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Unit 2 Language and Culture
【词汇和短语】
confusing adj. 难以理解的
soil n. 国土;领土;土壤
immediate adj. 立即的,立刻的
confusion n. 困惑;不确定
embarrassment n. 奢迫;难堪,左右为难
pleasant adj. 令人偷快的;可喜的
deliver v. 递送;传送
signal v. 发信号;示意;标志;表明
wrist n. 手腕
shrug v. 耸肩(表示不知道或不在乎)
obviously adv. 显然,明显地
fault n. 责任;过失
fade v. 逐渐消失;逐渐消逝
memory n. 回忆;记忆
fluency n. 流利,流畅
literally adv. 按字面;字面上
context n. 上下文,语境
linguist n. 语言学家
within prep. 不出(某段时间);在(某段时间)之内
attitude n.看法;态度
dramatically adv. 显著地;剧烈地
appointment n. 约会;预约
panic v. .(使)惊慌,惊慌失措
ironically adv. (因出乎意料)奇怪地
set foot on进入,访问,参观(某地)
fry n. 炸薯条
snail n. 蜗牛
cheese n. 奶酪
amazed adj. 大为惊奇的
portion n. (食物的)一份
chip n. (BrE) 炸薯条
plate n. 盘子;碟子
packet n. 小包装纸袋,小硬纸板盒
crisp n. 炸土豆片,炸薯片
gravy n. (调味)肉汁
salty adj. 含盐的;咸的
sauce n. 调味汁;酱
savoury adj. 咸味的
snack n. 点心;小吃
embarrassed adj. 窘迫的,尴尬的
pants n. (BrE) 内裤;短裤 (especially NAmE) trousers 裤子
underwear n. 内衣
disgusted adj.厌恶的;憎恶的;反感的
eggplant n. 茄子
pizza n. 比萨饼;意大利饼
likely adj. 可能的;预料的
vocabulary n. 词汇,词汇量
all the way —路上;自始至终
on earth (加强疑问句的语气)到底,究竟
gesture n. 手势;姿势;示意动作
differ v. 相异;有区别;不同于
mostly adv.主要地;一般地;通常
besides adv. 而且;再说;prep. 除……之外(还)
hug v. 拥抱;搂抱
alternative n. 可供选择的事物
differ from 区别于;不同于
【词汇重点】
1. confusing adj. difficult to understand; not clear 难以理解的
The instructions on the box are very confusing.
盒子上的使用说明令人费解。
【拓展】
1.)confuse
v. To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do. 使困惑
My words surprised and confused him.
我的话使他既惊讶又困惑。
2)confused adj. If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do. 困惑的
A survey showed people were confused about what they should eat to stay healthy.
一项调查表明人们对于保持健康该吃什么很困惑。
3) confusion 见第4条讲解。
2. soil n. a country; an area of land 国土;领土
the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow 土壤
【近义词辨析】
clay, mud, dust, ground, land, earth, dirt, soil
这组词都有“土地,土,泥”的意思,其区别是:
clay 特指潮湿时发粘,而火