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UNIT 8 motivate vt. 使产生动机，使有兴趣事，通常用被动语态, 激发， 给予---- 动机 Would you say that he was motivated by a desire for power? 你是说他的动机是对权力的渴求吗？ He was motivated only by his wish to help me, and expected nothing in return. 他只是想帮助我，不图任何回报。 If you can motivate them to be interested, I’m sure they could do very well. 如果你能激发他们的兴趣，我肯定他们能干得很好。 The plan is desired to motivate the workers to work hard. 这一计划是为了激发工人们努力工作而设定的。 get stuck 堵塞，卡住，停顿下来， The key stuck in the lock. 钥匙卡在锁里了。 The road was flooded and the car got stuck in the mud. 道路被水淹了，汽车陷在泥里了。 As he was eating his supper too quickly, a fish bone got stuck in his throat. 由于他晚饭吃得太快，一根鱼刺卡在喉咙了。 acquire vt. （靠自己努力）获得， 取得， 拥有 I tried to acquire the information I need. 我设法获得我需要的信息。 His father acquired a habit of smoking while young and can not get rid of it. 他父亲年轻时就染上了吸烟的习惯，现在也不能戒悼。 make sense of =understand = make sense out of 理解， 弄懂， Can you make any sense of what this writer is saying? 你能弄懂这位作家在讲什么吗？ At that time most of the scientists in the world could hardly make sense out of Einstein’s theory. 当时世界上大多数科学家对爱因斯坦的理论不甚理解。 make sense 有意义，讲得通，合情合理 His poem makes no sense to me. 他的诗我读不懂。 It makes sense to look after yourself. 照料好自己是明智的。 5. awful adj. 很大的，非常的，糟糕的， I’m in an awful hurry to get to the bank. 我正十万火急地要到银行去。 It made him look an awful fool. 这使他看起来象个大傻瓜。 Your grammar is awful. 你的语法很糟。 awfully adv. 非常， 极为 The village looks awfully pretty. 那村子看起来漂亮极了。 instruct vt. 指示，指导，嘱咐，命令 He instructed his agent to sell his property. 他指示他的代理人卖掉他的房产。 We’ve been instructed to let no one into the building. 我们接到命令禁止任何人进入大楼。 memorize vt. 记忆，记住 memorize a poem 记住一首诗 memory n. 记忆力，记性 I have a bad memory for names. 我不善于记名字。 Are you sure? Memory can play tricks on you. 你肯定吗？记忆也会作弄人的。 effective adj. 有效的，产生预期的效果 drugs that are effective against cancer 治疗癌症的有效药物 I admire the effective use of color in her paintings. 我很欣赏她绘画作品中的色彩效果。 data n. 数据， 资料 This data was collected from 69 countries. 这资料是从69个国家收集来的。