新视野四册SectionB.ppt

1. minus a. less than zero 晚上气温能降至零下30度。 At night the temperature can go as low as minus 30. Translation Key Words and Expressions—Word Using I. Word Using 2. vibrate vi. to shake slightly and quickly 我们能感觉到地板随 音乐的节拍而颤动。 We can feel the floor vibrating to the beat of the music. Translation Key Words and Expressions—Word Using liberate 近形词 3. stale a. ① no longer interesting or exciting ② (of food) no longer fresh and often tasting or smelling unpleasant 变味 觉得乏味 老掉牙的笑话 赶走浑浊的空气 go stale get stale the same stale old jokes get rid of the stale air Collocation Words and Expressions—Word Using 4. depression n. ① the state of feeling sad and without hope ② a period in which there is very little business activity and not many jobs 抑郁得不能自己 患有严重的抑郁症 极度消沉 多年的经济萧条 be overcome by depression suffer from acute depression fall into a deep depression the long years of economic depression Collocation Words and Expressions—Word Using Words and Expressions—Word Using press 压 express compress depress pressure impress impression impressive expression expressway depression 同根词 5. tolerate vt. ① to allow sb. to do sth. that you dont like or approve ② to accept sth. unpleasant 我再也不能容忍你的无礼了。 很多工人都说他们无法忍受长时间的工作。 I won’t tolerate your bad manners any longer. Many workers said they couldn’t tolerate the long working hours. Translation Key Words and Expressions—Word Using 6. abstract a. / n. existing as an idea in the mind, not related to physical objects; a short summary of a book, essay, etc. 抽象思维 抽象推理 抽象地 将演说作一摘要 abstract thought abstract reasoning in the abstract make an abstract of a speech Collocation Words and Expressions—Word Using Words and Expressions—Word Using tract 拉，引 tractor abstract attract contract distract subtract attraction attractive 同根词 7. nevertheless ad. despite what has just been said or done 你说的都是实话， 只不过有点刻薄。 What you said was true. It was, nevertheless, a little unkin