M8 U3 Word (1)
1 calculate
It is impossible to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )calculate what price it would fetch if it ever came on the market.
You can’t calculate on his help when you are in trouble.
It is calculated that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the number of students who are studying in middle schools is decreasing.
我们能指望他们按时到来吗?
Can we _______________________on time
据估算,至少有200人在这次事故中丧生。
_________________at least 200 people were killed in the accident.
2 shadow
The tree threw a long shadow in the moonlight.
It’s hot, let’s sit down in the shade of that tree.
He was scared to death when he saw a black shadow in the moonlight.
If we sit down in the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ______________ of the tree, we will not see our own _________.
One generatio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n plants the trees, under ________ shade another generation rests.
A. which B. who C. whose D. where
3 commit
Unfortunately, alth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ough van Gogh committed his whole being to painting, he received little reward for his effort.
He has committed a serious fault.
She committed suicide by jumping off the top of the tower.
To our joy, the government committed itself to reducing taxes.
①我在处理这一业务时犯了一个错误。
I _________________in handling the business.
②同学们全身心投入到学习中去。
The students ______________________studying.
③那个小说家在书的结尾让他的女主人公自杀了。
The novelist makes his heroine _____________at the end of the
book.
④他没有做任何承诺。
He didn’t _______himself __ anything.
⑤(2011·湖北高考)Givin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g up my job to go back to full-time education was a big ______, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.
A. project B. commitment C. competition D. ambition
4. reward
He received little reward for his effort.
The teacher rewarded Tom for his diligence.
We shouldn’t reward others’kindness with coldness.
Volunteering is a rewarding job.
reward(n. &vt. ) “报答, 报偿, 奖赏”, 多指对 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )某人的工作或服务等的报答。reward sb. for sth. 因某事酬谢某人; as a reward作为回报
award(n. &vt. ) 因为取得杰出成就而受到奖赏, 指正式地或官方地颁发, 授予, 给予。后可接双宾语: award sb. sth.
①他们把奖学金授予最好的学生。
They ________ scholarship to the best students.
②因救了小孩的命, 消防员得到一笔奖金。
The fireman received a _______for saving the child’s life.
③爱丽丝·门罗获颁诺贝尔文学奖。
Alice Munro was ________the Nobel _____ in Literature.
5. be off to动身去……
Tomorrow we are off to another museum in Amsterdam.
A lot of students will be off to summer camp for a week or more.
同义短语____________________________________________________
①他们明天动身去上海, 拜访他们的一个朋友。
They will ________Shanghai to visit a friend of theirs tomorrow.
②我要动身去找我失踪的朋友。
I’m ___________________________
含有off的相关短语
cut off 切断(电源、通话、水、气等)
get off 下车
be well off 富有
keep off 使不接近; 离开
take off 起飞; 脱下(衣服等); 事业成功
put off 推迟
turn off/switch off 关闭(电源、灯等)
用off的相关短语填空。
①If I work hard now, when I retire I’ll _________ financially.
②________ grass in the garden, or you will be scolded.
③Don’t ______ till tomorrow what can be done today.
6 abstract
Make an abstract of the speech, please.
Abstract art is about shapes and colours rather than objects.
7 acute
She has acute hearing.
The patient said that he had an acute headache..
acute angle 锐角
8 upwards of
A computer of this model costs upwards of $2000.
Today, Van Gogh’s pain ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tings are worth upwards of millions of dollars each.
9 consensus
reach a consensus达成共识
by consensus 经协商一致作出决定
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