大学体验英语综合教程2unit4笔记

大学体验英语综合教程2unit4笔记
Unit 4 Calamities and rescues
△board,on board,go on board
1)Passengers checked their baggage before boarding the plane.
2)Many of tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesman.
3)The hijackers kept the pilot on board the plane as hostage(人质).
4)We went on board Sabena yesterday morning.我们昨天早上登上Sabena号。

△championship n.1.冠军称号
2.(pl)锦标赛
1)What team did the woman's team championship go to?哪个队获得女子团体体赛冠军？
2)The world men's basketball championships 世界男篮锦标赛
3)The world singles figure skating championships 世界花样滑冰个人锦标赛
△beam
Vt.vi.smile brightly and happily
N.(日光、灯光等)(一)道、束、柱[比喻]喜悦、笑颜
1.beam of sunlight fell on the wall through the window
2.Her face beaned with joy.喜形于色
3.He beamed his approval of the new idea.
4.He beamed on his visitors.
△laugh出声(大)笑
Smile微笑
Giggle女人，孩子
Beam书面，喜形于色
△bound:adj.1.(~for) going to or intending to go to
2.(~to do sth)certain to do sth
1)The weather is bound to get better tomorrow.
2)Where are you bound for?
3)He was said to be bright at school and was almost certainly bound for university.
4)There are bound to be times when he or she will encounter difficulties and problems.
△distress n.
1)危难The life boat went out to a ship in distress.
2)穷苦(困) They did what they could to reduce distress among the poor.
3)忧虑Two in distress make sorrow less.
The mother was in great distress when her baby became ill.
△approach vt.1)靠近，接近2)动手处理
N.1)途径，方法2)接近
1)The winter vacation is approaching.
2)The lion's approach drove away the small animals.
3)The best approach to learning a foreign language is the study of the spoken language.
4)It might be possible to approach the problem in a different way.
△collide: 1)crash together with violent impact碰撞
2) be or come into conflict砥触，冲突
1)If the aims of two countries collide，there may be a war.
2) As the bus turned the corner, it collided with a van.
3)They were on their way to the airport when their car was involved in a collision with a truck.
△rear
1) v.
(1) (~ up) (of a horse, etc) raise itself on its legs
(2) raise esp. one’s head
(3) bring up (children)
2) n.后部, 尾部, 后方the back part of something
bring up the rear
站在队尾；落在最后；殿后
1)The engine of this bus is in the rear.
2) Move to the rear of the bus. There are plenty of rear seats.
3)We plead for an opportunity to live in decent houses and localities, for a chance to rear the children in physical and moral cleanliness.
我们要求有机会住于象样的住房和地区，要求有机会在身心健康的环境中养育我们的孩子。

4)The plane was going to land and then suddenly reared up into the sky .突然又攀升到天空
△Crash
1) v. (1)坠毁
(2)碰撞
2) n. (1) a serious accident
(usually involving one or more vehicles)
(2)轰隆声
1).After the air crash, debris from the plane was scattered over a large area.
2) The dishes crashed to the floor.
碗碟哗啦一声掉在地板上。

3)Y ou saw the bus crash into the truck.
△comb through:search sth. thoroughly
1)Y our hair needs a good comb.
2)Rescuers are battling against time to reach every last quake-hit villages. Search teams are combing through more than
400 villages in Sichuan province.
救援人员与时间争夺最后到达每一个受灾村庄。

搜索队通过梳理400多个四川省村庄。

3)Police are combing through the woods for the missing children.
△in the nick of time
ust in time 正是时
at the last critical moment 在最后关键时刻
The army arrived in the nick of time and the town was saved.
He got to the station in the nick of time and caught the train.
△unload: v. remove (a load) from (something)
1）They unloaded the books from the car.
2）The plane unloaded the passengers at the terminal.
3）Dockers started unloading the ship.
4）I'm just unloading mt camera.
我正在从照相机里取出胶卷。

△un + verb: do the opposite of the verb
examples: unlock, untie解不开, uncover寻找, unpack取出
△Outrun：跑得更快, 超过范围
1）The submarine can outrun any destroyer.
这艘潜水艇比任何驱逐舰航行得都快。

2）His expenditure outran his income.他的支出超过收入。

△slam: v. push, move hurriedly and with great force
n.
It wasn't very friendly of you to slam the door in his face.
2)He closed the door with a slam.
他砰的一声关上门。

3)He slam the papers down on my desk and angrily walked out.
他把文件使劲扔在我的桌子上便怒气冲冲地走了出去。

4)She slammed on the brakes and the car came to a stop.
5)He became famous for his powerful slam dunk.
他以他强力的灌篮闻名。

△put away:
1)收拾, 放好
2)放弃, 打消
3)储存
1）It's time to put away those foolish ideas and become serious.
2）She has put away a few thousand pounds for her retirement.
3.Put your toys away in the cupboard when you've finished playing.
4）He put away some money for a rainy day.以防不测
△appreciate vt.: be grateful for ; realize fully ;
be fully aware of
1) We all appreciate a holiday after a year of hard working. 大家都能领略假期的乐趣
2) We appreciate your helping us.
3)We always try to get students to appreciate the importance of self-confidence.体会
4) He would appreciate it if you could do him that favor.
5. I wish to express my appreciation for your kindness.
我要对于你的厚意表示感激。

We are very appreciative of your advice.
△Steer vt.: v.操纵, 驾驶, 掌舵, 引导
steer (towards / away from something)
1）Steer your car slowly into the garage.
2）The coach steered his team to victory.
3）He steered me to a table and sat me down in a chair.
4）We must steer our efforts towards solving the problem.
5）She managed to steer the conversation towards the subject of her birthday party.
△Giant
1. Noun:
1)巨人,巨物（矮子dwarf. ）
2)a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
3)an unusually large enterprise大公司
2. adj.
of great mass; huge and bulky
.巨大的,非正式用词，多为褒义。

指如巨人般的庞大体积。

△Slight: adj.轻微的, 纤弱的, 微小的
1) There's a slight chance it will work.
2) I cannot tell the slight difference between the twins.
3)I have a slight headache.
4) Kaka went down following a slight touch by Alonso.
卡卡被阿隆索轻微绊倒。