Unit2Improvingyourself

vocabularylearning1.securityn.安全，安保措施nationalsecurity國家安全Theyarenowunderagreatdealofpressuretotightentheirairportsecurity.

他們目前承受著加強機場保安措施的巨大壓力。2.moderatorn.（爭論或談判的）主持人，調解人themoderatoristhepersonwhoisinchargeofthediscussionandmakessurethatitisconducted實施inafairandorganizedway.3.switchon（用開關）打開switchoff關閉WhenyoufirstswitchonaniPhone,youareaskedforyourAppleaccount.4.motivatev.激發，激勵motivatesbtodosth激勵某人做某事Theplanisdesignedtomotivateemployeestoworkharder.motivationn.動力5.occupyv.占用，占去（空間、時間）；占領；使忙于Thehospitalbedisoccupiedbyhiswife.那張病床由他妻子占用。Thecapitalwasoccupiedbytherebelarmy.叛軍已占領了首都。Sheoccupiedherselfwithroutineofficetasks.她忙于辦公室的日常工作。sbbeoccupiedwithsth=beoccupied(in)doingsth忙于做某事He'sfullyoccupiedinlookingafterthreesmallchildren.6.distractv.分散(注意力);使分心distractsbfromsth使某人無法集中精力于某件事上Tomadmitsthatplayingvideogamessometimesdistractshimfromhishomework.bedistractedby被...分心Inaneraofinformationexplosion,peoplecaneasilybedistractedbyirrelevantinformation.distractionn.使人分心的事7.accessn.通道，通路;接觸的機會haveaccesstosth能進入某個地方的途徑，使用或接觸...的權利或機會Studentsmusthaveaccesstogoodresource.學生必須有機會使用好的資源。accessibleadj.可進入的，可使用的，易理解的aprogrammemakingsciencemoreaccessibletoyoungpeople8.deadlinen.最后期限；截止日期Wewerenotabletomeetthedeadlinebecauseofmanufacturingdelays.

由于生產延誤，我們沒能在截止日期前完成工作。meetthedeadline趕上截止日期9.considerateadj.考慮周到的；為（他人）著想的；體貼的

(thoughtful)Itwasveryconsiderateofhimtowait.他一直在等候著，真是體貼人。considerableadj.相當多的;相當大的Theprojectwastedaconsiderableamountoftimeandmoney.10.promotev.促進，增進；

促銷；晉升topromoteeconomicgrowth促進經濟增長Thebandhasgoneontourtopromotetheirnewalbum.這個樂隊已開始巡回宣傳他們的新唱片。Sheworkedhardandwassoonpromoted.1.headlinen.(報紙頭版的)大字標題headlinenews頭條新聞grab/hit/makethe?headlines成為重要新聞2.maxout(錢)花光，（信用卡）刷爆

Ihavesomuchcredit-carddebt;Imaxedthemouttopayformytraining.

我的信用卡欠款太多了：我刷爆了這些信用卡，用來支付我的培訓費用了。3.contrastn.明顯的差異；對比；對照ThereisanobviouscontrastbetweentheculturesofEastandWest.東西方文化之間存在著明顯的差異。incontrastto與...形成對比,與...截然不同Thegoodweatherwasinmarkedcontrasttothestormsofpreviousweeks.這時的好天氣和前幾個星期的暴風雨形成鮮明的對比。bycontrast相比之下Bycontrast,therearesomepeoplewhoactuallyenjoywork.相比之下，有一些人是真的喜歡工作。4.necessityn.必需品;必要，需要Waterisabasicnecessityoflife.Wewerediscussingthenecessityofemployingmorestaff.我們在討論是否需要雇用更多員工。necessaryadj.必要的，必須的5.investv.投資

（investin...）,投入(時間、精力)Nowisagoodtimetoinvestinthepropertymarket.現在是對房地產市場投資的好時機。Heinvestedhislifesavingsinhisdaughter'sbusiness.他把一生的積蓄投資到了女兒的企業。6.visionn.視力，視野；構想，設想，想象Catshavegoodnightvision.貓在夜間視力好。Hehadavisionofaworldinwhichtherewouldbenowars.7.equipv.使有知識技能，使能夠勝任；配備，裝備topreparesb