人教版选修6Book6Unit Two Discovering words.ppt

1. household n. 家庭，一家人 More Chinese households own private cars than before. adj.家庭的；家用的 household goods/ products/ appliances 家居用品/家用电器 Su Bingtian has become a household name since he won third in a 100-meter race on May 31st. 2. fiction un. 虚构的事物；小说 Many TV dramas are merely based on fiction. (a piece of) science fiction detective/ popular fiction fictional adj. 虚构的；小说(中)的 Faust is a fictional character created by Goethe. 3. desire 渴望；渴求 n. (for sth. ; to do sth.) Almost all have a desire for health and happiness. Who can satisfy man’s desire to enjoy peace forever? Vt. (sth.; to do sth. ;sb to do sth.) Women are born to desire beauty. We teenagers desire to be understood. Students desire that they not be measured only by exam grades. 4. satisfaction n. 满意，满足；令人满意的事物 A job gives you a sense of satisfaction, apart from pay and pressure. Being parents is one of the satisfactions in life. He smiled a smile of satisfaction. to one’s satisfaction with satisfaction express/ convey one’s satisfaction with … 4. satisfaction n. 满意,满足;令人满意的事物 vt. satisfy 使满意,使满足;满足(要求、需要等) What I did seldom satisfied my boss, so I resigned. satisfy one’s desire/ curiosity/ needs/ ambition adj. satisfying/ satisfactory; satisfied (with…/ to do …) 5. test out The set of new equipment can’t be put into use now, for it needs further testing out. test sth out (on …) It’s cruel to test medicine out on white mice. try sth/ sb out Emily Dickinson’s literature works stand the test of time and now they are highly thought of. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking By Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. 6. alarm n. 警报；警报器；惊恐 sound the alarm; set off the (fire) alarm 发出警报；拉响/启动警报器 in alarm 惊恐地 Vt. make … afraid A loud sound alarmed all of us. =All of us were alarmed at/ by a loud sound. at