Unit 4 Humour Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour 重点词汇归纳 清单-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 4 [Lesson 2] · 1. tension n. 紧张局势；矛盾；紧张 There is mounting tension along the border. [词形转换] 1）tense adj. 紧张的；担心的 · 2. mood n. 心情；心境；情绪；气氛；氛围 be in a good/ bad mood 心情好/不好 When you’re in a bad mood, it will immediately improve your mood. be in no mood for (doing) sth./ to do 没心情/不想做某事 She was very tired, and in no mood for dancing. [词形转换] 1）moody adj. 闷闷不乐的；喜怒无常的 · 3. energize v. 使充满热情；给某人增添能量 [词形转换] 1）energy n. 精力，活力；能量，能源 apply/ devote one’s energies to (doing) 把某人精力投到（做）某事上 I’ll devote my energies completely to the study of human geography. 2）energetic adj. 精力充沛的，充满活力的 3）energetically adv. 积极地；精力充沛地 · 4. infection n. 感染；传染；传染病 Air, water and insects are all means of infection. get/ develop an infection 受感染 [词形转换] 1）infect v. 使感染；传染 infect…with… 把…传染给…；使…感染 She infected the whole class with her laughter. be infected with… 感染上…，传染上… Some people can be infected with the disease and have mild symptoms. 2）infectious adj. 感染的，传染性的；有感染力的 · 5. incorporate v. 包含；吸收；使并入 incorporate…in/ into 将…并入… We have incorporated all the latest safety features into the design. [词形转换] 1）incorporation n. 吸收 · 6. whisper 1）v. 悄声说，低语 whisper (sth.) in one’s ear 对某人耳语（某事） whisper about sth. 低声嘀咕某事 Even though it is only October, my students are already whispering about holiday plans. whisper (sth.) to sb. 低声对某人说（某事） In order not to let others hear what he said, he whispered the news to me. 2）n. 低语，耳语 in a whisper/ in whispers 低声地 We spoke in whispers for fear of waking the sleeping baby. · 7. blush 1）v.（因尴尬或害羞）脸红，涨红了脸 blush sth. (with sth.) (at sth.) 害羞 She blushed furiously at the memory of the conversation. blush to do 不好意思做某事 I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music. 2）n. 面部泛起的红晕 She felt a warm blush rise to her cheeks. · 8. embarrassment n. 尴尬，难堪，窘迫 to one’s embarrassment 令某人感到尴尬的是 Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody had been listening to her singing. · 9. accidentally adv. 不经意地 As I turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face. [词形转换] 1）accidental adj. 意外的，偶然的 I didn’t think our meeting was accidental. 2）accident n. 事故；意外 by accident 偶然；意外地 We met by accident at the airport. · 10. expense n. 费用；价钱；开支，花费（常用复数形式） at one’s expense 由某人承担费用 He had his book printed at his own expense. at great/ huge expense 以大价钱 at the expense of… 以损害…为代价 = at the cost of In my view, a country’s economic development shouldn’t be achieved at the expense of the environment. spare no expense 不惜任何代价 cover/ meet an expense 支付费用 go to the expense of doing 把钱花在…上 They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved. put sb. to the expense of doing 使某人负担做某事的费用 Their visit put us to a lot of expense. put sb. to a lot of expense 使某人花费很大 [词形转换] 1）expensive adj. 昂贵的 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$