1、“淹没”submerge【词条】 submerge【课文原句】 About 800 historical relics have been submerged. 【讲解】 submerge在句中用作动词，意思为“淹没，把放入水中，沉入水中”。如：The submarine submerged to avoid enemy?蒺s ships. 该潜艇潜入水下以躲避敌舰.He submerged the cups in the bowl. 他把杯子浸在盆里。His talent was submerged by his shyness. 他的腼腆埋没了他的才华。【拓展】 submerge用作动词，
2、还有“覆盖，遮住”的意思，常用于被动语态。如：He was submerged in debt. 他负债累累。Her happiness at seeing him submerged her former worries. 她看见他时的那种欢乐，顿时遮盖了她先前的烦恼。“历史的”historical【词条】 historical【课文原句】The Three Gorges area is one of the most beautiful areas of China and the project has flooded some of China?蒺s historical sites,
3、 including the Qu Yuan Temple, the Han Watchtower and the Moya Cliff carvings.【讲解】 historical 在句中为形容词，意思为“史学的，历史上的，与历史有关的”。如：Let?蒺s look at those from a historical standpoint. 让我们从历史的观点来看待这一切。We will deal with events in historical sequence. 我们将按照历史上的先后顺序研究这些事件。【拓展】 辨析：historic / historical / history
4、historic adj. “历史性的，具有历史意义的，历史上有记载的”。如：The teacher asked his students to write a composition on the historic building. 老师要求他的学生写一篇关于那座具有历史意义的建筑的作文。Can you name some historic festivals? 你能说出一些历史节日吗？historical adj. “与历史有关的，历史上的”。如：There are historical records. 这些是历史记载。history n. “历史，史学（作定语时常用于历史学习方面）”。如：In the library, the books on history are all kept in one bay. 在图书馆里，历史方面的书都放在同一隔间里。No one can change the history. 过去的事是不可以改变的。
