COLLEGE ENGLISH.ppt

Glossary Study Use of New Words * COLLEGE ENGLISH CONTEMPORARY 现代大学英语 主讲: 庄玉芳 LESSON ONE HALF A DAY LESSON ONE HALF A DAY Naguib Mahfouz (1911－） Balzac of Egypt The Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1988纳吉布.马福兹 LESSON ONE HALF A DAY Words to Be Explained through Context to clutch: hold tightly progress: advance, forward movement in space give rise to: (fml) cause sth to happen or exist; lead to (esp. bad thing.) --- Poor living conditions give rise to many disease. resort to: turn to sth. (esp. sth. bad) as solution --- They had to resort threats when they failed to persuade them to leave. on one’s own: alone to invade: to enter a place in large numbers, esp. in a way that causes confusion. to take over: take control of or responsibility for . --- Our firm took over two fruit packing company. to show off: draw one’s attention to --- She was showing off her new necklace at the party. to let up: (infml.) (of unpleasant situation) to stop or to become less serious. --- We mustn’t let up, even though we’re winning. LESSON ONE HALF A DAY LESSON ONE HALF A DAY across : a-表示加强+cross横穿 beneficial (adj.) benefit (n.) ?circus: 来自拉丁语 circus 圆。因为马戏团表演场地是圆形的。 --- Run a circus演马戏[杂技] (Cf) circle; circumstance clown (n) clownish (adj.) conjurer: (v) conjure (syn)magician creator:(n.of person) create (v.) creation (n.) creative (adj.) LESSON ONE HALF A DAY daze (n.) dazed (adj) --- in a daze 茫然, 恍惚; 眼花缭乱 glance (n.) (v.) glancing (adj.) globe (n.) global (adj.) --- To travel around the globe 环球旅行 hesitate (v.) hesitation (n.) hesitant (adj.) perseverance (n) persevere (v.): per- [极，完全] +[severe] [严格的，剧烈的] revolve(v.): re- [再] +-volvere [卷] revolving (adj.) (Cf) involve LESSON ONE HALF A DAY single (adj.) only one; not married singleness (n.)一心一意 singly (adv.)一个一个大;个别地 startled (adj.) startle (v.) --- His horse was startled with the sud