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Unit4
Writing单词+课文
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unfortunate [ʌn'fɔ:tʃənət] adj.不幸的,倒霉的
agent ['eidʒənt] n.代理人
demand [di'mɑ:nd] vt.要求
loosely ['lu:sli] adv.不严谨地
criticise ['kritisaiz] vi.& vt.批评,指责
log [lɔg] n.大木头,原木;(事件的)正式记录
idiom ['idiəm] n.成语
politician [ˌpɔlə'tiʃən] n.政治家
bath [bɑ:θ] n.浴室,洗澡
unfortunate adj.不幸运的 fortunate adj.幸运的 unfortunately adv.不幸地 fortunately adv.幸运地
fortune n.幸运,财富 make a fortune发财
_____________(fortunate), the fire wasn’t discovered
in time.
I am_____________(fortune) enough to get a job that I love.
Unfortunately
fortunate
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2. demand v.要求
demand to do 要求做
demanding adj.要求高的
They demanded ____________(attend) the meeting.
to attend
criticise v.批评
critical adj.批判的
4. politician n.政治家
political adj.政治的
politics n.政治
The politician is totally uninterested in politics.
Lost Identity
The heavy snow last winter caused long delays at Heathrow Airport. One afternoon, hundreds of unlucky passengers, who had been expecting to board a flight to New York ,were told it had been cancelled.
身份
v.导致 n.原因
v.& n.推迟,延期
expect to do期待做
取消
delay doing推迟做
One unfortunate agent was dealing with all the passengers, when an angry man, who had been standing in line for some time, pushed his way to the front.
处理
乘客
站队,排队
挤过去,强行通过
“I want a first-class seat on this flight, now!” demanded the man angrily.
The young agent replied politely, “I'm sorry, sir, but I can't ignore these people. They were here first. If you could wait your turn, I'll see what I can do.”
一等座
忽视
wait one’s turn等待轮到某人
This did not please the man. He screamed at the young agent so that the passengers waiting in line behind him could hear , “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”
v.使高兴,使满意
scream at sb朝某人尖声喊叫
现在分词做后置定语
以便,为了
排队
The agent smiled, stood up and spoke loudly ,“Attention, please! We have a passenger here WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to the gate.”
and连接并列谓语
n.注意
1. I was a