阅读与写作 unit7.ppt

disassociate?/?d?s??s?????e?t, -si?e?t/ vt. 使分离; 与...撇清关系 Eg: I wish to disassociate myself from this very sad decision. 我希望能撇清和这个令人遗憾的决定的联系。 Eg: ...an attempt by the president to disassociate the military from politics. ...总统对分离军政的一次尝试。 nagging?/?n?ɡ??/ adj. 使人不得安宁的； (疼痛)难以摆脱的 唠叨的；挑剔的 Eg: He complained of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades. 他抱怨肩胛骨之间有个地方总是疼。 gibberish?/?d??b?r??/ n. 乱语；快速而不清楚的言语 Eg: When he was talking to a girl he could hardly speak, and when he did speak he talked gibberish. 跟女孩讲话时，他几乎说不出来，好不容易说出来了，又都是些胡言乱语。 fanatical?/f??n?t?k?l/ adj. 狂热的 Eg: He is a fanatical fan of Mozart. 他是一名莫扎特音乐的狂热爱好者。 pidgin?/?p?d??n/ n. 洋泾滨语；混杂语言 ?adj.混杂(语)的 Eg: The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English. 餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。 smattering?/?sm?t?r??/ n. 一知半解；少许; 一点点 adj. 肤浅的；些许的；点滴的 Eg: I had acquired a smattering of Greek. 我学会了一丁点儿希腊文。 Synonyms： handful?/?sciolism n.一知半解；少数；略知 chop suey? [t??psu:i]?n.美[食](美式中国菜)炒杂烩菜 exasperation???[iɡ,z?sp?rei??n; -,zɑ:s-] n. 恼怒；恶化；惹人恼怒的事 eg: Finally,?the?day before?her lesson,?Lulu announced?in?exasp- eration?that? she was giving up?and?stomped?off.? 终于，在上课的前一天，露露恼怒地表示她将放弃练琴，并跺着脚 离开了。 taco?/?tɑ?k??/ n. 墨西哥煎玉米卷；墨西哥人 corner?[‘k?:n?] n. 角落，拐角处；地区，偏僻处； 困境，窘境；(眼睛、嘴巴的) 角 Eg: the corner of the living room/ ?a magazine 房间/杂志的一角 She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth. 她轻轻擦去了嘴角的面包屑。 Eg: Take your time, dont cut corners, and follow instructions to the letter. 慢慢来，不要走捷径。要严格按要求完成。 around the corner 即将到来/在附近 cut corner走捷径表不满 corner?[‘k?:n?] v. ?垄断；转弯? ；强求与…交谈； 迫至一隅；使陷入绝境；把…难住 Eg: Sony has cornered the market in chic-looking MP3 players.