1.I was appointed as a volcanologist workingfor the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory(HVO)twenty years a90.二十年前,作为一名火山工作者,我被委派到夏威夷火山观测站去工作。
【学】读下面的句子,注意appoint的意思和用法。
1)He appointed the school house as theplace for the meeting.
2)They appointed Jack to be manager of thecompany.
3)The council appointed him as vice mayorof the city.
4)Our visitors arrived at the appointedtime.
appoint的意思有:“指定”的意思,如1);“任命,委派”的意思,如2)、3);“约定”的意思,如4)。与其搭配的词组有:appoint sb.as/to be+职位名称(不带冠词)任命某人为……;appoint sb.to do sth.委派某人做某事。其名词形式为:appointment意思是“约会,约见;任命”。
【练】1.用所给单词或短语的正确形式填空。
2.Having collected and evaluated the information。I help other scientist to predict where lavafrom the volcano will flow next and how fast.收集和评估了这些信息之后,我就帮助其他的科学家预测熔岩接下来将往何处流去,流速是多少。
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