Unit4Makingthenews重点词汇详解(2)

高二必修 5 Unit 4 Making the news重点词汇详解

新课标人教版高二第五模块第四单元单词解读

（Making the News）

1.eager(keen, anxious) adj. 热切的；渴望的(after, about, for)

The boy was eager for success. 男孩子急于获得成功。

He is eager for his parents to meet his girlfriends. 他盼望他的父母去见他的女朋友。

The saleswoman in the shop is always eager to please everybody.

"商店里的那个女售货员总是十分殷勤,希望使人人满意。"

【习惯用语】

be eager for 渴望, 渴求, 争取

be eager about 渴望, 渴求, 争取

be eager after 渴望, 渴求, 争取

be eager to do 急欲, 渴望做

【参考词汇】

eager /keen /anxious 意思都含“渴望的”。

eager指“以巨大的热情渴望实现愿望或达到目的的”, 有时也指“由于其他感情影响而表

现急不可耐的”, 如:

He was eager to see her. 他渴望见到她。

keen 指“对某人、某物怀有极大兴趣或热情的”, 如: They were keen to win. 他们急于取胜。anxious 指“热切地希望实现愿望,并因顾虑愿望落空而心情不安,感到焦虑的”, 如: l'm anxious to know the final result. 我急于想知道最后的结果。

eagerly adv. eagerness n.

2.work/task/ duty/job/responsibility

【参考词汇】

work 常指正式职业和职位的经常性、一般性工作，不含有“艰巨”、“沉重”等意思。是不

可数名词。at work在工作

work hard at努力工作（或学习）；out of work失业。My work is as a doctor.我当医生（职业）。

task 一般指必须完成的“任务”, 是可数名词。如: Mother set me the task of sweeping the floor.

母亲把扫地的任务交给了我。task 往往含有“艰巨”、“沉重”等意思。而work 除另有修饰语外不含此种意思。

duty指“道义上的责任”, 较强调“自觉性”, 如: Every citizen has the duty to construct his country. 每个公民都有建设祖国的责任。

job指“活、事、一份工作”时是可数名词,多指为换取报酬而进行的日常活动，尤指作为某

人的手艺、行业或职业的工作。可数。Washing the windows is not my job. 洗窗子不是我的事儿（任务）。习惯表达: a good job一件好事lose one's job失业be out of a job失业do a

good job干的不错

It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours aday.修理自行车就是他的话，而且常常是一天要干14个小时。

responsibility 指“由于法律、职业或道德等的要求而应尽的责任”, 含有“法津上对后果负

责任”的意味, 如:

The resposibility rests on us. 这由我们负责。Do not forget your duty to your parents. 不要忘记对父母应尽的责任。

3.course n. 过程；经过；进程

in the course of discussion 在讨论期间

道路；路线；方向The ship was blown off course. 那船被吹离航线。

【习惯用语】

in course of 在...的过程中

in due course 在适当的时候；不久以后

in the courts of在...期间

during the course of 在...期间

4.meanwhile adv. 此时同时

They'll be here soon. Meanwhile we'll have some coffee. 他们即刻就到，我们现在先喝点咖啡。

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

与此同时,我的舌头忙于寻找被拔牙齿的伤口。

Meanwhile, two other actors had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.

与此同时,另外两位演员把两个盛着食物的大篮子拿到树下荫凉的地方。

Jane was writing a letter and meanwhile Pat was watching T.V.. 简在写信，而在此同时帕特在看

电视。

5.case n.事；事例

This is a case of stupidity, not dishonesty. 这只是个愚蠢的例子,并非不诚实。

情形；场合；状况'Well, in that case, I would prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered. `唉,那样的话,我宁愿留在车上啦,'我回答说。

a case of poverty 穷苦的情形

病症；病例This is a case of fever. 这是一发烧的病例。

案件；诉讼 a difficult case to prove 一个很难办的案子

In this case I'm acting for my friend Mr Smith. 我在这次诉讼中代表我的朋友史密斯的利益。

The case against Mr. White is said to be heard tomorrow. 据说怀特先生被起诉一案定于明天开庭。

The case was settled out of court. 这案件在庭外解决。