考研英语复习- Unit 22（初识词汇应用拓展）.pptVIP

faint [adj]不尽力的；敷衍的 2011 年阅读 Text 1 As a description of the next music director of an orchestrathat has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez,that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise. fashionable [adj] 流行的 2007 年阅读 Text 3 Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen—and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families future healthcare. gratitude [n] 感恩之情