unit 2(lecture notes).doc

Unit 2 SMART CARS 2. Words and Expressions lucrative: adj. producing much money; profitable (=This is a lucrative business.) 我们和一家美国公司做大米进口的生意，赚了些钱。 (= We made a lucrative business with the American company on rice imports.) manufacture: vt. 1) make goods on a large scale using machinery *This firm manufactures cars. 在工厂制造产品 (= to manufacture goods in a factory) 2) invent; make up *You’ll have to manufacture some kind of excuse. 她编了一段谎话来掩盖事实。 (= She manufactured a false story to hide the facts.) CF: manufacture make 这两个词都是动词，都有制造之意。 manufacture 使用范围较窄，既可指通过使用工业机械，亦指粗制滥造以一种机械的方式创作、制作或完成。例如： *His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed. 他的作品像是被机器加工出的，而不是创作的。 make 通用且非正式，可用于所有的制造过程。例如： *He made a model plane out of wood. 他用木头做了一架模型飞机。 approximately: adv. more or less exactly (=The car accident happened at approximately 7:45 a.m.) approximate: adj. fairly correct or accurate but not completely so *The approximate number of demonstrators in front of the municipal office building was 900. 大概的时间是三点钟。 (=The approximate time is three oclock.) eliminate: vt. remove, esp. sb./sth. that is not wanted or needed; get rid of *The police have eliminated all the other suspects. 她已被取消了参加游泳比赛。 (=She has been eliminated from the swimming race.) Pattern: eliminate sth. from sth. *Can we ever eliminate hunger from the world one day? in the air: in the earth’s atmosphere; uncertain, not yet decided *There is a strange smell in the air. (= Hundreds of birds suddenly rose in the air.) 我们的计划尚未确定。 (= Our plans are still in the air.) start up: begin or begin working, running, happening, etc. *Put the key in the ignition and turn it to start the car up. 玛丽发动引擎，向她的家乡驶去。 (= Mary started up the engine and drove for her hometown.) alert: 1．vt. warn sb. that there may be danger, trouble, etc. Pattern: alert sb. to sth. *The doctor alerted me to the dangers of smoking. 警察警告我有危险。 (=The policeman alerted me to the danger.) 2．adj. attentive; watchful Pattern: be alert