2) If you mix blue with yellow, you get green. 词性：______结构：______

【拓展】 1) mixture n. a combination of different things含义：______

I listened to his adventure with a mixture of amusement and disbelief. 结构：______

The city is a mixture of old and new buildings. 结构：______

2) mix up : change the order or arrangement of a group of things; 含义：______

think wrongly that sb. is sb. else"含义：______

【练习】1) I was ________ up by what you said.__________________________ ______(翻译)

2) It's common to mix him ________ with his brother, because they're twin brothers.

___________________________________________________________(翻译)

1. confirm vt. state or show that something is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence含义：______

【观察】

1) The next morning the bushes and maple trees outside their windows were red, gold and orange, and there was frost on the ground, confirming that fall had arrived in Canada.

结构：_____________ 含义：______

2) What you say confirms my opinion. 结构：_____________ 含义：______

3) She confirmed that they were coming. 结构：_____________ 含义：______

4) It has been confirmed that the 31st Olympics Games will be held in Brazil.

结构：_____________ 含义：______

【拓展】It is confirmed that..._______________________与confirm同词根的名词________

【练习】

1). Before you go to visit him, you should call him in advance to ________ whether he is in.

2). I called the airline to ________ my flight reservation a week before I left for New Zealand.

5. rather than含义：______

【观察】

1) Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. 结构：_____________ 含义：______

2) Those shoes are pretty rather than comfortable. 结构：_____________ 含义：______

3) His mother is a teacher rather than an artist. 结构：_____________ 含义：______

4) It ought to be me rather than you that sign the letter. 结构：_____________ 含义：______