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Module 11 Unit 3 The secret of success
一、重点单词与短语:
1. improvement n. 改进,改善 [c/u]
①make many improvements 作出许多改进
②an improvement in… 在……方面好转
③an improvement on… 比……好转
▲improve vt. & vi. 改进,改善,(使)好转
④improve on/upon 对……作出改进
典题赏析:
1) There has been an improvement _______ the weather. 天气有了好转。
2) Today’s weather is an improvement _______ yesterday’s. 今天的天气比昨天的天气好。
3) Their living conditions have been _______(改善)in the past few years. 【陕西卷】
4) He has _______ _______ the invention. 他进一步完善了那项发明。
2. man in the street普通人,常人,平民百姓
3. resign vi. & vt. 辞职,辞去;听从,顺从
①resign office = resign one’s office = resign one’s post辞职
②resign from a job 辞去工作
③resign…to… 把……托交给……
④resign oneself to 听从……,顺从……
典题赏析:
1) ______ from the company, the young director still went to the office every day to finish off the unfinished work.
A. Resigning B. Retiring C. Designing D. Assigning
2) The workers could hardly _______ the boss’s bad temper but under his supervision they had to _______ themselve