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Unit 8 Lesson 2
Key words
1. founder n. foundation n.
found v. (founded-founded)
比较: find-found-found
2. profit n./v.
profit from 得益于;利用
make a profit 赚钱,获利
profitable adj. 有利可图的;赚钱的;有益的
non-profit adj. 非营利的
3. organiser n. (=organizer)
organise v. (=organize)
organisation n. (=organization)
A non-profit organisation
4. union n.
students’ union (=student union) 学生会
5. contented adj 满足的;心安的
content n. 内容,目录;满足;容量
adj. 满意的 v. 使…满意
be content with安心;安于;满足于;对……感到满意
It is better to be content with what one has than to risk losing everything by being too greedy.
6. occur v. (occurred-occurred) 发生
sth. occurs to sb. 某人想起某事
It occurs to sb. that 某人想到…
It occurs to sb. to do sth. 某人想起做某事
类似表述:sth comes to sb. / sth strikes sb. /
It strikes sb. that ... / It hits sb. that ...
It occurred to her that she should adopt the homeless child.
An idea occurred to her.
It never occurred to me to phone the police.
7. make one’s dream come true
=realize one’s dream
= one’s dream come true
Jack tried his best to make his dream come true.
8. agriculture n. agricultural adj.
industry n. industrial adj.
With the development of agriculture, people in China no longer suffer from starvation.
9. proposal n 建议;提议
make / put forward a proposal 提出建议
come up with a proposal 想到一个建议
propose v 提议;建议;打算;求婚
以后缀 -al 结尾的名词:
approve → approval 批准;同意
arrive → arrival 到达;到来
survive → survival 幸存
remove → removal 移除
10. slim adj 微小的;苗条的;薄的 v 减肥;变苗条
a slim chance / hope 可能性小 / 希望渺茫
slim 的比较级和最高级是:slimmer, slimmest
11. survival n. 幸存 survive v.幸存
survivor n.幸存者 a survival rate 存活率
Not all people survived the earthquake.
12. overcome v. (overcame-overcome)
overcome difficulties/obstacles
As long as you believe, you can overcome any difficulty.
13. determination n. wi