称为“杀手”）帮助捕鲸人在每年须鲸迁徙时捕捉须鲸。

【点拨】annual adj.1. 每年的，一年一次的the annual output 年产量an annual report 年度报告Steel output reached an annual figure of one million tons. 钢的年产量达到100万吨。

2. 按年度计算的the annual income 年收入the annual rainfall【拓展】annually adv. 每年地，年度地witness【原句回放】I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times. 当时我以为这只是一个故事罢了，但是后来我亲眼见过多次。

【点拨】witness vt.& vi.亲眼看见，目睹，作证；n.见证人；目击者（与of连用）We were witnessing the most important scientific development of the century.我们正目睹着本世纪最重要的科学发展。

We witnessed great changes in the city. 我们见证了这个城市的巨大变化。

The police found the witness of the murder case. 警察找到了那起谋杀案的证人。

There was no witness at the scene of the accident. 在事故现场没有目击证人。

【拓展】常见搭配：witness to (doing...)为……作证bear / give witness to 为......作证in witness of 作为......的证据a living witness to 活生生的证人witness stand 证人席(美)＝witness box (英)He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building.他作证说他看到了那个人进入大楼。

The success of the show bears witness to our good planning.演出的成功证明了我们计划的周全。

accommodation【原句回放】On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. 有天下午我来到捕鲸站，正在整理住处的时候，听到从海湾那边传来一阵喧闹声。

【点拨】accommodation n.房间，住所；膳宿（常用复数）常用搭配：make accommodation for the …为……提供膳宿book accommodation at a hotel 在旅馆预订房间The high cost of accommodation makes life difficult for students in London.住宿费用昂贵使伦敦的学生生活困难。

This hotel has accommodations for 600 guests. 这家旅馆可以为600人提供住处。

【拓展】accommodate v.提供住宿；容纳；适应，调节He will accommodate me with the use of his house while he is abroad.他出国时，将把房子给我住。

One flat can accommodate a family of five. 一套房间可以住一个五口之家。

Wherever he goes, he readily accommodates to new circumstances.无论他去哪里，他都很容易适应环境。

【补充】sort out分类，整理，解决I’ve just sorted out the old magazines that can be thrown away.我刚刚整理了可以扔掉的杂志。

I have got everything sorted out and I am ready to leave.我把一切问题都处理好了，我要走了。

opposite【原句回放】We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again. 我们及时赶到岸边，看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水里。

【点拨】opposite1. prep.与……相对，在……对面I sat opposite him during the meal. 吃饭的时候我坐在他的对面。

2. n.相反的人或物，对立面I thought she would be small and pretty but she’s the complete opposite.我原以为她娇小漂亮，但是她恰恰相反。

3. adj.相反的；对面的；完全不同的The opposite approach is to use a bilingual dictionary.另一种截然不同的方法就是使用一部双语词典。

4. adv.在对面The woman sitting opposite is a detective. 坐在对面的那个女的是个侦探。

yell【原句回放】Another whaler yelled out, “Rush-oo... rush-oo.”另一个捕鲸人大声喊叫，“快走啊......走啊。

”【点拨】yell v.大叫，呼喊n. 叫声，喊声常用搭配：yell at 冲……大喊yell out 大声喊叫let out/give a yell大喊一声She yelled at the child to get down from the wall. 她喊着让小孩从墙上下来。

Frank let out a yell and jumped away. 弗兰克大叫一声跳开了。

He gave a yell of delight as the election results came out.选举结果出来后，他高兴得大喊了一声。

【拓展】有关“喊”的词汇1. yell多指求援、鼓励时的呼叫，也可指因外界因素刺激而发出尖厉的声音。

The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him.迷路的人大声喊叫着，希望林子里的人会听见。

2. call 指大声说话或喊叫，以引起某人的注意。

He called to me from the other side of the street. 他从街对面喊我。

3. cry 一般指因恐惧、痛苦、惊奇等而喊叫，也可指放声大哭。

She cried with grief when she heard news of her friend’s death.听到朋友死亡的消息，她难过地哭了。

4. shout 指有意识地高声喊叫，常用于提出警告、发命令或唤起注意等。

I had to shout to make myself heard. 我得大声嚷，否则根本听不见我的声音5. roar 指发出大而深沉的声音、吼叫或咆哮。

In less than a minute, the motorboat roared past them only a few feet away.不到一分钟的功夫，汽艇在离他们仅几英尺的地方咆哮而过。

6. scream 指因恐惧、快乐或痛苦而发出尖叫声。

The baby woke up screaming. 那婴儿醒来时尖声哭叫。

pause【原句回放】Without pausing we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay. 一刻不停地，我们和其他捕鲸人都跳进渔船，朝海湾方向驶去。

【点拨】pause vi.暂停，中止n.停顿，停顿的时间常用搭配：without pause 不停give sb. pause 使某人认真考虑The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath.那个女人说话像放连珠炮似的。

They worked for three hours without pause. 他们连续工作了三个小时。

After a long pause, she went on with the story. 她停了好一会儿，继续讲故事。

drag【原句回放】Within a moment or two, its body was dragged swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea. 过了片刻，鲸的尸体就被虎鲸们迅速拖向深海中。

【点拨】drag v. & n.拖, 缓慢而费力地移动常用搭配：drag sth. in 硬扯进drag sb. down 把人拖垮drag one’s feet 拖着脚步走She always drags behind. 她总是在后面吃力地跟着。