reason n. 原因,道理;v. 推理
例:I reasoned that since she had not answered my letter she must be angry with me. 我想她沒有給我回信,一定是在生我的氣。for some reason 不知什么原因,不知何故:For some reason he likes you. 不知為什么他喜歡你。by reason of 因為:She was excused by reason of her age. 她因年事已高而得到寬恕。拓展:reasonable a. 講理的,合情合理的
replace v. ①把……放回(原處) ②取代,以……代替
例:She replaced the receiver. 她將聽筒放了回去。Electric lights have replaced candles. 電燈已經取代了蠟燭。搭配:replace with/by 用……代替:They replaced trams by buses. 他們用公共汽車代替了電車。拓展:replaceable a. 可代替的
聽力擴展:
A: I feel terrible, but I’ve just broken your vase. Can I make this up to you?
B: No need to do that.
A:I don’t know what to say. I’d like to replace it.
B: No. It’s out of the question.
A:對不起,我把花瓶打碎了。我賠你好嗎?
B:沒必要。
A:我不知道該說什么好,我會給你換一個。
B:不用,沒事的。
result v. 導致,產生;n. 結果,戰績
例:His failure resulted largely from his laziness. 他的失敗主要是懶惰所致。They worked without result. 他們徒勞無功。搭配:result in 導致,結果:The accident resulted in the death of two passengers. 這起事故導致兩名乘客喪生。result from 起因于: His illness resulted from bad food. 他的病是由于吃了變質的食物所致。
聽力擴展:
Mother: Why were you kept after school today, Johnny?
Johnny: Teacher told us to write an essay of “the result on laziness”, and I turned in a blank sheet paper.
媽媽:約翰尼,你今天放學以后為什么被留下了?
約翰尼:老師叫我們寫一篇題為《懶惰的結果》的作文,我交了一張白卷。
role n. ①角色 ②任務
例:She played the leading role in the school play. 她在學校戲劇演出中擔任主角。He denied any role in the robbery. 他否認曾參與這起搶劫案。搭配:play an important role 發揮重要作用:The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school. 辦好一所學校,校長起重要作用。
聽力擴展: Learning English is just like driving a car. All you have to do is to practice and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Because the more mistakes you make, the quicker you can learn English well. Just take your time. I’m always glad to help and don’t forget that language is not about those words or grammar rules. Cultural background plays a vital role as well.學英語就像開車一樣。你需要做的就是練習,別怕犯錯誤。犯的錯誤越多,就越能快速學好英語。 別著急,我會幫你的。別忘了語言不僅僅是單詞加語法,文化背景也很重要。【注】 vital a. 重要的
social a. ①社會的 ②社交的,聯誼的
例:Opinions on various social problems differ from person to person. 人們對社會問題的看法不盡相同。George stayed out of the social life of the school. 喬治置身于該校社交生活之外。搭配:a social person合群的人:He isn’t a very social person. 他很不合群。拓展:sociable a. 隨和的
stress n. 壓力,重要性;v. ①強調 ②加壓力于,使緊張
例:Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations. 蘇珊被考試壓垮了。The weight of snow stressed the roof to the point of collapsing. 積雪壓得屋頂快要塌了。搭配:stress on sth. 強調:She plays great stress on punctuality, and regards it as very important. 她強調準時,認為這很重要。拓展:stressful a. 有壓力的
聽力擴展: Thank you for your interest. The position is still available. Have you already sent your resume to us? It is quite urgent for us to fill this position now. And I would like to stress that English is a must because of the international contacts and most likely traveling abroad very soon. If all this is not a problem for you, I recommend you to mention this in your resume.感謝你的關注。這個職位仍然空缺。你給我們公司發簡歷了嗎? 現在我們很需要人來做這個工作。我想強調的是英語很重要。因為我們需要處理國際業務,并且很快要去國外出差。如果語言不是問題,建議你在簡歷中注明這一點?!咀ⅰ縰rgent a. 緊急的,急迫的
system n. 系統,制度,方法
例:They are devising a road system. 他們在設計道路系統。The present system of education needs to be improved. 目前的教育制度需要改進。搭配:get sth. out of one’s system (非正式)消除疲勞(或煩惱):Yelling is an ace way of getting stress out of your system. 大聲叫喊是消除壓力的有效方法。
tend v. ①趨向,易于 ②照管,管理
例:Prices are tending upwards. 物價趨漲。A shepherd tended the sheep. 牧羊人照顧羊群。搭配:tend to 趨向,朝某方向:The wind is tending to the south. 風勢轉向南。拓展:tendency n. 傾向,趨勢
聽力擴展:We tend to assume that if we work hard and save money then one day we will end up wealthy. This is wishful thinking. We are more likely to end up with some modest but useful savings. If you want to accumulate serious wealth then there need to be a number of approaches and efforts.我們往往認為,如果我們努力工作,節省資金,最終總會富裕。然而,這只是一廂情愿。結果往往是我們有適度的存儲,且物有所用。如果你想積累大筆財富,那么還需要更多的方法和付出更大的努力?!咀ⅰ縜ccumulate v. 積累;approach n. 方法
view n. ①風景 ②看法,意見;v. 認為,考慮
例:She expresses the view that he is a fool. 她認為他是個傻瓜。We can view the problem in many ways. 我們可以從多方面來考慮這一問題。搭配:view on 對……的看法:What is your view on her resignation? 你對她的辭職有什么看法?have (keep) sth. in view 對某事有清晰的打算或計劃:Keep your career aims constantly in view. 要時刻牢記自己在事業上的目標。
聽力擴展:It’s not a very expensive apartment. It’s in the right area and it has everything that we are looking for. The rooms are quite large too. I love the balcony. We can sit outside and enjoy the sun in summer. We are on the 11th floor, so there’s a very nice view from the balcony. The neighborhood is nice too. There is a park nearby.這套公寓價格適中,位置好,符合我們的要求。房間很大。我特別喜歡它的露天陽臺,可以坐在外邊欣賞夏日的太陽。公寓在11層,陽臺上的風景很美。周圍環境也不錯,附近還有個公園。