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Unit 1 The mass media
Reading(Ⅱ)
Language Points
Read and underline the following key words or expressions.
1. release 2. estimate 3. critical
4. choke 5. go off
6. come about
7. priority
8. conclusion 9. bring to light
10. to sum up 11. be committed to 12. discrimination
1. ... according to figures released by ...(line 6)
v. to let sb/sth come out of place 释放;放出
v. to express feelings such as anger or worry 发泄,宣泄
v. to free sb from a duty 免除,解雇
v. to make sth available to the public 公开,发布, 发行
n.释放;发行;排放;解除;解脱
a sense of release 解脱感;轻松感
The factory keeps ___________(release) smoke, making the air dirty.
Recently the band’s latest album_____________(release).
These are the new products ____________(release) onto the market last month.
She felt ________ sense of release after the exam.
Practice makes perfect.
releasing
has been released
released
a
2.Emergency services estimate that ...(line 2)
v. to make an approximate judgment or calculation of it
估价;估算
n. 估计;判断;估价
estimated 估计的
It is estimated that...据估计...
as a rough estimate 粗略估计...
1. ______ is estimated that the project will last three years.
2._______ a rough estimate, the total cost for the treatment will probably go to 10,000 yuan.
3. The satellite will cost an _____________(estimate) 100 million yuan.
4. At least the number of deaths could reach 6 and that is _________ conservative estimate.
Practice makes perfect.
As
It
estimated
a
3. …, 5 of whom are in a critical condition.(line 4)
adj. saying what you think is bad 批评的;挑剔的
adj. extremely important 极为重要的
adj. serious and possibly dangerous 严重的;有危险的
adj. involving making fair and careful judgements 有判断力的
be (highly) critical of...(强烈地)批评...
be critical to ...对...至关重要
critical-critically-
criticize-criticism-critic(评论家,评论员,爱挑剔的人)
1. The teacher was highly critical ________the student who failed to hand in the homework in time.
2. Vocabulary is ________ critical significance.
3. Diligence is critical __________ one’s success.
4. One of the _________