新视野大学英语读写教程3 unit 5.pptVIP

* * Unit 5 Graceful Hands 优雅的双手 New words graceful a. She has a graceful way of moving. 她动作优雅。 That chair is a very graceful piece of furniture. 那把椅子十分雅致。 2. preceding a. 这种发型在前几年很流行。 This kind of hairstyle was very fashionable in the preceding years. The writer deals with the problem of violence among teenagers in the preceding chapters. 在前几章，作者讨论了青少年中的暴力问题。 previous, previously happing or existing before the event or object that you are taking about 先前的；以往的 immediately before the time you are talking about (时间上)稍前的 3. decay n. [U] This industry has been in decay for some time. 这一行业进入衰退期已经有一段时间了。 v. 糖会蛀蚀牙齿。 Sugar can decay the teeth. 人们年老时脑力和体力都会衰退。 As people grow old, they will decay mentally as well as physically. 4. switch n. [C] 1). Computers usually have their on-off switch on the back. 计算机的开关通常在背面。 2). the switch from agriculture to industry 从农业转向工业 a switch in emphasis 重点转移 v. 等变绿灯再走。 Wait until the lights have switched to green. 5. loose a. The radio wasn’t working because of a loose connection in the wires. 因线路接触不良，收音机不响了。 这颗螺丝钉松了。 The screw has come loose. loosely ad. 她把皮带松松地系在腰上。 She fastened the belt loosely around her waist. 6. secure vt. 1).The patient’s broken leg was secured with plaster bandage. 病人的断腿用石膏绷带固定着。 2).The officer in charge secured the camp against attack. 负责的军官保卫了军营的安全。 a. These elephants are relatively secure from poachers(偷猎者). 这些大象比较安全，不会受到捕杀。 The young man felt secure about his future. 这个年轻人觉得前途无忧。 7. slide vi. 1). We’ve got one of those doors in the kitchen that slide open. 我们在厨房里装了推拉门。 2). 没人注意时，汤姆偷偷溜出了屋子。 Tom slid out of the house when no one was noticing. 3). gradually change to a worse state or condition If we let safety standards slide, we’ll be in trouble. 如果我们让安全标准降低，我们就会有麻烦。 8. outline n. [C] 1). She could see the outline of a person through the mist. 透过薄雾，她可以看见一个人的轮廓。 她的面部轮廓在烛光里显得很美。 The outline of her face in the light of the candle looked very beautiful. 2). a brief outlin