外语教研版高中英语选修8 module2 -section 3 words and expressions.doc

Module 2 the Renaissance Section 3 Words and Expressions work n. 1.sth. created as a result of effort, especially a painting, book or piece of music: The museum has many works by Picasso as well as other modern painters.the poetic works of Tagore 2 an activity, such as a job, which a person uses physical or mental effort or do, usually for money: I’ve got so much work to do.Carrying heavy loads around all day is hard work.What time do you start/finish work?Adrian does most of the work around the house.What sort of work are you experienced in?She tends to wear quite smart clothes for work.Roger’s work involves a lot of travelling.3 the material used by someone at work, or what they produce: Ill have to take this work home with me and finish it there.All the furniture is the work of residents here.v. to do a job, especially the job you do to earn money, or to make someone do a job:He works at the local hospital.She worked as a cleaner at the hospital.Mike works for a computer company.It’s not unusual for a junior doctor to work a seventy or sometimes an eighty hour week.Have you any experience of working with children who have learning difficulties?The instructors worked us very hard on the survival course. overnight adj. adv. 1 for or during the night: an overnight stop in ParisYou can stay overnight if you want to.Don’t forget to pack an overnight bag (= a bag for things that you need when you stay away from home for a night).2 suddenly and unexpectedly: She became a star overnight.The book was an overnight success. medieval adj. related to the Middle Ages (= the period in European history from about 600 AD to 1500 AD):a medieval building/painting/towna medieval manuscript frontier n. a border between two countries, or (especially in the past in the United States) a border between cultivated land where people live and wild land:Some of the frontier between Germany and Poland follows the course of the river Oder.Nepal has frontiers with