Unit 3新单词.pptVIP

Unit ThreeSecurity on the latch —(of a door) closed but not locked. e.g. Let yourself in; the door is on the latch. latch—n. 门闩 —shut (sth.) esp. temporarily e.g. He closes the shop up at 5:30. —come or bring sth. closer together e.g. If you children closed up a bit there’d be room for another one on the seat. —(of a wound) heal e.g. The wound closed up after a week. phrases including “close” close down —(cause sth. to) stop functioning or operating ;shut (sth.) down permanently e.g. They will have to close down soon. Business is so bad. close the door—to make it impossible e.g. After John makes up his mind, he closes the door to any more arguments. closed book—sth. that one does not know e.g. The history of the town is a closed book. closed-door—adj. secret e.g. The officers of the club held a closed-door meeting. of, situated in or living in a city or town e.g. urban areas—市区 the urban population 城市人口 构词 urbanize/se—v. change (esp. a rural place) into a town-like area collection of information expressed in numbers e.g. Statistics suggest that the population of this country will be doubled in ten years’ time. science of collecting ,classifying and analyzing such information. e.g. Statistics is a rather modern branch of mathematics. 构词 statistic—n. item of information expressed in numbers statistical—adj. Of or shown by statistics statistically—adv. statistician—n. people who studies or works with statistics dramatic—adj. of a drama e.g. a dramatic society—戏剧协会 Dramatic talent like any other must be trained. exciting or impressive e.g. Her opening words were dramatic.(动听) 构词 drama—戏剧文学,剧本; —戏剧,戏剧性,戏剧性的事件 dramatically—adv. 戏剧性地,显著地 dramatics—n. 戏剧活动,戏剧技术 dramatize/se—v. make (a novel,etc) into a play; make sth. seem more dramatic than it really is dramatization/sation—n. era—n. period in histor