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新概念2词汇 51-53

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Lesson 51 Reward for virtue1

New words and expressions:

1. reward

Reward for virtue

He deserves a material reward.

The school offers a reward to virtual students.

2. virtue

She is a person of great virtue.

Chinese people have many virtues2.

3. diet

My friend, Huge, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided3 to go on a diet.

He began his diet a week ago.

She is on a strict diet.

Mrs. White has put on some weight although she went on a diet.

4. forbid

First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

He forbids his sons tobacco and wine.

The doctor forbade my father to drink excessively.

5. hurriedly

He let me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.

He greeted me and then hurriedly went away.

After work, he went home hurriedly.

6. embarrass

It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.

He always feels embarrassed at parties.

Your joke embarrassed me.

7. guiltily

When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.

He buried his face in his hands guiltily.

“It’s my fault,” he said guiltily.

8. strict

He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.

The headmaster was very strict with his pupils.

Peter is a strict person.

9. reward

How can I reward your kindness?

He rewarded the newspaper boy forty dollars.

10. occasionally

The couple went to the cinema occasionally.

Occasionally, I met the lonely old man in the park.

Lesson 52 A pretty carpet

New words and expressions:

1. temporarily

To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor.

He was out of work temporarily.

She lived with her parents temporarily.

2. inch

At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room.

He missed the target by an inch.

Twelve inches equal a foot.

3. space

It’s hard to find the parking space by the roadside.

The office building covers one thousand nine hundred square meters of floor space.

4. actually

Actually he is responsible for the project.

Actually he was fired by the boss.

Lesson 53 Hot snake

1. hot

Hot snake

Water is boiling hot.

I love a hot bath in cold weather.

2. fireman

At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.

A fireman was missing in the fire.

The firemen fought bravely with the fire.

3. cause

Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.

What caused the accident?

The cause of the plane crash has not been identified.

4. examine

Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.

The doctor examined the patient carefully.

He examined the engine and found everything was okay.

5. accidentally

This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.

He learned the truth accidentally.

The patient accidentally learned that he had got cancer.

6. remains4

He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt5 power line.

The divers6 found the remains of the ancient ship.

The new city was built on the remains of the buildings.

7. wire

The snake then wound itself round the wires.

This is the insulated wire.

The wire broke in the storm.

8. volt

Volt was named after its discoverer.

A 16,000-volt power line is very dangerous.

9. power line

The power line of this city is very complex.

The power line of the city is well maintained.

10. solve

In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.

With his experience, he solved the problem quickly.

At the moment, no one solved the puzzle.

11. mystery

It is a mystery to me why he lives in solitude7.

Nature has a lot of mysteries.

12. snatch

A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it onto the wires.

A hawk8 snatched up a rabbit from the grass.

He snatched up the vase before it dropped.

13. spark

When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

Striking two stones can produce sparks.

Some forest fires are caused by sparks.
 


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1 virtue BpqyH     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
2 virtues cd5228c842b227ac02d36dd986c5cd53     
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处
参考例句:
  • Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
  • She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。
3 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 volt bhTwF     
n.伏特,伏
参考例句:
  • You may use 100 and 110 volt appliances in your room.您可以在房间使用100及110伏特的电器。
  • The common service voltage of electric power in our country is 220/380 volt.我国普通供电电压为220/380伏。
6 divers hu9z23     
adj.不同的;种种的
参考例句:
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
7 solitude xF9yw     
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
参考例句:
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
8 hawk NeKxY     
n.鹰,骗子;鹰派成员
参考例句:
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
  • The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

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