【同步导学】2018-2019学年北师大版高中英语必修三学案:Unit 8 Section Ⅱ
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  n. 主修课程;专业学生;成年人

  major in... 主修;专攻......

  major on... 专门研究

  (2)majority n. 大多数

  in the majority 占多数

  

  ①I decided to major in French.

  我决定主修法语。

  ②He believes that his supporters are in the majority.

  他相信支持他的人占多数。

   tiring adj. 令人疲劳的

  (教材P21)Yes,but I think that travelling around for weeks would be quite tiring.

  是的,但我想四处旅行数个星期会很疲劳。

  

  tired adj.          累的

  be tired from/with 由于......而累

  be tired of 厌倦

  

  ①My eyes were tired from reading(read) in a poor light.

  因在不良的光线下阅读,我的眼睛很疲劳。

  ②I am not really tired of being a teacher,but I am actually tired from it.

  我不厌烦当老师,但是当老师确实使我很累。

  [明辨异同] tired/tiring/tiresome

tired 意为"累了的",表示人的一种感受,主语常为表示人的名词或代词;也可作定语等。 tiring "令人感到劳累的,(工作等)令人疲倦的,辛苦的,无聊的",主语常为表示事物的名词或代词;也可作定语或补语。 tiresome 相当于annoying(令人烦恼的),tiring或uninteresting,用法与一般形容词相同。  (tired,tiring,tiresome)