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████ 重点词汇
████ 难点词汇
████ 生僻词
████ 词组 & 惯用语
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There is a force sufficiently powerful
to move the oceans of this world
is a force, not of this earth
is large enough
to generate gravity
and with sufficient force
to pull on the earth,
two hundred and thirty
thousand miles away
As its gravity
sweeps across the face of our planet
power drags a great of
water in its wake
- the rising tide
The River in Brazil
On some special days the
of
- to extraordinary effect
A growing
is being forced two hundred miles
This is a
Fortunately
but
tides out in the world's oceans,
on every day of the year
The
The tides here are
the largest in the world
and have a
creating a rich feeding ground
A
largest
But they are not the biggest
threat to the
These are
At seventy tonnes - the second
largest animal on earth,
but so beautifully
it is the fastest of the great whales
This combination of
speed and immense size
makes the
hunter of schooling fish
The
that during the summer,
as many as five hundred of these
magnificent whales hunt here every day
The feeding is best where
the tides run strongly
So the whales move
further into the bay,
following
and searching for fish
Their movements are closely watched
by
As the whales
toward the fish
- more and more birds gather,
anxious to pick up
The flowing tide may provide
a
but before long it will turn
one hundred billion tonnes of water
will flow out of the bay
The sea level falling
by as much as 1 5 metres
知识点
重点词汇
inland [ˌɪnˈlænd] n. 内地;内陆 adj. 内陆的;内地的;国内的 adv. 在内地;向内地;向内陆;在内陆 {gk cet6 ky toefl ielts :5084}
dive [daɪv] n. 潜水;跳水;俯冲;扑 vi. 潜水;跳水;俯冲;急剧下降 n. (Dive)人名;(法)迪夫 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5121}
flocks [f'lɒks] n. 短纤维,废毛铁;絮凝物,絮状沉淀 { :5337}
scraps [skræps] n. 残羹剩饭;刮屑(scrap的复数) { :5535}
feast [fi:st] n. 筵席,宴会;节日 vt. 享受;款待,宴请 vi. 享受;参加宴会 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5626}
diners [ˈdainəz] n. 用餐者( diner的名词复数 ) { :5956}
gravitational [ˌgrævɪˈteɪʃənl] adj. [力] 重力的,[力] 引力的 {toefl gre :8363}
tidal [ˈtaɪdl] adj. 潮汐的;潮的,有关潮水的;定时涨落的 n. (Tidal)人名;(瑞典)蒂达尔 { :8579}
Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报(letter message);数据处理(Language Translation) { :9242}
bulge [bʌldʒ] n. 胀;膨胀;凸出部分 vt. 使膨胀;使凸起 vi. 膨胀;凸出 {ielts gre :9786}
herring [ˈherɪŋ] n. 鲱 n. (Herring)人名;(英)赫林 { :9934}
streamlined ['stri:mlaɪnd] v. 使成流线型;使合理化(streamline的过去式和过去分词) adj. 流线型的;改进的;最新型的 { :11669}
amazon ['æməzən] 亚马逊;古希腊女战士 { :12482}
oceanic [ˌəʊʃiˈænɪk] adj. 海洋的;海洋产出的;在海洋中生活的;广阔无垠的 { :13204}
难点词汇
nova [ˈnəʊvə] n. [天] 新星 n. (Nova)人名;(意、西、塞、葡)诺娃(女名),诺瓦;(英)诺瓦 {gre :14796}
voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj. 贪婪的;贪吃的;狼吞虎咽的 {toefl gre :16557}
scotia ['skəʊʃə] n. 凹形边饰 { :20646}
humpback [ˈhʌmpbæk] n. 驼背;座头鲸 { :21537}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数(Napierian Logarithm);液态氮(Liquid Nitrogen) { :28828}
cory ['kəuri:,'kɔ:ri:] [人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 科里来源于古诺斯语人名,含义是不详; [人名] [爱尔兰姓氏] 科里盖尔语姓氏的英语形式,来源于人名,含义是不详 { :38204}
shearwaters [ ] (shearwater 的复数) n. 剪嘴鸥 { :42453}
复习词汇
bay [beɪ] n. 海湾;狗吠声 vt. 向…吠叫 vi. 吠叫;大声叫嚷 n. (Bay)人名;(越)七;(英、老)贝;(德、意、罗、捷、土、丹)巴伊;(匈)鲍伊;(瑞典)巴伊 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :2330}
moon [mu:n] n. 月亮;月球;月光;卫星 vi. 闲荡;出神 vt. 虚度 n. (Moon)人名;(瑞典)莫恩;(柬)蒙;(英)穆恩;(缅)孟 {zk gk :2450}
whales [hweilz] n. 鲸鱼(whale的复数) v. 捕鲸(whale的第三人称单数形式) {ielts :4232}
生僻词
finback ['fɪnbæk] n. 长须鲸; 鳁鲸
fundy [ ] abbr. Bay of Fundy 芬迪湾; Fundy National Park on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada 加拿大新布伦瑞克省芬迪湾北海岸的芬迪国家公园
LTS [ ] abbr. lights (供食用的)家畜的肺脏; long-term store 长期存储
词组
Bay of [ ] 音节分段:Bay of; For names of actual bays, see the specific element of the name; for example,Biscay, Bay of; Pigs, Bay of.
Bay of Fundy [ ] [网络] 芬迪湾;芬地湾;芬地海湾
dive down [ ] [网络] 潜入;潜下;潜入水中
finback whale [ ] un. 长须鲸
gravitational force [ˌɡræviˈteiʃnəl fɔ:s] n. 地心引力 [网络] 重力;万有引力;引力作用
gravitational forces [ ] 万有引力,地心引力;重力
humpback (whale) [ ] 大鳍鲸
humpback whale [ˈhʌmpbæk hweil] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸;大翅鲸;驼背鲸鱼
humpback whales [ ] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸;头驼背鲸;鲸鱼
marine life [ ] n. 海洋生物 [网络] 海洋生态;水中生物;海生物
Nova Scotia ['nәuvә'skәuʃә] na. 新斯科舍 [网络] 新斯科舍省;新斯科细亚省;加拿大新斯科舍省
oceanic water [ ] 大洋水
orbit the earth [ˈɔ:bit ðə ə:θ] un. 沿地球轨道运动 [网络] 绕地球飞行;绕地球转;环绕地球运行
profound effect [ ] [网络] 深刻的影响;深远影响
the moon [ðə mu:n] [网络] 月亮;月球;月光
tidal bore [ˈtaɪdl bɔ:] un. 涌潮 [网络] 钱塘涌潮;潮涌;怒潮
tidal bores [ ] 【气象学】涌潮
tidal rip [ ] 潮隔
tidal wave [ˈtaɪdl weiv] n. 海啸;潮汐波;潮浪;(情感或事物发展的)高涨阶段 [网络] 潮波;浪潮;潮汐波--震荡波
单词释义末尾数字为词频顺序
zk/中考 gk/中考 ky/考研 cet4/四级 cet6/六级 ielts/雅思 toefl/托福 gre/GRE
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