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U3 重点词汇讲解 一、重点词汇列表 动词 work, recover, contain, damage, prefer, suffer, affect, skip, count, concentrate, gain 名词 figure, failure, chemical, pressure, diet, effect, achievement, branch, post, energy, equipment, expert, comfort, system, skin, amount, loss, 形容词 slim, ashamed, energetic, painful, chemical, attractive, embarrassed, overweight, peaceful 重点词组 work out, go on a diet, side effect, fall out, get into shape, make the most of, in the long term, as a matter of fact 二、精选词汇讲解 1. be dying for something / to do something 渴望……；极想…… to want something or want to do something very much: * be dying for something 1) He is dying for a cigarette. 他很想要香烟。 2) She is dying for a cup of coffee. 她很想要一杯咖啡。 * be dying to do something 1) I’m dying to ask where he got the information. 我真想问他从哪里得到的消息。 2) His friends are dying to see his new girlfriend. 他的朋友们争先恐后的想见他的新女朋友。 2. work out (1) 锻炼 to make your body fit and strong by doing exercises: 1) He works out at the gym three times a week. 他每周去健身房锻炼三次。 2) The famous actor keeps fit by working out with weights every day. 这位著名的演员通过每天举重来保持健康。 (2) 算出 to calculate an answer, amount, price etc: 1) I was born in 1954. Can you work out my age? 我出生在1954年。你能算出我的年龄吗？ 2) The poor boy cannot work out the difficult maths problem. 这个可怜的孩子不能解决这道数学难题。 (3) 想出 to think carefully about how you are going to do something and plan a good way of doing it: 1) Can you work out what to do next? 你能想出下一步该怎么做吗？ 2) We are trying to work out a way to have a cheaper holiday. 我们正试图想出过一个更便宜假期的方法。 (4) 理解，弄懂 to think about something and manage to understand it: 1) I can’t work out the meaning of the poem. 我不理解这首诗的意义。 2) He is interesting, but I can’t work him out. 他很有趣，但是我不能理解他。 3) The smell was wonderful. But I cannot work out where it came from. 味道真香，但是我不明白这是从哪来的。 3. figure 名词 (1) 体形、体态the shape of someone’s body, especially a woman’s body 1) She has