1、property / real estate 房产real estate agent 房产经济人a floor plan 楼层平面图 layout 布局spacious 宽敞的 specious 似是而非的hallway 过道lounge / sitting room / living room 客厅dining room 餐厅kitchen 厨房bathroom 卫生间garage 车库 attic 阁楼wardrobe 大衣橱 closet 壁橱cupboard 碗柜coffee table 茶几toilet 马桶sink 水槽leather sofa 皮沙发armchair 沙发椅eas
2、y chair 安乐椅dishwasher 洗碗机refrigerator 电冰箱 fridge (口语用)bookshelf 书架 bookcase 书橱semi-detached 双拼房rent 租；租金including bills / utilites 包含账单(公用事业费)landlord / landlady 房东tenant 房客furnished 配备家具的 furnishings 室内配备（如家具、地板、窗帘等）handy 便利的bedsitting room / bedsitter / bedsit 兼做卧室与客厅的房间celebrity 名人 fame 名气 fortun
3、e 财富atlas 地图集(册)studio 演播室presenter 主持人cultured 有文化的 high taste 高品位elegant 高雅的 state-of-the-art 最好的，最先进的luxurious 豪华的，奢侈的feminine 女性的 feminist 女权主义者add a feminine touch 增添了女性的感觉interior designer 室内设计师blind(s ) 百叶窗carpet texture 质地，质感an earthly texture 泥土的质感tone 色调，音调atmospheric 有情调，有氛围的a soft, warm
4、glow 柔和温暖的光visual impact 视觉冲击lighting 照明insubstantial 不充分的 insufficient ceiling 天花板phone-in 电话参与类电视广播节目nappy / diaper 尿布towel 毛巾pram 婴儿车bath / bathtub 浴缸lifestyle 生活方式save up 攒钱current affairs 时事self-study 自习language laboratory 语音教室weekly timetable / schedule 每周日程/课表weekly review 每周总结walking tour 徒步
5、旅行gym 体育馆 gymnasium Director of Studies 教务长Social Organizer 社会活动负责人intermediate 中级的elementary 初级的intensive 强化的receptionist 接待员occupation / profession enrolment 入学registration 注册 deposit 押金VAT= Value-added Tax driving / drivers license trianglesquarecircleoval whirlwind / spiral 呈螺旋形的ambitious single
6、-minded 执着的determined 不动摇的reliablehoneststableindependentconfidentcalmloyalsympathetic 富有同情心的sociablecreativeenergeticenthusiastic / passionate nationalityPortuguese MexicanSwedishNorwegian DutchIndonesian SingaporeanThai Brazilian EgyptianTurkishIrishCanadian PhilosophyPsychologyLinguisticsPhysicsB
7、iology BiochemistryLiteraturePolitical scienceEconomicsGeologyGeographyArchitecture Anthropology 人类学Archaeology 考古学chimpanzee 黑猩猩 chimpgorilla Ape 猿 模仿primate 灵长类authority 权威（人士）jungle jungle law （弱肉强食的）丛林法则wildlife reserve / nature reserve 自然保护区open fire 篝火refresh ones soul / cleanse ones spirit 清洁
8、灵魂invigorating 使人精力充沛 feel refreshed 感觉轻松、从疲劳中恢复chant 吟唱yoga 瑜伽meditation 打坐沉思prayer 祷告leaflet / brochure 小册子，宣传册inner peace Youll take to it in no time. = Youll get to like it immediately. nursing home 养老院stroke 中风depressed 抑郁odd 怪异panic 惊慌take on responsibility care worker 护工fall out 失和cope 应对sort
9、 out 解决（问题）clue 线索take the first right = take the first turn on the right straight ahead / straight down (along / up) the road opticians 眼镜店 optic 眼镜片bakers 面包点chemists 药店grocers 杂货店greengrocers 蔬菜水果店bend 弯路 round the bend roundabout 转盘路crossroads / junction / intersection 交叉路口T-junction 丁字路口bypass
10、绕城路agenda 议事日程urban planning 城市规划city council 市政委员会alternative 其他的选择Theres simply no alternative. option an ideal option objection 反对 object to preserve a historical site 有古迹的地方ancient Roman remains 古罗马遗迹totally unacceptable cathedral 大教堂Trinity 三一double-decker 双层巴士sightseeing tour bus 观光旅游车open-top
11、 敞篷的tourist attraction 旅游景点valid 有效地 invalid 无效的St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City St. Pauls Cathedral in London Empire State Building 帝国大厦the London Eye a giant observation wheel 摩天轮Big Ben 大本钟Tower Bridge 伦敦塔桥Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫Westminster Cathedral 威斯敏斯特大教堂harbor cruise 港口巡游River Thames 泰
12、晤士河The Times 泰晤士报Houses of Parliament 议会大厦Statue of Liberty 自由女神像 Greenwich 格林尼治Trafalgar Square 特拉法加广场art gallery 画廊，美术馆Euro Star 欧洲之星火车sea view 海景receipt 收据、发票head office 总部 headquarters refund 退款 want money back check in 办理值机手续boarding gate 登机口boarding pass 登机牌departure lounge 候机厅terminal 航站楼= li
13、ne jump the queque = cut in the line 插队oxygen mask lightning 闪电faith n.信仰relative adv.相对的alongside adv.在旁边sprawl v.蔓延vanish v.消失induced into 引入 socioeconomic adj.社会经济学的deadliest adj.最致命的globalisation n.全球化commercial adj.商业的evolution n.进化diversity n.多样性；差异be peppered with 充满的bound v.跳；n.界限shrunk v.收缩
14、 shrinkbreed v.繁殖 n.品种 产生 导致shifts from to 转变deprive of 剥夺banning n.禁止promote v.促进，推动intimately adj.亲密的preserve v.保存，保护extinction n.灭绝shift from 转变deprive of 剥夺physiological adj.生理学的dominating adj.有领导作风的；统治的alternative adj.供选择的therapies n.治疗方法 therapiesperception n.感知力community n.社区despite prep.尽管；不
15、管identity n.一致 身份fostering n.哺育bilingualism n.双语account for 占（比例）prescribe v.开药方，指示 subscribe 订阅（报纸，杂志）turnover n.收入 incomeherbal medicine 草药erosion n.腐蚀approach n.&v.接近，靠近 方法apprentice n.学徒exclusively adv.专有的 唯一的revival n.复活；复兴pretender n.冒牌货acupuncture n.针灸orthodox adj.正统的 n.正统loath adj.勉强的radical
16、 adj.激进的remedy n.治疗disenchantment n.觉醒disillusioned adj.大失所望的sceptical adj.常怀疑的empirically adv.凭经验的incentive n.刺激，诱因 stimulate 刺激bottom line 底线impersonal adj.冷淡的mainstream n.主流concur v.同意digestive adj.消化的conventional adj.依照惯例的conservative adj.保守的be engrossed in 全神贯注pup n.小狗predator n.捕食者socialise ad
17、j.社会化的hand in glove 互补的pharmaceutical n.药物 adj.药学的holistic adj.整体的，全盘的musculoskeletal 肌骨kill off 杀死chronic adj.慢性的；长期的acute adj.急性的juvenile n.青少年 juvenilesuperficial adj.表面的carvorting v.腾跃evolve v.发展；进化；形成optimum adj.最适宜的；n.最佳效果endurance n.耐久，忍耐力respiratory adj.呼吸的hypothesis n.假设suckling adj.初出茅庐的ma
18、noeuvre v.演戏；n. 策略inspection n.检查，视察peak about 达到顶峰converse adj.相反的 n.逆行，逆向vice versa 反之亦然prowess n.英勇；杰出的才能liken vt.比拟，把比作reproduction n.再造，繁殖stimuli n.刺激；刺激物variable adj.易变的； n.易变物unpredictable adj.难以捉摸的aggression n.侵犯；侵略cognitive adj.认知的assessment n.评估；估价reciprocity n.相互性flexibility n.灵活性；柔韧性 fle
19、xibility1、Never before has the planets linguistic diversity shrunk at such a pace.2、It is not the necessary these small languages that are about to disappear.3、Quite often ,governments try to kill off a minority language by banning its use in public or discouraging4、There is mounting evidence that l
20、earning a language produces physiological changes in the brain.5、 The patterns and connections we make among various concept may be structured by the linguistic habits of our community.6、We have a tradition of doctor being fairly powerful and I guess they are pretty loath to allow any pretenders the
21、ir position to come into it.7、The 550,000 consultations with alternative therapists reported in 1990 survey represented about an eighth of the total number of consultations with medically qualified personnel covered by the survey.8、An increasing exodus from their clinics ,coupled with this and a num
22、ber of other relevant surveys carry out in Australia ,all pointing to orthodox doctors inadequacies ,have led mainstream doctors themselves to begin to admit they could learn from the personal style of alternative therapists.9、Animals at play often use unique signs - tail-wagging in dogs, for exampl
23、e - to indicate that activity superficially resembling adult behaviour is not really in earnest. A popular explanation of play has been that it helps juveniles develop the skills they will need to hunt , mate and socialize as adults.decent adj.得体的cast management n.理财small-scale 小规模exploitative emplo
24、yment 受剥削的工作abuse n.&v.虐待labour-intensive 劳动密集型的shining shoes 擦鞋entrepreneurship n.企业innovative opportunities 创新机遇facility 设施abide by 遵循tremendous adj.巨大的initially adv. 开始fixed assets 固定资产loan amounts 贷款金额charged interest 收取利息impoverished adj.穷困的；无力的provision of 提供hit the headlines 登上头条eruption 火山爆发
25、hurlinto 投进core-shaped 锥形的molten adj.熔融的topography n.地形学basalt n.玄武岩atmosphere n.气氛；大气crust n.外壳carbon dioxide 二氧化碳molten core 熔融核mantle v.覆盖；n.覆盖物brittle adj.易碎的yolk n.黄色；蛋黄white n.白色；蛋白shell n.外壳archipelago n.群岛fracture zones 断裂带magma n.岩浆molten rock 熔岩horizontally adv.水平地range from to 从到的范围lingui
26、sts n.语言学家objective adj.客观的non-linguists 非语言学家large-scale sample 大规模样本scrupulous adj.一丝不苟的tape-record 录音的naturalistic adj.自然的paradox n.悖论ethical adj.伦理的 n.处方药out of sight 看不见non-verbal adj.不可名状的elicitation n.引诱；启发 inducecorpus n.文集 campusunbiased adj.不偏颇的selective adj.精选的linguistic feature 语言特性cover
27、age n.报道intuition n.直觉introspection n.反省1.Now Im confident to expand what weve been doing2.Although small-scale bussiness training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world ,relatively little attention has been paid to the need to direct such opportunities to young people.Even
28、 less attention has been paid to children living on the street or in difficult circumstances3. Children do not end up on the stresss due to a single cause ,but to a combination of factors: a dearth of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home, family breakdown and violence.4. Its also
29、 a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection , to exploitative employment urban crime, and abuse.5. There are tremendous advantages to involving parent or guardians in the program, where such relationships exist.6.Geologits consider the earth as having a moltencore surround
30、ed by a semi-molten mantle and a brittle, outer skin.7. They range from a carefully planned ,intensvie field investigation in a foreign country to a casual introspection about ones mother tongue carried out in an armchair at home8.An important principle is that all corpora, whatever their size , and
31、 inevitably limited in their coverage, and always need to be supplemented by data derived from the intuition of native speakers of the language , through either introspection or experimentation.athlete 运动员adage 谚语sprint 冲刺high jump 跳高emeritus professor 名誉教授endurance n.忍耐力genetics n.基因学scientific met
32、hods 科学手段strength training 强化训练nutrition 营养unorthodox 不正统的injury 伤病focused training 集训breaking records 打破纪录cushion 垫子humble 谦卑的joint 关节limb 肢体vexingly 难懂地allocated 分配的apportioned 分派的health system 健保系统priority 优先，优先权awareness 意识finite 有限的consciousness 知觉 ，意识revelation 显示；泄露invisible hand 看不见的手contrar
33、y 相反的liberty 自由poverty-stricken 贫困health-care 健保obligation 义务autonomy 自治fundamental 基本的dramatic rise 剧烈上升demographic 人口学doomsday 末日scenario 方案analogous 相似的administrator 管理者interpretation 解释cultural heritage 文化遗产loot 掠夺pursuit 追求archaeology 考古学humanity 人类学discipline 训导；训练ethnography 人种学ethnology 民族学a
34、nthropolog 人类学conservation 保存；保护collect data 收集数据conducts experiments 进行试验formulates a hypothesis 做出假设1、Since the early years of the 20th century ,when the International Athletic Federation began keeping records , there has been a steady improvement in hwo fast athletes run,how high they jump and ho
35、w fat they are able to hurl massive objects ,themselves included,through space.2、The problem of how health-care resources should be allocated ro apportioned,so that they are distributed in both the most just and most efficient way , is not a new one.3、What is new is that, from the 1950s onwards, the
36、re have been certain general changes in outlook about the finitude of resources as a whole and of health-care resources in particular, as well as more specific changes regarding the clientele of health-care resources and the cost to the community of those resources.Thus, in the 1950s and 1960s ,ther
37、e emerged an awareness in Western societies that resources for the provision of fossil fuel energy were finite and exhaustible and that the capacity of nature or the environment to sustain economic development and population was also finite.4、Its also accepted that this right generates an obligation
38、 or duty for the state to ensure that adequate health-care resources are provided out of the public purse. 5、The second set of more specific changes that have led to the present concern about the distribution of health-care resources stems from the dramatic rise in health costs in most OECD countrie
39、s, accompanied by large-scale demographic and social changes which have meant,to take one example ,that elderly people are now major (and relatively very expensie consumers of health-care resources).6、Here the methods of archaeology and ethnography overlap. Archaeologists in recent decades have deve
40、loped ethnoarchaeology, where, like ethnographers , they live among contemporary comunities , but with the specific purpose of learning how suc societies use material culture - how they make their tools and weapons ,why they build their settlements, where they do ,and so on.7、In this respect,the pra
41、ctice of the archaeologist is rather like that of the scientist, who collects data, conducts experiments ,formulates a hypothesis ,tests the hypothesis against more data, and then ,in conclusion ,devises a model that seems best to summarize the pattern observed in the data.tropical rainforest 热带雨林me
42、dia coverage 媒体报道independent of 独立于isolated adj.孤立的conceptual adj.概念上的confronted (with) adj.面对 ；比较incorporate 包含component 组成部分strategy 战略questionnaire 问卷equivalent (to) adj.相当于；等于sympathetic 同情的intrinsic 固有的proportion 均衡harbour misconception n.误解appreciate 感激；欣赏evaluate 评估conflicting views 矛盾的观点esse
43、ntial 必须的destruction n.毁灭taste buds 味蕾indigenous adj.本地的consistent adj.一致的observation n.观察volunteer v.自助提供predominate vt.占支配地位imcompatible adj.不亲合的arena n.舞台cetaceans n.鲸类captive 被俘的remark on 注记courtship ritual 求婚仪式interface 界面leap 飞跃choruses 共鸣deteriorated 恶化的compensated for 补偿comprise v.包括terrestr
44、ial adj.陆生的for granted 理所当然neural adj.神经的structure n.结构migrate v.移动related adj.有关的sense of vision 视觉stereoscopic vision 立体视觉acoustic sense 听觉perspective adj.透明的 n.透视图outline n.轮廓initiative 主动性majority rule 多数统治原则depicting 描述distinctive 独特的wavy adj.多浪的virtually = exactly virtualspinning adj.纺织的appreciate v.鉴别idiosyncratic adj.特殊的perimeter n.周长assigned v.分配distinctive adj.独特的consensus n.一致的barely adv.几乎不deem = believe resembled = similaritytaken aback 大吃一惊symbolism 象征主义
