新编英语教程4 (第三版)学生用书
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Unit 1 This Year It's Going to Be Different
Vocabulary (A)
1. (d) boundless: without limits , unlimited
2. (g) shriek: cry out with a high sound
3. (a) sketch: a rough drawing
4. (h) curiosity: the desire to know, find out or learn
5. (b) doctor’s kit:a bag or box containing doctor’s instruments and medicine
6. (c) pajamas: jacket and trousers for sleeping in
7. (i) creativity: the ability to produce new and original ideas and / or things
8. (j) garbage: waste material
9. (e) cross-examine: question somebody very closely or severely
10. (f) accomplish: finish successfully, succeed in doing
Vocabulary (B)
1. admiration:a feeling of respect and approval for a person
2. tiptoe: walk on one's toes with the rest of one's feet off ground
3. spontaneous: acting immediately from natural feeling
4. compliment: an expression of praise , admiration or respect
5. escapement: the part of a clock or a watch which controls the moving parts inside
6. jovially: in a friendly way, good-humouredly
7. carve: cut (wood or stone) into a special shape
8. whittle: cut (wood) to a smaller size by taking off small thin pieces
9. commotion: great and noisy confusion or excitement
10. considerate: thoughtful as far as the feelings or needs of others are concerned
11. snarl: speak in an angry , bad-tempered way
12. s prawl: stretch out oneself or one’s limbs in a lying or sitting position
Unit 2 Salvation
Vocabulary (A)
1.pray:speak(usually silently) to God, showing love, giving thanks or asking for
something
2. was escorted: was taken
3. moan: low sound of pain or suffering
4. dire: terrible
5. knelt: go down and/or remain on the knees
6. jet-black: very dark or shiny black
7. rocked: shook or or moved gently
8. serenely: calmly or peacefully
9. grin: smile broadly
10. deceive: make sb. believe sth. that is false
Vocabulary (B)
1. preach: give a religious talk, usually as part of a service in church
2. by leaps and bounds: very quickly
3. rhythmical: marked by regular succession of weak and strong stresses, accents,
movements
4.sermon: a talk usually based on a sentence or “verse”from the Bible and preached
as part of a church service
5. braided: twisted together into one plait
6. work-gnarled: twisted , with swollen joints and rough skin as from hard work or old
age
7. rounder: a person who lives a vicious life, a habitual drunkard
8. take his (i.e.,God's) name in vain: use god's name in cursing , speak of god without
respect
9. punctuate: interrupt from time to time with sth.
10. ecstatic: causing great joy and happiness
Unit 3 Writing between the lines
Vocabulary (A)
1. contend: argue,claim
2. mutilation: destruction
3. purchase: buying
4. possession: ownership
5. transfer: move from one place to another
6. dog-eared: having the corners of the pages turned up or down with use so that they
look like a dog's ears
7. intact: whole because no part has been touched or spoilt
8. indispensable : absolutely , essential
9. scratch pad : loosely joined sheets of paper (a pad) for writing notes
10. sacred : to be treated with great respect
Vocabulary (B)
1. bluntly: plainly , directly
2. restrain: hold back (from doing sth.)
3. dilapidated: broken and old; falling to pieces
4. scribble: write hastily or carelessly
5. unblemished: not spoiled , as new
6. crayon: pencil of soft colored chalk or wax , used for drawing
7. symphony: a musical work for a large group of instruments
8. typography: the arrangement , style and appearance of printed matter
9. humility: humble state of mind
10. receptacle: a container
Unit 4 Network Designer — Tim Berners-Lee Vocabulary (A)
1. (c) zip off: move away with speed
2. (f) unencumbered: not obstructed
3. (j) nifty: clever
4. (a) loose: let out
5. (d) noodle around: play about
6. (b) span: extend across
7. (h) debut: make first public appearance
8. (e) the élite: a group of people with a high professional or social level
9. (g) juncture: a particular point in time
10. (i) sparse: inadequately furnished
Vocabulary (B)
1. exotic: striking or unusual in appearance
2. hack: a person paid to do hard and uninteresting work
3. stint: fixed amount of work
4. random: chance , unplanned , unlooked for
5. reside: be present ( in some place)
6. access: the opportunity or right to use or see sth.
7. cobble: put together quickly or roughly
8. lingua franca: language or way of communicating which is used by people do not
speak the same native language
9. quintessential: the most typical
10. unconventionally: doing things not in the accepted way
11. compromise: sth. that is midway between two different things
12. cash in on: profit from; turn to one's advantage
Vocabulary (A)
1. radiate: send out (lights) in all directions
2. appreciate: understand fully
3. outweigh: are greater than
4. hemmed in :surrounded
5. habitation: a place to live in
6. obscure: make difficult to see
7. shatter: break suddenly into small pieces
8. haul up: pull up with some effort
9. pore: very small opening in the skin through which sweat may pass
10. unveiling: discovering, learning about
Vocabulary (B)
1. distinctive: clearly marking a person or thing different from others
2. spectacular: striking, out of the ordinary, amazing to see
3. phenomenon: thing in nature as it appears or is experienced by the senses
4. tenure: right of holding (land)
5. tempestuous: very rough, stormy
6. inclined: likely, tending to, accustomed to
7. precipitation: (the amount of) rainfall, snow etc. which has fallen onto the ground
8. disintegrate: break up into small particles or pieces, come apart
9. granules: small pieces like fine grains
10. mercury: a heavy silver-white metal which is liquid at ordinary temperature and is used in scientific instruments such as thermometers
11. disrupt: upset, disturb
12. cushion: padding
Vocabulary (A)
1. (f) brush house: house made of small branches
2. (i) pulsing and vibrating: beating steadily (as the heart does) and moving rapidly, here “active”, “alert”
3. (b) strangle out: get the words out with difficulty in their keenness to speak
4. (j) sting: a wound in the skin caused by the insect
5. (e) giggle: laugh, not heartily, but often in a rather embarrassed way
6. (a) alms-giver: person who gives money, food and clothes to poor people(NB: now
a rather old-fashioned concept)
7. (c) residue: that which remains after a part disappears, or is taken or used(here, a metaphor using a chemical term)
8. (d) lust: very strong, obsessive desire
9. (h) withheld: deliberately refused
10. (g) venom: (liquid) poison
Vocabulary (B)
1. scramble: move, possible climb, quickly and often with some difficulty
2. dart: move forward suddenly and quickly
3. panting: breathing quickly
4. foaming: forming white mass of small air bubbles
5. baptize: perform the Christian religious ceremony of baptism, of acceptance into the Christian Church
6. judicious: with good judgment
7. fat hammocks: (here) the doctor’s thic k eyelids
8. cackle: laugh or talk loudly and unpleasantly
9. semblance: appearance, seeming likeness
10. squint: look with almost closed eyes
11. speculation: thoughts of possible profits
12. distillate: product of distillation