必修7第二单元Unit2 Robots words.ppt

Unit Two Robots Discovering Words and Expressions 1. household n. 家庭，一家人 Most American households own private cars. adj.家庭的；家用的 household goods/ products 家居用品 Liu Qian has become a household name overnight since the 2009 Spring Festival Gala. 2. fiction un. 虚构的事物；小说 science fiction detective fiction 3. desire 渴望；渴求 n. (for sth. ; to do sth.) Everyone has a desire for health and happiness. Who can satisfy man’s desire to enjoy peace forever? Vt. (sth.; to do sth.) Women are born to desire beauty. We teenagers desire to be understood. 4. satisfaction n. A job gives you a sense of satisfaction apart from pay and pressure. Being parents is one of the satisfactions in life. to one’s satisfaction express one’s satisfaction with … vt. satisfy satisfy one’s desire/ curiosity/ needs adj. satisfying/ satisfactory; satisfied 5. test out The set of new equipment can’t be put into use now, for it still needs testing out. test sth out on … try sth out (on …) His art works stand the test of time and now they are highly thought of. 6. alarm n. 警报；警报器；惊恐 sound the alarm set off the (fire) alarm 发出警报；拉响警报器 in alarm 惊恐地 Vt. make … afraid The loud sound alarmed all of us. =All of us were alarmed at the loud sound. be alarmed at … ；alarming 令人惊恐的 7. sympathy n. have/ feel sympathy for sb 同情某人 have sympathy with … 支持，赞同 adj. be sympathetic to/ towards … Seeing your situation, I can do nothing but be sympathetic to you. 看到你的境况，我只能对你表示同情了。 8.favour n. 恩惠；善意的行为 May I ask you a favor? Would you do me a favour and show me how to reach the station? 喜爱；好感 The waitress was enthusiatic to me to win my favour. show favour to sb 偏袒某人 Vt. 喜爱，支持，偏袒 Opportunity only favours the prepared mind. *** be in favor of 支持；赞成；有利于 9. pile n. a pile of books/ rubbish Larry buries himself in piles of work every day. = Larry is buried in a pile of work every day. 拉里每天都忙着成堆的工作。 Vt. pile (sth) up 把…堆放起来;堆积 10. scan vt. 细看；仔细检查；浏览；扫描 The professor was scanning my g