1、,Unit 7 课文详解,overwhelm,|vt. |1. affect sb.s emotions in a powerful way |使受不了;使不知所措|He was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling of sadness. |一阵强烈的孤独感突然袭上心头。Im|I was quite overwhelmed by all the flowers and letters of support I received. |我收到的所有鲜花和支持信件使我激动不已。|2. defeat |击败|They were overwhelmed by
2、 the enemy. |他们被敌军击败了。|With his great strength, the policeman overwhelmed the robber. |警察用大力制服了抢劫者。,spin,|(cause to) turn around very quickly |(使)旋转|I feel faint and the room is spinning. |我感到昏昏沉沉,觉得房间在旋转。|Our washing machine spins the clothes quite fast. |我们的洗衣机使衣服快速转动。|n.|C an act of turning aroun
3、d quickly |旋转|I hit something on the road, which sent the car into a spin. |我撞到了路上的什么东西,使得车子直打转。 |Suddenly, the plane went into a spin. |飞机突然旋转起来。,tremendous,1. very big |巨大的;极大的The washing machine makes a tremendous noise when it works. |这台洗衣机在使用时发出巨大的噪音。That kind of job will require you a tremendo
4、us effort. |那种工作需要你作出极大的努力。2. very good; excellent |很好的;非常好的Thank you for treating me! Its a tremendous dinner! |感谢你招待我!晚餐太棒了!Ive just listened to your album; you have a tremendous voice. |我刚听了你的专辑,你的声音棒极了。,attribute,( to) regard sth. as caused by sb. or sth. |把.归因于;把.归咎于She attributes her success t
5、o hard work and a bit of luck. |她把她的成功归于努力和一点点运气。We attribute our success to being in the right place at the right time. |我们把成功归因于天时地利。,delegate,give part of ones power or work to sb. in a lower position |授权;委托The job had to be delegated to an assistant. |那项工作只得交给一位助手去办理。The boss doesnt know how to
6、delegate. |老板不知道如何用人。choose sb. as a representative |委派.为代表The manager has not decided yet as to whom he would delegate to represent the company at the meeting. |经理还没决定派谁代表公司赴会。A group of four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the meeting. |由4名教师组成的小组已被派去代表学校参加会议。C a person chosen o
7、r elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, esp. at a meeting |代表 Delegates have voted for this suggestion. |代表们已经投票赞同这项建议。Each union chooses several delegates to the yearly meeting. |每个工会选出几位代表参加年度会议。,emphasis,C, U special attention or importance |强调The emphasis here is on hard work, not en
8、joyment. |这里强调的是实干,而不是享乐。We put a lot of emphasis on work experience. |我们很重视工作经验。,priority,C sth. important that must be done first |优先处理的事You must decide what your priorities are. |你必须确定先做什么。The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority. |管理部门似乎并不认为办公室安全是需要优先考虑的问题。U the rig
9、ht to be given attention first |优先权;重要性Official business takes priority over personal requests. 公事应放在私事之上。Priority will be given to those who are fluent in spoken English. |口语流利者将优先考虑。,flee,(fled, fled) leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger |逃跑;逃避;逃脱Everyone fled from the build
10、ing when the fire alarm sounded. |当火警响起时,人人都从大楼里逃出来。She fled the room in tears. |她满脸泪水地逃出了房间。,on ones trail |on ones way |在.路上 On ones trail through life, one must discern right from wrong and establish ones own set of morals. |在人的一生旅途中,必须分清是非,建立自己的道德原则。He met many difficulties on his trail to succe
11、ss. |在取得成功的路途上,他曾遇到许多困难。,cut down reduce the amount of sth. |减少.的数量The factory cannot afford to employ any more workers, so it will have to cut down on production. |这个工厂没有能力再增雇工人,所以它只好减少生产。In times of rising prices, we must cut down on our spending. |在物价上涨时期,我们必须紧缩开支。,If you do not want to break you
12、r own heart ,you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can and recognize there many things beyond your control你不想损害自己的心脏,你就需要努力学会在力所能及的范围内控制自己的生活假如你不想损害自己的心脏,你就需要努力学会在力所能及的范围内控制自己的生活并且承认有许多并且承认有许多,1。take (the)charge of倾向于管理、负责这一动作:At last they decide d me to take charge of the project.
13、 2.be in charge of 表示一种状态,(某人)负责管理(某事物): The chief engineer was in charge of directing the building of the subway. 主任工程师负责指挥地铁的建造工程。 I was in charge of my sister. 我在照看我妹妹。 3.in the charge of表某事物在某人的管理之中:The project is in the charge of him.,Others are angry because they have no compass .and they give
14、 the same emphasis to a traffic jam that they give a ( emphasis to a )family argument (定语从句that作引导词).还有的人生气是因为他们的生活没有方向。他们把交通阻塞看得和家庭纠纷一样重,,What happens is that the hotter people get ,physiologically ,with mental stress ,the more likely they are to blow apart with some heart problem此时就会发生这种情况人们由于心理压力
15、在生理上变得越发激动,他们的身体就越可能因为某种心脏病而崩溃.,To put or place emphasis on something 把重点放在什么上面,Blow apart .完全毁坏,分开,弄成碎片likely; adj 可能的It is likely to rain tonightblow1 不及物动词 vi. 1.吹,刮 A breeze blew over the garden. 一阵微风吹过花园。 2.吹动;随风飘动Q The flags were blowing in the wind. 旗帜在随风飘扬。 3.吹响,鸣响;吹奏 We heard the bugles blo
16、wing. 我们听到号角在吹响。 4.(保险丝等)烧断;(轮胎等)爆炸 The fuse blew. 保险丝烧断了。 5.呼吸困难急促,喘气 The horse blew short after the race. 马赛跑后直喘。 He was blowing as he climbed the stairs. 上楼时他直喘气。 .,You can make a list of 12 things ,then cut it down to 6 and set your priorities .你可以先列出12件事,然后压缩到6件,要确定轻重缓急。,The other key to contro
17、lling stress is to realize that there are other troublesome parts of your life over which you can have little or no control like the economy and politicians. 控制压力的另一关键因素是“要承认你生活中还有一些棘手的、你几乎无法或完全无法控制的东西比如经济以及政客们。,According to Dr. Robert S. Eliot, what should you do if you dont want to break your heart ?,1,According to Eliot, what did researchers find through years of work?,What kind of people does the writer mention to illustrate “the root of their stress is anger”?,What other factors nay add to our stress?,