大二视听说Unit 2 Hobbies.ppt

Unit 2 Hobbies Words and phrases explansion Handful of something---⑴the amount of something that can be held in one hand . 一把（的量） ⑵a small number of people or things. e.g. Only a handful of people came. handful. (singular 用单数) to get it right---to correct for a particular situation or thing , Inspiration. 灵感. Sew—to use a needle and thread to make stitches(针脚，缝纫的一针) in cloth.缝 Historic ---(usually before noun ) important in history ;likely to be thought of as important at some time in the future. e.g. a historic buildings 有历史意义的建筑 . A historic occasion/decision/day/visit/victory历史性的时刻/决定/日子/访问/胜利. Historical. ⑴connected with the past（有关）历史的 . ⑵ connected with the study of history. 有关历史研究的 . 历史学的. e.g. historical documents/records/research史学文献/档案/研究 Evolve---to develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complicated form. evolution. N. 进化。 Darwin’s theory of evolution达尔文的进化论 Stir up---to make people feel strong emotions. vary in something---to be different from each other in size, shape, etc. variety of something---several different sorts of the same thing (同一事物的)不同种类.a variety of reasons种种原因 monotonous---boring, means---(plural) a method for doing or achieving something. auto---⑴(mainly Am E 主美）relating to cars, e.g. auto parts 汽车部件 ⑵ (prefix) relating to yourself ;used with some nouns and adjectives,表示自己的（与某些名词和形容词连用） e.g. his autobiography 他的自传 ⑶working alone without any person being involved; used with some nouns, verbs and adjectives 表示自动的 bedridden., a. unable to get out of bed because of illness.卧床不起的. prefix---small, or short . e.g. Minicomputer. elaborate on---to give more details or information about something.详尽说明. there is no point/reason/meaning in something. 做……没有意义. I see (there is )no point in discussing this any futher. 再讨论下去没有意义了. * *