Lesson 1 Futurology
學(xué)案
一. 知識(shí)點(diǎn)精講
(一).生詞
1. latter
(1). adj. : near to the end of a period
eg: She spent the latter part of her life alone.
他孤獨(dú)地度過(guò)了她的后半生。
(2). The latter
pron. : the second of two things or people already mentioned 已提及的兩者中的后者
eg: Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter.
很多人贊成前一種方法,但我個(gè)人喜歡后一種
Latter 和later很容易混淆。later 可以作形容詞用,意思是“以后的,較晚的時(shí)候”或“更新的”
eg: The launch was postponed to a later date.
發(fā)射延遲了。