全新版大学英语第三册UNIT11

❖ 4.due: adj
1)be due: to be expected to happen or arrive at a particular time
eg: When is your baby due? ★ be due to do sth. eg: The meeting isn’t due to start until three. ★ be due for sth.( expect to get sth.) eg: I’m due for a pay rise soon.
eg: 委员会会在适当的时候考虑你的申请的.
❖ 5. Improvement: an act of improving or a state of being improved
eg: We need to carry out some improvements to the computer system. ★cf: improve(ment) on / improve(ment) in
❖ 6. supplement:
v: to add sth., especially to what you earn or eat , in order to increase it to an acceptable level
★supplement by/ with n: ①sth. that you add to sth. else to improve it or make it complete
③n:1) a feeling of quite happiness and satisfaction
※ do sth to your heart’s content
(to do sth as much as you want) eg: 在暑假，孩子们可以允许尽情的玩耍．
2) contents: the things that are inside a box,bag,room or are written in a letter, book etc.容器所装的东西,目录
Words
❖ 1.frustrate: ①discourage使灰心 eg: The lack of money frustrated him
②to prevent sb.’s plans． efforts or attempts from succeeding挫败
❖ 2.content ①adj( not before noun): happy and satisfied
improve(ment) on:如把两件事作比较,而后发生的比 早发生的好
eg: Today’s weather is an improment on yesterday’s. improve(ment) in:指某方面好转或改善
eg: There has been an improvement in the weather. ★Your luck improves with the improvement of yourself.
3) the amount of a substance that is contained in sth or the ideas ,facts, opinions that are contained in a speech or a piece of writing
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❖ 3. haul: vt:1)transport,as with a truck, cart, etc 2)to pull sth. heavy with a continuous, steady
2)due to: because of
eg: The company’s problems are due to a mixture of bad luck and poor management.
3)in due course: at some time in the future when it is the right time, but not before
eg: He is quite content with his life. ※ be content to do ②v: to make sb. fell happy and satisfied ※content yourself with sth
(to do or have sth that is not what you really wanted, but it’s still satisfactory)
Unit 1
Changes in the Way We Live
Preparations
❖ 1.what do you think of the title? Why people want to change their ways they live?
❖ 2.what are your life style?
Text A
❖ Questions 1)why do so many migrant workers move from the country to the city? 2)why do city people buy apartments or houses in the suburbs, even in the countryside? 3)In your opinion, which is better, living in the country or city?
movement eg: to haul the logs along to haul up the fishing nets
n: a large amount of goods that has been stolen, or found by the police
eg: The robbers’ haul included a very valuable diamond ring.