牛津英语S2B Unit one suffering to be beautiful概要1.pptVIP

２. former adj. of a person who had a particular status or position in the past 以前的，从前的 E.g. Bill Clinton, the former president of the USA, was born in 1946. formerlatter （前者，后者） 3. start with …… 从…..开始 Let’s start with this lesson. 开幕典礼从主席的演讲开始. The opening ceremony started with the chairman’s speech. to start with: in the first place 起初,首先 The club had only six members to start with. 这个俱乐部起初只有六个成员. begin with end in/with 5. Look one’s best: to be the most attractive 看上去最美 E.g. She put on her finest clothes hoping to look her best at the ball. 8. regardless of : paying no attention to 不管 regardless of the wind or rain 不顾风雨 regardless of the consequence 不顾后果 无论多么困难,这个项目必须在下周一完成. Regardless of the difficulty, the project must be finished by next Monday. 10. obsession n. the state in which a person is completely filled with thoughts of sth or someone, and cannot think of anything else 痴迷,着魔 E.g. He used to have an obsession with computer games. 他过去痴迷于玩电脑游戏. v. obsess 使着迷 11. fit v. to match or be suitable for sth 符合 fit one’s actions to one’s words 言行一致 Does the key fit the lock? 这把钥匙能开这把锁吗? The manager tried very hard to make sure that each task fitted his employees’ abilities. 经理尽量做到人尽其才. fit adj.适合的 14. horrendous adj. extremely shocking; terrible 可怕的 After receiving a horrendous haircut, the woman decided to sue(起诉) the hair salon. horrendously adv. 可怕的 15. stretch v. to make sth longer, wider or looser, often by pulling it 拉长, 撑大 stretch one’s arms / legs stretch ear lobes 拉耳垂 stretch the lips 拉嘴唇 neck-stretching 拉长脖子 This kind of material is not easy to stretch. 这种材料不容易拉伸. stretch n. 伸长,伸展 stretcher n.担架 16. ridiculous adj. very silly and unreasonable 荒谬的， 可笑的 It is ridiculous to wear a suit and a pair of trainers at the same time. 西服配运动鞋一起穿很可笑. ridicule n. / v. 戏弄， 嘲笑 17. endu