UnitTwoRobotsDiscoveringWordsandExpressions1.householdn.家庭，一家人MostAmericanhouseholdsownprivatecars.adj.家庭的；家用的householdgoods/products家居用品LiuQianhasbecomeahouseholdnameovernightsincethe2009SpringFestivalGala.2.fictionun.虛構的事物；小說sciencefictiondetectivefiction3.desire渴望；渴求n.

(forsth.;todosth.)Everyonehasadesireforhealthandhappiness.Whocansatisfyman’sdesiretoenjoypeaceforever?Vt.

(sth.;todosth.)Womenareborntodesirebeauty.Weteenagersdesiretobeunderstood.4.satisfactionn.Ajobgivesyouasenseofsatisfactionapartfrompayandpressure.Beingparentsisoneofthesatisfactionsinlife.toone’ssatisfactionexpressone’ssatisfactionwith…vt.satisfy

satisfyone’sdesire/curiosity/needsadj.satisfying/satisfactory;satisfied5.testoutThesetofnewequipmentcan’tbeputintousenow,foritstillneedstestingout.teststhouton…trysthout(on…)Hisartworksstandthetestoftimeandnowtheyarehighlythoughtof.在…上試驗或試用6.alarmn.警報；警報器；驚恐soundthealarmsetoffthe(fire)alarm發(fā)出警報；拉響警報器inalarm驚恐地Vt.make…afraidTheloudsoundalarmedallofus.=Allofuswerealarmedattheloudsound.bealarmedat…；alarming令人驚恐的7.sympathyn.have/feelsympathyforsb同情某人havesympathywith…支持，贊同adj.besympatheticto/towards…Seeingyoursituation,Icandonothingbutbesympathetictoyou.看到你的境況，我只能對你表示同情了。8.favourn.恩惠；善意的行為MayIaskyouafavor?Wouldyoudomeafavourandshowmehowtoreachthestation?喜愛；好感Thewaitresswasenthusiatictometowinmyfavour.showfavourtosb偏袒某人Vt.喜愛，支持，偏袒Opportunityonlyfavoursthepreparedmind.***beinfavorof支持；贊成；有利于9.pile

n.apileofbooks/rubbishLarryburieshimselfinpilesofworkeveryday.=Larryisburiedinapileofworkeveryday.拉里每天都忙著成堆的工作。Vt.

pile(sth)up把…堆放起來;堆積10.scanvt.細看；仔細檢查；瀏覽；掃描Theprofessorwasscanningmygraduationpaper.Iamusedtoscanning(through)thenewspaperoverbreakfast.pilesof+n.11.accompanyvt.陪伴；陪同：keepsbcompanySeeingthisfilm,childrenmustbeaccompaniedbyadults.12.affairn.businessaffairsforeignaffairsstateaffairspersonalaffairs13.declarevt.宣布，宣告；公告TheUSdeclaredherindependencein1776.declarewaron…對…宣戰(zhàn)當?shù)卣荚摰貐^(qū)為國家公園。Thelocalgovernmentdeclaredthisareaanationalpark.斷言；聲稱；宣稱ThisboydeclaredthathehadseenaUFOonenight.許多研究人員斷言中國的發(fā)展有益于全球。ManyresearchersdeclarethatthedevelopmentofChinabenefitstheglobe.(isbeneficialto)14.envy

vt.忌妒；羨慕HowIenvyyou!SometimesIdoenvyyouyourgoodfortune.Itisnouseenvyingschoolfellowsmakingprogress.Wehavetomakeconcreteefforts.envysb./sb.sth./sb.doingsth.15.leave…alone(=let…alone)Whenshegetsannoyed,justleave/letheralone.別惹我，我煩著呢。Leavemealone;I’mfeelingupset.15.leave…alone(=let…alone)Weweretoldtoleavet