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英语词汇新理念book2

Unit2

1.remote:

farawayinspaceortime

Examples:

ThesupplyofelectricitytoremotemountainousvillagesisoneofthelocaldevelopmentprojectsinYunnanprovince.

Tamingthedesertsisnolongeradreamoftheremotefuturebutapracticalhumanendeavor.

2.discount:

amountofmoneywhichmaybetakenoffthefullprice

Traditionalretailerswho’veopenedcyberstoresmayofferspecialdiscountstoonlineshoppers.

Thoughonlinebookstoresusuallyofferdiscounts,don’texpecttosavemuch.

atadiscount

Honestyseemstobeatadiscounttoday

3.carryon:

behaveorconductoneselfinaspecificway

There’snothingunusualaboutthem.Theycarryonjustlikeeverybodyelse.

Hecarriesonasifhewereamillionaire,spendingmoneyleft,rightandcentre.

4.getawaywith:

dowith.Wrongorriskywithoutbeingcaughtorpunished

Theyclaimedthattheyknewhowtoplaythesystemandgetawaywithit.

Erichasbeengettingawaywithtaxfraudforyears.

5.by/fromallaccounts:

accordingtowhateveryonesaysTom,byallaccounts,isasuperbteacher.

TheChinesefootballteamwillplaytheKoreanstonight.Itshouldbeamatchworthwatching,byallaccounts.

6.blendin/into:

ifsb.blendsintoaparticulargrouporsituation,oriftheyblendin,theyseemtobelongthereorarenotnoticeable,becausetheirbehaviorissimilartothatoftheotherpeopleinvolved.（usedinthepatterns:

blendin;blendintosth.;blendinwithsth.）

Whathesaidreinforcedmydeterminationtoblendinwithmysurroundings.

Asanewly-appointedmanager,hewasnotsurewhetherhecouldblendin.

7.throwone’sweightaround:

behaveinanaggressivelyarrogantway

Mr.Smithisnotmuchofamanager.Healwaysthrowshisweightaround.

Folksdon’tliketheirchairmanashealwaysthrowshisweightaround.

8.holdto:

keepto

Johnholdstohisbeliefthatyoucanbesuccessfulaslongasyouworkhard.

Shealwaysholdspassionatelytotheviewthathermotherisanangel.

9.Liable:

likely（todosth）It’sliabletosnowheavilytomorrow.

Thesportsmeetingisliabletobepostponeduntilnextweekbecauseofthebadweather.

10.deserve:

besth.orhavedonesth.forwhichoneshouldreceive（areward,specialtreatment,etc.）;beentitledto（notusedinthecontinuoustense）

Iamonlypartlyresponsibleforthesuccessofthisbook,mycollaboratordeservesmorecredit.

Theydeserveabettersalaryforthejobtheydo.

Marydeservesarewardforherefforts.

Unit3

1.endup

findoneselfinasituationthatisnotintendedorexpected

+prepositionalphrase

Ifhegoesonlikethishe’ll~inprison.

+-ing

Atfirsttheyhatedeachother,buttheyendedupgettingmarried.

+adj.

Ifhecarriesondrivinglikethat,he’ll~dead

2.sake

Idioms:

forChrist’s,God’s,goodness’,heaven’s,pity’s,Pete’s,etc.sake

（usedforemphasizingwhatyouaresayingwhenyouareannoyedorangry）

★SomepeoplefindtheuseofChrist,Godorheavenhereoffensive.

1）thebenefitorgoodofsb.orsth.

（forsb’s~/forthe~ofsb.）

Wehopeforhersakethattheweddinggoesasplanned.

Theystayedtogetherforthesakeofthechildren.

2）thepurposeofdoing,getting,orachievingsth.

（forthe~ofsth./forsth.’s~）

Ihopeyou’renotdoingthisjustforthesakeofthemoney.

Don’tgetmarriedjustforthesakeofit.

3.knowbetter（thanthat/thantodosth.）

SeeP.84Structure

besensibleenoughnottodosth.,usedforsayingthatsomeoneshouldnotmakeamistake

Youleftthecarunlocked?

Ithoughtyou’d~.

Heknowsbetterthantojudgebyappearances

4.keep（sb.）insuspense

Theaudienceiskeptin~totheveryendoftheplay.

Collocation:

breakthesuspense,holdsb.insuspense,

beinsuspenseover…

5.bet

1）besure

Ibetshewaslateforthemeetingonpurpose.

Ibetitwillsnowtomorrow.

2）risk（money）ontheresultofafutureevent

Ibetyou$5thattheywillwinthenextelection.Ibetonthewronghorse.Itlosttherace.

6.atanyrate

（Youuseatanyratetoindicatethattheimportantthingiswhatyouaresayingnow,andnotwhatwassaidbefore.）

Atanyrate,yousurvivedthecaraccident.

CF.

birthrate,first-rate,atthis/thatrate（这样/那样的话）,rateofexchange（汇率）

7.exhaust

1）make（sb.）verytired,eitherphysicallyormentally

Fourhours’workalmostexhaustedher.

Whatanexhaustingday!

adj.~ing,~ed

2）useupcompletely

Whatwillwedo,nowthatwe’veexhaustedourreservesofoil?

Theyhaveexhaustedthesupplyofoxygen.

8.junior

1）younger（followedbyto）

Janeisseveralyears~toherhusband.

She’sfouryearshis~.

DoyouwantJohnBrownSeniororJohnBrownJunior,thefatherortheson?

（TheabbreviationJr.orjr.isusedafterthenameofapersonwhohasthesamenameashisfather,e.g.TomBrown,Jr.）

2）lowerinrankthanothers

junioremployees

Hesharesmymajorbutis~tome.

UsefulExpressions

SentenceTranslation

1.他们不希望国家政府干预。

Theydidn’twantanyinterferencefromthenationalgovernment.

2.我认为1977年之后就没有出版了；不论怎么说，我指的就是1977年的版本。

Idon’tthinktherehasbeenaneditionsince1977;atanyrate,that’stheoneI’llbereferringto.

3.我不想让他心存悬念，而是很快告诉他已经通过考试。

Ididnotkeephiminsuspense,butquicklyinformedhimthathehadpassedtheexam.

4.他们已经将选择缩小到12个地点。

Theyhadnarrowedthechoicedowntoadozensites.

5.我的祖母把她的一件首饰换成了食物。

Mygrandmothertradedapieceofherjewelryforfood.

WordsandPhrases

1.respond

1）reply,especiallyinwriting（ratherformal）

pattern:

respondtosb./sth.

Sheneverrespondedtomyletter.

Theyrespondedthattheywouldliketoseethehouse.

2）reacttosth.

pattern:

respondtosth.withsth./bydoingsth.

Thebodyoftenrespondstostressbybecomingill.

Protestersthrewstonesatpolice,whorespondedwithrubberbullets.

respondent,response,responsible,responsibility

2.contrary

Øadj.completelydifferent~tosth.

Contrarytopopularbelief,theanimalsdonotoftenattackhumans.

Øn.

onthe~

Theriskofinfectionhasn’tdiminished―onthecontrary,ithasincreased.

quitethe~

Idon’tdisagree―quitethecontrary―Ithinkyou’reabsolutelyright.

tothe~

Despiteallevidencetothecontrary,hebelievedhisplanwouldsucceed.

3.justify

showthatsb./sth.isrightorreasonable,esp.sth.thatotherpeoplethinkiswrong

Hersuccesshasjustifiedthefaithherteachershadputinher.

Howpeoplecanjustifyspendingsomuchmoneyoncosmetics?

Idon’tseewhyIshouldjustifymyselftoyou.

justifiedadj.

havingagoodreasonfordoingsth.

pattern:

~（indoingsth.）

WeretheymorallyjustifiedinlyingtoMrs.Brown?

4.acknowledge

1）admitoracceptthatsth.istrue

Shewon’t~thatthere’saproblem.

Heiswidely~edasthebestplayerintheworld.

Wimbledoniswidely~edtobethepremiertennistournament.

2）replytoletter;tellsb.thatyouhavereceivedsth.thattheysenttoyou

Please~receiptofthisletter.

3）showthatyouhavenoticedsb./sth.bysmiling,waving,etc.

James~edhislawyer’spresencewithasmallnod.

Unit4

1.1）virtual:

adj.

1）createdandexistingonlyinacomputer

IcanvisitavirtualstoreandputwhatIwantinmybasketattheclickofamousebutton.

Somepeoplespendtoomuchtimeescapingfromrealityintothevirtualworldconjuredupontheircomputerscreens.

2）almostwhatisstated;infactthoughnotinname

*Theofficialshearthiskindoftalkinvirtualsilence.

官方人员几乎一言不发地听着这种言论。

*国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。

（=Thekingwassomuchundertheinfluenceofhiswifethatshewasthevirtualrulerofthecountry.）

（L.2）interpret:

v.

1）understand（sth.said,ordered,ordone）

Thegiftisgenerallyinterpretedasabribe.

Shemadeagesture,whichhechosetointerpretasaninvitation.

2）giveorprovidethemeaningof,explain

诗有助于阐述人生的意义。

（=Poetryhelpstointerpretlife.）

*Theevidenceisdifficulttointerpret.

3）translatewhatissaidinonelanguageintoanother

（=NooneinthetourgroupspokeSpanishsowehadtoasktheguidetointerpret.）

（L.5）stretch:

v.（causeto）becomelonger,wider,etc.withoutbreaking

*MywoolcoatstretchedwhenIwashedit.

*Thechildstretchedtherubberbandtoitsfullextent.

*你已经使我忍无可忍了。

（=Youarestretchingmypatiencetolimit.）

Stretchoneself（out）

（L.8）submit:

vt.

1）give（sth.）tosb.sothatitmaybeformallyconsidered

*IamgoingtosubmitanapplicationforthatjobinMicrosoft.

*Petersubmittedhisapplicationtothelocalgovernment.

2）yield（oneself）;agreetoobey

*Shouldawifesubmitherselftoherhusband?

*Weshouldsubmitourselvestodiscipline.

（L.26）conversely:

adv.inawaythatisoppositetosth.

*$1willbuy100yenworthofJapanesegoods.Conversely,100yenwillbuy$1worthofAmericangoods.

*Youcanaddthefluidtothepowderor,conversely,thepowdertothefluid.

（L.33）butthen:

yetatthesametime

*ThefailureofChina’ssoccerteamlooksinevitable.Butthen,anythingcanhappeninfootball.

*这个马戏团并不出色，不过观众的要求也并不高。

（=Thecircuswasnotaverygoodone,butthen,theaudiencewasnotdemanding.）

（L.33）jar:

v.haveaharshoranunpleasanteffect（usedinthepattern:

jarsth.,jaronsb./sth.）

Ascreechofbrakesjarredthesilence.

Theharshcoloursjarredtheeye.

Hisrathersuperiormannerjarsonme.

Tojarwithistodisagreewith,ornottomatchorfitsuitably

（Thiscommentjarswiththeopinionswehaveheardexpressedelsewhere.）

（L.34）suckin:

（usu.passive）involve（sb.）inanactivity,anargument,etc.,usu.againsttheirwill

*Someteenagersdon’twanttogetinvolvedwithgangs,buttheyfindthemselvesgetting