1、Unit 2 Vocabulary II,Words in listening and speaking,1. schooling: the education you receiving at school 学校教育 He had very little schooling. 他没上过几天学 2. impatient: (patient) - with sb. / at sth. Try not to be too impatient with her. Sarah was becoming increasingly impatient at their lack of interest.
2、-对他们那种缺乏兴趣的情况越来越没有耐心了 be impatient to do / for sth. 热切期待/ 急于 She was clearly impatient to leave. -显然是迫不及待地想离开impatient for success,3. conduct: 指挥/实施/举止,表现/为-导游 conduct a concert conduct an experiment/ a survey conduct oneself He conducted himself far better than expected. 他表现得比预料的要好得多 The guide cond
3、ucted us around the ruins of the ancient city. 导游引导我们游览了古城废墟 conductor 指挥，售票员conductress:,4. absent-minded: Grandpas becoming quite absent-minded. -越来越丢三落四了 absently: He nodded absently. 5. totally: completely They come from totally different cultures. -完全不同的文化The repairs came to over 500$ in total.
4、 修理费总共-6. deaf: She was born deaf. the deaf: people who cant hear,be deaf to sth. not willing to listen to sth. She was deaf to my requests for help. turn a deaf ear to sb. / sth. : ignore or refuse to listen to - deafen: vt. The noise was deafening her. -使她都快聋了7. creative: only before n. involving
5、the use of skill and the imagination to produce sth. new creative thinking 创造性思维create: vt. creat wealth,Theyve painted it red to create a feeling of warmth. -造成一种温暖的感觉 creation: n. He had been with the company since its creation in 1979. 8. ambitious: determined to be successful They were very ambi
6、tious for their children. 他们望子成龙心切 ambition: n. ambition to be / do sth. achieve ones ambition (of becoming a writer)Her burning ambition is to become -,-梦寐以求的愿望- 9. modest:(immodest) Shes very modest about her success. 10. selfless: thinking more about the needs, happiness of others than about his
7、own a life of selfless service to the community 无私服务于社会的一生 selfish: caring only about oneself rather than about others It was selfish of him to leave all the work to you.他把所有工作都推给你,真是自私,11. heroic: make heroic efforts to save - 不畏艰险努力救- give sb. a heros welcome on his return home 给-英雄般的欢迎 12. deed:
8、a brave deed, a tale of heroic deeds 英雄事迹的故事 13. film：AmE. the movies go to the film / the movies / the cinema a silent film / the film industry film: thin plastic that is sensitive to light, used for taking photos or making films,a roll of film/ color film develop a film have a film developed film:
9、v. 拍摄 They are filming in Moscow right now. It took him 6 weeks to film the documentary. -拍摄这不纪录片用了-film sb. doing sth. The thief was filmed stealing CDs on the security video. - 偷唱片时被保安录像机拍摄下来了Filming was delayed because of bad weather,14. equip: provide sb. /sth. with sth. needed equip sb. with st
10、h. / for sth. The school will be equipped with 70 brand new computers. Guides are equipped with radios for emergencies. equipment: u. camera equipment We bought several new pieces of equipment for the chemistry lab. a useful piece of equipmentThe centre is well equipped for mountaineering. 有齐全的-设备,1
11、5. remove: take sth./sb. away from a place 拿走，去掉， 从-机构中开除 Illegally parked vehicles will be removed. 非法停放的车辆将被拖走Three children were removed from the school for persistent bad behavior. - 因持续行为不检被学校开除 He has had the tumour removed. -已将肿瘤切除 remove problems 解决问题 The news removed any doubts about the co
12、mpanys future消除了一切有关公司未来的疑虑,removal: n. Clearance of the site required the removal of a number of trees. a removal company / firm 16. plate: steel plates 钢板a metal plate: 金属板片 have enough /a lot /too much on your plate: (have a lot of work to deal with) 17. feed: give food to a person or an animalfe
13、ed sb. on sth. feed the cattle on grassfeed sth. to sb.,feed sb. sth. (feed sth. to sb.) feed sb. with sth. (supply sb. with sth.) feed a large family / an army / the cattle feed on sth. Butterflies feed on the flowers of garden plants. -园林中草木的花为食 feedback: n. 反馈 Id appreciate some feedback on my wo
14、rk. 如果对我的工作提出意见我将感激不尽,18. orderly: adj. arranged or organized in a neat, careful and logical way vegetables planted in orderly rows 一行行栽种整齐的蔬菜 an orderly room order：n. put sth. in good orderout of order 19. tricky: difficult to deal with, a tricky question / situationThe equipment is tricky to insta
15、ll. trick: play a trick/tricks on sb.make a joke of sb.,trick sb. into doing sth. trick sb. out of sth.,20.measure： vt. 量，测量，计量 e.g: 你能帮我量一下这堵墙的高度吗？ Can you measure the height of the wall for me? vi. (某物的)尺寸（长度，数量） 为 e.g: 这棵树高三十米。 The tree measures 30 meters. n. 方法，措施 eg: 采取措施做某事 take measures to do
16、 sth.,n. 方法，措施 e.g: 采取措施做某事 take measures to do sth. 21. edge: the outside limit of an object,the part furthest from the center He stood on the edge of the cliff. stand the coin on its edge 22. trust: v. have confidence in sb. trust sb. (to do sth. )n. the belief, trust sb. = believe in sb.,23. capa
17、ble: adj. having the ability of doing- be capable of doing sth. be able to do sth. have the ability of doing sth. / to do sth. capacity: n. have capacity for sth. / to do sth. 24. handicapped: suffering from a mental or physical handicap The accident left him physically handicapped. a mentally handi
18、capped child 弱智儿童Regardless of her handicap, Jane is capable of holding down a full-time job.保住一份全职工作,Words in Additional Reading 1. well-built: with a solid strong body 2. x-ray: an x-ray machine 3. technician: a person whose job is keeping a particular type of equipment in good condition 4. develo
19、p: treat photographic film with chemicals so that the picture can be seenI had the film developed yesterday.,The child is developing normally. 这孩子发育正常 developed：having manyindustries and a complicated econoomic system.developing: only before n. poor and trying to make its industry and economic syste
20、m more advanced development: n. with the development of -,Expressions: 1. except for: He was poor except for a million-pound note. except + a clause I didnt tell him anything except that I needed the money. I know nothing about him except what you told me. except + n. We work every day except Sunday
21、.but: Weve had nothing but trouble with the car.,The problem is anything but easy. 这个问题一点也不简单 last but one. 倒数第二 besides：We have lots of things in common besides music. Besides working as a doctor, he also writes novels in his spare time. apart from: in addition to, as well as, except, Apart from their house in London, they also had a villa in Spain.,
