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Unit 4 Living with technology
Extended Reading 词汇
virtual-->pub
新译林2020版 选必二
Virtual: 实际上的 VS. 虚拟的
earphone/headphone
practice v. & n. 练习,训练
in practice 事实上
be/get out of practice 生疏;荒疏;疏于练习
practice makes perfect 熟能生巧
practice doing sth 练习做某事
practiced adj. 熟练的,精通的,有经验的
be practiced in 在……方面技术熟练
for all practical purposes 实际上,事实上
1) __________ (practice) the same move can make you more
confident in competition.
2) We can offer you __________ (practice) suggestions on
how to increase the fibre in your daily diet.
3) __________ of practice, she is becoming weak in her
spoken English.
4) He is said to be __________ (practice) in the driving test,
so you’d better ask him for help.
Practicing
practical
Out
practiced
be/get out of practice 生疏;荒疏;疏于练习
practice makes perfect 熟能生巧
practice doing sth 练习做某事
practiced adj. 熟练的,精通的,有经验的
表示“大量,很多”的短语:
修饰可数名词 a number of, a host of, many a,
more than one, a good/ great many,
scores of, dozens of
修饰不可数名词 an amount of, amounts of, a great deal of
修饰可数或不可数名词 a lot of, lots of, plenty of,
a quantity of, quantities of,
a bunch of
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1) A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
2) I can’t come for a host of reasons.
我不能来有很多原因。
许多问题可能会延迟通道隧道的打开。
engaged adj. 忙于;使用中的
be/get engaged to sb. 与某人订婚
engagement n. 约定;密切关系;雇用;订婚
break off one’s engagement 解除婚约
engage in = be engaged in
参加,从事,正忙于……(前者表动作,后者表状态)
engage with sb. 与某人建立密切关系
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) Her attention ___________ (engage) by the display of new
hats in the shop window.
2) Just a few days after the signs went up, he found people
sitting there and engaging _________ active and joyful
conversations.
3) Our findings show young babies’ social ____________
(engage) contributes to their own language learning.
4) She got engaged _________ a young man whom she met
with on the Internet.
was engaged
in
engagement
to
annoying adj. 使恼怒的,使生气的,使烦恼的
annoyed adj. 气恼的,略感生气的
常用搭配:be annoyed with sb. at / about sth.