重点词汇

1．Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)．

长城大部分建于明朝(1368-1644)。

date from(＝date back to)追溯到，始于

out of date过时的，陈旧的

to date迄今为止，到目前为止(常与现在完成时连用)

up to date最新的；最近的；现代的

set/fix a date for选定......的日期

have a date with与......有个约会

注意：date from/date back to常指以现在的时间点为起点，向前追溯到过去的某个时间。该短语没有进行时态，也没有被动形式，作后置定语时常用其现在分词形式。date back表示"追溯"，后接表示一段时间的词语。

(1)The castle dates from/dates back to the ancient Roman days.

这座城堡建于古罗马时代。

(2)The dictionary is out of date：many words have been added to the language since it was published.

这部词典过时了：自从它出版以来，这门语言已增添了许多单词。

(3)Let's set/fix a date for the meeting.

我们定一下开会日期吧。

[单句改错]

(4)They are visiting a tower from the 15th century.

(5)The skills of cooking in China can date thousands of years.

2．The airport is within five hours' flying time of half the world's population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year.

世界上一半的人口可以在5小时内飞抵这个机场，机场设计客容量为每年8千万人次。

(1)accommodate vt.容纳(乘客等)；向......提供住处；使适应，顺应

accommodate (oneself) to使(自己)适应......

accommodate sb.with sth.向某人提供某物

(2)accommodation n．住处；办公处；[常作pl.]住宿，膳宿

make accommodations for为......提供食宿