单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 4,Making the news,Unit 4,Words and Expressions,Words and Expressions,1.involve vt.,使卷,(,陷,),入,拖累;使专注;必须包括,含有,eg:1),Finally he was involved in trouble.,最后他被卷入纠纷。,2),He was involved in working out his plan.,他专心一意地定计划。,3),Building this road will invovle the construction of ten,bridges.,建造这条路须包括建造十座桥梁。,4),This is a task which involves much difficulty.,这是一个带有许多困难的任务。,2.assist vt./vi./n.,援助,帮助;搀扶,eg:1),He did much to assist his classmates search for,the lost pen.,他大力帮助他的同学搜索丢失的钢笔。,2),assist sb.with sth.=assist sb.to do sth.=assist sb.in,doing sth.,帮助某人做某事,3),assist sb.from the saddle,搀某人下马,4),assist sb.to his feet,扶某人站起来,5),assist in a supermarket,在一家超市帮忙,1.involve vt.使卷(陷)入,拖累;使专注;必须,3.submit vt./vi.(,使,),服从,屈服;呈送,递交;认,(,以,),为,1),to submit oneself to discipline,遵守纪律,2),All important problems must be submitted to the meet-,ing for discussion.,一切重要的问题必须提交会议讨论。,3),I submit that this judgement was wrong.,我认为这判决是错误的。,4),to refuse to submit to an unjust decision,拒绝服从不公正的决定,5),He has to submit to an operation.,他必须动一次手术。,6),The heroic people will never submit to foreign rule.,英雄的人民绝不会屈服于外国的统治。,4.employment/occupation/job/profession/vocation/work,employment,是庄重的公文用词,指有报酬的工作;,occupation,指有报酬的某种工作,比,job,较文雅,它还可,指不一定有固定收入的,经常用在填写表格上;,job,指任何有报酬的职业工作,长期的或临时的,3.submit vt./vi.(使)服从,屈服;呈送,递交,profession,原指需要受过较高深教育和专门训练才能,从事的职业,但现在可指可以谋生的任何职业;,vocation,该词义为“为之献身或终身从事的职业”,一般职,业,(,委婉用法,),同时还可指对某种职业的爱好或适应;,work,指任何工作或劳动。,eg:1),Please state your name,age,and,occupation,.,请说明你的姓名,年龄和职业。,2),The graduates are busying looking for,employment,in,big cities.,眼下大学生正忙于在大城市找工作。,3),She is said to be out of,work/job,for about two years.,据说她失业大约两年了。,4),He did tell me that he wanted to choose farming as his,vocation,.,他的确告诉我他想选择务农作为自己的职业。,5),My father is a doctor,by profession,.,我的爸爸是医生。,6),I want to know what his,occupation,is.,我想知道他的职业是什么。,profession 原指需要受过较高深教育和专门训练才能,5.eager adj.,热切的,渴望的,渴求的,eg:1),They are eager to travel abroad.,他们渴望出国旅行。,2),Everyone in our class is eager to learn.,我们班的每一位学生都渴望学习。,3),She is eager for her parentss approval.,她渴望得到父母的赞许。,-eagerly adv.,eg:,The fans are eagerly waiting for new CDs.,歌迷们正急切等待着新唱片。,-eagerness n.,eg:,I couldnt hide my eagerness to get back home.,我无法掩饰想回家的渴望。,-eager,与,anxious,eager,强调“对成功的期望,或进取的热情”含有积极向上,anxious,强调“担心,或 焦急”,表示对结果感到不安。,5.eager adj.热切的,渴望的,渴求的,6.concentrate vt./vi.,集中,聚集,eg:1),We must concentrate our attention on efficiency.,我们必须把注意力集中在效率上。,2),Nothing concentrates the mind better than you know,that you could die tomorrow.,没有什么比知道自己明天可能死去更能让人定下心来去,思考种种问题的了。,3),I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding,somewhere to live.,我决定全力以赴找个住的地方。,4),When walking on a high wire,you should concentrate,on the way your body moves in the air.,走钢丝时,你要集中精力于身体在空中的移动方式。,-concentrate,既可以做,及物动词,,也可以做,不及物动词,,常用,ones attention/mind/efforts,等作宾语,意为“集中精力,全力以赴”,6.concentrate vt./vi.集中,聚集,7.acquire vt.,获得,取得,得到,eg:1),She did all she could to acquire a good knowledge of,English.,她尽最大努力学好英语。,2),My sister couldnt take desk with her to the new,house-thats how I came to acquire it.,我妹妹无法把她的书桌搬入新居,-,我就是这样才得到它的。,3),She acquired a knowledge of English by careful study.,她认真学习而精通英语。,4),Only if you ask many different questions will you,acquire all the information you need to know.,你只有在提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你所,需要知道的信息。,-acquire,与,get,gain,acquire,多指经过一段时间的艰苦努力而获得,获得的内,容多是抽象的东西,并且一经获得很难失去,如知识等。,7.acquire vt.获得,取得,得到,get,是一般用语,口语用词,用途很广;,gain,常指强有力的夺取,也可指渐渐获得某物的过程。,8.inform vt.,告知,通知,eg:1),Did you inform them of the progress of the work?,你把工作进程告诉他们了吗?,2),I beg to inform you that.,谨通知你。,3),Well keep you informed.,我们将随时向你报告情况。,4),be well informed about sth.,精通某事,对某事消息灵通,9.meanwhile adv.,在此期间,同时,eg:1),Theyll be here soon.Meanwhile well have some,coffee.,他们即刻就到,在此期间,(,现在,),我们先喝点咖啡。,2),Jane was writing a letter and meanwhile her mother,was doing some cooking.,简在写信,与此同时他妈妈在做饭。,-meanwhile during while,meanwhile,与,at the same time,意思相同,副词,在句子,get 是一般用语,口语用词,用途很广;,中作状语。,during,“,在,.,期间”,是介词,后接名词,代词,while,在,.,期间”,是连词,引导时间状语从句,10.depend on/upon,取决于,依靠,(,赖,),确,(,坚,),信,需要,.,eg:1),Whether you can pass the exam depends on how,hard you work.,你能否通过考试取决于你有多努力。,2),Children depend on their parents for living.,儿童依靠父母生活。,3),You should depend on yourself instead of others.,你应该依赖自己,而不是依赖别人。,4),Im depending up you finishing it ahead of time.,我肯定你会提前完成任务的。,-,思维拓展,depend on sth./sb.,=rely on sth./sb.,取决于某事,/,某人,depend on sb.doing,坚信,/,确信某人做,.,中作状语。,depend on sb./sth.to be,坚信,/,确信某人,/,某事,.,depend on sb./sth.for sth.,依赖某人,/,某物获得某物,(,不用进行时态,),That depents./It all depends.,要看情况而定。,11.case n.,事,(,实,),例,情形;情,(,状,),况,;,案件,诉讼,eg:1.,This is a common case where the word can be used.,这是这个单词运用的常用例子。,2),It may rain,in which case the hike will be canceled.,或许会下雨,如果是那样的话,徒步旅行将会被取消。,3),The case he was looking into two years ago was,settled at last.,两年前他调查的案件终于结案了。,-,-,in case,假使;免得,以防万一,(,引导状语从句,从句谓语用一般现在时,不用将来时态,),in case of.,假使,./,万一,.,in any case,无论如何,不管怎样,in no case,决不,(,置于句首时,句子采用倒装语序,),depend on sb./sth.to be 坚信