The Difference Between plants And Animals

1.       If we did not have air, there would be no sound.   Without air, there would be no life.   2.       not…but…不是…而是…连接并列状语   eg: In the past three years, he did not study for his doctoral degree, but worked to support his family.   3.       not 用在代词all, both, every(thing,body)和副词always, necessarily1, quite, altogether等词之前，表示部分否定.   Eg: I don’t know both of them.      Both they are not here.      All men are not honest.      Not everybody like reading.   4.       It+takes+somebody(宾格)+时间(金钱，等)+to do 花费时间，金钱等去做某事。   Eg: It took him five minutes to solve the problem.   It takes many hands to do the work.   It took me 150 dollars to buy this coat. LESSoN SIX    TEXT  B       The Difference Between plants And Animals       If you were asked, What is the difference between a plant and an animal? what answer do you think you would give? Your first thought might be that a plant has leaves and roots and flowers, which an animal has not. Yet that would not be correct; for there are many plants which have neither roots nor leaves nor flowers, while there are some animals which seem to have all three.       Look up into the sky, and then down at the earth beneath your feet. It is easy enough, you think, to tell which is earth and which is sky; but if you live in the wide, open country, or near the sea, you will often find when you look far away to the place where sky and earth seem to meet, that this is a matter of some difficulty2. You see only the thin blue haze3, like smoke, which is the dividing line between the heavens and the earth. But just where the one ends and the other begins, you cannot tell.           Just so it is throughout4 all the world of Nature. You may look at a group of cows standing5 under the trees or catch a bee at his early drink in a morning-glory bell, and you would laugh if any one should ask you whether you can tell an animal from a plant.   But suppose you turn aside from these familiar, everyday things, and study objects which you have to look at through a magnifying6 glass, and you will find many things that will puzzle you. You will find plants without roots, leaves, flowers, or seeds; and you will find animals without heads, legs, eyes, mouths, or stomachs.       Foggysunny ainysnowywindy   Set aside o turn aside from   Confuse---confused---confusing   puzzle----puzzling----puzzled   Melon-seeds   observe---observer---observation   Watch   Latter   Dweller   Narrow-------wide   Taste delicious   The ice-cream tastes delicious.   The idea sounds good.   Close---open   Shut  up   Suck in   Be dissatisfied7 with   Happen occur   This animal lives on grass.   Take over----hand over   ofamong   Tell a from b distinguish   Tell a story   Tell a lie   Heaven and hell8.   If I were you , I would go abroad.

1 necessarily   

adv.必要地，必需地；必定地，必然地

参考例句：

• More work does not necessarily call for more men.增加工作量不一定就要增添人员。
• A voter must necessarily be no younger than eighteen.选民必须在18岁以上。

2 difficulty   

n.困难，费劲；难事，难题；麻烦，困境

参考例句：

• If there is any difficulty,please let us know promptly.倘有困难，请迅速通知我们。
• A little difficulty like this is nothing to us.这点困难算不了什么。

3 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

4 throughout   

adv.到处，自始至终；prep.遍及，贯穿

参考例句：

• These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country.这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。
• Guilin is known throughout the world for its scenery.桂林以山水著称于世。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 magnifying   

放大的

参考例句：

• Fame is a magnifying-glass. 名誉是放大镜。
• It is unusual for people to press their differences by magnifying them. 对人们来说，以夸大差异的方式强调差异是不正常的。

7 dissatisfied   

a.不满的

参考例句：

• If you are dissatisfied with our service, please write to the manager. 对我们的服务如有不满，请函告经理。
• There was a dissatisfied look in the magager's eyes. 经理的眼睛里露出不满的神色。

8 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。