1、新技能英语 1 第 5 单元词汇 recreation 美 ,rkren n. 娱乐；消遣；休养 1.N-VAR Recreation consists of things that you do in your spare time to relax. 娱乐例：Saturday afternoon is for recreation and outings.周六下午是娱乐和外出的时间。 2.N-COUNT A recreation of something is the process of making it exist or seem to exist again in a differ
2、ent time or place. 重现; 重建例：They are planning to build a faithful recreation of the original frontier town.他们正计划建造一座和原来边境城镇一模一样的复制品。video games 视频游戏 1.If I want video games, I have a console hooked up to my TV. 如果我想玩视频游戏，我有一台连接到电视的游戏机。 2.Video games are one of the most competitive markets out there y
3、et hes able topull this off. 电视游戏市场是其中一个竞争最激烈的市场，然而他却在这个市场上获得了成功。 3.So as we have been hearing in London, theres forty years of video games history, ifnot more possibly. 正如我们在伦敦所听到的，视频游戏有着四十年的历史，几乎不可能更长了。 that is the point 实质就在于此 1.Nothing exciting I know but that is the point. 没有激动人心的，但我知道，这是一点。2.T
4、herere a lot board meetings. That is the point. 董事会很多，这是一点。3.That is the point this paper aims at. After expatiating on the theory of culpa in contrahendo, the paper analyses its representations in charter party and itscharacters. 本文正是立足于此，在阐述了缔约过失责任的理论后，着重分析缔约过失责任在租船合同中的表现形式，以及它因为航运业的特点而体现出的特殊性。 bo
5、ok review 书评 1.I wont write a book review yet since I dont know how the rest of the book willunfold, but from the small advices Ive learned so far, I think many are worth sharing. 跟读由于我不了解该书剩下的部分呈现了什么，所以并不打算写书评，然而，就我目前从中学到的小建议来看，我认为有许多值得分享。2.These epistles suddenly seemed to be on every shelf, ineve
6、ry book review: roadmapsfor gratitude, journeys toward joy, research on what makes us buoyant, analyses ofwhat gets us down. 这些书似乎忽然间在大小书架或书籍评论中随处可见：走上感恩之路的地图，快乐之旅，关于什么使我们轻快起来的调查，关于什么使我们沮丧的分析。3.Try writing a book review on your blog, or joining a book club. 试着在你的博客上写写书评，或者加入一个阅读俱乐部。 blog 美 blg n. 博客
7、；部落格；网络日志blog /bl/ CET4 1.N-COUNT A blog is a website containing a diary or journal on a particular subject. 博客; 网络日志例：When Barbieux started his blog, his aspirations were small; he simply hoped to communicate with a few people.当巴布开始他的博客时，他的期望并不大。他只是希望能与几个人交流。 2.N-COUNT blogger例：While most bloggers
8、comment on news reported elsewhere, some do their own reporting.虽然大多博客对别处报道的新闻发表意见，有些却做他们自己的报道。 record 美 (for v.) rkrd; (for n.) rekrd;rkd vt. 记录，记载；标明；将 .录音 vi. 记录；录音 n. 档案，履历；唱片；最高纪录 adj. 创纪录的 n. (Record)人名；(法)勒科尔；( 英)雷科德record CET4 TEM4 (recording,recorded,records)名词读作rkd，动词读作 rkd。 1.N-COUNT If y
9、ou keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later. 记录; 记载例：Keep a record of all the payments.对所有付款做一个记录。Theres no record of any marriage or children.没有任何有关结婚或子女的记录。 2.V-T If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it d
10、own, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it. 记录; 记载例：Her letters record the domestic and social details of diplomatic life in China.她的信件记录了在中国的外交生活中家庭和社会活动的细节。 3.V-T If you record something such as a speech or performance, you put it on tape or film so
11、that it can be heard or seen again later. 录音; 录像例：There is nothing to stop viewers from recording the films on videotape.没有办法阻止观众用录像带录下电影。 4.V-T If a musician or performer records a piece of music or a television or radio show, they perform it so that it can be put onto CD, tape, or film. 录制例：It too
12、k the musicians two and a half days to record their soundtrack for the film.音乐家们花了两天半的时间录制电影的配乐。 5.N-COUNT A record is a round, flat piece of black plastic on which sound, especially music, is stored, and which can be played on a record player. You can also refer to the music stored on this piece of
13、 plastic as a record. 唱片例：This is one of my favourite records.这是我最喜欢的唱片之一。 6.V-T If a dial or other measuring device records a certain measurement or value, it shows that measurement or value. 标明; 显示例：The test records the electrical activity of the brain.这个测试显示出大脑的电流活动。 7.N-COUNT A record is the bes
14、t result that has ever been achieved in a particular sport or activity, for example the fastest time, the farthest distance, or the greatest number of victories. 纪录例：Roger Kingdom set the world record of 12.92 seconds.罗杰金顿创下了 12.92 秒的世界纪录。 8.ADJ You use record to say that something is higher, lower,
15、 better, or worse than has ever been achieved before. 创纪录的例：Profits were at record levels.利润水平是创纪录的。 9.N-COUNT Someones record is the facts that are known about their achievements or character. 经历; 履历例：His record reveals a tough streak.他的经历说明他个性坚强。 10.N-COUNT If someone has a criminal record, it is
16、officially known that they have committed crimes in the past. (犯罪) 记录例：.a heroin addict with a criminal record going back 15 years.一名 15 年前留有案底的海洛因吸食成瘾者。 11. see also recording , track record 12.PHRASE If you say that what you are going to say next is for the record, you mean that you are saying it
17、publicly and officially and you want it to be written down and remembered. 供记录在案例：Were willing to state for the record that it has enormous value.我们愿意申明它有巨大的价值并望其能被记录在案。 13.PHRASE If you give some information for the record, you give it in case people might find it useful at a later time, although i
18、t is not a very important part of what you are talking about. 顺便说一下; 仅供参考例：For the record, most Moscow girls leave school at about 18.随便说一下，多数莫斯科女孩大约十八岁离开学校。 14.PHRASE If something that you say is off the record, you do not intend it to be considered as official, or published with your name attached
19、 to it. 非正式的; 不得公开引用的例：May I speak off the record?我可以私下里说吗？ 15.PHRASE If you are on record as saying something, you have said it publicly and officially and it has been written down. 公开宣布并记录在案的例：The president is on record as saying that the increase in unemployment is “a price worth paying“ to keep
20、inflation down.总统公开说失业率的上升是遏制通货膨胀“值得付出的代价”。 16.PHRASE If you keep information on record, you write it down or store it in a computer so that it can be used later. 记录在案的例：The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.这项工作是为了记录下对样品的所有分析。 what if 假使 将会怎么样 1.What if I have no debts? 如果我没债务怎么
21、办？2.One of each? What if you have triplets? 假如生了三胞胎会怎么样？3.What if this is all there is to our life? 如果这一切就是我们的生活，怎么办？part-time job relieve 美 rliv vt. 解除，减轻；使不单调乏味；换的班；解围；使放心relieve /rliv/ CET4 TEM4 (relieving,relieved,relieves) 1.V-T If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes
22、 it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely. 缓解; 减轻; 解除例：Drugs can relieve much of the pain.药物可以大大缓解疼痛。 2.V-T If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you. 使解脱 ; 使摆脱例：A part-time bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasi
23、ng unpaid invoices.一名兼职簿记员将使你摆脱追讨欠款的负担。 3.V-T If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing. 接 (某人) 的班; 接替例：At seven oclock the night nurse came in to relieve her.7 点钟时值夜班的护士进来接了她的班。 4.V-T If someone is relieved of their duties or is reliev
24、ed of their post, they are told that they are no longer required to continue in their job. 使解除 (职务); 使免除 (职位)例：The officer involved was relieved of his duties because he had violated strict guidelines.该名军官因违反了严格的准则而被解除了职务。stress /strs/ CET4 TEM4 (stressing,stressed,stresses) 1.V-T If you stress a po
25、int in a discussion, you put extra emphasis on it because you think it is important. 强调例：The spokesman stressed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban.发言人强调说，这些措施并不等于全面禁止。Chinas leaders have stressed the need for increased co-operation between Third World countries.中国领导人已经强调了增进第三世界国家之间合作
26、的需要。 2.N-VAR Stress is also a noun. 重点例：Japanese car makers are laying ever more stress on overseas sales.日本的汽车制造商们把更多的重点放在海外销售上。 3.N-VAR If you feel under stress, you feel worried and tense because of difficulties in your life. 精神压力例：Katy could think clearly when not under stress.凯泰在没有精神压力时能够清晰地思考。
27、 4.V-T If you stress a word or part of a word when you say it, you put emphasis on it so that it sounds slightly louder. 重读例：She stresses the syllables as though teaching a child.她重读这些音节，像教小孩似的。 5.N-VAR Stress is also a noun. 重读例：.the misplaced stress on the first syllable of this last word.这个最末单词的第
28、 1 个音节上的重读错误。 cut down on 削减，减少 1.We should cut down on water consumption. 我们应该减少水的用量。2.So how do you cut down on the interruptions? 那么你要怎样减少课堂上的中断呢？3.One way to cut down on transportation needs is to group all of your errandstogether into a single trip. That will cut driving/walking time and give y
29、ou more timeto focus on work. 其中一项减少交通需要的方法就是将所有外出工作集合在一次外出旅程中，那将会减少你的开车或步行时间，并给予你更多时间集中在工作上。be able to 能够，会(做)；有能力(或办法、机会) 做某事 1.I know someone who should be able to fix you up. 我知道有个人能提供你所需要的东西。 2.If the situation demands,he must be able to attend the meeting. 如果情况需要的话，他一定能参加会议。 3.Dont superheat t
30、he anger of the mass. Otherwise you will not be able to control them. 不要过分煽动群众的愤怒情绪，不然连你也不能控制局势啦。 miss 美 ms n. 女士，小姐，年轻未婚女子 vt. 错过，想念，缺（勤）miss /ms/ CET4 (missing,missed,misses) 1.V-T/V-I If you miss something, you fail to hit it, for example when you have thrown something at it or you have shot a bu
31、llet at it. 未击中例：She hurled the ashtray across the room, narrowly missing my head.她从屋子那头儿把烟灰缸扔过来，差一点就打中我的脑袋。When Id missed a few times, he suggested I rest the rifle on a rock to steady it.由于我几次都没打中，他就建议我把步枪放到石头上来保持稳定。 2.N-COUNT Miss is also a noun. 未击中例：After more misses, they finally put two arrow
32、s into the lions chest.又射偏了几次后，他们终于将两只箭射进了狮子的胸膛。 3.V-T/V-I In sports, if you miss a shot, you fail to get the ball in the goal, net, or hole. (体育运动中) 未投中 (球)例：He scored four of the baskets but missed a free throw.他 4 次投篮得分，可是一次罚篮却没中。He dived for the ball and missed.他去扑球，却没扑到。 4.N-COUNT Miss is also
33、a noun. (体育运动中) 未投中 (球)例：Snow made his first basket of the game after eight misses.斯诺在 8 次投球不中后，投进了他本场比赛的第一个球。 5.N-COUNT an unmarried woman or girl, esp a schoolgirl 女孩子; 女学生 6.V-T If you miss something, you fail to notice it. 未注意到例：From this vantage point he watched, his searching eye never missing
34、 a detail.从这个有利的位置进行观察，他那锐利的目光从未漏掉一个细节。 7.V-T If you miss the meaning or importance of something, you fail to understand or appreciate it. 没有领会例：One ABC correspondent had totally missed the point of the question.美国广播公司的一名记者完全没有领会这个问题的关键。 8.V-T If you miss a chance or opportunity, you fail to take ad
35、vantage of it. 错过 (机会)例：It was too good an opportunity to miss.这个机会太好了，不容错过。 9.V-T If you miss someone who is no longer with you or who has died, you feel sad and wish that they were still with you. 想念例：Your mama and I are going to miss you at Christmas.我和你妈妈在圣诞节会想你的。 10.V-T If you miss something, y
36、ou feel sad because you no longer have it or are no longer doing or experiencing it. 留恋例：I could happily move back into an apartment if it wasnt for the fact that Id miss my garden.我要不是留恋我的花园，会很高兴地搬回到一套公寓里。 11.V-T If you miss something such as a plane or train, you arrive too late to catch it. 没有赶上
37、(飞机或火车等)例：He missed the last bus home and had to stay with a friend.他没赶上回家的末班车，只好住在一个朋友那里。 12.V-T If you miss something such as a meeting or an activity, you do not go to it or take part in it. 未参加 (会议或活动)例：Its a pity Martha and I had to miss our class last week.很遗憾，我和玛莎上周不得不缺课。You wont be missing m
38、uch on TV tonight apart from the usual repeats.除了通常的重播节目外，今晚的电视节目你不会错过什么。 13. see also missing 14.to miss the boat see boatwork 美 wk n. 工作；物 功；产品；操作；职业；行为；事业；工厂；著作；文学、音乐或艺术作品 vt. 使工作；操作；经营；使缓慢前进 vi. 工作；运作；起作用 n. （英、埃塞）沃克（人名）work /wk/ CET4 TEM4 (working,worked,works) 1.V-I People who work have a job,
39、 usually one which they are paid to do. 工作例：I started working in a recording studio.我开始在一个录音棚里工作。He worked as a teacher for 50 years.他从事教师工作 50 年了。I want to work, I dont want to be on welfare.我想工作，我不想依靠救济。 2.V-T/V-I When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job. 工作
40、例：I cant talk to you right now Im working.我这会儿不能和你说话我正在工作。He was working at his desk.他正在伏案工作。They work forty hours a week.他们一周工作 40 个小时。 3.V-I When you work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something. 努力从事例：Linda spends all her time working on the ga
41、rden.琳达用所有的时间在那座花园里劳作。The government expressed hope that all the sides will work toward a political solution.该政府希望所有各方致力于一个政治解决方案。 4.V-I If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it. 研究例：Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules o
42、f this type.博内特教授多年来一直在研究这类分子。 5.V-I If you work with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way. 帮助例：She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.她用一段时间帮助即将死于癌症的人们。 6.V-I If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and perfor
43、ms a particular function. (机器或设备) 运转例：The pump doesnt work and we have no running water.这个水泵不运转了，我们没有自来水。 7.V-I If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory. (想法、系统或方法 ) 奏效例：95 percent of these diets do not work.这些节食方法中的 95%都不奏效。 8.V-I If a drug o
44、r medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect. (药物) 起作用例：I wake up at 6 a.m. as the sleeping pill doesnt work for more than nine hours.我早上 6 点醒来，因为这种安眠药作用不会超过 9 个小时。 9.V-I If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem. (脑子或思想 ) 运转例：My mi
45、nd was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.我的脑子疯狂地运转着, 将那天晚上发生的事情过了一遍。 10.V-I If you work on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information. 基于 (一个假设) 而行动例：We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosi
46、on.我们正依据它是一起燃气爆炸的假设而行动。 11.V-I If you work on someone, you persuade or attempt to persuade or influence them. 影响; 劝说(某人) 12.V-T If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job. 使干活例：Theyre working me too hard. Im too old for this.他们让我干得太苦。我干这个年纪太大了。 13.V-T
47、 When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops. 开垦例：Farmers worked the fertile valleys.农民们开垦了这个肥沃的山谷。 14.V-T If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it. 操作 (机器或设备)例：Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.许多成年人仍依靠他们的孩子来操作录像机。
48、15.V-I If something works into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition. 逐渐变成例：Its important to put a lock washer on that last nut, or it can work loose.重要的是要在最后一个螺母上安装一个防松垫圈，否则它会逐渐变松。 16. see also working 17.PHRASE If you work your way somewhere,
49、you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work. 逐渐移动到某处例：Rescuers were still working their way toward the trapped men.救援人员仍在慢慢地挪近那些被困人员。 follow 美 flo vt. 跟随；遵循；追求；密切注意，注视；注意；倾听vi. 跟随；接着 n. 跟随；追随follow /fl/ CET4 TEM8 (following,followed,follows) 1.V-T/V-I If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place. 跟随例：We fol
