1、Increasing your language proficiency,Words and Expressions.,beloved: adj.心爱的，挚爱的；n.爱人，心爱之人 board: n.董事会，甲板 v.搭伙，寄宿；登上火车、飞机等 classic: adj. 经典的；古典的；一流的，最优秀的 n.经典著作；文豪，大艺术家； finance：n. 财政，财务，资金支持 vt.为筹措资金 manufacturers: 制造商，厂商 natural：adj.自然的，天然的，出于天性的 odd: adj.奇数的；临时的，零散的；古怪的 n. 奇数；怪人；奇特 的事物 replaceme
2、nt：n.更换，替换/补；替代物，代替者 survivor：n. 幸存者 workaholic: adj./n. 工作狂（的）,n. 生来就具有特定才能的人,It was time Ana faced reality and dealt with the truth that her _ son died of coronary thrombosis. Now that she has become a high-ranking business executive, I think she should purchase some wardrobe _ such as a wool coat
3、 and a smart suit. She was the last _ of the family after all her relatives died an unnatural death one after another. Phils wife feels bitter about him being an utter _ he cares about nothing but his work! It is no denying that the world cannot in the present state of science survive without _, min
4、ing and agriculture.,beloved,classic,survivor,workaholic,manufacturing,She kept herself alive working at _ job until she landed a position managing advertising accounts for a local magazine. There has been increased concern among the investors that the companys _are unlikely to improve in the coming
5、 year. During my stay in England I _ with a family in Bath until I found a place of my own. They asked Barbara, who was about to resign, to stay on until they could find a suitable _ for her. People think I am a(n) _ for the sort of television work required of me, but Ive had to work at it.,finances
6、,boarded,replacement,natural,odd,And all that Ask aroundGrab atLookin the eyePick outStraighten out: 1. 安置，解决；安排 2. (使)改正；(使)好转 3.澄清；改正,The confused situation has straightened out. 原先十分混乱的局面现在已恢复正常了。,挑选出,直视；正视,抓住，抓取；抓住不放,到处打听，四处打听,诸如此类，如此等等,expressions,Our babysitters just moved away, so we are _ fo
7、r a replacement. His business affairs are in a terrible mess; theyll take ages to _. Can you _ the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph? The little girl _ the balloon, but couldnt stop it blowing away. Since he broke the neighbors windows, the boy cant _ his father _. Being a shopaholic, she
8、went around a lot searching for fancy dresses, luxury accessories, _.,asking around,straighten out,pick out,grabbed at,look,in the eye,and all that,2. I pay $30 a week for board and lodging. 3. Every decision has to be passed by board of directors. 4. She arranged on board some students from the uni
9、versities. 5. Before boarding the plane, Jenny tried once more to call home. 6. Waving goodbye to everyone, she got on board the train.,Words with multiple meanings,1. Timber？Thats kind of an odd name for a kid. 2. Hes got a whole drawer full of odd socks. 3. The houses on this side of the street ha
10、ve all got odd numbers, and on the other side theyve got even numbers. 4. She does some odd jobs but nothing permanent. 5. She looked younger than her 50-odd years.,What is Type A workaholic? Phil was a typical case in point. He worked six days a week and didnt stop working _(1) eight or nine at wor
11、k. He had no idea what real “extracurricular _(2)” were, and even took the monthly golf game as work. He always ate egg salad _(3) at his desk. Inevitably he was _(4), an unwelcome fact which he chose to overlook though. He thought he loved his family, but he and his _(5) children scarcely had oppor
12、tunities to communicate. In fact, they just _(6) under the same roof. His “beloved” wife knew what a _(7) her husband was and had long given up trying to _(8) with his work.,until,interests,sandwiches,overweight,beloved,boarded,workaholic,compete,He had overworked for too long: he _(9) worked himsel
13、f to death, at _(10) 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, at a time when most of the people were sleeping. The obituary said he died of a _(11) thrombosis, but all his friends and _(12) knew the truth. He was _(13) by his grief-stricken wife and children. And the company president started _(14) about the right
14、 replacement of the _(15) right after his funeral.,finally,precisely,coronary,acquaintances,survived,inquiring,deceased,他死了，是累死的。他在星期天凌晨3点整离开人世，在一个他本该休息的日子里。He died. He worked himself to death, precisely at 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning on his day off.,对此，他的朋友和熟人并不怎么吃惊。在他们看来，他是典型的A型行为者，一个工作狂，一个典型的工作狂。His
15、 friends and acquaintances were not really surprised. To them, he was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic.,菲尔每周工作6天，其中5天工作到晚上八九点，而公司上下除了主管经理外已经实行每周4天工作制了。他一个月打一次高尔夫，但这是工作需要，除此之外，他没有什么的“业余爱好”。Phil worked six days a week, five of them until eight or nine at night, during a time when his own comp
16、any had begun the four-day week for everyone but for the executives. He played a golf game every month but it was work. Other than this, he had no outside “extracurricular interests.”,他的“遗属”包括妻子海伦和3个孩子，48岁的海伦多年前就决定不再和他的工作争宠。他“深爱的”子女中，长子不了解他，女儿跟他没什么共同语言。只有20岁的小儿子想法设法把父亲抓住不放，想法设法让父亲看重自己，好让这个人待在家里。His
17、survivors included his wife Helen and three children. Helen, forty-eight years old, had given up trying to compete with his work years ago. Among his “beloved” children, the eldest son didnt know him well, and the daughter had no shared topics with him. Only the youngest son who was twenty, tried to
18、 grab at his father and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home.,葬礼上，60岁的公司总裁说，51岁的死者对于公司来说举足轻重，将会难以取代，而当天下午5点，总裁已经开始询问接替他的人选。At the funeral, the sixty-year-old company said that the fifty-one-year deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would be hard to replace. And by 5:00 p.m. the afternoon of the funeral, the company president had begun to make inquiries about the replacement.,
