1、Unit 1,Changes in the Way We Live,New Words& Expressions,get bya. be good enough but not very good Your work will by, but try to improve it.b. manage to live or live or do things in a satisfactory wayIt is a bit hard for the old couple to get by on a small amount of money.,suburbadj. suburban - urba
2、n live in the s the inner/ outer s 近、远郊 syn. outskirts：on the s ant. downtown,make it 1) to be successful in ones career. Hes never really made it as an actor. 2) to succeed in reaching a place after difficulty, effort, etcIt was a terrible journey but we finally made it. 3) to attend sth.I am afrai
3、d I wont be able to make it to your party next week.,hauldrag; pull 拖拉，拖运，运送The wagons were ed by horses.halthowl,due1）be due: to be expected to happen or arrive at a particular timeeg: When is your baby due? be due to do sth. eg: The meeting isnt due to start until three. be due for sth.( expect to
4、 get sth.)eg: Im due for a pay rise soon.2) due to: because ofeg: The companys problems are due to a mixture of bad luck and poor management.3) in due course: at some time in the future when it is the right time, but not before,overdue a. not paid, done, returned by the required timean payment/ libe
5、rary book b. that should happened or been done before reforms,Improvementan act of improving or a state of being improvedWe need to carry out some improvements to the computer system.improve(ment) on / improve(ment) inimprove(ment) on:如把两件事作比较,而后发生的比早发生的好Todays weather is an improment on yesterdays.
6、improve(ment) in:指某方面好转或改善There has been an improvement in the weather.Your luck improves with the improvement of yourself.,supplement:v. supplement by/ witha diet ed with vitamin pillsn. sth. that you add to sth. else to improve it or make it completeIndustrial sponsorship is a to government fundin
7、g.an additional part at the end of a book, or a separate part of a newspaper, magazine 增刊the supplement to (of) the book,sprayv. force out liquid in small drops uponspray sb. with sth.spray sth. on/ over sth.Spray the conditioner on your wet hair.The crops are regularly ed with pesticide.n. 水花,喷雾；一簇
8、body spraya of orchids,pursue a. 追求，致力于to a goal/ an aim b. 继续探究，追究 We have decided not to this matter. c. 追踪，跟踪 She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press. n. pursuit,stack 1）n. (同heap, pile) 整齐的一叠 2）v. (同heap, pile) 把整齐的叠起来stacks of sth. 大量,stack sth. up 将堆起,wicked 1）a. 邪恶的，恶劣的，缺德的 (同evil, v
9、icious) In the story, the little girl has a wicked stepmother, who makes her life a misery. 2）a. 淘气的，顽皮的wickedly ad.邪恶地 wickedness n.邪恶,swamp:v: to suddenly cover sth. with a lot of water, especially in a way that causes damage( usually passive)to suddenly give sb. a lot of work, problems etc to dea
10、l with swamp sb with sthWere swamped with telephone calls. n: land that is always very wet or slightly covered with water,get through 1) come successfully to the end It is impossible to get through this course just by working hard around exam times. 2)度过(时间) How did you get through the day on the tr
11、ain? go through 经历；经受；遭到；通过；批准 These countries have gone through too many wars come through 经历过仍活着；经历；脱险 John was so ill and he was lucky to come through,at the pointat that very moment, right then 就在那时The reporters were waiting anxiously for the mysterious magicianAt that point，all the lights in th
12、e hall went out. in point of 就而言；关于 In point of fact，I never lived at the address stated on the form. to the point 切题的 Your remarks were not to the point.,on balancewith all things considered 总的来说My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. On balance, Im happier during the r
13、eally busy times; no time to think about how bored I am. in the balance 悬而未决Our plans were left hanging in the balance.,illustrateto make the meaning of sth clearer by giving examplesLet me use another example to illustrate this difficult point. explain / interpret / illustrateillustrate:绘图或是举例说明exp
14、lain/ interpret:一般的解释，说明，但是后者较正式，因此其宾语往往是法律（law），条约中的条文或行文（article, wording）等,digestv: to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can useMost babies can digest a wide range of food easily.to understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is difficu
15、lt to understandI struggled to digest the news.n:a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report,boundary /border /frontierboundary:着重指山脉，河流等形成的天然“边界线”，多指在地图上的领土分界线eg:mark the boundaries of border：指“边境地带”范围较广的地区frontier:其和border都可以用来指国于国之间的边界，边境，但是其指就某一国单方面提及的边界边境，而且
16、意味着设防的边界，需要护照，签证，海关等各项检查eg:Chinas Mongolian frontier,generate 1)bring into existence, produce形成，产生There is a hatred generated by racial prejudice among people 2) 引起，导致The widespread use of Spanish in some American cities has generated a public debate generation产生，一代 generator 发电机 generative 生成的,insu
17、rance 保险; 保险费Construction workers should always have insurance against personal injury.insurance与against连用， “避免,防止”insurance against fire 火险household insurance 家庭保险personal insurance 人身保险insurance policy 保险单insurance premium 定期交付的保险金insurance broker 保险经纪人insurance policy 保险证书 保险单,pick up 拿起，捡起I pick
18、ed up the receiver as soon as the phone rang 取(物)，用车接载(人)Shall I pick you up at the station? 获得，学会She soon picked up French when she went to live in France. 好转，改进，增加(速度)The economy is picking up (使)重新开始，继续Lets pick up exactly where we left off 收听My radio can pick up France.,minorless or smaller in a
19、mount or importance, etc.Dont worry, its only a minor operation. Related vocabulary:minor 较小的,次要的major 多数的,主要的minority 少数,少数民族majority多数major in 主修minor in 兼修,选修,aside fromexcept for；in addition toThey were going to have other expenses，aside from the school feesEverything was quiet，aside from the oc
20、casional sound of a car in the distance,patronize 1. 摆出高人一等的派头Some television programmes tend to children 2. go to as a customer光顾,惠顾When he was a student, Sterling often patronized the little restaurant near the school. 3.赞助 资助She es many contemporary British artists.,suspectvbelieve to be true；fee
21、l doubt suspect (that)She strongly suspected her husband had been lying. suspect sb of sth/ suspect sb of doing sthHe was suspected of being a spy.n:someone who is thought to be guilty of a crimeTwo suspects were arrested today in connection with robbery. doubt + whether / ifI doubt whetherif he wil
22、l keep his worddoubt + that常用在否定句和疑问句中I have no doubt (I dont doubt) that our team will win,suspectable 可疑的 susceptible 多情的，敏感的 suspicion 怀疑，涉嫌 suspicious 猜疑的，可疑的 suspectless 不可疑的,budgetn.预算 Collocation： on a budget 节省费用 on a (tight) budget: 缺钱，拮据 draw up a budget 制定预算 submit a budget提交一项预算报告 balanc
23、e a budget平衡预算 exceed a budget超出预算 cut/reduce a budget减少预算 a federal/household/municipal/national budge联邦/家庭收支/市政/国家预算,scale n. a relative level or degree规模 They are preparing for war on a large scale on a smalllarge scale小(大)规模地 high in the social scale 社会地位高的 为社会所尊重的 in scale (with) 与相称成比例 on thea
24、 scale of 按比例；按规模 out of scale 不成比例； scale up 按比例增加； scale down 按比例缩减；,resistvt. 抵抗,抵制resist sth; or resist doing sth 抵制 It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. We couldnt resist laughing at him in that funny clothes.,device n. a piece of equipment de
25、signed to serve a special purpose 装置，设备These newly-designed devices will appear on the exhibition next monthvt. devise 设计，发明辨析: equipment, device, appliance, instrument 设备 ， 装备， 电器， 仪器,profit n. an advantageous gain or return 利润，利益You may profit from (by) the experience of others. profit from/by 获利，得益于 辨析：benefit, interest, advantage, fortune 好处，利益; 利息,利益; 长处,利处; 财富,
