Unit 4
BODY LANGUAGE
Word study
1. Statement
state (v)to say, express , or put into words,
esp formally
The witness stated that he had seen ……..
The police took down the witness’s
statement.
C the United States
州,邦
1. Statement
C Water can exist in three states: a liquid
state, a gaseous state and a solid state.
The survivors are still in a state of shock.
状态,情形
翻译:他的健康状况不佳。
He is in a poor state of health.
2. greet (vt)
Vt to welcome with words or action
He greeted us by shouting a friendly
“Hello”.
She greeted him with a loving kiss.
Vt to be suddenly seen, heard…
I woke up and was greeted by bird song.
映入耳目,呈现眼前
2. greet (vt)
When he rushed into the burning house , he _____________by the choking smoke.
令人窒息的浓烟迎面扑来
n greeting
was greeted
I sent her a card with Christmas greetings.
3. represent
Vt to be a sign of …/ symbolize
The red lines on the map represent
railways.
Roses represent love.
stand for ( to be a sign or short form of… )
BBC stands for British Broadcasting
Corporation.
3. represent
Vt to act or speak officially for (another
person or a group of pople)
on behalf of 代表
I took part in the competition on behalf of my class.
翻译:我代表我们班参加了比赛。
I represented my class to take part in the competition.
representing
4. associate (v)
V associate(…) with….(to join in a relationship )
be associated with…与…结盟, 联想到…
I always associate summer with holidays.
Red is usually associated with danger.
association (n)
FIFA stands for International Federation of Association Football.
5. flight
fly (v) _________ __________
(n) ____________
flew
flight
flight (U) an act of flying
the graceful flight of butterflies
(C ) Hundreds of flights were cancelled due to the snowstorm.
flown
6. curious (adj)
( adv) _________
(n) __________
curiously
Ex1. Kids are usually curious _______ everything around them.
Ex 2. _______________(出于好奇), Wang Peng followed the his regular customer to the new restaurant.
curiosity
about
Out of curiosity
6. curious (adj)
Ex3 . Stop looking around so __________.
Ex4. I’ curious __________(know ) what
is written in his letter.
Ex4 . 翻译:It is curious that he should have failed to win the race.
curiously
奇怪的是他竟然没能赢得比赛
to know
7. approach
v to come near in space, time , quality , or quantity
Silently we approached the enemy’s camp.
The time is approaching when we will have to leave.
翻译: 期末考试即将来临, 我每天忙于复习功课(用with 复合结构)。
With the final examination approaching, I am busy with my lessons every day.
7. approach
U the act of approaching
C the method of doing something or dealing with a problem
The approach of examination is making her nervous.
a new approach to cancer treatment
联想
the way to do/ of doing
the method of doing….
8. defend
vt to keep safe from harm; protect against attack
When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick to defend myself (against the attack).
defend …against/ from
They defended (their goal ) with great skills.
防守
When the boy was scolded, he defended himself.
为…辩护
n ___________
in defense (of …)
进攻是最佳的防守
in celebration of in memory of….
in honor of …. in support of ….
为…辩护
defense/ defence
Offense is the best defense.
联想
She said , in her defense , that she hadn’t seen the “No Parking “ sign.
9. major
adj 多数的,主要的
The major part of the job is done by machine.
n ____________
a major earthquake/ a major problem….
The _______ of the students complain that they have too much homework to do every day.
majority
反义词
minor
majority
反义词
minority
At the meeting young people were in the majority.
9. major
vi 主修
When I was at college, I majored in history.
n.主修科目(的学生)
She is a history major./ Her major is history.
10.misunderstand
misunderstand misunderstood misunderstood
He _____________ what I said.
There must be a___________________
between us.
misunderstood
misunderstanding
11. dash
vi run quickly ,esp when hurrying
dash into…/ dash out of….
12. simply
构词练习
Ex1 Yuan Long ping lives a _________life.
Ex2.I don’t like driving; I do it ________because I have to get to work every day.
Ex3.Try to _______________your explanation for the children
simple
simply
simplify
13. Spain
Spain-----
Italy -----
Germany ----
Greece ------
Britain------
Canada -------
Spanish
German
Greek
Italian
British
Canadian
14. likely
adj 可能的
The most likely result of the game is a draw.
翻译:今晚有可能下雨。
主语+ be likely to do
It’s likely that….
反义词
unlikely
It’s likely to rain tonight.
翻译:我们有可能迟到。
It’s likely that we’ll be late.
14. likely
We are likely to be late .
近义词:possible, probable
It’s possible/ probable for … to do
翻译:我们有可能人生中会遇到很多挑战
It’s possible/ probable that we’ll meet a lot of challenges in our life.
It’s possible/ probable that…
15. in general
generally (speaking)
In general, women live longer than men.
16. employ
构词练习
雇主____________ 雇员______________
雇佣, 就业_____________________
vt. give a job to ….
employer
employee
employment
Ex2.The Great Depression caused a lot of
_______________.
unemployment
Ex3.The firm has fifty ___________.
Ex1. He __________ the girl ____a secretary.
employed
as
vt. to use
The police had to employ force to break up the crowd.
employees
17. facial
face ------facial (adj)
facial expressions
18. function
the function of nerves/ education…
n 功能,作用
v work ; operate
The machine will not function well if it is not kept well-oiled.
19. ease
U 容易,不费劲
do sth with ease -----easily
U the state of being comfortable and
without worries and problems
Ex1. They are expected to win the election _____________
at ease
Ex2. What he said put me __________.
with ease
at ease
20.
true -----_____________(adv)
to tell the _____________(n)
21. false
a false statement
true or false?
adj __________ adv __________
22. anger
angry
truly
truth
angrily
23. lose face
lose heart
face相关短语
face to face
无冠词或所有格
面对面
面临
in (the)face of
做鬼脸
make a face/ make faces