M1Unit1單詞講解

1、Unit1 (M1)1. enjoyable(adj.)有樂趣的，令人愉快的（Something that is enjoyable gives you pleasure.）It was much more enjoyable than I had expected.這比我預(yù)期的有趣得多。Acceptable（可接受的） comfortable（舒適的） unbelievable （難以置信的） enjoy vt.享有，享受；欣賞；喜歡；使過得快活 vi.使過得快活He was a guy who enjoyed life to the full.他是個盡情享受生活的人。I enjoyed p

2、laying cricket.我喜歡打板球。I must say I am really enjoying myself at the moment.我得說此刻我感到非常愉快。He enjoys a reputation for honesty.他出了名地老實(shí)。2. experience(n.)經(jīng)歷；經(jīng)驗(yàn) （v.）經(jīng)歷，體驗(yàn)Hes counting on his mother to take care of the twins for him because shes had much experience with them. In sth他靠母親幫忙照顧他的雙胞胎因?yàn)樗谶@方面很有經(jīng)驗(yàn)。S

3、he had learned from experience to take little rests in between her daily routine.經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴她在日常生活中要不時休息一下。If you act afraid, they wont let go, he says, speaking from experience.“如果你表現(xiàn)出害怕，他們就會抓住你不放，”這是他的經(jīng)驗(yàn)之談。Moving had become a common experience for me.搬家對我而言已經(jīng)成了常事。British business is now experiencing a se

4、vere recession.英國商業(yè)現(xiàn)在正經(jīng)歷嚴(yán)重的衰退。experienced(adj.)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的an experienced engineer3. assembly(n.)集會，會議attend morning assembly參加晨會4. headmaster(n.)校長5. earn(v.)賺得；賺，掙得earn money賺錢 =make moneyearn a living 謀生 =make a livingearn respect from sb =earn the respect of sb 我認(rèn)為那一點(diǎn)為他贏得了極高的贊譽(yù)I think that s earned him

5、a high reputation.Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.公司必須樹立誠信的聲譽(yù)。6. respect(v.)尊敬，敬重 （n.）尊敬，尊重I want him to respect me as a career woman.我希望他把我當(dāng)作一個職業(yè)女性來尊重。I have tremendous respect for Dean.我非常敬重迪恩。Show respect to/for sbParents often have little choice with respect to the way their child i

6、s medically treated.關(guān)于孩子的治療方法，父母通常沒有什么選擇的余地。Dr Shapland feels the system is not working most effectively in respect of professional training.沙普蘭博士認(rèn)為系統(tǒng)在專業(yè)培訓(xùn)上的運(yùn)作效率不是非常高。7. devote(v.)致力于；獻(xiàn)身He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation. Devote to (doing )sth他決定將自己的余生獻(xiàn)給科學(xué)研究事業(yè)。Cons

7、iderable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar.為了證明他是個騙子已投入了相當(dāng)多的人力和財(cái)力。She wanted to be devoted to helping the poor.Devoted to helping others, he has no time to take care of his own family.Devoting his whole life to helping others, he has no time to take care of his own family.8. literatu

8、re(n.)文學(xué)English literature英國文學(xué)literary(adj.)文學(xué)的a literary masterpiece文學(xué)名著9. average(adj.)一般的，普通的；平均的The average age was 42.平均年齡為42歲。The average person needs 2000 calories each day.普通人每天需要2000大卡的熱量。8 hours of sleep on average should be enough.一天平均睡8小時就夠了。Our wages are above average.我們的工資在平均數(shù)以上。Harry

9、is below average in his lessons and Jim is about up to average.哈利的功課在中等以下，吉姆的功課剛達(dá)一般水平。10. struggle(n.)難事；斗爭；努力 （v.）奮斗，努力；掙扎Life became a struggle for survival.生活成了一場奮力求生的斗爭。They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.他們不得不同一切逆境做斗爭。We still have to struggle with all kinds of difficulties. 我們?nèi)?/p>

10、得和各種各樣的困難作斗爭。11. challenging(adj.)具有挑戰(zhàn)性的近義詞：difficult hardShe performed the most challenging task without a mistake. 她毫無差錯地完成了這一最富有挑戰(zhàn)性的任務(wù)。challenge n.挑戰(zhàn)；盤問；質(zhì)疑；懷疑vt.質(zhì)疑；向挑戰(zhàn)vi.提出挑戰(zhàn)，要求競賽（或競爭）；駁斥The new governments first challenge is the economy.新政府面臨的第一個難題是經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。Democratic leaders have challenged the pre

11、sident to sign the bill.民主黨領(lǐng)袖對總統(tǒng)簽署這項(xiàng)法案提出了質(zhì)疑。He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him.他在犯罪現(xiàn)場留了個條兒，向警探挑釁。12. encouragement(n.)鼓勵Thanks for your advice and encouragement.謝謝你的建議和鼓勵。encourage (vt.)鼓勵，鼓舞；支持；促進(jìn)；鼓動We want to encourage people to go fishing, not put them o

12、ff.我們希望鼓勵人們?nèi)ゴ贯?，而不是打消他們的熱情?Discourage sb from doing sth13. cooking(n.)做飯；烹飪，烹調(diào)14. for free免費(fèi) 同意詞組：free of charge We have lunch for free every day.15. extra(adj.)額外的，外加的additional extra work extra moneyExtra staff have been taken on to cover busy periods.額外雇用了一些員工來應(yīng)付繁忙時期。16. fond(adj.)喜愛的，喜歡的be fond

13、of- 喜愛-，喜歡-類似單詞或短語： Like/love/would like to do sth/ would like sth/ be crazy about sth/ prefer to do sth rather than do sth/prefer (doing) sth to (doing )sthenjoy doing sthI used to be fond of pop music very much. 我曾經(jīng)很喜歡流行音樂。17. Spanish(n.)西班牙語；西班牙人 （adj.）西班牙語的；西班牙人的18. sculpture(n.)雕像，雕塑sculpt v雕刻，

14、雕塑sculptor 雕刻家，雕塑家dessert(n.)甜點(diǎn) desert n. 沙漠 V.拋棄19. look back on/upon回憶，回顧 =think back toI always look back on/think back to those happy days I spent at college.我總是回想起我在大學(xué)里度過的快樂時光.20. satisfaction(n.)滿意 to ones satisfaction令某人滿意She never could seem to do anything right or to his satisfaction.她似乎從沒能

15、做過一件正確或令他滿意的事。To my great satisfaction, all the students finished homework perfectly.=much to my satisfaction satisfy(v.)使?jié)M意be satisfied withsatisfy/ meet ones needsWed better try our best to satisfy customers needs.satisfactory(adj.)令人滿意的Neither solution seemed satisfactory.兩個解決方案似乎都不令人滿意。21. surf(

16、v.)沖浪surf the Internet 上網(wǎng)23.academic(adj.)學(xué)業(yè)的，學(xué)術(shù)的academic qualifications學(xué)歷學(xué)業(yè)優(yōu)秀的Someone who is academic is good at studying.He is academically gifted.他在學(xué)習(xí)上很有天分。24.exchange(v.)交換；交流（n.）exchange sth with sb for sthWe exchanged addresses and Christmas cards.我們交換了地址和圣誕賀卡。exchange rates匯率25.former(adj.)以前

17、的 反義詞：latter(adj.)后者的，末了的laterthe former Soviet Union前蘇聯(lián)Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain. 希思先生是英國前任首相。Of these two men, the former is dead ，but the latter is still alive. 這兩個人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活著。26.graduate(vi.)畢業(yè) （n.）畢業(yè)生None of them managed to graduate from high school.他們沒有一個成功地從中學(xué)畢業(yè)。He

18、 is a graduate in medicine. 他是醫(yī)科畢業(yè)生。 graduation(n.) after 畢業(yè)后upon 一畢業(yè)27.fluent(adj.)流利的She studied eight foreign languages ，but is fluent in only six of them.她學(xué)習(xí)了8種外語，但是只能流利地說其中 6 種。He speaks fluent Russian.他說一口流利的俄語。fluently(adv.)流利地He spoke three languages fluently.他可以流利地說 3 種語言。fluency (n.)（尤指外語）

19、流利，流暢To work as a translator, you need fluency in at least one foreign language.想當(dāng)一名翻譯的話，你至少需要熟練掌握一門外語。28.painting(n.)繪畫，繪畫作品29.donate(v.)捐贈He frequently donates large sums of money to charity.他常常向慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐贈大筆錢款。donation（n.）捐贈，捐贈品(n.)捐贈者 donorDoctors are looking for a blood donor to a patient whose bloo

20、d type is rare.醫(yī)生正在為一位血型罕見的病人尋找獻(xiàn)血者。30.kindness(n.)善意31.splendid(adj.)極佳的，非常好的32.independent(adj.)獨(dú)立的Teenagers should learn to be independent of their parents.青少年要學(xué)著不依賴父母。independence(n.)獨(dú)立Kosovo declared independence in 2008.2008年，科索沃宣布獨(dú)立。In 1816, Argentina won independence from Spain.1816年，阿根廷脫離西班牙

21、,贏得獨(dú)立。depend(v.)依靠，取決于；信賴depend on He depended on his writing for his income.他靠寫作賺取收入。-When will you leave for Shanghai?-It (all) depends.視情況而定。dependent(adj.)依賴的be dependent on-依靠，依賴Up to two million people there are dependent on food aid.那里有多達(dá) 200 萬人口依靠食品援助。Britain became increasingly dependent up

22、on American technology.英國變得越來越依賴美國的技術(shù)了。33.make use of-利用-take advantage of =make the best of =make the most of He should make use of his environment.他應(yīng)該利用他的環(huán)境。make full use of-充分利用-Time should be made full use of to learn English.應(yīng)該充分利用時間學(xué)習(xí)英語。make better use of-更好地利用-34. title(n.)(書的)名稱；（文章的）題目，篇名35

23、.dynasty(n.)朝代，王朝36.somehow(adv.)不知怎地；不知為什么；以某種方式I wish I can repay you somehow for your kindness. 我希望我能以某種方式報(bào)答您的好意。 He could have finished it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind. 他原本能按預(yù)定進(jìn)度做完這件事的，但不知怎地卻落后了。 37.recent(adj.)最近的，新近的lately adv.（一般用完成時態(tài)）Sales have fallen by more than 75 percent in re

24、cent years.近幾年來銷售額下降了75%以上。recently(adv.)近來Recently sales have fallen by more than 75 percent. 最近銷售額下降了75%以上。38.professor(n.)教授sculptor/monitor/visitor/director/rm(v.)通知，告知inform sb. of sth.通/告知某人某事be informed of sth (Passive Voice)/that-clausebe well informed of/that-clause對 熟悉They wou

25、ld inform him of any progress they had made.他們會把他們?nèi)〉玫娜魏芜M(jìn)步都告訴他。keep sb. informed of sth.隨時讓某人得知某事The newspaper always keeps us informed of the events taking place in the world. 報(bào)紙總能讓我們知曉世界上正在發(fā)生的事件。40.opening hours開放時間41.run(v.)管理manage；操作operate42.host(n.)主持人；主人；東道主 (v.)做東道主；主辦；款待 hostess女主持人；女主人；東道主

26、Apart from the host, I didnt know a single person there.除了主人外，那里的人我一個也不認(rèn)識。Mr. king is the most famous talk show host in America.金先生是美國最著名的脫口秀主持人。London hosted the Olympics Games in 2012.2012年倫敦主辦了奧林匹克運(yùn)動會。43.approve(v.)批準(zhǔn)，通過；贊成，同意I approved of the proposal.我贊成該提案。Congress should approve this legislat

27、ion.美國國會應(yīng)該批準(zhǔn)這項(xiàng)法案。disapprove(v.)不贊成approval(n.)批準(zhǔn)，贊成arrive arrivalsurvive survivalThe testing and approval of new drugs will be speeded up.新藥的檢測和審批速度將會加快。disapproval(n.)不贊成44.charge(n.)負(fù)責(zé)，掌管in charge of-負(fù)責(zé)-，掌管- （v.）使承擔(dān)責(zé)任；收費(fèi)Miss Xu is in charge of Class 2.Class 2 is in the charge of Miss Xu.Sb. charge

28、 sb. some money for sth. Free of charge (免費(fèi)地)The shopowner charged me 280 yuan for the vase.45.schoolmate(n.)同學(xué)，校友classmate/ workmate /deskmate/roommate/schoolmate46.broadcast(n.)廣播，播放 （v.）be broadcast live在現(xiàn)場直播47.preparation (n.)準(zhǔn)備，籌備make preparations for-為-作準(zhǔn)備in preparation for-為-作準(zhǔn)備The students are studying hard to make preparations for the coming exam.The students are studying hard in preparation for the coming exam.prepa