Warming up
1. 支付医疗 pay for medical treatment
2. 致力于; 献身于 be devoted to doing
3. 滥用药品 drug abuse
4. 提供医疗保险 offer medical insurance
5. 被确诊为… be diagnosed with …
6. 改善卫生状况 improve sanitation
7. SARS的突然出现 the SARS outbreak
8. 采取步骤干 take steps to do sth.
Speaking
8. 作决定；下结论 reach a decision
Reading
9. 胸部常常疼痛 suffer from constant pain in the chest
10. 一位下岗工人 a laid-off worker
解雇；不理会；使下岗 lay off
11. 更糟糕的是 make matters worse
12. 以……的价格；以……为代价at the cost of …
13. 从银行贷款 take a bank loan
14. 以半价甚至更低的价格 at half the cost or less
15. 买保险 buy/ get/purchase insurance
16. 目标是…… aim at
17. 提供……的方便 provide easy access to
18. 谋生 make a living
19. 仅供基本生活费用 cover the most basic/fundamental needs
20. 给…施压，添加压力 put pressure on
21. 咨询医生 consult a doctor
22. 保持健康的饮食 keep a healthy diet
23. 陷入贫困 be forced into poverty/ fall into poverty
24. 阻止艾滋病的蔓延 stop/ prevent the spread of AIDS
25. 应对挑战 meet the challenge
26. 伴随...发生, 与...一起供给come with
27. 摆脱，丢掉，除去，消灭 get rid of
28. 得到适当的治疗 get treated properly
29. 使收支平衡 make ends meet
30. 对…认真 be serious about
Language study & Grammar
31. 计划经济与市场经济 a planned economy and a market economy
32. 由于;幸亏 thanks to
33. 淋雨 get caught in the rain
34. 归还所有的债务 pay back all the debts
35. 成衣 ready-made clothes
36. 取笑某人 make fun of sb.
Integrating skills
37. 受到致命的感染 suffer deadly infection
38. 打扫干净, 整理 clean up
39. 为……而激动 be excited about
40. 缺乏兴趣 the lack of interest
41. 使自己处于好的情绪 put oneself in a good mood
42. 制定一个目标 set a goal
43. 给自己奖励 give oneself a reward
44. 一系列的项目 a series of programmes
45. 打算,计划 design … for…/ be designed for.
46. 使负重担 be burdened with ...
47. 国有企业 state-owned companies