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Launching Your Career
Unit 5
bounce [baʊns] vi. & vt. (使)弾起;上下晃动 n. 弹性;弹跳;活力
bounce around: 蹦来蹦去;弹来弾去
bounce back 重整旗鼓,恢复(健康、信心等)
bounce sb. into sth. 迫使某人做某事
There's not much bounce left in these balls.
这些球已没有多少弹性了。
aptitude [ˈæptɪtjuːd] n. 天资;天赋
have an aptitude for
有…的才能;有…的天赋
have a talent/gift for对…有天赋
She showed a natural aptitude __________ the work.
她表现出了做这工作的天赋。
Exercise
for
head start 起步前的优势
A good education gives your child a head start in life.
良好的教育会使你的孩子赢在人生的起跑线
scenario [səˈnɑːriəʊ] n. 设想;方案;预测
Let me suggest a possible scenario.
我来设想一种可能出现的情况。
lawyer [ˈlɔːjə(r)] n. 律师
law
n.法律(体系);法规;规律;定律;法学 v.起诉,控告
The lawyer was paid a huge salary.
这个律师拿了很高的薪金。
assemble [əˈsembl] vt. 组装;装配 v. 收集;聚集;集合
The cupboard is easy _________________ (assemble).
这个橱柜容易组装。
Exercise
to assemble
drawer /drɔː(r)/n.抽屉
a chest of drawers抽屉柜
This drawer keeps sticking.
这个抽屉老卡住。
breast /brest/n.乳房;胸部
Her mother died of breast cancer.
她母亲死于乳腺癌。
hydrogen /ˈhaɪdrədʒən/n.氢;氢气
Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
氢与氧化合成水。
radium /ˈreɪdiəm/ n.镭
wrist /rɪst/n.手腕;腕关节
I felt her nails sink into my wrist.
我感觉她的指甲抠进了我的手腕里。
bridegroom /ˈbraɪdɡruːm/ n.新郎
bride n.新娘
Take me for your bridegroom, for I love you.
让我做你的新郎,因为我爱你。
geometry /dʒiˈɒmətri/n.几何学;几何图形
geo-, 地,地球
-metry, 测量
The doctor doesn't know how to teach me geometry.
这个教授不知道如何教我几何学。
debt /det/n.债务;欠款
in debt负债
out of debt不欠债
pay off one’s debt
还清某人的欠款或债务
The couple worked hard day and night in order to ___________________.
为了还清所有的债务,这对夫妇夜以继日地拼命干活。
Exercise
pay off their debts
①I need to pay off all my ___________ (debt) before I leave the country.
我需要在离开这个国家之前还清所有的债务。
②My uncle spent more than he was earning, and soon got ___________ debt.
我叔叔入不敷出,很快就欠债了。
③The failure of his business left him heavily _______ debt.
他生意的失败使他负债累累。
debts
into
in
Exercise
categorise /ˈkætəɡəraɪz/ vt.把……分类(加以归类)
=classify
Part of the difficulty is that he is so hard ________________ (categorise).
一部分困难恰恰在于很难对他加以归类。
Exercise
to categori