我的第一份工作.pptVIP

Unit 4 My First Job 我的第一份工作 I. Word Study 1.?apply 1)?write to ask for (a job, membership, etc.) 申请 e.g. Out of the 5,000 high school graduates who applied for this famous university, only a handful was admitted. Those who fly frequently can apply for a membership card by which they can get free tickets from the airliner after flying enough miles. 2) (cause to) have a bearing on; concern 适用 e.g. This rule only applies to people above 60. 3)?make use of 应用 e.g. Einstein was not interested in knowing how people applied his theories to practice. 2.?advertise (vt.) make known to people by means of mass media 为…做广告 e.g. She advertised in all major newspapers for her lost son. Disney is very good at advertising its cartoon-related products. 3.?local (a.) (1)?of a place or district 当地的；地方性的 e.g. After local news is sports news. (2)?affecting a part, not the whole 局部的 e.g. a local injury /pain / infection 4. suburb (n.) outer area of a town or city, where people live 郊区 e.g. They moved to the suburb so that their children could have a backyard to play in. The growing Shanghai suburbs create many commuting problems. 5. depress (vt.) (1)?make sad 使沮丧 e.g. I was depressed after reading so much depressing news. She was so depressed by the rain that she had to drink a lot of coffee. (2)?press, push or pull down 按下，压下，推下 e.g. If you depress the button there, a robot will come out to serve tea. (3)?make lower 降低 e.g.The OPEC countries depressed their oil output a month ago. Drugstores are forced to close down because they cannot afford to depress prices as supermarkets constantly do. 6. disapproval (n.) unfavorable opinion or feeling 不赞成；不满 e.g. Old Mr. Shelly shook his head in disapproval when a car jumped the red light. The proposal met disapproval from all sides. 7.??stale (a.) 1)?not fresh 不新鲜的 e.g. stale bread / beer / vegetable 2) uninteresting because heard before 陈腐的，过时的，过期的 e.g. stale news / jokes / st