高职高专英语第一册 unit 3 getting and giving information about people.ppt

unit 3 Getting and giving information about people Teaching aims: Famous saying: ★. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只学习，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 Step Three: Word Usage 词汇用法（Word Usage） （1）clerk: n. a person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, filling .职员，科员 ??e.g. Li Hong is a clerk of the school library. Although I am just a clerk of this company, I love my job very much. (3)Couple n. 对；夫妇；数个 The couple have no children. 这对夫妇没有孩子。 Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. 我所在的街对面有一两个警察在站岗。 I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. 我想几天内麻烦就会消除。 (4)retire:?a. (of a person) having stopped working, usu. because of age?退休的 ??????e.g. His mother is living on her retired pay. ??????????Mr. White is a retired general. ?????retire: v. to stop working at one’s job, profession, etc, usu. because of age?退休? ????e.g. My father retired at the age of 60. ?Retirement n.: a case or the act of retiring?退休 ???e.g. His students sent him several books on his retirement. ??Retiring a.: (typical of a person) that likes to avoid the company of others?不善交友的 ????e.g. Jim is a retiring boy. ? ??a. at which one retires (in the phr.用于?retiring age?短语中)退休的 ????e.g. What’s your retiring age? (5)Scholar n. 学者；奖学金获得者 短语 research scholar研究学者；访问学者；管理研究学者 exchange scholar交流学者 presidential scholar美国总统奖；总统学者奖； Scholar list高考状元榜 The library attracts thousands of scholars and researchers. 这家图书馆吸引了数千名学者和研究人员。 scholarship n. 奖学金；学识，学问 （6）Agent n. 代理人，代理商,特工 vt. 由…作中介；由…代理 adj. 代理的 Purchasing Agent采购员；采购代理 sales agent销售代理商；代销人； You are buying direct, rather than through an agent. 你在直接购买，而不是通过代理商购买。 Who will agent the deal? 那笔生意将由谁来代理? The agent was in the employ of a foreign country. 这个特工人员是外国雇佣的。 Agency n. 代理，中介；代理处，经销处 (7)Apply (for) 1. (正式)申请，求(职)，要求(工作等)： She applied to the manager for a job as clerk. 她向经理申请一份办事员的工作。 He applied for a fell