Lesson 7 ;

　　accommodation n.[常pl.]住處,膳宿

　　The high cost of accommodation makes life difficult for many Chinese students in London.住宿昂貴使很多中國留學生感到在倫敦生活困難.

　　alliance n.結盟,聯盟

　　China is a nonaligned country and will never enter into other countries' alliances.中國是不結盟國家,不會加入其他國家的聯盟.

　　In the Second World War,the United States, Britian, France and some other countries made an alliance against German Fascists.在第二次世界大戰中, 美、英、法等國家結成聯盟反對 德國法西斯.

　　coarse a.粗的,粗糙的; 粗劣的;粗俗的

　　On the stage, a stand-up comedian is performing a coarse imitation of President Bush.在臺上,一位滑稽說笑的戲劇演員正粗劣地模仿布什總統.

　　Ultraviolet rays,dust, air-conditioning can make your skin coarse.紫外線、灰塵、空調等都會使皮膚粗糙.

　　Concern n.關切的事有關的事;關心;擔心;關系;公司,企業

　　Concern vt.涉及,有關于;使擔心,使關心

　　Weak financial posture of Netease is starting to concern its stockholders. “網易”的財政危機已開始困擾股東.

　　A girl's concern is different from a boy's.女孩子關心的事和男孩子所關心的不一樣.

　　Crucial a.至關重要的,決定性的

　　Generally in science, the 19th century is reckoned as the crucial period for the change in the structure of science. 在科學領域中,19世紀通常被看成是科學結構發生變化的關鍵時期.

　　Selecting a location is crucial to the opening of a store.地點的正確選擇對開店是至關重要的.

　　Defend vt.保衛,為...辯護,為……答辯

　　Fan Zhiyi is better at attacking than defending.范志毅的進攻優于防守.

　　The soldiers swore to defend the Nansha Isles against invasion .戰士們誓言保衛南沙群島不受侵犯.

　　Dominant a.占優勢的,支配的,統治的;居高臨下的,高聳的

　　Russia is the dominant nation in Eastern Europe.俄羅斯是東歐的主要國家.

　　The Big Bang,first put forward in the 1920s, acts as the dominant explanation of the cosmos.宇宙大爆炸理論最初于20 世紀20年代提出,這是宇宙形成的最具權威性的解釋.

　　Emphasize vt.強調,著重,加強的語氣

　　Our government must use mass media to emphasize the important of a clean environment and the harm of polluted environment. 我們的政府要通過大眾媒體強調營造清潔環境的重要性以及一個受污染的環境的危害性.

　　Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize.計算機分析的市場報告可以用來幫助決策現在著重發展何種產品.

　　Execute vt.處死,處決;實施,執行,完成

　　McVeigh was executed for his crime.邁克維被處決,他是罪有應得.

　　The manager assistant came here to execute a few small commissions for the manager.經理助理到這里來是代替經理辦幾件小事的.

　　file n.擋案,卷宗,文件;文件夾,公文柜;縱列

　　file vt.把文件歸檔,把登記備案,提出...申請書等

　　file vi.提出,排成縱隊行進

　　Here's our file on the results of the business in the past five years.這是我們過去五年來經營成績的案卷.

　　Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files.計算機技術使將大量資料貯存在可機讀的文檔成為可能.

　　Glance vt.看一眼;掃視 n.一瞥,掃視

　　It was said that Hua Tuo,the well-known Chinese doctor in ancient times, could tell whether a person was ill with one glance at his face.據說,中國古時候的名醫華佗只要朝人臉上看一眼, 就知道他是否有病.

　　humor n.幽默,詼諧;情緒,心情

　　The humor in Hawthorn's writing is not be absorbed in a hurry.霍桑作品中的幽默不是一下子能領會的.

　　People appreciate working with Mark Twain because he has a good sense of humor.人們喜歡和馬克.吐溫一起工作,因為他很有幽默感.

　　Influence n.影響;產生影響的人;勢力,權勢 vt.影響

　　Family influence dominates the shaping of one's characteristics.家庭的影響對于塑造一個人的性格起主要作用.

　　Lease n.租借,租約 vt.出租;租有,租得

　　The firm leases an office with views over the river.公司租有一個帶臨河風景的辦事處.

　　When does the lease expire?租約什么時候期滿?

　　The lease has four years left.租約還有4年到期.

　　Offense n.犯規,違法行為;得罪,冒犯

　　Guangdong province has promised a reward of up to 300,000 yuan to drug offense informers if they provide important information on drug trafficking. 廣東省承諾,可以給多達 30萬元 的賞金給毒品犯罪舉報人,如果他們能提供毒品走私的重要情報.

　　It's an offense to drive a car at night without lights.夜晚行車不開燈是違章的.

　　Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.種族滅絕是違反文明人的道德規范的罪行.

　　Penalty n.處罰,懲罰,罰金

　　A football player may be given a yellow card or a red card penalty for his unnecessary roughness during the match. 足球隊員在比賽中會受到 黃牌或紅牌處罰因其不必要的粗暴行為.

　　Position n.位置,方位;地位,職務;姿勢;見解,立場 vt.安放,放置,安置

　　I am not in a position to lend you money because I am broke myself.我沒能力借錢給你,因為我自己也花光了.

　　Many fans position themselves in the Beijing airport to greet Ricky Martin.許多歌迷站在北京機場的出口處迎接瑞奇.馬丁.

　　Promise n.承諾,諾言;希望,出息 vt.允諾,答應;有...可能,有希望

　　Promise vt.允諾;有指望,有前途

　　Remember to carry out your promise.記住要履行諾言.

　　Clouds give promise of rain.陰云預示著雨的來臨.

　　Reference n.提到,談及;參考,查閱;參考書目;證明書推薦信

　　We are now forwarding you a catalog for your reference.現寄去我方產品目錄以供參考.

　　I asked for a reference letter from IBM Company when I resigned.我辭職的時候向IBM公司索取了自薦信.

　　resource n.[pl.]資源,財力;應付方法,謀略

　　The Department of Human Resources is an important department in many big companies.人力資源部是許多大公司的一個重要部門

　　Zhuge Liang was a man of great resource.諸葛亮是個足智多謀的人.

　　Scan vt.細看,審視;瀏覽;掃描 n.掃描

　　Many people like to scan the newspaper while having breakfast.許多人喜歡在吃早飯的時候瀏覽一下報紙.

　　Migrating wild geese scan the ground for possible danger before they land.遷徙野鵝在著陸之前總要細看有無危險.

　　Sheer a.完全的,十足的;陡峭的,垂直的;極薄的,透明的

　　Sheer ad.垂直的,陡峭的 v.急轉向,偏離

　　Sucess is not achieved by sheer luck.成功不是完全靠運氣取得的.

　　Mentholatum sheer color balm is a new product loved by young girls. “曼秀雷敦”薄色潤唇膏是新推出的產品,受到女孩子們的喜愛.

　　State n.狀態,情況;國家,政府;州 vt.陳述,說明

　　A healthy state of mind is the source of a happy life.健康的心態是幸福生活的源泉.

　　Please state your name,age and occupation in a few words.請用簡短的話陳述一下你的姓名,年齡和職業.

　　succession n.連續,繼承繼任;一連串,一系列

　　The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays and carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. 奧運會以火把到達體育場為開始,火把在奧林匹斯山上用太陽光點燃,并由一個接一個的選手送 到體育場.

　　Tolerance n.寬容,容忍;忍耐

　　Turn the volume down, please.My tolerance to noise is limited.請把音量關小,我對嗓音的忍耐力是有限的.

　　Tolerance between the races in the world is a global goal.世界各民族間的互相寬容是全球的目標.

　　tremendous a.巨大的;精彩的,了不起的

　　Some pop fans had a tremendous night at the theater last night with Leon's concert.昨天晚上一些流行歌迷在劇院聽黎明的音樂會,度過了一個美妙的夜晚.

　　Like the other parts of China, Dalian has also made tremendous progress in its social and economic development.與中國其他地方一樣,大連在社會經濟發展方面也考(試^大取得了巨大的進步.

　　Trend n.傾向,趨向,趨勢;時尚,時新款式

　　The growth in the American population in the 1950s partly derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. 20世紀50年代美國人口的增長部分是因為早婚的傾向以及家庭平均規模的擴大.

　　SOHO has become a new international trend.在家辦公已成為一種國際時尚.

　　unexpected a.想不到的,意外的

　　Noise can have unexpe- cted harmful effects on performance in certain kinds of tasks .噪音會對某些任務的完成有意想不到的不利影響.

　　Many unexpected things would happen in one's life.人的一生中會發生很多意想不到的事.

　　virtually ad.實際上,事實上

　　Some manufacturers make all sorts of promises, but it virtually means nothing. 有些生產商許下各種各樣 的諾言,但事實上卻啥也不做.

　　If we travel by Concorde,New York and Paris are virtually neighbours.如果乘搭協和式飛機旅行,紐約和巴黎幾乎是鄰居.

　　weakness n.虛弱,衰弱,軟弱;弱點,缺點;偏好,嗜好

　　Education as a mirror of a society,can help us see the strengths, the weakness, the hopes,the prejudices,and the central values of the culture itself.作為社會的一面鏡子,教育可以幫助我們看清這種 文化本身的優點、缺點、希望、偏見和起支配作用的價值觀.

　　Women have a weakness for shopping.女士都有愛逛街的嗜好.

　　

　　Lesson 7 ;

　　accommodation n.[常pl.]住處,膳宿

　　The high cost of accommodation makes life difficult for many Chinese students in London.住宿昂貴使很多中國留學生感到在倫敦生活困難.

　　alliance n.結盟,聯盟

　　China is a nonaligned country and will never enter into other countries' alliances.中國是不結盟國家,不會加入其他國家的聯盟.

　　In the Second World War,the United States, Britian, France and some other countries made an alliance against German Fascists.在第二次世界大戰中, 美、英、法等國家結成聯盟反對 德國法西斯.

　　coarse a.粗的,粗糙的; 粗劣的;粗俗的

　　On the stage, a stand-up comedian is performing a coarse imitation of President Bush.在臺上,一位滑稽說笑的戲劇演員正粗劣地模仿布什總統.

　　Ultraviolet rays,dust, air-conditioning can make your skin coarse.紫外線、灰塵、空調等都會使皮膚粗糙.

　　Concern n.關切的事有關的事;關心;擔心;關系;公司,企業

　　Concern vt.涉及,有關于;使擔心,使關心

　　Weak financial posture of Netease is starting to concern its stockholders. “網易”的財政危機已開始困擾股東.

　　A girl's concern is different from a boy's.女孩子關心的事和男孩子所關心的不一樣.

　　Crucial a.至關重要的,決定性的

　　Generally in science, the 19th century is reckoned as the crucial period for the change in the structure of science. 在科學領域中,19世紀通常被看成是科學結構發生變化的關鍵時期.

　　Selecting a location is crucial to the opening of a store.地點的正確選擇對開店是至關重要的.

　　Defend vt.保衛,為...辯護,為……答辯

　　Fan Zhiyi is better at attacking than defending.范志毅的進攻優于防守.

　　The soldiers swore to defend the Nansha Isles against invasion .戰士們誓言保衛南沙群島不受侵犯.

　　Dominant a.占優勢的,支配的,統治的;居高臨下的,高聳的

　　Russia is the dominant nation in Eastern Europe.俄羅斯是東歐的主要國家.

　　The Big Bang,first put forward in the 1920s, acts as the dominant explanation of the cosmos.宇宙大爆炸理論最初于20 世紀20年代提出,這是宇宙形成的最具權威性的解釋.

　　Emphasize vt.強調,著重,加強的語氣

　　Our government must use mass media to emphasize the important of a clean environment and the harm of polluted environment. 我們的政府要通過大眾媒體強調營造清潔環境的重要性以及一個受污染的環境的危害性.

　　Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize.計算機分析的市場報告可以用來幫助決策現在著重發展何種產品.

　　Execute vt.處死,處決;實施,執行,完成

　　McVeigh was executed for his crime.邁克維被處決,他是罪有應得.

　　The manager assistant came here to execute a few small commissions for the manager.經理助理到這里來是代替經理辦幾件小事的.

　　file n.擋案,卷宗,文件;文件夾,公文柜;縱列

　　file vt.把文件歸檔,把登記備案,提出...申請書等

　　file vi.提出,排成縱隊行進

　　Here's our file on the results of the business in the past five years.這是我們過去五年來經營成績的案卷.

　　Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files.計算機技術使將大量資料貯存在可機讀的文檔成為可能.

　　Glance vt.看一眼;掃視 n.一瞥,掃視

　　It was said that Hua Tuo,the well-known Chinese doctor in ancient times, could tell whether a person was ill with one glance at his face.據說,中國古時候的名醫華佗只要朝人臉上看一眼, 就知道他是否有病.

　　humor n.幽默,詼諧;情緒,心情

　　The humor in Hawthorn's writing is not be absorbed in a hurry.霍桑作品中的幽默不是一下子能領會的.

　　People appreciate working with Mark Twain because he has a good sense of humor.人們喜歡和馬克.吐溫一起工作,因為他很有幽默感.

　　Influence n.影響;產生影響的人;勢力,權勢 vt.影響

　　Family influence dominates the shaping of one's characteristics.家庭的影響對于塑造一個人的性格起主要作用.

　　Lease n.租借,租約 vt.出租;租有,租得

　　The firm leases an office with views over the river.公司租有一個帶臨河風景的辦事處.

　　When does the lease expire?租約什么時候期滿?

　　The lease has four years left.租約還有4年到期.

　　Offense n.犯規,違法行為;得罪,冒犯

　　Guangdong province has promised a reward of up to 300,000 yuan to drug offense informers if they provide important information on drug trafficking. 廣東省承諾,可以給多達 30萬元 的賞金給毒品犯罪舉報人,如果他們能提供毒品走私的重要情報.

　　It's an offense to drive a car at night without lights.夜晚行車不開燈是違章的.

　　Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.種族滅絕是違反文明人的道德規范的罪行.

　　Penalty n.處罰,懲罰,罰金

　　A football player may be given a yellow card or a red card penalty for his unnecessary roughness during the match. 足球隊員在比賽中會受到 黃牌或紅牌處罰因其不必要的粗暴行為.

　　Position n.位置,方位;地位,職務;姿勢;見解,立場 vt.安放,放置,安置

　　I am not in a position to lend you money because I am broke myself.我沒能力借錢給你,因為我自己也花光了.

　　Many fans position themselves in the Beijing airport to greet Ricky Martin.許多歌迷站在北京機場的出口處迎接瑞奇.馬丁.

　　Promise n.承諾,諾言;希望,出息 vt.允諾,答應;有...可能,有希望

　　Promise vt.允諾;有指望,有前途

　　Remember to carry out your promise.記住要履行諾言.

　　Clouds give promise of rain.陰云預示著雨的來臨.

　　Reference n.提到,談及;參考,查閱;參考書目;證明書推薦信

　　We are now forwarding you a catalog for your reference.現寄去我方產品目錄以供參考.

　　I asked for a reference letter from IBM Company when I resigned.我辭職的時候向IBM公司索取了自薦信.

　　resource n.[pl.]資源,財力;應付方法,謀略

　　The Department of Human Resources is an important department in many big companies.人力資源部是許多大公司的一個重要部門

　　Zhuge Liang was a man of great resource.諸葛亮是個足智多謀的人.

　　Scan vt.細看,審視;瀏覽;掃描 n.掃描

　　Many people like to scan the newspaper while having breakfast.許多人喜歡在吃早飯的時候瀏覽一下報紙.

　　Migrating wild geese scan the ground for possible danger before they land.遷徙野鵝在著陸之前總要細看有無危險.

　　Sheer a.完全的,十足的;陡峭的,垂直的;極薄的,透明的

　　Sheer ad.垂直的,陡峭的 v.急轉向,偏離

　　Sucess is not achieved by sheer luck.成功不是完全靠運氣取得的.

　　Mentholatum sheer color balm is a new product loved by young girls. “曼秀雷敦”薄色潤唇膏是新推出的產品,受到女孩子們的喜愛.

　　State n.狀態,情況;國家,政府;州 vt.陳述,說明

　　A healthy state of mind is the source of a happy life.健康的心態是幸福生活的源泉.

　　Please state your name,age and occupation in a few words.請用簡短的話陳述一下你的姓名,年齡和職業.

　　succession n.連續,繼承繼任;一連串,一系列

　　The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays and carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. 奧運會以火把到達體育場為開始,火把在奧林匹斯山上用太陽光點燃,并由一個接一個的選手送 到體育場.

　　Tolerance n.寬容,容忍;忍耐

　　Turn the volume down, please.My tolerance to noise is limited.請把音量關小,我對嗓音的忍耐力是有限的.

　　Tolerance between the races in the world is a global goal.世界各民族間的互相寬容是全球的目標.

　　tremendous a.巨大的;精彩的,了不起的

　　Some pop fans had a tremendous night at the theater last night with Leon's concert.昨天晚上一些流行歌迷在劇院聽黎明的音樂會,度過了一個美妙的夜晚.

　　Like the other parts of China, Dalian has also made tremendous progress in its social and economic development.與中國其他地方一樣,大連在社會經濟發展方面也考(試^大取得了巨大的進步.

　　Trend n.傾向,趨向,趨勢;時尚,時新款式

　　The growth in the American population in the 1950s partly derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. 20世紀50年代美國人口的增長部分是因為早婚的傾向以及家庭平均規模的擴大.

　　SOHO has become a new international trend.在家辦公已成為一種國際時尚.

　　unexpected a.想不到的,意外的

　　Noise can have unexpe- cted harmful effects on performance in certain kinds of tasks .噪音會對某些任務的完成有意想不到的不利影響.

　　Many unexpected things would happen in one's life.人的一生中會發生很多意想不到的事.

　　virtually ad.實際上,事實上

　　Some manufacturers make all sorts of promises, but it virtually means nothing. 有些生產商許下各種各樣 的諾言,但事實上卻啥也不做.

　　If we travel by Concorde,New York and Paris are virtually neighbours.如果乘搭協和式飛機旅行,紐約和巴黎幾乎是鄰居.

　　weakness n.虛弱,衰弱,軟弱;弱點,缺點;偏好,嗜好

　　Education as a mirror of a society,can help us see the strengths, the weakness, the hopes,the prejudices,and the central values of the culture itself.作為社會的一面鏡子,教育可以幫助我們看清這種 文化本身的優點、缺點、希望、偏見和起支配作用的價值觀.

　　Women have a weakness for shopping.女士都有愛逛街的嗜好.