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Unit 5 LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER
单词精讲
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1. bounce vt & vi(使)弹起;(使)反弹:vi 上下跳动;蹦 (jump)
n [C] 弹起;跳起;[U] 弹性
bounce a ball 拍球
bounce around 蹦来蹦去;弹来弹去;探讨;交流
bounce back 恢复;恢复元气;重新振作
bounce up and down上下跳动
Boys, stop bouncing up and down on the sofa.
The old basketball looked very used and had lost its bounce.
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【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 这些球已经没有多少弹性了。
There’s not ________ ________ left in these balls.
2) 我们关于书的封面设计的想法在脑海里晃来晃去。
We were ________ some ideas ________ for the design of the book’s cover.
3) 他遭遇过很多挫折,但他似乎总能很快地振作起来。
He’s had a lot of problems, but he always seems to ________ ________ pretty quickly.
much bounce
bouncing around
bounce back
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2. head start 起步前的优势
at the start 刚开始;在起跑线
at the start of...在……开始的时候
take a fresh start 重新开始
from start to finish 自始至终,彻头彻尾
①The new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start.
②He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year.
③You'll have a fresh start every single day—not just on January 1st.
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3.aptitude n.天资;天赋 形近:attitude n.态度
4.lawyer n.律师 law n.法律
break/obey the law违法/守法 be against the law违背法律
by law根据法律;依法 within the law在法律范围内
5. debt n [C] & [U] 债务;欠债;人情债:
(be) in debt 负债 out of debt 不欠债
get/run into debt 负债 get out of debt 还债
pay off debts 还清债务 owe sb.a debt 欠某人一个人情
Out of debt, out of danger.(谚)无债一身轻。
He worked hard day and night to pay off his debts.
I owe him a debt of gratitude for all he has done for me.
It's much easier to get into debt than to get out of debt.
欠债容易还债难
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【语境应用】完成句子。
1) They made a contract that they should __________________ in a year.
他们签了合同,一年之内还清所有债务。
2) Don’t get the merchant to lend you money any more, because he himself is _________ too.
别再让那个商人借钱给你了,因为他自己也负债。
in debt
pay off all their debts
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6. profile n.简介;概述;侧面轮廓 vt.概述
a profile of...……的简介或概述
low profile 低姿态;不出头露面;不惹人注意
keep a low pr