全速地开足马力theengineswereatfullthrottle.ppt

Unit 4 Jobs and Careers New words and expressions for Reading One: locomotive: [countable] especially American English a railway engine throttle: technical a piece of equipment that controls the amount of fuel going into a vehicle’s engine 节流阀 at/on full throttle 全速地, 开足马力 the engines were at full throttle (= the throttle was open so the engines could go very fast) be apt to do something: to have a natural tendency to do something Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays. fagged out：累坏 mutter: [intransitive and transitive] to speak in a low voice, especially because you are annoyed about something, or you do not want people to hear you ’ never want to come here again,’ he muttered to himself. Elsie muttered something I couldn’t catch and walked off. harassing: 折磨人的; 使人烦恼的 knack: [singular] a natural skill or ability [? talent] knack for doing something Some people seem to have a knack for making money. knack of doing something Thomson’s knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team. vocational: Vocational training and skills are the training and skills needed for a particular job or profession. ...a course designed to provide vocational training in engineering... maladjustment: n. 适应不良,失调 fritter away: to waste time, money, or effort on something small or unimportant fritter something ? away on He frittered away a fortune on fast cars and gambling. lull: to make someone feel safe and confident so that they are completely surprised when something bad happens lull somebody into (doing) something The police lulled me into believing that they did not suspect us. Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security (= made people think they were safe when they were not). monotonous: Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes. It’s monotonous work, like most factory jobs... = repetitive ≠ varied stunned: If you are stunned by something, you a