UNIT 2 Iconic Attractions 三言 两语 1. Beijing has many places of interest, among which is the Forbidden City. 2. China is located in the east of Asia and on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. 3. There are quite a lot of places of interest in Xi'an, such as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the old City Wall and so on. 1. 杭州以它美丽的西湖而著名。 Hangzhou is_famous/wellknown_for its beautiful West Lake. 2. 这是一个有着两千多年悠久历史的城市。 It is a city with_a_history_of more than two thousand years. 核 心 单 词 [默写识记]根据汉语释义写出单词 1. _prison n. 监狱;监禁 2. straightforward adj. 坦率的;简单的 3. slogan n. 标语;口号 4. grand adj. 大;宏大的 5. dive vi. & n. 潜水;跳水;俯冲 6. sponsor vt. 倡议;赞助;主办 n. (法案等的)倡议者;赞助者 7. liberty n. 自由 8. sample n. 样本;样品 9. capacity n. 能力;容量 10. temporary adj. 暂时的;短暂的 11. biology n. 生理;生物学 12. minister n. 部长;大臣;外交使节 [语境运用]用所给词的适当形式填空 1. (2020·全国卷Ⅲ)She wondered if centuries of diving (dive) could have led to the evolution of physical characteristics that made the task easier for them. 2. The policemen are running after a prisoner (prison) who escaped last night. 3. Limited resources are restricting our capacity (capable) for developing new products. 4. The company plans to_sponsor (sponsor) television programmes as part of its marketing strategy. 5. Born and brought up in the countryside, he was interested in biology (biological). 续表 拓 展 单 词 [词汇变形]根据汉语释义写出单词及其变化形式 1. foundation n. 创建;基础;地基→found vt. 成立;创办 2. located adj. 位于→locate v. 找出……的准确位置; 确定……的准确地点;把……设置在/建造在→location n. 地方;地点;位置 3. political adj. 政治的;对政治感兴趣的;政治上活跃的→politics n. 政治→politician n. 政治家 4. freedom n. 自由;不受……影响的状态→free adj. 自由的;空闲的 v.释放;使自由;解救;解放→freely adv. 自由地;不受限制地 5. distribution n. 分布;分配;分发→distribute vt. 分配;分发→distributive adj. 分发的;分配的;分销的;分布的 6. entitle vt. 给……命名(或题名);使享有权利→title n. 标题;头衔 7. frequency n. 发生率;重复率;(声波或电磁波振动的)频率→frequent adj. 频繁的;常见的→frequently adv. 频繁地;经常地 8. violent adj. 暴力的;猛烈的→violence n. 暴力;暴行→violently adv. 猛烈地;剧烈地;暴力地;激烈地 9. licen