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Unit 4 Word Study
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
rail 栏杆;扶手;铁路
Never jump over the rail.
towel rail
handrail
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
travel by rail
railway station
联想:underground
metro (metropolitan)
tube
subtitle
submarine
2. subway 地铁 take the subway
light rail
轻轨
地铁
地铁
地铁
副标题
潜水艇
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
3. tram 有轨电车
environmentally- friendly
eco-friendly 生态友好的
zero emission
4. cab
5. horse-drawn (adj.) 被马拉着的
draw one’s attention
The new semester is drawing near. 临近
draw a conclusion
drawer 抽屉
a horse-drawn bus
a horse-drawn carriage
a horse-drawn wagon
(carriage; wagon
四轮马车)
(taxi)
零排放
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
6. ferry (by ferry) 渡船;摆渡
词缀 fer (carry)
transfer 转移
7. port 港口
出口:___________ import
进口:___________ export
8. cyclist 骑自行车的人 bicycle
9. pedestrian 行人(n.) 步行使用的(adj.)
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
10. crossing 人行横道;十字路口
at the crossing
at a crossroads
finger crossed (祈祷;好运)
with his arms crossed
11. turning 转弯处
at the first / second turning
at the turning point
(转折点)
12. tyre 轮胎
没气的轮胎_____________
备胎 __________________
a flat tyre
a spare tyre
13. brake 车闸;刹车(n. & v.)
put on the brake
a _______ brake (失灵)
faulty
a faulty product 质量差的产品
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
14. minibus 中巴,小型公共汽车
15. traffic jam 交通堵塞
繁忙的交通 _________ traffic
heavy traffic
busy traffic
The traffic is hectic. (繁忙)
rush hour (高峰时段)
I was held up in the traffic jam.
(被阻隔)
Vocabulary on vehicles and transport
16. choke vt./vi. (使)窒息;(使)哽咽;塞满,堵满
a. Because of the smoke from the steam engines, early underground lines needed large holes leading to the surface at regular intervals, so that people could get fresh air and wouldn’t choke. (vi.)
b. The smoke almost choked me. (vt.)
c. The heavy traffic choked the roads.