單元點撥

Module 10 Unit 1

1. claim v. n.

1) 奪走(生命)，導致死亡

例:Traffic accidents claim more than 60 thousand lives every year in China. 在中國，交通事故每年奪走6萬多條生命。

2) 宣稱，聲稱

例:Scientists claim to have discovered a cure for the disease， but this has not yet been proved.

科學家宣稱已發現這種疾病的治療方法，但這還未得到證實。

3) 認領

例:If no one claims the lost umbrella， the person who found it can keep it. 如果沒人認領遺失的雨傘，撿到的人可以自己留著。

4) 索賠，索要

例:Did you claim the insurance after the car accident? 車禍之后，你索要保險理賠了嗎?

5) 獲得，需要

例:The problem claims our undivided attention. 這問題需要我們全力關注。

拓展:(1) have a claim to… on sb. 對某人要求……權利

(2) lay claim to sth. 聲稱對……擁有權利

例:He had a claim to visiting his daughter on his former wife. 他向他的前妻要求有探視女兒的權利。

He laid claim to the property， for it was his mother’s. 他聲稱對財產擁有繼承權，因為是他母親的財產。

2. power v. 給……提供動力，驅動

例:This new type of car is powered by both electricity and petrol. 這種新型汽車既可用電，又可用汽油提供動力。

n. 1) 控制力，權力

例:The power of the government has increased greatly over the past century. 政府的權力在最近的一個世紀得到加強。

2) 上臺執政，掌權

例:When Hitler came into power， he began to kill Jews in large numbers. 希特勒上臺后，開始大肆屠殺猶太人。

3) 能量，電

例:I’ve bought a lot of candles in case of power failure. 我買了許多蠟燭，以防備停電。

4) 能力，實力

例:He claimed to have the power to see into the future. 他聲稱有能力洞察未來。

拓展:have the power to do… 有做……的能力;have the power over… 對某事進行控制;

in power 在臺上執政;in one’s power 憑某人的能力;within / beyond one’s power 在某人的能力范圍以內 / 以外;at the height of one’s powers 處于某人的頂峰; power station 發電站;power failure 停電

【詞義辨析】power;strength;force;energy

(1) power 指權力，能力，控制，能量等意思。

(2) strength“力量，力氣”，特指人或事物本身的“內力”，還可引申為，“長處，優點”等意思。

例:Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. 每個人總有他的長處和短處。

(1) force“暴力，武力，強行，軍隊”，特指借助其它東西的“外力”。

(2) energy“能源，精力”。表示一個人做事的精力或指太陽能，風能，水能，電能，煤，石油，天然氣的總稱。

【即時操練】

(1) He takes regular exercise every day to build up his _______________.

(2) Tom seems full of _______________all day. He often works until deep into the night.

(3) The _______________ of the explosion broke all the windows in the building.

(4) I am afraid it is not in my _______________to help you.

答案:(1) strength (2) energy (3) force (4) power

3. alternative

1) n. 可供選擇的事物

例: You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives.

你的工資可以按周現金支取，也可以按月支票支取。二者可選其一。

2) adj. 可供替代的

例:Do you have an alternative solution to the problem? 你有沒有別的辦法來解決這個問題?

拓展:alternative energy 替代性能源

例:Alternative energy resources are renewable， which means they can be used without running out. 替代性能源是可再生能源，即它們是用之不竭的能源。