2013牛津译林版选修9Unit1“Other countries, other cultures”课件1.ppt

Para 1 minus prep. 减; 零下 Seven minus three equals four. The temperature today is minus ten degrees centigrade. 。 plus prep 加 One plus one equals two. 1)When the dog attacked him, he picked up a stone to defend himself. 2)We defend our country against enemies. 3)The law defends people from injustice. defence / defense n. ( in defence of) defendant n. 被告人 defender n. 守卫者；后卫 defensive adj. 防御的;戒备的;防守的 on/ onto the defensive (n.) 处于防御姿态/ 戒备状态/采取守势 defensible adj. 可辩解的；可防御的 Para 2 waste n. 浪费；废物，垃圾；荒地 v. 浪费 adj. 废弃的，荒芜的 Industrial waste must be prevented from polluting our rivers. 必须禁止工业废料污染我们的河流。 a waste of In his opinion, it is a waste of time and money to have holidays. 他认为度假浪费时间和金钱。 waste sth in doing sth. 浪费时间做某事 I’m not going to waste any more words on the subject. 在这个问题上我不想再多费唇舌了。 Don’t waste your time doing nothing. 不要无所事事。 a waste product 废品 waste water 废水 【谚语】Waste not, want not. 不浪费，不愁缺。 注：waste作大片荒原的时候大多用作复数 Para 3 Para 4 A is short for B “A是B的缩写（简称）”。 Tom is short for Thomas. Tom是Thomas的简称。 for short是固定搭配，意为“简称；缩写”，常放在句末。 People usually call me Tom for short. 人们常常简称我为Tom. be short of　　缺乏…… I’m a little short (= I do not have much money) this week — could you lend me ten dollars? 我手头紧， 你能不能借我10美元。 We’re short of coffee — I must get some more. 我们没有咖啡了，我要去买一些。 The bill comes to $85, but we’re $15 short. 帐单总计为85美元，但我们缺15美元． in short　　　简言之 Para 5 mix vt. 混合，搀和 mix sth with sth Don‘t mix business with pleasure. 不要把工作娱乐搀和在一起。 2) mixed adj 混合的 mixed doubles 男女混合双打 3）mixture n 混合物。 a mixture of sorrow and anger 悲愤交加 settlement n. 解决，处理 The strikers have reached a settlement with the employers. 罢工的人已和雇主达成协议。 settle vt. vi. 定居；停留；解决，处理 After years of travel, we decided to settle here. 我们旅行多年后，决定在此定居。 settle down 安定/安顿下来 It’s terrible. I can’t settle down to anything today. 真糟糕，我今天无法安下心来做任何事。 settlement n. 解决，处理 The strikers have reached a settlement with the e