人教版選擇性必修第二冊

Unit2

BridgingCultures

vocabulary(3)

WorkersloadpipesatapipemanufacturingfirminLianyungang,Jiangsuprovince.firmadj.結實的;牢固的;堅定的n.公司;商行;事務所firmly:adv.堅定地;堅固地company

n.公司;陪伴1.

ThepoundstayedfirmagainstdollarinLondonbutfellalittleinNewYork.

在倫敦英鎊對美元仍堅挺，但在紐約卻跌了一點兒。2.

Thegovernmentmustacttofirmpricesup.

政府必須采取行動使物價穩定下來。3.

Hehasestablishedhisownfirm.

他已建立起自己的公司。4.

Thepoundremainedfirmagainstthedollar,butfellagainsttheyen.

英鎊對美元保持穩定，但對日元則疲軟。5.

Parentsmustbefirmwiththeirchildren.

父母對孩子一定要嚴格。

6.

Exercisewillfirmupyourmuscles.

鍛煉身體能使肌肉結實。7.

Wemustmaintainafirmattitude.

我們必須采取堅定的態度。

firm

用作副詞的用法十分有限，通常只能與

stand,

hold,

stay

等少數動詞連用，且位于動詞之后；而firmly

的用法則十分廣泛，且可位于動詞之前或之后。如：Always

hold

firm

to

your

beliefs.一定要堅守信仰。They

stood

firm

against

the

war.他們堅決反對戰爭。I

firmly

believe

that

it

is

true.我堅信那是真的。The

fence

posts

were

fixed

firmly

in

the

ground.

柵欄的立柱牢牢地固定在地上。They

were

firmly

convinced

that

they

were

the

rightful

owner

of

the

lands.

他們堅決相信他們是土地的合法主人。【注】hold

firmly

通常用于本義，指“緊緊握住”；而

hold

firm

則通常用于引申義，指“堅持(原則、理想、信仰等)”。AstudenttriesonChinese-styleclothesduringculturalactivitiesattheUniversityofRwanda'sCollegeofEducationRukaracampusonNov10.

"Cultureissomethingbroad,entailingthewholelifeofthepopulation.Eachculturehassomethinguniqueworthlearningfrom.ThisexhibitioneventisthereforeanopportunitytoopenourmindsandgiveusexposuretoChineseculture.Youcanlearnfromtheirculture,"AlexisKamukama,alevel-onemathematics,biologyandeducation

student,says.exposure

n.顯露，暴露；揭露，揭發

exposure[sb]tosth.使[某人]暴露于/接觸/體驗/遭受…

exposevt.①___________②__________

Whenhesmiledheexposedasetofperfectwhiteteeth.暴露,顯露

exposeacrime/ascandal/aplot/aproject/aplan揭露罪行﹑丑聞、陰謀﹑方案﹑計劃等揭露，揭發exposeoneselftobeexposedto遭受到exposesb./sth.tosb./sth.暴露某人、某事物給某人、某事物使自己面臨危險；使自己暴露于~acrime/scandal/plot/project/plan揭露罪行、丑聞、陰謀、方案、計劃等。vt.

暴露，揭露,使曝光expose①Exposedtosuchdisasters,thelocalpeoplewerebadlyinneedofhelp.當地人深陷于如此大的災難中，他們急需幫助。②Don'texposeyourselftothesunfortoolong.Youwillgetburnt.別在太陽下曬得太久，你會被曬傷的。③Wewanttoexposethekidstoasmuchartandcultureaspossible.我們想讓孩子們受到盡可能多的藝術和文化熏陶。④Ateachershouldexposehisstudentstoreal-lifesituations.教師應讓他的學生們接觸到真實的生活環境。Completethesentences1.

He______theplot__thepolice.__2.

He_____________totheenemy'sgun.exposedtoexposedhimself3.

He____________

theridiculeofthepublic.他向警察揭露了那個陰謀。他把自己暴露在敵人的槍支之下。isexposedto他遭受到公眾的嘲笑。1.It’stoobadthatchildrenare_____tofilmsandnewsaboutcrimeandviolence.2.Wewantto____thekidstoasmuchartandcultureaspossible.3.______tostrongsunlightforalongtimedoesgreatharmtoyourskin.exposedB.exposeC.observedD.BeingexposedABDExercises:KendallKracke,agraduatestudentinChineselanguageeducationatPortlandStateUniversity,gainsinsightsintoboostingtiesinsightn.洞察力;眼光sight

[sa?t]:n.視力;看見;名勝;景色;情景I'vegotaninsightintotheproblem.

我對問題豁然開朗。Thebookisfilledwithremarkableinsights.

這本書很有真知卓見。InthisnewbookhehitsofftheAmericantemperamentwithamazinginsight.

在這本新書里，他對美國人性格的描寫表現出驚人的洞察力。Oncehumanlimitsarebreached,thepersonseesbeyondthehorizonofhumaninsight,toreachatrulycosmicconsciousness.

當局限被打破,人們的洞察力就可以超越凡人,看到宇宙真正的奧秘。AChina-EuropefreighttrainboundforKazakhstanpreparesfordepartureatXi'anInternationalTrade&LogisticsParkinXi'an,NorthwestChina'sShaanxiprovince,onAug11,2021.Thisisthe10,000thChina-EuropefreighttraintripfromShaanxiprovince.

departure

n.離開;啟程;出發depart【(from)+地方)】:v.離開;出發departurepoint出發點

departuretime出發時間

departuregated登機口

departureroute發車線路arrivalsanddepartures:到站和離站班次setout/off(for...):出發;上路;動身

1.

Theenginewasoverhauledbeforeour

departure.引擎在我們啟程前已經全面檢修過。2.Wedecidedtodelayour

departure.我們決定推遲動身日期。3.Liptonisplanningto

depart

fromthecompanyhefounded.利普頓正打算離開他創立的公司。FourthgradestudentsaskateacherquestionsaboutthenewsemesterataprimaryschoolinWenmingYaotownship,Ruchengcounty,HunanprovinceonSept1,2021.

Chinaplanstoraisethethreshold(門檻；門口)forteachers'academicbackgroundstoimprovethequalityofeducationandtheeducationalsetting.settingn.環境;背景;(小說等的)情節背景situation:n.情況;形勢;局面background:n.背景;出身surroundings:n.(周圍的)環境environment:n.(影響人或事物的行為或發展的)環境1.Thepeaceofthe

setting

attractedher.平靜樸實的環境讓她著迷。2.Aseven-pieceplace

setting

costsabout￡45.一套7頭餐具要45英鎊左右。3.Thejet-setting

couplemadefrequentappearancesinthegossipcolumns.那對闊氣的夫婦頻繁出現在花邊新聞專欄里。ChinesesnacksbrandLyfensignspurchaseagreementswithfiveinternationalfoodcompaniesatthefourthChinaInternationalImportExpo(CIIE)inShanghaionMonday.

"WeshouldfirmlygraspandrelyontheplatformoftheCIIEtofurtherintroduceandexpandourrangeofimportedgoods,especiallyintermsofhealthyproducts,andbringmorehigh-qualityimportedfoodtodomesticconsumers,"saidShiYonglei,co-founderandCEOofLyfen.grasp

v.理解;領會;抓緊n.抓緊，緊握，控制，理解[力]，領會，能力所及，

短語graspsb.bythewrist/hand/arm抓住某人的手腕/手/手臂

graspachance/anopportunity

急忙抓住機會,毫不猶豫地抓住機會

haveagoodgraspof…=haveagoodcommandof…對…掌握得好

beyond

thegraspofsb.=beyondone’sgrasp超出某人的理解范圍

withinone’sgrasp在某人掌控的范圍內

Peaceisnowwithinourgrasp.現在和平在望.Sheallowedvictorytoslipfromhergrasp.她讓勝利從手中溜走了。Ihaveagoodgraspofphysics.我對物理有很強的理解力。Theyhaveagoodgraspofforeignlanguages.他們外語掌握得很好。GraspmyhandandIwillpullyouoverthewall.抓住我的手，我就把你拉過墻來。TheGovernmenthasnotyetgraspedtheseriousnessofthecrisis.政府當局還沒有意識到這場危機的嚴重性。HeinstantlygraspedthatStephenwastalkingabouthiswife.他馬上就明白斯蒂芬在說他的妻子。

同義詞take,grasp,grab,,snatch,seize這些動詞均有“抓住，握緊”之意。

take最普通用詞，不帶感情色彩。指用手抓、取某東西或控制某物。grasp指緊緊抓住、抓牢。grab指粗暴而急迫的抓住snatch指突然搶走，側重動作更快或更具暴力性質。seize指突然抓住某物，強調突然的猛烈動作。ShenzhendisplaysadramaticchangeGreatTidesSurgeAlongthePearlRiver,attheShenzhenReformandOpening-upExhibitionHall,featuresGuangdong'seconomicandsocialdevelopmentoverthepast40years.dramatic adj.巨大的;突然的;激動人心的，引人注目的，給人深刻印象的急劇的;喜劇(般)的dramatically

adv.

戲劇地；引人注目地draman.戲劇，激動，刺激

Heenjoysthedramaticarts.他喜愛戲劇藝術。Hisspeechwasdramatic.他的演說激動人心。Sheplaysaverydramaticwomanwithflashingeyes.她飾演一位雙眼閃光的引人注目的婦人。Thecitybreakmarkethasgrowndramaticallysincethemid-1980s.

城市休息市場從1980年代中期開始大量涌現。Thestorybeginsdramaticallybuttheplotpetersoutbeforetheend.

這故事有些虎頭蛇尾。Whydidthebank'speopledeserttheirbosssodramatically?

為什么世行職員們如此引人注目地拋棄他們的老板呢？Accountingandbankinghavechangeddramaticallyinthelightofrecentdevelopmentsincomputers.

由于當今電子計算機的飛速發展，會計和銀行業發生了急劇的變化。He'sboughtaspeciallybigTVatvastexpensesothateveryonecanseeproperly.他花大價錢買了一臺特別大的電視機，這樣每個人都能看清楚。.expense

n.費用;花費;開銷vt.：向…收取費用;把…作為開支勾銷householdexpense家庭開支

atgreatexpense以大價錢

sparenoexpense不惜費用

atsb.’sexpense由某人付錢，以某人為代價

atsb.’sexpenseof…在犧牲/損害…的情況下

atanyexpense:不論花費多少atone's(own)expense:自費Ithinkhe'shavingfunatourexpense.我想他在拿我們尋開心。Thedealersprofitedshamefullyatthe

expense

ofmyfamily.這些商人靠坑害我的家人可恥地謀利。

The

expense

oftimeandenergyontheprojectwashigh.

那個項目在時間和精力上的支出是很高的。charge,price,fee,fare,cost,expense這些名詞均有“價格，費用”之意。

charge指提供服務時索取的費用，也指貨物的價格、價錢。

price指商品在市場出售的價格，尤指賣方對商品所提出的單價。比喻意義指付出的代價。

fee指上學、求醫以及找律師等付的費用，還可指會費、借書費等。

fare側重指旅行時所付的車、船費等費用。

cost指生產某東西的成本，也泛指商品的價格，可與price換用。

expense常指實際支付的費用總數額，有時也指錢的花費。There'saservicechargeforthecheckingaccountbutnochargeforthesavings.

支票戶頭要收服務費，現金戶頭不收

Gasolinecanbeobtainedonareasonablecharge.

汽油可以用合理的價錢購得。

Itisrathercheapatthisprice.

這東西賣這個價錢是相當便宜的。

Nopriceistoohighforwinningtheirsupport.

為了獲得他們的支持,

任何代價均在所不惜。

Doesyourschoolchargeschoolfees?

你們學校收費嗎?

Asinglefareis170dollars.

單程票價為170美元。

Ipromiseallcostswillbereadilyreturned.

我保證所有的費用會迅速償還。

AtlastIboughtthefilmrightsofanovelatamoderatecost.

最終我以適中的價格買下了把小說改編成電影的版權。

Ican'taffordtheexpenseofredecoratingmyhouse.

我負擔不起重新裝修房子的費用.練習

1.Onethousanddollarsamonthisnotafortunebutwouldhelpcovermyliving______.

A.bills

B.expenses

C.prices

D.charges

07天津

2.You'llfindthismapofgreat_____inhelpingyoutogetroundLondon.

A.price

B.cost

C.value

D.usefulness

98全國

BCAttendantsshowofftheircolorfuluniformsinKunmingonFridayforatrialrunoftheChinesesectionoftheChina-LaosRailway.Constructionoftherailwayhascost55.68billionyuan($8.7billion).

cost

n.價格；成本；代價；費用；開銷；支出；代價；犧牲；損失；生產成本；產品成本；vt.使付出代價；使損失；使犧牲；估算…的成本；costanarmandaleg[使]話一大筆錢

costalotofmoney/costafortune花很多錢

costsb.dear使飽嘗苦頭，使付出沉重的代價

atallcost/costs不惜任何代價

atanycost在任何情況下，無論如何

atacostof以…的費用

Itmustcostagooddealtolivehere.

住在這里一定要花很多錢的。

Carelessdrivingcosthimhislife.

開車不小心使他喪了命。

Theworkwascostedbytheengineerat$50,000.

這項工程據工程師估價為50000美元。

Wewantamanwhomustbeabletoco