Module 11 Unit 2
WORD STUDY
Textbook P74~
1. daily: a ~ routine 日常事務(wù)
on a ~ basis按日
a copy of China Daily一份中國日報
2. develop-developer-development
eg. As sth develops,…
With the development of sth,…
develop the habit of doing…
develop a new software
have the film developed
property developers房地產(chǎn)開(kāi)發(fā)商
a software developer軟件開(kāi)發(fā)人員
3. champion(冠軍)-championship（冠軍稱(chēng)號/地位）
4. future: ~ generations;
in the near/foreseeable future
in ~= from now on今后
5. present: the people ~ at the meeting出席會(huì )議的人
the ~situation目前的形勢
give sb. a ~禮物
at ~目前，現在
~ a more modern image展現出更加現代的形象
6. import(進(jìn)口)-export（出口）
7. on one’s own=by oneself=alone
8. mind: ~one’s own business少管閑事
~ (sb’s) doing…介意
~ sth介意；注意
never ~=don’t worry/it doesn’t matter
bear/keep sb/sth in ~將…記在心中
bring/call sb/sth to ~想起；記起
make up one’s ~ (to do…)作出決定；下定決心
on your ~掛在心上；惦念
take your ~ off sth暫時(shí)將…忘記
9. gap: fill in the ~s 填空
a generation ~
~ year
10. graduate: n.大學(xué)畢業(yè)生（常指本科生）；畢業(yè)生
a ~ in history歷史學(xué)學(xué)士
a high-school ~高中畢業(yè)生
v. ~ from…
11. make a/no/some/a lot of/little，etc. difference (to/in sb/sth)
（對/在…）有/沒(méi)有/有些/有很大/幾乎沒(méi)有不同/作用/關(guān)系/影響
eg: The rain didn’t make much ~ to the game.
Changing schools makes a big ~ to my life.
make all the difference (to sb/sth)關(guān)系重大；大不相同
12. conserve-conservation
preserve-preservation
12. rural-urban
13. refrigerator-fridge
14. switch on/off=turn on/off
15. furniture : a piece of ~一件家具
furnish: a furnished flat
16. hammer:
eg: The decision is a ~ blow for the steel industry.
這一決定對于鋼鐵業(yè)是個(gè)沉重的打擊。
She hammered the nail into the wall.
把釘子釘到墻上
17. spade: call a ~ a ~是啥說(shuō)啥；直言不諱
18. harvest: a good ~很好的收成
get in crops/~ crops收獲莊稼
1. actually 2. tests 3. entire 4.graduate
5. off 6. whom
Li Hua: David, I came across the phrase “the gap year” when I read a newspaper article about education in the UK. What is “the gap year”?
David: Well, I’m (1)a in the gap year now. After getting away from all of those (2)t , papers and presentations, many students find they need to take a little break for an (3)e year.WhenI(4)g from middle school three months ago, I decided to take a year (5)o before going to university. There are about 200,000 “gappers” every year, 130,000 of(6)w have just finished with middle school. 7. among 8. experiencing 9. Though 10. closer
Li Hua: So you are one (7)a them. But what do you usually do in the gap year?
David: Often students use the gap year to travel around the world, learning foreign languages, meeting different people and (8)e
different cultures. And that’s why I have been here.
Li Hua: But, do you miss your parents?
David: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” (9)T away from
home, I feel (10)c to them.
1. actually 2. tests 3. entire 4.graduat
5. off 6. whom
7. among 8. experiencing 9. Though 10. closer