2)The global economic growth is on the decline this year. (今年总体经济增长呈下降趋势。)
3)A global picture of their progress can be obtained from these marks.
(从这些分数中你可以得到他们进步的全貌。)
4)I'll try to give you a global idea of the situation. (我将尽力把形势的总体情况告诉你。)
5)He makes friends with people from every corner of the globe. (他与来自世界各地的人们交朋友。)
11. contribute vt. 贡献;捐助;投稿 vi. 起作用,有助于;捐献;投稿
1)They contributed food and medicine to people in the flooded area. (他们向受淹地区的人们捐助食物和药品。)
2) He didn't contribute any idea to the discussion. (他在讨论中没有提出任何意见。)
3)She contributes articles to the newspaper weekly. (她每周为那家报纸撰稿。)
4)The two sisters contributed to their mother's support. (两姐妹合力赡养母亲。)
5)I'm sure your suggestion will contribute to solving the problem. (我相信你的建议将有助于解决这个问题。)
6)They are determined to make contributions to public safety. (他们决心为公众安全作出贡献。)
请注意区别contribute to (doing) sth.和devote to (doing) sth.。这两个短语都表示“为…贡献”,但表示“献身于某一事业或目标”时,要用devote to (doing)sth.。而在contribute后面不接one's life或oneself.如:
1) She devoted all her life to the welfare of women and children. (她一生致力于妇女和儿童的福利事业。)
2) He devoted himself to teaching in the mountain village. (他致力于在那个山村教书。)
3) Air pollution contributes to respiratory diseases. (空气污染会引起呼吸道疾病。)
再注意区别contribute与distribute.
contribute:①give money in order to help someone
②help to make sth. successful
③influence sth.
distribute:①give out, hand out (分发)
②share sth. among the members of a particular group (分布)
③supply sth.to sb. (销售商品于特定的市场;运送货物给个别顾客)
1)The teacher distributed the papers to the students. (教师把试卷分发给学生。)
2)Fuel resources are unevenly distributed. (燃料资源分布不匀。)
3)They distributed their cars throughout the world. (他们的汽车销往世界各地。)
1)Most insects don't live in polar regions. (大多数昆虫在两极地区不存在。)
2)They are thinking about how to survive in a polar winter. (他们正在考虑如何在极地冬季生存。)
3)After reading his report you can see that he holds polar viewpoints.
(读完他的报告你就能明白他的观点正好相反。)
14. recede vi. ①move further away into distance (远去)
②gradually become less clear (变模糊)
③withdraw (撤回)
1)The plane gradually out of sight. (飞机渐渐远去看不见了。)
2)The memory was receding and he couldn't remember anything. (记忆在变得模糊,他什么也想不起来了。)
3)He receded from his promise. (他背弃了自己的诺言。)
4)The article receded from the newspaper. (这篇文章从报纸上撤下了。)
请注意区别recede和secede.
secede vi. Withdraw formally from membership in a group, association, organization, etc.; to break off one's connection with others, as in a political or religious group (从宗教、政党、联盟等组织中退出,脱离)
1) Nine States seceded from the Union government and established their own confederate government.
(九个州脱离联邦政府,成立了自己的邦联政府。)
2) They seceded from the EEC. (他们从欧洲经济共同体中退出。)
15. pharmaceutical adj. 药物的,药学的 n. 药品
请看下面几个单词,对记忆和理解pharmaceutical会有帮助。
pharmacy 药学 pharmaceutics 制药学
pharmacology 药理学 pharmaceutist 药剂师
16. derive v. 由…得到;起源,由…派生
1)They derive enormous pleasure from reading. (他们从阅读中得到了极大的乐趣。)
2)He said he derived no real satisfaction from his work. (他说他从工作中得不到真正的满足。)
3)This word is derived from Latin. (这个单词从拉丁语派生而来。)
4)Electric power can be derived from the sun-warmed surface waters of the ocean.(电力可以从晒热的海洋水面获得。)