Racing For Love—The Story of Atalanta

and Hippomenes

Vocab.

Lesson

9

2. athlete n. [C] 運動員athletic adj. 運動的

The Olympic Games, which take place every four years, involve thousands of athletes from around the world.

Our school’s annual athletic meet is to be held next Thursday.

Vocabulary to Use

牽連、涉入、包括

一年一度的 運動會

5. vigorous adj. 充滿活力的

The playground is always full of vigorous students during the break.

操場

6. consent vi. 同意consent n.[U] 同意

The superstar didn’t consent to an interview and even refused to answer any questions from the reporters.

After months of consideration, Kimberly’s stubborn father finally gave his consent to her marriage with Doug.

consent to + N./Vr. 同意 ( 做 ) 某事

拒絕

考慮

固執的

give one’s consent to + N./Vr. 同意 ( 做 ) 某事

7. attempt n.[C] 嘗試 attempt vt. 嘗試做某事

Ethan plays basketball every day in an attempt to grow taller.

I know what happened, so don’t ever attempt to hide anything from me.

Sally made an attempt to lose weight but failed.

in an attempt to + Vr. 嘗試做… = make an attempt to + Vr.= attempt(v.) to +Vr.

8. awe n.[U] 敬畏awe vt. 使敬畏awesome adj. 令人敬畏的

The audience watched in awe as the magician pulled one rabbit after another out of the hat.

Few tourists visit the Grand Canyon without being awed by its splendor.

Ahead of us are some awesome challenges waiting to be overcome.

敬畏地 = when

宏偉壯麗大峽谷

在前方

S.( 此倒裝句的真正主詞 )

11. flutter vt. vi. ( 使 ) 飄動

Dozens of flags were fluttering in the wind, making a splendid scene.

In the garden, we saw some butterflies fluttering their wings and flying gracefully among the flowers.

許多

= and made 壯麗的景象

13.vanish vi. 消失

Shooting stars will vanish in a blink, so you have to look closely.

流星

= in a short time 瞬間

15. desire n. [C] 慾望 desire vt. 渴望 desirable adj. 令人嚮往的；值得擁有的

The old patient had a strong desire to go home before he died.

The successful businessman desired nothing but health after he fell seriously ill last year.

A cold drink would be desirable after a long drive on a desert highway.

病人

沙漠公路

16. tug vt. 快速、用力地拉(tug-tugged-tugged; tugging)

tug n. [C] 猛拉

Alex tugged at Nancy’s sleeve, attempting to awaken her from her daydreams.

The two girls tugged each other’s hair as they were fighting.

The argument has resulted in a tug of war between the different departments of the government.

tug at/on … 用力拉

喚醒

= when造成

拔河比賽；激烈拉鋸戰

17. outpace vt. 超越；領先 pace n. [C] 步調

The defending champion soon outpaced all other participants in the race.

The fast pace of the company’s growth led to a lack of experienced managers.

衛冕者

參加者

lead to 導致

19. divert vt. 轉移某人注意力

In order to retreat safely, the soldiers tried to divert the enemy’s attention.

撤退

divert one’s attention from N./Ving將某人得注意力從…轉移

21. tempting adj. 吸引人的 tempt vt. 引誘

temptation n.[U] 誘惑

The sweet smell of the coffee makes it too tempting to ignore.

I know I shouldn’t, but I’m really tempted to buy that pair of shoes. They’re simply gorgeous!

Though I had a toothache, I still couldn’t resist the temptation of sweets.

too adj. to Vr. 太…以致於不能…

忽略

棒透的

抗拒…的誘惑

22. grab vt. 抓住；抓取 (grab-grabbed-grabbed; grabbing)

The mother grabbed her child by the hand to keep him from wandering around.

grab sb. by + 部位 抓住 sb. 的…

24. exhaustion n.[U] 筋疲力盡 exhausted adj. 筋疲力盡的

After running more than fifty miles nonstop, the athlete collapsed from exhaustion.

After a day’s hard work, Louis came home exhausted.

不停的

倒下；倒塌

25. gasp vi. 喘息；倒抽一口氣 gasp n.[C] 倒抽一口氣

Having fallen down from the tree, Donald gasped with pain.

Kelly gave a gasp when she found that her house had been broken into.

因痛楚喘著氣 / 倒抽一口氣

被闖入

27. target n.[C] 靶子；攻擊的目標 target vt. 以…為攻擊的目標；把…對準

The building is so tall that it is an easy target in an air raid.

The enemy’s air force base was targeted in the first wave of attacks.

空襲 空軍基地

28. barely adv. 僅僅

There are barely five hundred people living in this tiny town.

= only

1. catch up with 追上；趕上 Do you mind walking a bit slower? I’m having

difficulty catching up with you.

2. pull ahead 取得領先John tried to pull ahead several times during the race but failed.

3. pick up 增加；增強As the roller coaster picked up speed, the people riding it began to let out cries of excitement and fear.

4. pass up 放棄；拒絕 = give upThe job offer was too good to pass up, so Jack decided to take it.

Idioms and Phrases

介意

雲霄飛車

興奮和害怕的叫聲

Exercises!

(1) Vocabulary in Context

1. athletes

2. athletic

3. terrific

4. hunter

5. huntress

6. masculine

7. vigorous

8. consent

9. consent

10. attempt

11. attempt

12. awe

13. awed

14. awesome

15. ribbons

16. swift

17. fluttering

18. fluttering

19. fierce

20. smoothness

21. smooth

22. vanish

23. desire

24. desired

25. desirable

26. tugged

27. tug

28. outpaced

29. pace

30. landed

(1) Vocabulary in Context

31. divert

32. recovered

33. tempting

34. tempted

35. temptation

36. grabbed

37. approaches

38. approach

39. exhaustion

40. exhausted

41. gasped

42. arrow

43. target

44. targeted

45. barely

46. countryside

(2) Idioms and Phrases

1.The truck began to pick up speed as it went downhill along the mountain trail.

2.Jason pulled far ahead of other runners and won the men’s 3,000 meters easily.

3.Don’t pass up the chance to see a musical on Broadway if you ever go to New York City.

4.After missing a week of school, I have to study hard to catch up with my classmates.

下山 遙遙領先

音樂劇

It’s time for the spelling

test!

1. athletes

2. swift

3. terrific

4. fluttering

5. huntress

6. vanish

7. vigorous

8. desire

9. ribbons

10. attempt

11. fierce

12. awe

13. smoothness

14. tugged

15. masculine

16. consent

1. athletes

2. swift

3. terrific

4. fluttering

5. huntress

6. vanish

7. vigorous

8. desire

9. ribbons

10. attempt

11. fierce

12. awe

13. smoothness

14. tugged

15. masculine

16. consent

17. recovered

18. landed

19. outpaced

20. tempting

21. approaches

22. gasped

23. divert

24. grabbed

25. target

26. exhaustion

27. barely

28. countryside

29. arrow

30. pass up

31. pulling ahead32. catch up with33. picked up