新编大学英语3 unit1.ppt

eliminate: (vt.) to remove or get rid of completely 消除 reduce: (vt.) to make less in size, amount, price, degree 减少，降低 词义辨析 diminish: (vt. vi.) (cause to ) become less in size or importance 减少，降低……重要性 请选择 eliminate, reduce 或 diminish 的适当形式填空。 Exercise I don’t want to ________ her achievements, but she did have a lot of help. I _______ my weight by going on a diet. We can’t ________ the use of paper but we can certainly ______ the amount of paper we waste. eliminate The threat of nuclear war has __________. diminished diminish reduced reduce dwell (vi.) (dwelt or dwelled) (Line 30, Para. 4) 1) dwell in /at: reside 居住 ,2) dwell on / upon: think, speak or write at length about 凝思；详细； 论述；仔细研究 请适当的词填空。 Exercise My grandma dwells in the country. 我奶奶_____乡下。 我们的眼睛凝视着美丽的夕阳。 Our eyes _________ the beautiful sunset. 不要过分沉溺在痛苦的回忆之中。 Dont ________________ painful memories dwell too much on 住在 dwelled on 你认为让人们每周工作60小时以 上是合理的吗? 她不得不给自己的迟到找一个合理的借口。 She cannot but find a reasonable excuse for her being late. Do you think it’s reasonable to expect people to work more than 60 hours a week? Translation reasonable (adj.) (Line 36, Para. 7) 1) having ordinary common sense; able to reason 有普通常识的，能推 理的，合乎做事道理的 2) moderate 适度的，不多不少的 rejection (n.) (Line 19, Para. 10) the action or process of rejecting a thing or person 抵制；拒绝；抑制, 排斥 请完成下面的句子。 Exercise reject (v.) (Line?, Para. 12) 他后悔拒绝了那个年轻人提供的帮助。 He regretted _____________________ from the young man. 因为害怕被拒绝，他从不敢向她求婚。 He was never able to ask her to marry him out of ______________. fear of rejection rejecting the offer of help remove (v.) (Line 57, Para. 13) remove from 1) take off or away from the place occupied 移动；拿开 2) get rid of 除去；排除 愤怒之余，他从打字机上取走了 打了一半的那一页。 What do you advise for re