大学英语精读第三版第二册教案Unit3

Unit Three My First Job

一. Key Words

1. apply : vi.

a) ask officially for, esp by writing

E.g. Last year he applied to return to his own village.

He applied to the boss for promotion.

b) applicant : (n.) person who applies

E.g. There are many applicants for the post.

c) application (n.)

E.g. His application was rejected.

2. interview : n. & v.

a) meeting between the employer and applican6s for the post

E.g. Interview is the time not only for the employer to select future employees, but also for the

applicants to know more about the post.

b) meeting with sb. for discussion, conference, etc.

E.g. It is my greatest honor to be granted an interview by Your Majesty.

c) have or obtain an interview with

E.g. Who do you think is the most promising of all the applicants you have just interviewed?

3. depress : v.

a) make sad

E.g. She was so depressed by the rain that she had to drink a lot of coffee.

b) press, push or pull down

E.g. If you depress the button there, a robot will come out to serve tea.

c) make lower

E.g. Drugstores are forced to close down because they cannot afford to depress prices as

supermarkets constantly do.

4. disapproval : n.

a) unfavorable opinion or feeling, dislike

E.g. The audience express disapproval of the actors by booing.

b) disapprove : (v.) think or say sth. is bad

E.g. The teacher disapproved of students' talking in class.

5. undo : vt.

a) untie, unfasten

E.g. He undid his tie as soon as he walked out of the office building.

b) cancel, bring back the state of affairs that existed before

E.g. The new President undid many rules set up by the former President.

6. attach : vt.

a) (to) fasten or join (sth) to sth.

E.g. They attached a photo to application papers.

b) give (importance) to

E.g. The factory attaches great importance to quality control.

7. range

a) (vt.) vary between certain limits

E.g. The dressed range in price from 20 to 90 dollars.

b) (n.) limits between which sth. varies

E.g. He has a wide range of interests.

8 dismay

a) (vt.) fill (sb.) with fear and hopelessness

E.g. We were dismayed by the violence of his reaction.

b) (n.) state of being dismayed

E.g. To our dismay, our new car was missing.

9. competent: a.

a) completely skillful, good at doing sth.

E.g. I don't think he is competent to drive such a long bus.

We found he was competent for the post.

Although he has had a long training, he is still not very competent at it.

b) competence (n.)

E.g. George drives with competence.

10. protest

a) (v.) (against, about) express a strong objection

E.g. All the local farmers protested against the new airport being built on rich farmland. b_ (n.)

E.g. People made a protest about the rise in price.

11. prospect : n.

a) view, scene

E.g. The prospect from the mountain was grand.

b) sth. that one expect or consider is going to happen, mental view

E.g. He was excited by te prospect of owning his own house.

c) possibility that sth. will success

E.g. I se no prospect of his success.

d) (pl.) chances of success in the future

E.g. At the end of the interview, the applicant asked about promotion prospects and other

examinations he could take to go ahead and so on..

12. indignity: n.