每课一词:新概念第1册第31课
【往期回顾】
接下来我们继续来看第31课的“每课一词”:
一、课文原文
Lesson 31 Where's Sally?
Where's Sally, Jack?
She's in the garden, Jane.
What's she doing?
She's sitting under the tree.
Is Tim in the garden, too?
Yes, he is.
He's climbing the tree.
I beg your pardon?
Who's climbing the tree?
Tim is.
What about the dog?
The dog's in the garden, too.
It's running across the grass.
It's running after a cat.
——选自《新概念英语》第一册,外语教学与研究出版社,1997年10月第1版
二、每课一词
climb
【源】
直接源自中古英语的climben;最初源自古英语的climban,意为“抓住;爬”。
【音】
[klaɪm]
【形】
该词发音里没有/b/的音,所以在拼写上要注意不要漏了b。
【义】
该词用作及物动词时,表示“向上爬”。如:
We go to climb mountains every Sunday.
每个星期天我们都去爬山。
用作不及物动词时,表示“上涨”。如:
Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year.
年初以来,物价已经上涨了21%。
【用】
注意区分climb to和climb into:
climb to表示“爬到或升到…”,强调位置变化。如:
I climbed to the top of the mountain yesterday.
我昨天爬到了山顶。
climb into表示“爬进”,强调动作趋向。如:
She climbed into the lifeboat.
她爬进了救生艇。
三、相关拓展
creep,climb,crawl
这些动词都有“爬”之意。
1、creep
多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行(to move slowly on your hands and knees)。如:
The dog crept under the car to hide.
狗爬到汽车下藏着。
2、climb
通常指用手或足爬上或爬下(move towards the top or bottom of something)。 如:
The gate was too high for a man of his age to climb.
大门太高了,像他那个年龄的人爬不上去。
3、crawl
指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动(to move forward with your body close to the ground)。如:
Soldiers quietly crawl to advance to enemy.
士兵们悄悄地向敌人匍匐前进。