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Unit 3　Back to the past
知識清單
1．The commonly held view is that(that引導表語從句，“人們普遍認為”) people arrived in North America from Asia via a land bridge once connecting the two continents.
2．Matthew Bennett，a specialist(n.專家) in ancient footprints and author of a study on the new findings published(published為過去分詞作后置定語) in Science.
3．...they were likely(adv.可能) made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland...(likely還可作形容詞，構成固定搭配：be likely to do sth，意為“可能做某事”；it is likely that...，意為“可能……”)
4．Wind probably blew dust over the surface，accumulating(accumulate v．積累) in the prints，thus，leaving footprints that previously recorded.
5．Yet our sense of smell is in decline(下降) as a result of an unnoticed threat(一個未察覺到的威脅) to our health：air pollution.
6．Yet the loss of a sense of smell is a condition that is often overlooked(v.忽視) though it can bring about(導致) numerous health problems.
7．A sense of smell is linked to(與……有聯系) memory as well and life is a lot less fun without it.
8．Virtually(adv.事實上，實際上)，there is nothing that man cannot do.
9．...though it may apparently(adv.顯然) be the conception(n.設想) about something that it cannot be done.
10．It is only for his undefeated perseverance(打不敗的堅持不懈) that(強調句) we have been able to have many inventions and discoveries.
11．He went through thick and thin(歷經千辛萬苦) to reach his destination after months of the strenuous(adj.艱苦的) voyage on the sea.
12．This outcome(n.成果) of his perseverance will be generated by(generate v．此處為熟詞生義，被……銘記) the world forever.
13．All the great men in history have written their names in golden letters by means of(憑借) perseverance.
14．It is a unique precondition(唯一先決條件) to success in life.
15．The tradition started on a whim(n.突然產生的念頭，心血來潮) in 2010 with Daniel Riddick，a doctor in Hurley Children’s Hospital in Providence，Rhode Island.
16．During his stay，Daniel had bonded with(與某人有親密關系) the kid so deeply that(so...that結果狀語從句) he decided that on the boy’s last night there，he would do something special for the final parting(n.離別，分別)．
17．Daniel made it a practice(熟詞生義：n.習慣做法) to flicker his bike lights to kids as he left for the night as a fun way to say goodbye.
18．The nightly tradition became such a hit(熟詞生義：n.很受歡迎的人或事物) that customers started joining in with flashlights and cellphones too.

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