Module 11 Unit 2
WORD STUDY
Textbook P74~
1. daily: a ~ routine 日常事务
on a ~ basis按日
a copy of China Daily一份中国日报
2. develop-developer-development
eg. As sth develops,…
With the development of sth,…
develop the habit of doing…
develop a new software
have the film developed
property developers房地产开发商
a software developer软件开发人员
3. champion(冠军)-championship（冠军称号/地位）
4. future: ~ generations;
in the near/foreseeable future
in ~= from now on今后
5. present: the people ~ at the meeting出席会议的人
the ~situation目前的形势
give sb. a ~礼物
at ~目前，现在
~ a more modern image展现出更加现代的形象
6. import(进口)-export（出口）
7. on one’s own=by oneself=alone
8. mind: ~one’s own business少管闲事
~ (sb’s) doing…介意
~ sth介意；注意
never ~=don’t worry/it doesn’t matter
bear/keep sb/sth in ~将…记在心中
bring/call sb/sth to ~想起；记起
make up one’s ~ (to do…)作出决定；下定决心
on your ~挂在心上；惦念
take your ~ off sth暂时将…忘记
9. gap: fill in the ~s 填空
a generation ~
~ year
10. graduate: n.大学毕业生（常指本科生）；毕业生
a ~ in history历史学学士
a high-school ~高中毕业生
v. ~ from…
11. make a/no/some/a lot of/little，etc. difference (to/in sb/sth)
（对/在…）有/没有/有些/有很大/几乎没有不同/作用/关系/影响
eg: The rain didn’t make much ~ to the game.
Changing schools makes a big ~ to my life.
make all the difference (to sb/sth)关系重大；大不相同
12. conserve-conservation
preserve-preservation
12. rural-urban
13. refrigerator-fridge
14. switch on/off=turn on/off
15. furniture : a piece of ~一件家具
furnish: a furnished flat
16. hammer:
eg: The decision is a ~ blow for the steel industry.
这一决定对于钢铁业是个沉重的打击。
She hammered the nail into the wall.
把钉子钉到墙上
17. spade: call a ~ a ~是啥说啥；直言不讳
18. harvest: a good ~很好的收成
get in crops/~ crops收获庄稼
1. actually 2. tests 3. entire 4.graduate
5. off 6. whom
Li Hua: David, I came across the phrase “the gap year” when I read a newspaper article about education in the UK. What is “the gap year”?
David: Well, I’m (1)a in the gap year now. After getting away from all of those (2)t , papers and presentations, many students find they need to take a little break for an (3)e year.WhenI(4)g from middle school three months ago, I decided to take a year (5)o before going to university. There are about 200,000 “gappers” every year, 130,000 of(6)w have just finished with middle school. 7. among 8. experiencing 9. Though 10. closer
Li Hua: So you are one (7)a them. But what do you usually do in the gap year?
David: Often students use the gap year to travel around the world, learning foreign languages, meeting different people and (8)e
different cultures. And that’s why I have been here.
Li Hua: But, do you miss your parents?
David: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” (9)T away from
home, I feel (10)c to them.
1. actually 2. tests 3. entire 4.graduat
5. off 6. whom
7. among 8. experiencing 9. Though 10. closer