灵通高职高专英语1《读写译教程》Unit3.docVIP

Unit 3 Text A Words: afford v.tr.（及物动词）afforded， affording， affords提供, 给予, 供应得起 He can afford an apartment.他能买得起一套住房。 I cant afford three weeks away from work.我无法丢下工作三星期。 If we could afford it, wed like to go abroad for our holidays. 如果出得起旅费,我们想到国外去度假。 He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. 他告诉我公司无法支付如此巨额的工资。 sink v.（动词）sank或 sunk sunk, sinking, sinks沉下, (使)下沉 sank the bucket into the well.把水桶沉入井中 The ship is sinking.这船正在下沉。 She sank to the ground.她瘫倒在地上。 The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer. 经过漫长而干燥的夏季，湖水的水位下落了数英尺 manage v.（动词）managed， managing， manages vi.处理, 应付过去vt.管理, 控制, 操纵, 维持, 运用, 搞成, 设法, 达成 He managed the supermarket when the owner was away. 当主人不在的时候，他管理这个超级市场。 At first, no ready technical data were available, but we managed to go without. 起初,我们没有现成的技术资料,但也设法照样干下去了。 The horse was difficult to manage.这匹马很难驾驭。 hence adv.（副词）因此, 从此Hence is another way of saying furthermore. It is very late; hence you must go to bed.时间已经很晚了，因此你必须睡觉去。 The town was built among the hills, hence the name Hilltown. 该城镇修建在群山之中,故取名山城。 initial adj.最初的, 词首的, 初始的n.词首大写字母 the initial stages of an undertaking一项事业的最初阶段 The initial talks were the base of the later agreement. 最初的会谈是后来达成协议的基础。 Steven Lanes initials are S.L.Steven Lane这姓名的首字母是S.L.。 shortage n.缺乏， 匮乏；缺乏之量 a shortage of water缺水 The total shortage was $500.不足的总额为500美元。 In the developed countries, theres a great shortage of labour / work force. 发达国家劳动力非常缺乏。 disaster n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸 The floods were a disaster.洪水是一种灾害。 “A nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike” (John F. Kennedy). “核灾难，由风、水和恐惧而传播出去，可完全吞噬大国、小国、富国、穷国，以及结盟的和不结盟的国家” （约翰·F·肯尼迪）。 “the heaviest calamity in English history, the breach with America” (James George Frazer). “英国历史上最沉重的灾难，是和美国关系的破裂“ （詹姆斯·乔治·弗雷泽）。 “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking,