【词汇讲】英语 Unit 2 English around the world.docVIP

必修 1 Unit 2 English around the world 作者：赵华水 单位：辉县市一中分校 1. petrol /petr?l/ n.[U] 汽油 =＜美＞gasoline The garage deals in oil, tires and petrol. 这个汽车库出售润滑油、轮胎和汽油。 We stopped once to buy petrol and then stopped again to ask the way. 我们停下来买了一次汽油，然后又停下来问了一次路。 2. gas /g?s/ n. 汽油; 气体；煤气; 毒气 Sorry I’m late. I had to stop for gas. 对不起，我来迟了，因为我在路上停车加油。 Hydrogen and oxygen are gases. 氢和氧是气体。 Gas is now widely used for cooking and heating.现在普遍用煤气烧饭和取暖。 Once they are out on the street, the cars will take in air and replace it with poison gases. 汽车一旦出厂开到大街上,就会吸进空气,排出有毒气体。 3. official /?f???l/ adj. 官方的；正式的; 公务的 I am Japan, and my official language is , you guessed it, Japanese! 我是日本人，我的官方语言是，你猜对了，日语！ I can hardly believe that is our official attitude. 我几乎不能相信那是我们的正式态度。 His official duties kept him busy. 他公务繁忙。 n. 官员, 政府官员,公务员a person who works in the government An official at the railway station said the train would arrive late. 火车站的一位官员说这列火车将晚点到达。 An official of the local government called to see him. 当地政府一位官员来看他。 4. voyage /v????/ n. 航行 航海 He made a voyage to Japan. 他航行至日本。 The voyage from England to India used to take 6 months. 从英国到印度的海上航行过去得用六个月的时间。 5. because of 因为；由于 I was late because of the traffic. 因为交通堵塞，所以我来晚了。 The game was put off because of rain. 比赛因雨延期。 He did not come to school because of the fact that he was ill.由于他有病了，所以没有来上学。? 6. native /ne?t?v/ adj. 本国的; 本地的 He was happy to return to his native land. 他回到了故乡，很高兴。 English is not my native language. 英语不是我的本族语言。 n. 本地人; 本国人 Listening to his accent, you think he was a Beijing native. But actually hes from Guangzhou. 听口音像一个北京人,其实他是广州人。 7. come up 走近；上来；提出 A strange man came up and talked to me. 一个陌生人走上前来跟我说话。 The diver comes up for air. 潜水员升到水面呼吸空气。 The question hasnt come up yet. 这问题还没有被提出来。 8. apartment /?pɑ:tm?nt/ n.（美）公寓住宅；单元住宅；一套公寓房间； I saw his new apartment. Its really a beauty. 我见过他的新公寓，真的很棒。 The apartment in the central area are always expensive, I cant afford one. 中心区的公