Unit2ImprovingyourselfTransformationtemptv.誘惑temptationn.誘惑securev.保護adj.安全的insecureopp.adj.不安全的securityn.安全工作保障motivatedadj.積極的主動的motivatev.激發激勵motivationn.動機appropriateadj.恰當的inappropriateopp.adj.不恰當的spitv.吐口水spitp.t.spitp.p.spittingp.p.occupyv.占有occupiedp.t./p.p.occupationn.職業meanv.意思是meantp.t./p.p.meaningn.意義意思meaningfuladj.有意義的showv.出示showedp.t.shownp.p.clarifyv.澄清clarificationn.澄清considerateadj.體貼的inconsiderateopp.adj.不體貼的considerationn.體貼promotev.促進promotionn.促進necessaryadj.必須的unnecessaryopp.adj.不必要的necessityn.必需品investv.投資investmentn.投資objectiveadj.客觀的objectivelyadv.客觀地objectivityn.客觀resistv.抵抗resistancen.抗拒resistantadj.抗拒的Phrases Startingout&Understandingideasmapsthout策劃計劃feeloverwhelmed感到不知所措breaksthdowninto...拆分turnup出現到來loseone’stemper發脾氣resisttemptations抗拒誘惑breakahabit改掉某習慣nonewhatsoever絲毫沒有atotalof...總共drawaconclusion得出結論negativeeffects負面影響switchon（用開關）開ifanything如果要說的話onreflection一番考慮后pickuphobbies重拾愛好updateone’sprofile更新概況missout(onsth)錯過goround順便走訪aproperconversation一次真正的交談tobehonest老實說givein認輸betiredout精疲力竭的throwinthetowel認輸catchuponsth得到關于...的消息otherthan除了stepawayfromsth遠離atfirst起初identifywithsb與有同感Usinglanguagemeetdeadlines趕截止時間worksthout明白弄懂whereappropriate只要合適inbold字體加粗beconsiderateofsb體貼他人befacedwith面對著comeupwith想出tobeginwith首先inturn相應地forinstance例如take...asanillustration以...為例toputitanotherway換句話說goaboutdoing做某事abidebysth遵守asofsth自某一時間起inonepiece完整無缺的Developingideasvaryfrompersontoperson因人而異whattodowithsth怎么對待處理maxsthout用光(金錢等)incontrastto相比之下thebarriertosth通往...的障礙beathand在手邊hereandnow當前此刻thevisionforthefuture對未來的愿景involvedoing包含做某事thedaycomeswhen的一天來臨holdone’stemper控制脾氣III.Languagepoints

教材語境：TheaverageageofsocialmediausersinChinain2017was33.1yearsold,asagainst32.4in2016and31.2in2015.(P14)1.againstprep.倚著；反對；違背；對抗；造成不利、威脅；碰、撞；逆；以...為背景，襯托；asagainst跟某事物相比Hewasleaningagainstthewallwithhisarmsfolded.他兩臂交叉，靠著墻。Taxesareunpopular.Itisveryunderstandablethatvotersareagainstthem.稅收不受歡迎。選民們反對是可以理解的。Beagainstone’swishes/one’swill/thelaw/one’sprinciples/one’sorders違背意愿；違法；原則；命令We’llcompeteagainstthebestcompaniesinEurope.我們要和歐洲一些頂級的公司競爭。Doyouthinkthere’sdiscriminationagainstolderpeopleinthejobmarkettoday?你覺得在就業市場上有對年長者的歧視嗎？Therainwasbeatingagainstthewindow.Shediveddownandswamagainstthecurrent.她跳下水，逆流游泳。Itisimportanttoknowwhatcolorslookgoodagainstyourskin.知道哪些顏色趁自己的皮膚很重要。Over50%ofdivorcedmenregrettedtheirdivorce,asagainst25%ofwomen.離婚男性中有50%以上后悔離婚，與此相對，女性只有25%。

教材語境：ThetopfournegativeaspectsofsocialmediaasrankedbyChineseusersare...(P14)2.rankv.具有、確定...的等級地位；n.列，排；等級，軍銜；Hispricesrankhighamongthoseofothercontemporaryphotographers.在當代攝影師當中，他的要價很高。Itisnoteasytorankstudentsinorderofability.把學生按能力排名不是容易的。Everyonelinedupinranks,facingthecoach.大家一排排站好，面朝教練。Heeventuallyrosetotherankofcaptain.他終于當上了上校。

教材語境：Withthedetoxnowfinished,they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandtheyarebackonline.(P14)3.switchv.轉換，改變；交換，調換；調(班)cn.開關電閘；改變，轉變常見搭配switchfromAtoB/BetweenAandB在A與B之間變換switchto切換到，轉變成switchAforB用A來換Bswitchwithsb和...調班switchon/off（用開關）打開/關上attheflickofaswitch按一下按鈕就會...【練習】ShecanswitcheasilyfromFrenchtoEnglish.她可以在法語和英語之間自如切換。Whilethekingwasn’tlooking,theglasseswereswitched.趁國王不注意，酒杯被調換了。Citiesaroundtheworldhaveswitchedofftheirlightsforanhouraspartofanannualeventtoencourageactiononclimatechange.世界各地的城市已經關燈一小時，作為鼓勵采取行動應對氣候變化的年度活動的一部分。Youcanchangethecolorofcarsattheflickofaswitchifyoulike.如果你愿意，只要輕輕按一下開關就能夠改變汽車的顏色。Aquickreviewofsuccessesandfailuresattheendofyearwillhelp_____youryearahead.AA.shape B.switch C.stretch D.sharpenWearetiredoftheboringtopic.Whynot______ittoaninterestingone?BA.deliver B.switch C.connect D.direct

教材語境：Icanseehowmuchofmytimehadbeenoccupiedwithcheckingmyphone.(P14)4.occupyvt.占用，占去(時間，空間)；占據(人心，注意力等)，使忙碌；擔任職務，地位；占據，占領occupationn.工作，職業；占領；占用Hiscareeroccupiesmostofhistime.事業占去了他大部分的時間。IforgotallaboutitbecauseIwassooccupiedwithotherthings.因為忙于其他事情，我把這件事情忘得精光。Occupiedinlookingafterthreechildrenathome,shenolongerhastimetoenjoythevariousactivitiesintheclub.(忙于：beengagedin/bebusywith/beburiedin/beuptoone’sneck(eyes)insth/beinthemiddleof/)NoonecouldoccupyhisplaceinFrenchliterature.沒有人能夠取代他在法國文學中的地位。IsupposeIamlookingforanoccupationwhichisgoingtobeanadventure.我想我在找的是一份具有冒險性質的工作。Theyareinoccupationofthehouse.=Thehouseisintheoccupationofthem.那座房子歸他們所有。Theareaisunderoccupation.這一地區已被占領。

教材語境：Withoutourphones,wehadaproperconversationforovertwohours,withoutbeingdistractedbymessagesfromotherpeople.(P15)5.distractvt.分散(注意力)，使分心distractionn使人分心的事物attractopp.v.吸引Tomadmitsthatplayingvideogamessometimesdistractshimfromhishomework.湯姆承認玩電子游戲有時會使他無心做作業。Whatattractedmemosttothejobwasthechancetotravel.這份工作最吸引我的地方是有機會旅行。(attractsbtosth)SheseemsdistractedbythefactthatTomhasgoneabroad.她似乎因湯姆出國