新視野大學(xué)英語第二冊unit-1(已修改)
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【正文】 Uint 1Section A. TimeConscious Americans Introduction: This is an expository essay. The author explains a social phenomenon in the . Americans are timeconscious. He presents why and how Americans save time carefully by using examples and causeeffect analysis. In some paragraphs, the author’s statement is presented at the beginning and supported with specific details, and then the reason is given briefly. The article can be divided into 3 parts:Part 1 (Para 12) Americans save time carefully and treat it as if it were real – a precious resource.Part 2 (Para 37 ) Why amp。 how Americans work hard at the task of saving time.Part 3 (Para 8) It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being petent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the .I. New words1. budget ①n. 預(yù)算，撥款搭配：balance one’s budget 平衡預(yù)算within / below budget 低于預(yù)算a family budget 家庭預(yù)算②v.(for)做預(yù)算，盤算，安排.: He budgeted for buying a house③a. 便宜的，合算的.: a budget dress 便宜的服裝④budgetary (budget + ary) a. 預(yù)算上的2. acute ①靈敏的，敏感的.: Dogs have an acute sense of smell.②嚴(yán)重的，劇烈的搭配：acute pain 劇痛an acute lack of water 嚴(yán)重缺水③acuteness n. 敏銳④辨析：acute, sharp, keenacute指五官，感覺，智力的敏銳sharp有刃的，鋒利的，也指思想敏銳，語言尖銳.: a sharp knife 一把鋒銳的小刀 a sharp tongue 刮嘴keen鋒利的，敏銳的與sharp與acute的意思相同還可表示熱心的、著迷的3. replace ①vt. 把…放回原處，取代.. She replaced the book on the shelf.②vt. 取代，替代 (take the place of).: He has replaced Mr. Brown as President. 他取代布朗先生當(dāng)了董事長。③辯析：substitute, replace[動(dòng)詞]substitute A for B = replace B with/by A[名詞]substitute of A for B = replacement of B by/with A.: She substituted honey for sugar. She replaced sugar with honey.她用蜂蜜替代糖。4. abrupt ①a. 突然的，意外的.: The meeting came to an abrupt end an abrupt change of policy 突然改變政策②a. （舉止、言談等）粗魯?shù)?，魯莽?: When l asked her about her new job, she was quite abrupt with me.[辯析]abrupt. Rude(1) rude 指別人態(tài)度粗魯，缺乏必要的禮貌用語，稱呼或溫和的態(tài)度等；(2) abrupt 則側(cè)重指由于過于突然或缺乏事先考慮而表現(xiàn)出來的不夠禮貌。5. brief ①n. 摘要in brief (to be brief) = in short。 in as few words as possible 簡要言之the news in brief 新聞提要②v. 向…做簡介③a. 簡潔的，短暫的.: His explanation was brief and to the point 他的說明既簡潔又切題。④briefly ad 簡單地說brevity n. 簡短briefcase n. 文件箱，公文包6. opening ①a. 初始的 opening words/remarks 開場白②n. 開始；職位，空缺.: the opening of a book, speech, film, etc書（講語或電影的開頭）There are few openings in publishing for new graduates出版社能為新畢業(yè)的大學(xué)生提供的空缺職位極少。7. interact n. 交流；相互作用（影響）；合作inter(…之面) + action(作用)→interaction human – puter interactirn 人機(jī)對話，人機(jī)交流搭配：interaction with .: Increased interaction between the police and forces world improve the rate of solving crimes.警民之間加強(qiáng)合作，將有助于提高破案率。interact v.interact with / against 相互作用；互動(dòng)8. convention
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