大学英语 Unit 5

Relieve v. 救济 The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake. 地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾 民。
减轻 This medicine will relieve your headache. 这药将减轻你的头痛。
There is no doubt that you can have friendly and convenient Shanghai Tours by yourself, as local people and tourisms there are extremely “international”. But what if you are planning to visit the inland or western part of China, like Xi’an which used to be the capital for six dynasties, my suggestion would be joining a trip arranged by the travel agencies for the first couple of days.
Relieve you from complicated and time-consuming trip planning. Many visitors are not “professional” backpackers, so the purpose of a trip is to relax and leave from the busy daily work. A well-organized and scheduled trip plan costs more than you think. You need to consider how to lower your expense, which hotel is more convenient for you to stay, and what routes you should pick. When you arrive at the tour destination, you still need to think of the trip plans and prepare for anything unexpected. If you are not an experienced trip planner or you are too busy to make trip plans, you can just do some research on choosing travel agencies instead.
equal adj. 相等的, 平等的 Women demand equal pay for equal work. 妇女要求同工同酬。
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vt. 比得上 Nobody can equal him in intelligence. 没有人在智力方面能比得上他。
【语法用法】 equal作为动词时，属于及物动词，后面可 直接加宾语，不需要加介词，如to等。 One plus ons equals two. be equal to表示“与……相等，能胜任”， 其中equal为形容词，介词to不可省略。 One plus one is equal to two. be equal in表示“在某方面相等”，如be equal in price可解释为“在价格上相等”；
Promotion n. 提升 There are good chances of promotion in this firm. 这家公司里提升的机会很多。 晋升 I have every confidence that he'll get a promotion soon. 我很有信心,他不久就会晋升的。 促销 This year's sales promotions haven't been very successful. 今年的推销活动不是很成功。
Extremely adv. 非常 I„m extremely sorry. 我非常非常抱歉。
极其 He is an extremely frank person. 他是个极其老实的人。 It pains me extremely to have to leave you. 不 得不离开你，这使我极感痛苦。
Module 5 Holiday
Part Three Intensive Reading A.Lead-in questions
Will you choose a travel agency when you are going to travel? Why?
Pros and Cons of Travel Agencies Although I am not a fan of travel agencies, I do not doubt that they have some benefits, especially when it is your first China travel. Why? A tour to China does not equal to visit those so-called international modern cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai.
【词义辨析】 match, equal, rival 这些动词均含“相称、比得上、与……相 比”之意。 match: 指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利 益等的较量或竞争。 equal: 指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完 全相等。 rival: 指某人或某物在和对手竞争中，在能 力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌，都能比 得上。
Instead adv. 代替 I gave him advice instead of money. 我给了他忠告，而不是钱。
【语法用法】 1.instead一般与of连用作为介词词组，后面可接名 词和代词意外的词，如形容词，副词，动词和介词。 Things are now better instead of worse. He walks slowly instead of quickly. That increased instead of decreased our anxiety. He laughed with instead of at us.
used to be 过去是 He used to be a mail carrier. 他曾是个邮递员。 used to 过去常常, 习惯于 I weigh less than I used to. 我的体重比以前轻了。
There are some pros. Tour packages save you money. The 1-day or 3-days city tours in China are similar to the New York Day Pass or Bus Tour. This kind of tours usually combines tickets of several places with some appealing discounts. Also booking hotels and airplane tickets with the tour packages is economical as well. Since the family trips are concerned with the money, sometimes, the travel agencies have some promotions or good deals for family tours.
Appeal n. 恳求；呼吁, 上诉, 吸引力 Their appeal for help went unheeded. 他们求助的呼吁未受到注意。
v. 呼吁 The police appealed to the crowd not to panic. 警方向群众呼吁不要惊慌。
【词义辨析】 plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray 这些动词均含“请求，恳求”之意。 plead: 指谦卑而又不失尊严地请求，侧重迫切感。 appeal: 常指以道义原则为基础或以法律为依据的 请求。 beg: 比plead通俗，不用于法律范畴，指低声下气 地请求，有时含贬义，指某人喋喋不休地要求得到 帮助。 petition: 指正式而热切地请愿或祈求。 entreat: 的意义与beg的大致相同，但较文雅。 pray: 指祈求，多用于宗教用语中。
【词义辨析】 comfort, console, ease, soothe, relieve 这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之 意。 comfort: 普通用词，指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、 勇气和力量，从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤，得到安慰。 console: 较正式用词，侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或 悲伤。 ease: 正式用词，指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。 soothe: 着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动，使人理智 地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。 relieve: 指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等，常 用被动态。
Promote vt. 促进 They discussed how to promote cooperation between the two countries. 他们讨论如何促进两国间的合作。 提升 He has been promoted to general manager. 他已被提升为总经理。 促销 They now need to put some real elbow grease into promoting the products. 他们现在推销产品确实需要化大力气。
Besides pros, cons exist during the holiday. Tight schedules. This is a little bit controversial. The unflexible schedule is the critical reason why I am not that into travel agencies. Though this can be loved by some “photo takers” whose goal for trip is to take photos everywhere as the trophy. So identify your goals for traveling at first: for vacation or collecting photos or experiencing various cultures? Then choose different tour packages to be consistent with your goals. For example, the shopping trip package to Hong Kong provides the convenient hotel to stay and the bus for shopping. So you can concentrate on shopping and looking for hot deals and cheap goods.
2.注意instead of和without的区别，两者不要混用。一般 情况下，用人，事，行为去代替另外的人，事，或行为 时，用instead of。 I„ll have tea instead of coffee, please. 我要喝茶而不是咖啡，谢谢。 表示人，事，行为不和其他的一起时，用without。 She often goes swimming without telling her mother. 她经常没有告诉于她妈妈就去游泳了。 3.instead 可以是形容词，一般放于句首或句尾。 Don't marry Mary. Marry me instead. 不要和玛丽结婚，和我结婚吧。