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Unit one How to improve you study habits Pre-reading questions: 1. Do you have any study habits? 2. what are your hobbies? Hobby—a leisure time interest or activity taken up primarily for pleasure. Habit—a tendency to repeat an action again and again, or a behavior pattern that has a degree of unconscious repetition. Average—ordinary, normal; mean men of average ability 能力一般的人 students of average intelligence The average age of the boys in the class is 7. 这些男孩子的平均年龄是七岁。 This is not necessarily the case—this might not be true sometimes. Necessary—unavoidably Great books are not necessarily best sellers. Case—the actual condition He thought he had found the right answer, but that was not the case. Intelligence—powers of minds; secret information Use your intelligence, and youre sure to achieve something. 发挥你的聪明才智,你一定能取得成就。 情报 He has the intelligence of the enemys plans. 获得敌方计划的秘密情报 Commit—1.assign to a specific purpose; 2.perform a crime or wrong doings If you commit a crime you can never escape being punished. The chairman can not see you now because his time is fully committed. Occupy—1.take up 2.engage He occupies an important position in the Ministry of Education. 他在教育部充任要职。 The workers were -pied in building new houses. 工人们正在忙碌着盖新房子。 All the seats on the bus were occupied when she get on. Be aware of--realize I was not aware of the fire. 我没有意识到火。 We were quite aware (of) how you would respond to our terms. 我们十分清楚你们对我们提出的条件肯定会有什么反应。 Adequate—enough; suitable, fit We took adequate food for the holiday. 我们为假期带足食品。 The supply is not adequate to the demand. 供不应求。 I hope you will be adequate to the job. 我希望你能胜任这工作。 Concentrate—direct attention Concentrate on your work. 集中精神工作。 A driver should concentrate on the road when driving. 开车时驾驶员的注意力要集中在路上。 Concentration (n.) Skim—1.掠过 2浏览, 略读 3撇取 On summer evenings, dragonflies are seen to skim over the river. It took me an hour to skim the book. skim the cream off [from] the milk (=s