新视野大学英语第三册Unit2 SectionA.ppt.
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intimidating adj. (L1, P1)
make timid or fearful :
More Practice:
1）面试对一些人来说是非常可怕的。
Some people find
interview situations very intimidating.
2）海伦接到了来自她男友的一封恐吓信。
Helen received an
intimidating letter from her boyfriend.
intimidate v.
The boss is quite tough, but
don't let him intimidate you.
ex-Soviet n.
(L2, P1) former Societ
ex-boyfriend
ex-policeman
ex-wife ex-husband
ex-American basketballer
More
Practice:
1）她的父亲是一位前总统。
Her dad is an ex-
President.
2）琳达和她的前夫前男友仍然是朋友。
Linda is
still friends with her ex.
ship v. (L2,
P1)
1) to order someone to go somewhere
He was shipped offout to a juvenile detention
center.
2) send or transport something
这家石油公司将用船运出输油管道和重型设备。
The oil company will
ship out piping and heavy equipment.
…
patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit
next to him. ( L5, P2 )
Paraphrasing:
… patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit
down beside him.
Key Language Points
pat
v. (L5, P2)
to lightly touch someone or
something several times with your hand flat,
especially to give comfort :
More
Practice:
1）母亲拍小女孩入睡。
The mother patted
the little girl to make her go to sleep .
2）雪花轻轻拍打着窗户。
Snowflakes were patting
against the window.
in sb’s presence (L6, P2)
with someone or in the same place as
them:
More Practice:
1）现在他们每个工作日有多达三分之二的时间是在一起的。
Now
they spend as much as two thirds of every working
day in each other's presence.
2）我叫汤姆不要在我面前抽烟。
I asked Tom not to smoke
in my presence.
promising adj. (L10, P4)
showing signs of being successful or good
in the future:
More Practice:
1）教练正在帮助後备队中有前途的年轻人提高技术.。
The coach is
bringing on some promising youngsters in the
reserve team.
2）我确信在智慧和能力方面他是一个很有希望的学生。为此我特别愿意推荐他。
I
know him to have been a promising student of
intelligence and ability. I strongly
recommend
him in his application.
by no means not by
any means (L11, P4)
not at all:
More Practice:
1）这件事他绝对没办法处理。
By no
means was he able to handle it .
2）在这件事上他的判断决不是无可指摘。
His judgment in this
matter was by no means infallible.
count on
(L14, P5)
to depend on someone or
something, especially in a difficult situation:
More Practice:
1）我们全靠他拿下这个合同。
We're
all counting on him to win this contract.
2）你的支持是我的唯一依靠。
Your support is the only
thing I can count on.
cut off (L18, P6)
to reduce the amount of something:
The
new bridge will cut three hours off the driving
time between the two cities.
More
Practice:
一条新航线的开通使伦敦至汉城的飞行距离缩短了两个小时。
A new direct service has cut two hours off
the flying time between London and
Seoul.
perceptivity adj. (L28, P9)
the
ability to notices and understand things quickly
More Practice:
他是一个有洞察力的年轻人。
He
is a young man with perceptivity.
Related
words: perceptive adj.
perceptively adv.
massive adj. (L30, P10)
very large, heavy, powerful or
damaging:
More Practice:
1）我在会上跟她发生了激烈的争论。
I had a massive
argument with her.
2）会员可享受很大的折扣。
Club
members can get a massive discount.
fatigued
adj. (L31, P10)
extremely tired
He came
in one afternoon, looking white, fatigued.
fatigue n.
Sam's face was grey with
fatigue.
fatigue v.
My new job
really fatigued me during the first two months.
indifferent adj. (L34, P11)
showing
little care or interest
More Practice:
他的新搭档对他还算友好，但他的新上司看上去似乎有些冷淡。
His new
partner was quite friendly, but his new boss
seemed somewhat cold and
indifferent.
rebellious adj. (L36, P12)
deliberately not obeying people in authority or
rules of behavior:
More Practice:
1）像这样的激进组织对叛逆的年轻人也许是有吸引力。
Such extremist
groups may well attract rebellious teenagers.
2）从儿时起，他就有叛逆倾向。
Since childhood, he's
always had a rebellious streak ( = a tendency to
rebel ).
pack v. (L37, P12)
1. to make
people or animals go in large numbers into a space
until the space is
too full:
More
Practice:
1）五万多人使体育馆座无虚席。
More than
50,000 fans packed into the stadium.
2）大约有100名学生挤在教室里，我觉得连呼吸都很困难。
About 100
students were packed into the classroom and I
found it hard to breathe.
pack v. (L37,
P12)
2. to put things into cases, bags etc
ready for a trip somewhere:
在搬家之前，我们把所有的书装进箱子。
We packed all our books
into boxes before moving.
makeshift adj.
(L39, P12)
used at the time because there is
nothing better
Collocations:
arrangement shelter bridge bed , etc.
More Practice:
1）他们为庆祝活动临时搭建了一个舞台。
They put up a makeshift stage for the
celebrations.
2）他用一块石头当锤子。
He used a rock
as a makeshift hammer.
assert v. (L41,
P12)
1. state or declare firmly and forcefully
More Practice:
1) 律师辩称他的诉讼委托人是无辜的。
The
lawyer asserts that their client is not guilty.
2) 我确信我们应该感到害怕的唯一的东西就是害怕本身。
Let me assert
my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.
assert v. (L41, P12)
2.
to state very strongly your right to something:
他们要求自己有权坚持不同意见。
They assert their right to
disagree.
3. to behave in a determined way
and say clearly what you think:
你必须维护自己的权利，否则他们还会欺负你。
You must assert
yourself or they will continue to bully you.
swear v. (L43, P13)
to use rude and
offensive language:
You mustn’t swear at your
customers.
2) to promise that you will do
something
Victor swore he would get his
revenge.
3) to make a public official promise,
especially in a court of law
Witnesses in
court have to swear on the Bible.
I'll swear
with my personality.
take notice (L44, P13)
to pay attention to
More Practice:
1)
在行驶途中，随时注意车辆的运行状况。
Take notice of the
condition of your car while driving.
2) 别理睬他
--你知道他多喜欢卖弄。
Take no notice of him -- you know
what a show-off he is.
sing out (L46, P14)
to shout or sing some words clearly and
loudly:
More Practice:
期末考试结束了，学生们感到很放松，大声谈论着暑假计划。
Having passed the
final exams, students felt relaxed and sang out
their plans for
the summer vacation.
point out (L50, P15)
to draw one’s
attention to:
More Practice:
一些经济学家指出通货率低不一定是好事。
Some economists have
pointed out that low inflation is not necessarily
a good thing.
persist v. (L53, P17)
1.
to continue to do something, although this is
difficult, or other people oppose
it
More
Practice:
他们坚持要自己解决问题.
They persist inwith
solving problems by themselves.
2) 我希望你们再接再励。
I hope you will persist inwith your efforts.
persist v. (L53, P17)
2. if something
bad persists, it continues to exist or happen:
More Practice:
1）可能大部分地区还有雾。
The fog
is likely to persist in most area.
2）但是，在其他领域，问题依然存在。
But problems persist in
other areas.
I’ve-told-you-a-billion-times
(L55, P18)
a compound adj. formed from an
attributive clause:
… in a tone that suggested
that he had told me a billion times
More
Examples:
What made you throw away this once-
in-a-lifetime-chance?
When I told him that he
had failed the make-up exam, he put on a who-cares
look.
She told me a never-to-be-forgotten
encounter.
ranking n. (L58, P19)
a
position on a scale that shows how good sb. or
sth. is when compared with others:
She is now
fifth in the world rankings as a tennis player.
More Practice:
由于这个裁决足球队失去了排名第一的位置。
The football team lost their No. 1 ranking as
a result of the decision.
reflect on (L62,
P20)
to think deeply about; consider carefully
More Practice:
1)每当听贝多芬交响乐的时候，我总会仔细思考人生。
I always reflect on life when listening to
Beethoven's symphony.
2)我们行动之前必须充分考虑市场可能产生的效应。
We need to
reflect on the likely reactions of the market
before we act.
indissoluble adj. (L63,
P20)
an indissoluble relationship cannot
be destroyed:
More Practice:
1）一份不能撤消的合同
an indissoluble contract
2）一个牢不可破的联盟
an indissoluble union
3）语言与文化之间有着一种紧密的联系。
There is an indissoluble link between language
and culture.
in advance (L66, P21)
before something happens or is expected
to happen:
Book airline tickets two
weeks in advance.
Could you distribute these
copies at least three days in advance of the
meeting?