全新版大学英语综合教程2-Unit-3-The-Generation-Gap-Detailed-reading.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * D R _ word _ distract distract: vt. take (sb.’s attention) away from sth. esp. for a short time Don’t distract me from working. 玩电脑游戏有时让他写作业分心。 Playing computer games sometimes distracts him from his homework. distract sb./sth. distract sb./sth. from Pattern: She was distracted by the noise outside. D R _ word _ glorious glorious: adj. wonderful Look at the glorious colors on the sky. It seems a pity to be indoors on such a glorious day. D R _ word _ hand down hand down: give or leave to people who are younger or come later The gold watch has been handed down from my grandfather. 她有一些珠宝，是从她祖母那儿传下来的。 She had some jewelry, which had been handed down from her grandmother. Collocation: 上交；交给 hand in 传递；依次传下去 hand on 分给；分发 hand out 交出；移交 hand over D R _ word _ at any rate at any rate: whatever may happen; in any case At any rate, I’m going back home. At any rate, you survived the car accident. Collocation: 出生率 birth rate 一流的 first-rate 这样/那样的话；照这样/那样的情形 at this / that rate 汇率 rate of exchange D R _ word _ at any rate _ Collocation 2 CF: 这几个词都是名词，都有“速度”的意思。 speed, rate pace He drove at a speed of 70 miles per hour. 他以每小时七十英里的速度行驶。 speed 一般指单位时间内所运动的距离。 rate 指比率、率，如速度、出生率、入学率等。指速度时可与speed换用。 She can read at the rate of 100 words a minute. 她每分钟能阅读100个单词。 pace 主要指行走、跑步等的步速，也可指生活、生长、进展等方面的速度、进度等。 If you advance one pace, I will shoot you. 你再向前走一步，我就开枪了。 D R _ word _ community community: n. the people living in one place, district, or country, considered as a whole The job of a policeman is to serve the community. College students have learned a lot in community service. D R _ word _ narrow down narrow down: make (a list of things) smaller The answer to the question was narrowed down to two choices. 一百多位申请者将会被减少成仅仅五位候选人。 Over a hundred applicants will be narrowed down to a short list of five candidates. narrow down to Pattern: What will we do if we exhaust our reserv