人教版 高中英语 模块三unit3 words and expressions

He has to apply for a permit, before he finds a job. He asked permission _________ to leave the room
6. Go ahead If someone goes ahead with something, they begin to do it or make it, especially after planning, promising, or asking permission to do it They will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan
2. Adventure .n,vi If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events Adventure of Tom Sawyer Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Their cultural backgrounds gave them a spirit of adventure. The trip to Iraq was an adventure for Helen. The group has adventured as far as the Alps
If a process or an organized event goes ahead, it takes place or is carried out. The event will go ahead as planned here next summer.
It is unclear whether the meeting will go ahead as planned. You just go ahead and I'll catch up later. We all urged him to go ahead with his plan. If you insist on leaving now, please go ahead. Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses.
The doctor will not permit her up until her leg is better. The soldiers had orders to permit no stranger through
If you permit yourself something, you allow yourself to do something that you do not normally do or that you think you probably should not do. He permitted himself one cigar a day He permitted himself to lose control of his emotions.
7. By accident Many a bright idea has been hit on by accident. unexpectedly
8.Stare at The little child stared at the toys in the shopwindow. It is bad manners to stare at peoention wandering Read their body language. Are their eyes wandering or are they drumming the desk with their fingers?
5. Permit .n,v If someone permits something, they allow it to happen. If they permit you to do something, they allow you to do it The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder . Permit me to give you some advice... Permit me to offer you my sincere congratulations.
1. bring up .vt When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up. He was brought up in a small village.
12. Account .v,n It is easy to open an account in the bank. He kept detailed accounts about his earns and expenses.
• An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened He gave a detailed account of what happened According to police accounts, the spy was found dead on the military base.
10. Spot .n,v the spotty dog Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples. He wiped the spot on his tie with a napkin. Spots of rain had begun to fall . They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots. The doctor was on the spot a few minutes after the accident . His boots were spotted with mud.
A passage is a journey by ship.
We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage
It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
• A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest Compare the following passages. He reads a passage from Milton.
If a situation permits something, it makes it possible for that thing to exist, happen, or be done or it provides the opportunity for it. Try to go out for a walk at lunchtime, if the weather permits Weather permitting _________, we go out for a walk at lunchtime
You can describe an event that you see, or that is broadcast or shown in a picture, as a scene of a particular kind But first to set the scene: I was listening to my teacher.
If you spot something or someone, you notice or recognize them. He failed to spot the error. I traveled all around, I can spot people. I spotted you, though you are in rags.
4. Wander .v,n When he got bored he wandered around the fair. He escaped from class and wandered in the street. Because mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far
The scene of an event is the place where it happened. the scene of a crime A police officer came on the scene to search into the circumstances. A crowd soon collected at the scene of the accident.
11.passage.n A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, which connects one place or room with another. Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.
• A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them He cleared a passage for himself through the shoppers.
9. Fault .n,v If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. A willful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.
3.scene.n A scene is part of a play, film, or book ,in which a series of events happen in the same place The first scene of Hamlet . They have added a new scene at the beginning.
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect . His greatest fault is that he talks too much.
If you fault someone, you find some reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. You can't fault him for his first cooking.