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Unit 5 Launching Your Career
Period 1 Vocabulary
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bounce
bounce vi. & vt. (使)弾起;上下晃动
if sth bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this
move up and down
n. 弹性;弹跳;活力
the ability to bounce or to make sth bounce;
the energy that a person has
jump, leap, spring, hop, bounce, skip
bouncing adj.跳跃的;巨大的
bouncy adj.有弹性的;快活的
bouncer n.保镖;跳跃的人;吹牛者
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bounce back 反弹
bounce off 弹开,反弹
on the bounce
在弹起时;劲头(或劲儿)十足;在节骨眼上
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
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Some people know what they want to do from a young age, but many others just have a few ideas bouncing around in their heads.
The old basketball looked very used and had lost its bounce.
I felt my chest could hardly hold my racing heart which was bouncing wildly.
The rumor bounced around the office all day.
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aptitude n. 天资;天赋 gift;talent
natural ability or skill at doing sth
show/ have an aptitude for sth. / doing sth.
有......的天资
She showed a natural aptitude for the work.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
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head start 起步前的优势
Being able to speak French gave her a head start over the other candidates.
A good education gives your child a head start in life.
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scenario n. 设想;方案;预测
a description of how things might happen in the future
a nightmare scenario
Let me suggest a possible scenario .
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lawyer n.律师
a person who is trained and qualified to advise people about the law and to represent them in court, and to write legal documents
law lawn
The lawyer is paid only if he wins.
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assemble vt.组装;装配
vi.& vt.收集;聚集;
to fit together all the separate parts of sth, for example a piece of furniture
to come together as a group; to bring people or things together as a group
assembled adj. 组合的;安装的
assembling