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Flying Cats
Section 1:
·Cats never fail to fascinate human beings.
·They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans,
·but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.
·=interest greatly
·The book fascinates me
·What fascinates me most is …
·be interested___
·be fascinated in
·interesting
·fascinating
·They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans,
·but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.
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·They never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline
independence.
·submissive
·a submissive servant
·a submissive child
·a yes-man
·rebellious
independence
·Independence Day
·The Declaration of Independence
·gain independence
·缺乏独立
·lack independence
·independent
·self-independent
·Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.
·One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.
suspicious
·be suspicious of
·我对他的行为很怀疑
·I’m very suspicious of his behavior
·他不信任陌生人
·He is suspicious of strangers
·suspect (v.t.)
·trust
同位语从句
·We are glad at the news that he will come.
·There is no doubt that he will come here again.
·When reports came into London that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London ，
they were not taken seriously
·常见内容名词：
·answer, hope, fact, truth, belief, news, idea, promise, information, conclusion, order, suggestion, ·problem,
question, thought, report, belief, decision, doubt, opinion, theory
·Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.
·One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.
·Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea.
·A cat's ability to survive falls is based on fact.
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·A great(good) deal of
·The job needs a great deal of patience.
·时间
·金钱
·学生
·知识
·书
survive
·survive+
·sub
·sur
·vive
重点词组：be based on 基于，以…为依据
·The film is based on a Chinese cartoon.
·Our theory is based on facts
·我们的信任是与尊重彼此为基础的
·Our trust is based on respect from each other
·A cat's ability to survive falls is based on fact.
Section 2:
·Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months.
·All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died
from shock or injuries.
have sth in common
·拥有共同的…
·I had a lot in common with my girlfriend
·Jane and I have nothing in common.
·Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall
buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from!
shortage
·There is a shortage of (u/c)
·There is a shortage of workers in the city
·韩国（Korea)缺牛肉
·山顶上缺氧（oxygen)
·我们不缺帮手 （helpers)
·美国不缺高楼大厦（tall buildings)
·There is no shortage of tall buildings in America.
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·One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth.
·'Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers,' a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they
are likely to injure themselves.
paratrooper
重点形容词：likely 可能的
·Sb is likely to do…
·It is likely that…
·他明天可能来
·He is likely to come tomorrow
·It is likely he will come tomorrow
她可能是对的
the last part
·In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to
relax.
·They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels.
·This increase their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.
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resist
·sist
·assist
·resist
·insist
·I can’t resist chocolate
·抑制不住做…
·I can’t resist buying chocolate
·我忍不住想笑
·I can’t resist laughing
·resistance :阻力;抵抗力
·the body's natural resistance to disease
·increase/build up resistance:增强抵抗力
the last part
·In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to
relax.
·They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels.
·This increase their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.
