09年自考英语课堂笔记(3)

　　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。)

　　12.greenhouse n. 暖房，温室

　　green表示“绿色”，也可作形容词用表示“缺乏经验的;幼稚的;青春的”等等。下面我们看看与green有关的一些复合词以及表达：

　　greenback (美钞) 　　　 greenbelt (绿化地带) green-carder (绿卡持有者)

　　greenroom (剧场里的演员休息室) 　　　 a green hand (生手)

　　the green years (青春年华) 　　　green-eyed monster (嫉妒)

　　greenhouse effect (温室效应) 　　　 green revolution (绿色革命)

　　13.polar adj. 南极的，北极的;两种相反性质的

　　-ar是形容词后缀，如popular(受欢迎的，民众的)，similar (类似的)

　　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)