英语学习笔记2

Unit 3 Early to bed, early to rise...

1.New words on book

chronically : permanently, constantly chronic : always present

droop : hang or bend down dim : low, not bright

waves of sleepiness : strong feelings of fatigue, tiredness blinking : closing and opening

surge : a boost, increase out of sync : on a completely different

alert : able to think clearly captivating : very interesting

irritable : easily and quickly annoyed hormones : chemical substances

miserable : very unhappy fatigue : extreme tiredness

suspect : believe to be true accumulate : adds up

snore : breathe noisily while sleeping spontaneous: happening without planning

cranky : easily irritated or annoyed subtle: indirect

priority: most important thing to do blink : open and close your eyes quickly

do without : not have alertness : focus and concentration

burn the midnight oil : work very late at night drowsy : half asleep

naps : short periods of sleep shut-eye : sleep (informal)

irritable : getting annoyed quickly or easily run by : have someone consider

catch 40 winks : to go sleep for a very brief amount of time

power nap : a short sleep in the middle of the working day that

helps you to have more energy, do your job

better,and make better decisions

2. V ocabulary building

constellations / harvest / ivory tusk / sort / escalate / appropriate / be determined by / be intended to do /

instinctive reaction / be dedicated in / frustrated / be suffering from / serious problem / aggressive / amused

enthusiastic / respectful / victim / have insomnia / suffer from insomnia /exhausted / yawn / rub your eyes /

effect (n) / affect (v) / to whine / toss and turn / kick off the covers / grind teeth / automatically / persona /

enthusiastic about / make sth a priority / wide awake / insomniac/ insure / ensure / assure / reward / award

measurements / adorable / weird / humiliating / arrange for

3. Synonym

rising - escalating (population, tuition, temperature, housing price...)

initially - primarily sum up - summarize - outline (v)

sort - systematize rash - hasty - imprudent

sleepy - drowsy - slumbrous unless - only if

amuse - entertain completely awake - wide awake

4. PS:

(word choice) Although caleb performs well in all of his classes, he finds classes with a smaller amount of students to be the most beneficial.

A.CORRECT AS IS

B. Less amount

C. Less number

D. Smaller number

The best answer is D. "amount" is used to denote a quantity of something that cannot be divided into separate units.

Because the sentence refers to students, who can be individually counted, "number" is the best word to use.

Likewise, "less" refers to a quantity of degree of something, not to a number of something, making "smaller" the best choice.

(compare) insure ensure assure reward award