1、New words limpa.not firm or stro ng軟的；不強壯的The manwra pped his strong fin gers around the old man s limp on es, sending a message of love and en courageme nt.那人用他有力的手指握住老人無力的手指，傳遞著愛意和鼓勵。vi.（因walk slowly and with difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured一腿受傷而)跛行，一瘸一拐地走The dog limped forward slowly

2、; one of its back legs had bee n seriously woun ded.那條狗一瘸一拐地慢慢往前走；它的一條后腿受了重傷。surgevi.迅速涌動；蜂擁1 sudde niy move very quickly in a p articular directi on向前The people surged forward to see the star sportsman they had been waiting for so long.人群向前涌去，希望看到他們等待已久的體育明星。2 sudde nIy in crease突然上漲；激增第二次世界大The ci

3、ty s population surged after the Second World War.戰后，這個城市的人口激增。n.（情感的）突發;1 (a - of sth.) a sudde n, large in crease in a feeli ng涌現He felt a viole nt surge of annoyance whe n he lear ned that he had failed the in terview.當他得知沒有通過面試時，他感到一陣惱怒。2 ( in/of) a sudde n in crease in amount or nu mber(數量的)急居吐

4、曾力卩The surge in raw material p rice adds to the p roducti on cost.原材料價格的上漲增加了生產成本。breezen.C a ge ntle wi nd 微風；和風shivervi.（因寒冷或害怕而）顫shake slightly because you are cold or frighte ned抖，哆嗦，發抖想到要She shivered at the thought of going into the dark house alone.獨自進入那個黑暗的屋子，她就怕得發抖。comp lainv.say that you ar

5、eannoyed, not satisfied, or unhappy about sth. or sb. 抱他威脅說要去向老板投怨；不滿；發牢騷He threate ned that he would com plai n to the boss.訴。chilln.sin g. a feeli ng of cold ness寒冷； 寒氣請打開暖氣，讓我們PI ease turn on the heater to rid us of this chill.驅驅寒。chillya.cold eno ugh to be unp leasa nt寒冷的； 冷得難受的即使外面陽光進步；進政府在減少It

6、 s chilly in the house, even when it s sunny outside.明媚，屋子里還是很冷。strideVi.邁大步走；大踏步走他什么都沒說，大踏大步；闊步(strode, stridde n) walk quickly with long ste psHe strode out of the room without say ing any thi ng.步地走出了房間。n. C1 a long ste p you make while you are walki ngA youn ger man was coming along in the dista

7、 nee, tak ing big strides.個年輕人邁著大步從遠處走來。2 an impro veme nt in a situati on or in the devel opment of sth.展；發展The gover nment has made great strides in reduci ng po verty.貧困方面取得了巨大進展。meltV.融化；（使）if sth. melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid天太熱了，黃油都開始融熔化It was so hot that the butter started to

8、melt.化了。Vi.(also - away) gradually disa pp ear逐漸消失The conflictbetween the workers and the managementmelted away after theyhad a few open talks.工人們和管理層經過幾次坦誠的對話后，他們之間的矛盾逐漸化解了。melt inga.（of a solid substa nee） changing into a liquid融化的；熔化的；溶解的地球兩極的融冰表明氣候正在經歷著快速的變化。shedn. C1 a large in dustrialmach ine

9、ry is storedMelt ing ice at both po les of the earth suggests that the climate is cha nging rapi dly.building where work is done, large vehicles are kept,工棚；廠房；庫房2 a small build ing, ofte n made of wood, used esp. for stori ng things屋；小屋；貨棚imme nsea.extremely large 巨大的盡管他取得了巨大那個女孩因Desp ite his imme

10、nse success, he was not always happy.的成功，但有時他并不快樂。fatiguen.U very great tired ness疲勞； 疲乏； 勞累After the long journ ey, the girl looked p ale with fatigue.長途旅行的勞頓而顯得臉色蒼白。aboard在（船，飛機，火車）上；上（船，飛prep.on or onto a ship, plane, or train機，火車）等了兩個小時之After wait ing for two hours, they got aboard the plane.后，他

11、們登上了飛機。After a short break, the driver called his p asse ngers to get aboard the coach.短暫休息之后，司機招呼乘客上車。hutn.（簡陋的）小屋,C a small sim pie buildi ng with on ly one or two rooms棚屋，茅舍barreln.C（中間鼓起的）桶 shelln.C the hard p rotective coveri ng of an ani mal, such as a sn ail or crab（蝸牛或螃蟹等的）殼；貝殼shellfishn.C,

12、U （pl. shellfish） an ani mal that lives in water, has a shell, andcan be eate n as food, e.g. crabs, lobsters, and oysters水生有殼動物;水生貝類動物bun dlen.C a group of things, such as papers, clothes, or sticks that are fastened or tied together 捆；把；扌L； 束我們扔掉We threw out several bun dles of old n ews papers an

13、d magaz in es.好幾捆舊報紙和舊雜志。eeln.C鰻；鱔P orti onn.C a part of an amou nt or total（數量或總數的）一部分，一份The compu ter factory rep rese nts only a small p orti on of the company sbus in ess.計算機工廠只代表該公司業務的一小部分。migratevi.1 if birds or an imals migrate, they travel to ano ther part of the worldfor warmer weather at a

14、 p articular time of the year（鳥或動物）遷徙How do birds know whe n to migrate, and how do they find their way back home?鳥類是怎么知道該什么時候遷徙，又是如何找到回家的路的呢？（尤2 go to live in ano ther area or coun try, esp. in order to find work指為找工作）移居，遷移A lot of people were en couraged to migrate to Australia from all overEurope

15、.很多人受到鼓勵從歐洲各地移居到澳大利亞。migrati onn. C1 whe n birds or an imals travel regularly from one part of the world toano ther（鳥或動物的）遷徙This kind of birds travel thousa nds of kilometers on their yearly migratio n.這種鳥每年遷徙時要飛越幾千公里。2 when large numbers of people go to live in another area or country, esp. in orde

16、r to find work 移居; 遷移The overseas migrati on of Europeans duri ng this p eriod totaled about 60 millio n peo ple.這段時間里，歐洲移居海外的人數共計約六千萬。wrapvt.（用紙、布等）包,(also - up) put paper or cloth over sth. to cover it裹(某物)He followed Nancy into the room and held out a bunch of flowers wrapped in paper.他跟著南希走進房間，拿

17、出用紙包著的一束花。unwrapvt.拆開，打開（包裝）ve got for you.打開包裝,remove the paper, p lastic, etc. that is around sth. Unwrap that package and you ll see what I 你就知道我給你帶了什么啦。sus piciousa.感到懷疑的；認為有問題的1 feeli ng that you do not trust sb. or sth.1 am always sus picious of anyone who wants to sell me somethi ng chea p.我總

18、是不相信向我推銷便宜貨的人。Viewed from that p articular an gle, the whole thing looks sus pi cious.那個特定的角度來看，整件事顯得很可疑。2 thinking that sb. might be guilty of doing sth. wrong or disho nest疑的；猜疑的當他的sth. badColleagues became sus picious whe n he started acting stra ngely.舉止開始變得怪異時，他的同事們起了疑心。3 making you think thato

19、r illegal is happening可疑的；弓I起懷疑的Finding his words sus pi cious, the p olice decided to make further in vestigati on.警察發現他的話很可疑，因此決定進一步調查。sus piciouslyad.1感到懷疑地；不信任地他不放心地看著食物。He looked at the food sus piciously.2懷疑地；猜疑地Hele n looked at her husba nd sus piciously and said,“ Some one must havesmoked in

20、 the room. ”海倫懷疑地看了看丈夫，說道：“肯定有人在房間里抽 過煙。”The cashier called thep olice whe n he saw two men act ing sus pi ciously inthe store.收銀員看到兩個男人在商店里形跡可疑，于是就報了警。pinchn.C a small amount of sth. that you can hold between your finger and thumb一小撮在煮番茄的時候,While the tomatoes are cook ing, add a pinch of sugar.加一小撮

21、糖。vt.p ress a part of s b. s skin very tightly betwee n your fin ger and thumb, esp. so that it hurts 捏； 掐； 夾他捏了下妹He pinched his little sister s cheek and she began to cry.妹的臉頰，妹妹就哭了起來。vanishvi.突然斜面；斜disa pp ear sudde niy, esp. in a way that cannot be easily explained不見；消失My mobile phone was on the

22、table minu tes ago, but now it has vani shed.我的手機幾分鐘前還在桌子上，但現在卻不見了。那只狼即刻消失在樹林中。The wolf vani shed into the woods immediately.slopen.C a straight surface that has one end higher tha n the other坡There s a very sharp slope just before you reach the top of the mountain. 在你到達山頂之前有個很陡的斜坡。crackern.C a hard

23、 dry type of bread in small flat sha pes, which is ofte n eate n with cheese 薄脆餅干p eakn.1 C the shar ply poin ted top of a mou nta in山頂； 山峰Climb ing this mountain is very difficult, so people take great p ride ingetti ng to its peak.這座山很難爬，因此人們都為能登上山頂而自豪。2 C, usu. sin g. the time whe n sth. or sb. i

24、s best, greatest, highest, most successful, etc. 高峰；頂點今年他們的銷售Their sales this year are exp ected to reach a new p eak.額有望創新高。stretchv.1 continue over a period of time or in a series, or makesth. do this （使） 延續；（使）延伸隨著時間的推移,As time stretched on, Jack found his joy in pain ti ng.杰克逐漸喜歡上了繪畫。2 make sth.

25、 bigger or looser by p ulli ng it, or become bigger or looseras a result of bei ng pulled（使）變大；（使）變松；拉長My T-shirt stretched after I washed it.我的 T 恤衫洗過后變長了。3 straighte n your arms, legs, or body to full le ngth伸開，伸展(肢體)I leaned back in the chair and stretched. 我向后靠在椅子上，伸了伸懶腰。overtake (overtook, over

26、take n)v.go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them追上； 趕上； 超過Drivers should kee p inmind that it is dan gerous toovertake ano ther caron a ben d.駕駛員應記住，在彎道上超車是危險的。vt.devel op or in crease more quickly tha n sb. or sth. else and become m

27、ore successful, more important, or more adva need tha n them超越； 超過In the last two decades world p roduct ion of electricity has roughly doubled, with the devel oping n ati ons overtak ing the devel op ed.在過去20年里，世界發電量大約翻了一番，發展中國家的發電量超過了發達國家。an tici patevt.expect that sth. will happen and be ready fo

28、r it預期； 預料to our plan.Wean tic ip ate that we will meet a certa in amount of resista nee我們預計我們的計劃會遭到一定程度的抵制。relucta neen.U whe n sb. is un willi ng to do sth.勉強；不情愿她顯得有些門廳很矮,She showed relucta nee, but fin ally acce pted our in terview.勉強，但是最終還是接受了我們的采訪。sto opvi.bend your body forward and dow n俯身； 彎

29、腰The doorway was so low that we had to sto op to go through it.我們不得不彎腰才能過去。restrai ntn.1 C sth. that prevents sb. from moving freely, such as a rope or a seat belt安全裝置；安全帶The car is equipped with head restra ints for the safety of p asse ngers.這輛車配備了護頭墊以保護乘客的安全。2 U the limit or control of the expres

30、sion of strong emotion or opinion抑制；克制；控制The government asked for restraint,insistingthe problem could be solvedwithout the use of force.政府要求大家保持克制，一再表明這個問題可以不通過武力來解決。3 C, U a rule or principle that limits what people cando管制措施；限制；控制Opposition politicianshave called for restraintson public spending.

31、反對黨的政治家們呼吁控制公共開支。scra pev.rub against a rough surface in a way that causes slight damageor injury, or make sth. do this （使）摩擦，擦傷； 刮壞Jack scra ped his knee on the wall as he was climb ing over it.墻時擦傷了膝蓋。vt.remove sth. from a surface using the edge of a knife, a stick, etc.小刀等）刮除Scra pe all the mud o

32、ff your shoes before you come in.的泥土刮掉。杰克在爬（用你進來時先把鞋上delicatea.1 easily damaged or broke n 易壞的；易碎的；脆弱的These are not delicate goods and are not likely to be damagedon the voyage.這些不是易碎物品，途中不太可能損壞。2 n eed ing to be dealt with carefully or sen sitively in order to avoidp roblems or failure微妙的；需要謹慎處理的We

33、 have a rather delicate situati on on our hands to deal with.們有個微妙的情況要處理。3 made skillfully and with atte nti on to the smallest details精致的；精美的The delicate p attern of the vase will be a selli ng point.精致圖案將是一個賣點。目前我精巧的;這個花瓶上的gripvt.hold sth. very tightly緊握；緊抓He gripped my arm, p artly to restrain me

34、 and p artly to reassure me.緊緊抓住我的胳膊，一方面要制止我，一方面是給我安慰。n.C, usu. sing. the way you hold sth. tightly,緊握；緊抓；握力Don t loosen your grip on the rope, or you否則你會掉下來。or your ability to do thisll fall.抓緊繩子別松手,graduala.happening slowly over a long p eriod of time逐漸的；逐步的There has bee n a gradual rise in our sa

35、les over the last two years.過去兩年中，我們的銷量有了逐步的增長。graduallyad.slowly, over a long p eriod of time逐漸地； 逐步地Susa n p racticed only half an hour each day, but gradually she exte nded her p ractici ng to several hours per day.蘇珊原來每天只練習半小時,是慢慢地，她把練習的時間增加到了每天幾個小時。swayvi.move slowly from one side to ano ther搖擺

36、； 擺動； 搖晃山腳下，樹木在風中搖曳，如長發舞女般優雅。At the bottom of the hill, the trees swayed in the wi nd, graceful like dan cers with long hair.acco mpanyvt.陪伴；陪同go somewhere with sb.兒童Childre n should be acco mpanied by adults whe n using the elevator.應在成人的陪伴下乘坐電梯。They can acco mpany you to your favorite restaura nt

37、or to somewhere else you like.他們可以陪你去你最喜歡的飯店或者去其他你喜歡的地方。pu reed搗壓成醬（泥，糊）的a.(of sth.) crushed so that it is almost liquid tuna金槍魚n.C (pl. tuna) awkwarda.笨拙的；不靈巧的1 lacki ng skill他是個外國人,As a foreig ner, he is still awkward with his cho psticks.用筷子還不熟練。2 making you feel embarrassed so that you are not s

38、ure what to do or say令人尷尬的；使人難堪的During the in terview, the mini ster was asked someembarrass ing questi ons that put him in an awkward positio n.在采訪中，部長被問及一些難堪的問題，令他很尷尬。sipn.小口小口地喝；抿；呷C a very small amount of a drinkv.drink sth. slowly, tak ing very small mouthfuls cha mpagnen.U a French white wine

39、with a lot of bubbles, drunk on special occasions（法國）香檳酒P hrases and exp ressi ons slow dow nbecome slower or make sth. slower （使）慢下來；（使）減速Once you are in the habit of rush ing through life, being on the go from morni ng till ni ght, it is hard to slow dow n.你一旦習慣了快節奏的生活,從早到晚忙忙碌碌，那么你就很難慢下來。make sens

40、e有意義；表述清晰；易1 have a clear meaning and be easy to un dersta nd于理解t make any sense. 他的回答太His an swer was so confusing that it did n混亂了，讓人無法理解。2 be a sen sible thi ng to do明智；合乎情理It makes sense to buy a large p acket because it works out chea per in the end.還是買大包裝明智，因為最后算下來還是大包裝便宜一些。at least1 used whe

41、n you are correcti ng or cha nging sth. that you have just said至少；起碼With separation from other people, you try shock, or at least that s what you think. 免文化沖擊的影響，至少你是這么想的。2 eve n if sth. better is not true or is not done的情況）She s poor, but at least she is hon est.to avoid the effects of culture你試圖通過不和他人接觸來避至少（指盡管沒有更好她雖然窮，但至少她誠實。lay sth. outsp read sth. out 鋪開；展開她燒菜的時候，她八歲的女兒幫著把刀叉擺While she was cooking, her 8-year-old daughter helped lay out the knives and forks at the dinin