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Unit 2 Iconic Attractions
1．In early August，Hilary Krieger，now 44，was sitting in her parents’ Boston home
when(be doing...when...正在做……这时突然……，该句型中 when为并列连词) her friend
accidentally squirted himself with an orange slice.
2．The two made a five-dollar bet(打赌)，and Hilary gladly grabbed the family dictionary but
found the word “orbisculate” was not in it!
3．Hilary burst into(突然闯入) her dad’s study(熟词生义：n.书房) and told him the
shocking(adj.令人震惊的) news.
4．Looking awkward，her father admitted that(承认) he had made up(编造) the word
“orbisculate” as the action that happens “when you dig your spoon into a grapefruit and it
squirts juice directly into your eye”．
5 ． It speaks to his creativity and the idea that ， even when something is painful and
annoying(adj.令人烦恼的，令人生气的；annoyed adj.恼怒的)，like getting grapefruit juice in
your eye，you can laugh and have fun with it.
6．I began to think “orbisculate” is such a great word[such＋a(n)＋adj.＋可数名词单数]; it
should be in the dictionary!
7．Their goal is to put(不定式作表语) the word to use publicly enough that it has a chance of
becoming acceptable(adj.认可的)．
8．“I could picture(熟词生义：v.想象) him being really excited，” Jonathan says.
9．And not until that day did(部分倒装) I know my father had created many “words” that
we wouldn’t see in the dictionary.
10．LiDAR is exceptionally useful for detecting archeological sites，as it gets through jungles and
other features that hold up(阻碍；延误) exploration on the ground.
11．This large lost city envelops(vt.覆盖) sites like Tikal，Holmul，and Witzna—known for
their pyramids—but shows that these famous heritage areas are the tip of the iceberg(冰山一角)
of this lost urban network.
12．ChatGPT is an advanced(adj.先进的，高级的) AI chatbot trained by OpenAI which
interacts(vi.交流) in a conversational way.
13．The dialogue form makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer(make＋it＋adj.＋for sb＋to
do) follow-up questions，admit its mistakes，challenge incorrect premises，and reject improper
requests.
此句型it作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式。类似的句型还有：
make＋it＋adj./n.＋that从句常用于这种句型的动词还有：consider，think，feel，find 等。
14．GPT can take a text prompt and generate code that is tailored(熟词生义：v.专门制作) to the
given task.
15．But the cat is out of the bag(纸是包不住火的)，and now the International Baccalaureate，
or IB for short，says its students can take advantage of(利用，使用) the tech...
16．Plus，by bringing an extra garbage bag and gloves to pick up(捡起) trash along the way，
parents can show kids some educational activities.
pick up一词多义：
拿起，捡起；接收；接载；(偶然)学会；情况好转
