NHCE BOOK4 unit 4.pptVIP

Unit 4 Section A The Telecommunications Revolution Teaching Procedure New words Expressions Warming-up Activities Text Analysis Exercises Writing dumb 1) unable to speak She was born deaf and dumb. 2) temporarily not speaking or refusing to speak 沉默寡言的，不愿意说的 We were all struck dumb with amazement. utility 1) a public utility 公用事业公司 high utility bill 高额公用事业开支 the development of utility 公用事业的发展 utility 2) Some kitchen tools have very little utility. 有些厨房用具几乎没有什么用处。 optical an optical fiber 光学纤维 an optical effect 视觉效果 He suffers from an optical defect. 他有视觉障碍。 millimeter 厘米 centimeter / cm. 分米 decimeter / dm. 米 meter / m. parade an endless parade of advertisements 一连串没完没了的广告 The Olympic Games began with a parade of all the competing nations. 奥运会以所有参赛国运动员列队进场作为开始 parade I hate the way he makes a parade of his knowledge in front of me. 我讨厌他在我面前卖弄知识的样子 condense 他设法将他的申请信压缩成一页。 He managed to condense his letter of application to one page. 蒸气接触冷的表面就凝成水珠。 Steam condenses into water when it touches a cold surface. intensive lick 问题很棘手，但我认为我们已经解决了。 It was a tricky problem but I think weve licked it. 他舔掉了沾在手指上的冰淇淋。 He licked the ice cream left on his fingers. scratch the surface 触及表面 The lecturer merely scratched the surface of the subject. 演讲人仅仅谈了谈该题目的一点皮毛。 provincial provincial governments 省政府 provincial attitudes 眼界狭窄的看法 province n. log 他们已经记录了90余例投诉。 They have logged more than 90 complaints. log on to sth. 登录 You need a password to log on to the system. 你要有密码才能登录该系统。 log Compare: log off / out: perform the actions that allow one to finish using a computer system Log out before switching the computer off. 关机前要退出。 invest 他们将为这个项目投资500万。 They will invest 5 million in the project. Fog invests the city. 大雾笼罩城市。 invest sb. with a decoration 给某人戴上奖章 stake be burned at the stake 被绑在火刑柱上烧死 I just dont feel I have a stake in how the trial comes out. 审判结果如何，我觉得跟我一点关系也没有。 lease We have leased an apartment for