最新Unit 6.pptVIP

fire vt. make (sb.) leave his job 同: dismiss fire sb. 解雇某人 vi. to shoot off bullets 同: shoot fire at sb. 朝某人开火 n. make a fire 生火 play with the fire 玩火 catch fire 着火(动作) burn on fire 着火(状态) set fire to 放火烧,点燃 * xdgdg observe vt. ⑴观察,注意 (同: watch, notice) observe sb. do… 看到某人做… ⑵遵守,奉行(同: obey, abide by, follow) ⑶发表观点/学说(同:remark, comment) observe (to sb.) that… 对某人说… Observation: n. ⑴观察,观测;⑵观察结果;⑶观测后发表的言论,观点 Observer: n. 观察员,观测员 * xdgdg major adj. 主要的;较大的 synonym: chief, primary, important n. 主修课程;专修…的学生 vi. 主修,专攻 (major in…) * xdgdg design vt. ⑴设计; ⑵计划,谋划 design to do (doing) sth. 打算做某事 n. ⑴设计,构思; ⑵图案,图样; ⑶企图,图谋 Redesign: vt. 重新设计 * xdgdg achieve vt. get by effort Achievement: n.成绩;得到 Eg: He went back home without having achieved any success. * xdgdg Sam set out to improve efficiency at the shirt factory but, as we find out later in this unit, his plans turned out not quite as he had expected. Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer * xdgdg If you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer, shell tell you that I have always been one. She means that I have always wanted everything to be well organized and neat. When I was still in elementary school, I liked to keep my socks in the upper left-hand drawer of my bureau, my underwear in the upper right drawer, shirts in the middle drawer, and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer. * xdgdg In fact, I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. I used to organize my fathers tools, my mothers kitchen utensils, my sisters boyfriends. I needed to be efficient. I wanted to be well organized. For me, there was a place for everything and everything was always in its place. These qualities gave me a good foundation for a career in industrial engineering. Unfortunately, I was also a bit bossy and I wasnt a very good listener. Youll see what I mean when I tell you abo