大学英语4第一单元讲义

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新视野大学英语（4）第一单元

一、agent ['eɪdʒənt]

N.

1. [C] 经纪人sb. whose job is to help an actor, artist, etc. find work

例句：1.A best-selling writer needs a good agent.

畅销书作家需要好的经纪人。

2.My agent has a new script for me to look at.

我的经纪人有一个新剧本要我看一看。

2.[C]作用者,原动力,动因; 作用剂 a person or thing that works to produce a result

例句：1.Soap is a cleansing agent.

肥皂是一种清洁剂。

2.Rain and sun are the agents which help plants to grow.

雨水和阳光是促进植物生长的原动力。

短语：travel agent

1.旅行社；旅行代理人，旅行代办人someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers

例句：1.You can do it from the comfort of your home office when you opt to become a travel agent.

如果你选择成为旅行社代理人的时候，你就可以在家里舒服的完成这些工作。

2.TravelAgent: All right. Well, letme checkwhatflightsare available that are goingout this afternoon.

旅行社代理人：好吧，噢，我先来看看今天下午出发的航班都有哪些。

二、hasten ['heɪsn]

Vt.

1.加快；加速make sth. happen sooner or more quickly

例句：1.An electric typewriter would hasten the work .

电动打字机会加速这项工作。

2. The girls had to hasten their steps to keep pace with his.

女孩子们得加快步子才能赶得上他。

3.Please hasten them to send the sample.

不要告别得那样匆忙。

2.act or move at high speed催促；使赶快，使赶紧

例句：1.Father hastened our going.

父亲催促我们快去。

同义词：hurry匆忙

rush冲

speed速

三、elevator ['elɪveɪtə(r)]

N.

[C] a machine that carries people or goods up and down in a building 电梯

例句：1.I go up by the elevator.

我搭电梯上去。

2.Her job is to operate an elevator.

她的工作是开电梯。

3.Could we get an elevator to the moon?

能不能造一个通往月球的电梯？

同义词：lift、moving

短语：take the elevator 乘电梯

例句：Whether you take the elevator to the top of the Hancock Tower or whether you walk up the stairs, the change in gravitational potential is identical.

不管你是乘电梯,去大厦的顶层,或者是步行，重力势能的变化是相同的。

同义词in an elevator

四、blur [blɜː(r)]

N.

1.[C] sth. that one cannot remember or see clearly 、sth whose shape is not clearly seen 模糊的记忆；模糊不清的事物

例句：1.The events of that day were just a blur.

那天所发生的事情简直就是一片模糊，记不清楚。

2.My memory of my childhood days is only a blur.

我对童年只有些模糊的记忆。

3.The events of that day were just a blur.

那天发生的事只剩一片模糊的记忆。

V.

1.vt. & vi. (使)变得模糊不清(cause to) become unclear or indistinct

例句：1.Do drunkards blur reality, or come closer to it?

酒醉之后是使现实模糊不清，还是更加接近现实了呢?

2.The damp paper caused the ink to blur.

潮纸因墨水弄上污渍。

3.Dust blurred my vision.

灰尘模糊了我的视线。

短语：Blur the line of sight模糊了视线

例句：1.The line between good and evilis beginning to blur.

善恶间的分界线已经变得模糊了。

2.My tears will blur the line of sight, the happy girl should beme, but we just missed.