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Unit 4 Information Technology
1. 核心词精讲:
1. to trick others
trick vt. : to deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something 欺骗,诈骗,哄骗
trick sb. into doing sth. 欺骗某人做某事
trick sb. out of sth. 从某人处骗走某物
eg I’d been tricked and I felt stupid.
Gavin tricked me into giving him the money.
The poor boy was tricked out of all the money he had.
trick n. : 骗局,花招,诡计
play a trick / tricks on sb. 捉弄
eg You can’t fool me with that old trick!
I thought Tom was playing a trick on me.
2. You can create your own image and a new personality.
create v. : to invent or design something 发明; 创作
eg He's creating a whole new language of painting.
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creator n. 创造者
creation n. 创造,创造的作品
creative adj. 创造的,创作的,有创造性的
creatively adv.(有)创造性地
creativity n. 创造性
3. Yet, very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.
a variety of : a lot of things of the same type that are different from each other in some way
各种各样的
eg The island offers such a wide variety of scenery and wildlife.
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vary v. 变化
various adj. 各种各样的
varied adj. 各种各样的
4. By the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats like instant messenger.
instant adj. : 1) happening or produced immediately 即时的;立刻的,马上的 2) instant food, coffee etc is in the form of powder and prepared by adding hot water
(食物、咖啡等)即食的,调制方便的
eg I feel instant relief after treatment.
instant coffee 速溶咖啡 instant soup速食汤 instant noodle 方便面
instant n. a moment 片刻,顷刻;
for an instant 一瞬间 (指动作持续的时间)
in an instant 立即,马上(指动作不久将发生)
eg It took only an instant for him to react.
The pain disappeared in an instant.
Jane paused for an instant and then stepped inside.
the instant 一……就……
表示“一……就……”的词汇:immediately, as soon as, on/upon doing…
Eg She woke up the instant the phone rang.
5.The use of avatars has also caused a few concerns.
concern n. : a feeling of worry about something important