We are in great need of medical equipment.

　　我们非常需要医疗设备。

　　归纳拓展

　　equip v．装备，配备

　　a piece of equipment一件设备

　　camping/lifting /safety equipment露营装备/起重设备/安全装置

　　equip sb./sth.with sth.给某人/某物配备或装备某物

　　equip sb./sth.for...为某人/某物装备......

　　well/fully equipped设施齐全的；装备好的

　　badly/poorly equipped装备差的

　　 完成句子

　　(1)没有足够的钱为他们配备最新的电脑系统。

　　There is not enough money to equip them with the latest computer systems.

　　(2)计算机是你将要买的最重要的一件设备。

　　A computer is the most important piece_of_equipment you will buy.

　　3

　　I was appointed as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory(HVO)twenty years ago.二十年前我被任命为一名火山学家，在夏威夷火山观测站(HVO)工作。(回归课本)

　　用法点拨

　　The company appointed him chief financial officer.

　　该公司任命他为财务总监。

　　Lisa Lore was appointed as our headmaster.

　　莉萨·洛尔被任命为我们的校长。

　　We must appoint a day to meet again.

　　我们要约定好下次会面的日期。

　　归纳拓展

　　appoint sb.任命某人

　　appoint sb.as/to be任命某人担任......

　　appoint sb.to do sth.指定某人做某事

　　appointment n．任命；约会

　　keep/break one's appointment守约/失约

　　make/fix an appointment with与......约会

　　 佳句背诵

　　(1)我们需要任命一名新的校秘书。

　　We need to appoint a new school secretary.

　　(2)他在约定的时间到达埃拉的办公室。

　　He arrived at Ella's office at the appointed time.

　　(3)我想跟医生预约一下时间。

　　I'd like to make an appointment with the doctor.

　　4

Having collected and evaluated the information，I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.收集和评估这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩将往何处流出，流速是多少。(回归