新视野第四册第一单元词汇练习(期末考试单选).pptVIP

Notions in the passage-1 Welfare clients refer to those people who, because of illness, disability or age, cannot support their daily living by doing some kind of job, and thus live on the welfare money provided by government. They account for a much smaller group of people, not all beneficiaries to social security. Notions in the passage-2 a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency, non-profit organization, or other group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy, information or other services. General Image-1 What is people’s attitude towards a welfare client? be supposed to do: to be expected or required to do or to be something according to a rule, a custom, an arrangement, etc. 根据安排 e.g. The meeting was supposed to end at 4 p.m. General Image-2 Is it true that some of these people actually cheat? bleed: v. make sb. pay an unreasonable amount of money 榨取 example: they say that they get ___________________ than their real pension, or _____________ raised the rent. What is the author’s attitude towards life? General Image-3 What does he do to make a living? drum up: get sth. by asking lots of people for support or help 招揽 In his business, the author tempted to _______________________________, but since magazines ________________ so as not to get involved in __________________, actually he cannot get those unrecorded money. General Image-4 under the table: in a secret way e.g. Some government officials accepted money under the table. But even if I yielded to… in some sticky situation: even if I gave up and wanted to accept some of these money, the magazines that I’m working for will not give me any, just to save themselves from trouble. Caseworker General Image-5 Why a welfare client has to bow before a caseworker? Because caseworkers are being made fool of by some people, and they think clients should bow as a compensation. make a fool of sb.: trick sb. or make them appear stupid in some way e.g. Can