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Language Points (UNIT 1 BOOK 4 New Standard College English (NSCE)) Part A Words and Phrases (Active Reading 1) I. WORDS TO KNOW (and IN FOCUS): *galvanize v. to stimulate to action; --encourage fraught a. full of worry or anxiety; tense testing gown n. outwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions clutch v. grip, grasp: to hold something tightly, closing your fingers around it. v. grab: to quickly and suddenly take hold of sb./sth n. (pl.) control, power or influence that sb. has slump v. to lean against because not strong enough to stand; decrease suddenly; bend forward scion n. descendent or heir, offspring, successor (ant. ascendant, ancestor, predecessor,) *morph v. cause to change (shape) grunt v. to say something quietly and unclearly testing n. difficult to deal with revert v go back to something/doing something nag v. to frequently ask someone to do something they do not want to do唠叨，对…纠缠不休chatter, gab, jaw, be garrulous, (fuddy-duddy)… *detached a. indifferent; remote recount vt. (fml) to say what happened 叙述 cop n.(infml) a police officer chilling a. having a bad effect on what someone does; spoiling one’s pleasure; taking all the fun out of comprehensive adj. including all elements or aspects needed dealing with *backside n. (inf) ass, butt, (buttock), bottom, bum, buns hip uni n. (BrE, spoken) university dead-end n. lacking opportunity esp. for advancement没有前途的 tricky a. difficult to deal with proceed v (formal) continue to do something after doing something else first; continue to somewhere else Ｃf precede: happen or exist before something else; to go somewhere before sb. else upcoming a. happening soon heal v. recover; get/ make healthy again; provide a cure for, transition n (formal) when something change from one form / state (形式/状态) to another sap vt. weaken or exhaust the energy or vitality of someone consultation n. the act referring or consulting sympathetically a