Unit 2 Let Birds Fly (下半部分)
public appeal
negligible: of little importance or size; not worth considering
walrus 海象
eggs rolled off and slaughtered for meat and oil
porpoise鼠海豚 庇护所,避难所; 禁猎区; 鸟兽保护区
conservation area/ protected area
reach a concensus on … 达成共识
Bermuda 百慕大
ornithology 鸟类学
diameter 直径 radius 半径
Protected-nesting sites for turtles have been set up.
sponsored by
the largest-running bird census in ornithology
ire: anger
instigate: provoke to some action
sonar 声呐
metabolically: pertaining to what is needed to function metabolism 新陈代谢 announcer (广播、电视的)广播员,播音员
raise the ire of ..
animal rights activitist
the battle lines have been clearly drawn
sonar bounces off of walls
be kept in captivity OP: live in wild
fractured skulls
Panama 巴拿马
signal changes 下降,降低;降级
esthetic value
crayfish 淡水螯虾
conservationist天然资源保护论者
suicidal
Unit 3 El Nino? La Nina?
alleviate: make sth. less alleviate poverty; alleviate the patient’s suffering almanac 年鉴
devastate: destroy completely
cyclic: happening in cycles
oceanographer oceanography
depletive: reducing the amount of sth. that is available to be used
ripple 涟漪
the coastguard
contact lens 隐形眼镜
microfilm
Austria Vienna
Yugoslavia 南斯拉夫 Belgrade
Turkey Istanbul
Ukraine Kiev
The Czech Republic Prague
expecting snow
flurries
almanac editorial director
alleviate Global warming
climate zone
weather forecasts
cyclone 气旋
Typhoon
El Nino means The Little Boy or Christ Child in Spanish.
there’s nothing to say that you can’t have two El Nino years in a row
in the eastern equatorial Pacific
devastating floods
bet on eucalyptus 桉树
seismographic station seismograph 地震仪
celestial
nostalgia 怀旧
trade-off 平等交换 n.
It’s about an hour’s drive from the outskirts of …
Silicon Valley
shape our understanding of the universe
The huge dome, housing Lick Observatory’s giant, one meter wide reflecting telescope, … the gold rush
a memorial to him
view celestial objects
keep track of the skied archive: the historical records of a place, organization, family, etc. Peru 秘鲁
Ecuador 厄瓜多尔
(winter began to) take its grip
shape one’s understanding of
radar
But there’s nothing to say that you can’t have two El Nino years unseasonably 不合时令的；有不正常天气特征的
buzzword
car exhaust 汽车尾气
sulphur dioxide 二氧化硫
nitrogen dioxide 二氧化氮
clean/ renewable/ alternative/ green energy
solar/ tide/ marine/ geothermal energy
live a low-carbon life
reduce carbon footprint
waste disposal
3R: reduce, reuse, recycle
Unit 4 Reports on Disaters & Accidents
magnitude (measuring) 9
mudslide
hijack: seize control forcibly of (an aircraft, bus, ship, etc.), in order to achieve certain aims or to go to a desired destination
cause/ impose toll on
evacuate: remove (inhabitants, etc.) from (a place or area), as for protective purposes
relief: any aid given in times of need, danger, or disaster
calamity: disaster
rubble: debris from buildings, etc., resulting from earthquake, bombing, etc.
unaccounted for: sth. or sb. that is unaccounted for, cannot be found or their absence cannot be explained hold sb account for
epicenter 震中
(firebomb) go off/ burst out
bystander
(tornadoes) rip through
a car ferry
(workers) get a break from the severe weather
hamper/ hinder/ interfere with sth. from doing
be robbed at gunpoint
(men) burst in/ break in
shotgun
Florida was hit yesterday afternoon by a hurricane of up to 100 miles an hour.
cut transport links
torrent n. 奔流，激流
torrential downpour/ rains
eyewitness
tidal waves
sweep away roads and railway lines
low lying areas
electrocution
take shelter in relief camps
resemble a burial ground
Homes were flattened/ collapsed.
Nine hours Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
franc 法郎
resume normalcy/ back to normal
thunderstorms
casualty figures
are feared to have died
(earthquake) shook large areas of southern Italy
the present toll of 400 dead 继而发生
townpeople
tremors 小震
ceilingt tiles
stay undercover
alarm or sprinkler systems come on
glass windows can dislodge
sail
overpass, power lines 锚固
install security latches on cupboard doors
high-rise building
reassure: remove sb’s fear or doubts
tune to the emergency broadcast station
a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off somewhere
devastate
tribute: action, statement or gift that is meant to show one's respect or admiration
e.g. Tributes to the dead leader have been received from all around the world. 世界各地的人们向已故领袖表示哀悼.
The mourners stood in silent tribute as the coffin was laid to rest. 灵柩下葬时, 送葬者默立致哀.
aftershock
emergency warnings 临时代用的;权宜的
relief camp/ workers/ effort/ operation
dislodge: move or force sb/sth from a previously fixed position
overpass 立交桥
latch 门闩；弹簧锁
Unit 5 People and Places (1)
Inuit: a group of native people of northern North America
Knapsack: rucksack, backpack (US) 水肺 （深潜）
Breathing apparatus
Snorkwl 浅潜
Platform diving 高台跳水
Trek v./n. go on foot; make a long, hard journey
Guesthouse: a boarding house
B&B: breakfast and bedding
Hectare: 公顷(a metric unit) abbr.: ha
(excluding Alaska) Today Saudi Arabia’s vast oil resources are paying for the modernization of the country. Scandinavian – place where sth. is based , or where an activity is carried on
The Arctic Islands
Bleak : (of a landscape) bare; exposed; wind-swept
Vancouver
Quebec 实际上；差不多
You’ll find restaurants, coffee shops and snack bars to Moose: elk 麋
Ethnic food 民族食品
Waffle 松饼；华夫饼
Syrup 糖浆
Good buys in Canada
Moccasin : flat-soled shoe made from soft leather, as originally worn by North American Indians 平底鞋
The unit of currency
Startling diversity 工厂 plant
Lush: growing thickly and strongly; luxuriant
…, dotted with sheep and herds of cattle
Harbor
Do it on the cheap
The Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁
Glass-bottom
Prospector 探矿者
There’re different places to suit different pockets.
Be alert to
There’s a 纪念碑;墓碑;里程碑
“the-mile-high” city
Storms moving east across the country lose much of their strength in the Rockies.
Food processing
Land forms
面积：Saudi Arabia’s area is …
Denmark proper has an area of…
…with an area of …
15944 square miles in area
Unit 6 People and Places (2)
Graze: snack all day instead of eating regular meals
Correspondence school函授课程
On fire: greatly excited; full of ardor (激情；狂热)
Reserved SYN: conservative
Of …’s origin/ descent
Hassle: a troublesome situation
区别：hustle hustle and bussle
Turnover: 营业额；交易额（上升是好事） the turnover of staff 人员调整率；员工更替率（上升是坏事）
Outskirts: suburb
Cosmopolitan 大都市人
Metrosexual 都市型男
…, who’s just flown in航班名吧?
Don’t “graze on the ” 蹄子
Dugout 独木舟
Huge income gap
Polarized 两极分化的 polarization n.
Nine-year compulsory education 九年义务教育
Literacy rate is high.
Correspondence school sponsored by the government
Be of British descent
symphony
Poverty is practically unknown.
Constitute a larger share of diet than other part of the world 赛马场
Rugby football 橄榄球
Ice hockey 冰球 field hockey 曲棍球
Jamaica 牙买加
Drizzle下蒙蒙细雨
It’s mostly roast and – offhand – there’s … (weather) bleak : (of the weather) cold and dreary
Vibrant : full of life and energy; exciting
Greasy 油腻的
But it usually takes some time to actually open an English person up – if you like.
There is a wider selection of dishes in Greek food.
Sparsely populated
Caribou(s) 北美驯鹿
Reindeer驯鹿[C]
草皮 浮木 罐头工厂
In wave after wave
Siberia 西伯利亚
Start herds as an additional means of livelihood
Igloo
The Interior Plateau
Present-day Alaskans
Maritime Indians
Follow other occupations such as logging, shopkeeping, …
Isn’t there
Took the brave step of closing down its London office
And there’s no doubt that we’re
Unit 7 Aspects of Education (1)
Extrovert adj./n. OP: introvert
Tyranny 发音
Plateau: A period of time during which the active development of sth. is not continued. Posh accent: very fine and splendid way of speaking a language
Intelligibility: speech or writing that can be understood
Spoof: parody 哄骗
Mundane: ordinary, with nothing new in it
Limerick 五行打油诗 Instrumental/ integrative/ mixed/ external motivation
Eternal problem
Out-of-classroom/ in-classroon learning
In theory/ in reality
Starting point
Education is on our highest agenda.
Have a keen ear 听力好
Arguably
Conversely
Frees him or herself from the tyranny of the teacher
Very high on our list
Blame/ point the finger at
Place them from the way they talk
Ghananian 加纳人
Pole 波兰人
Cricket
Mind you 请注意 流畅；连贯
Mess up the grammar
Lose the tread 失去头绪
Contender 竞争者
The floor is yours. 请你发言
The floor is open. 随意上台发言
Please give a big hand to sb. 为…鼓掌
Group together
Commencement speech
Extra curriculum
Ivory tower
Be engaged
Linguistic imperialism
A mundane word
Cumbersome 笨重的(word)
Unit 8 Aspects of Education (2)
Well-rounded: complete; well-planned for proper balance
Compulsory: required; obligatory; that must be done OP: optional
Be cut out for: be fitted for; be suited for
Burn one’s bridges: destroy all means of going back, so that one must go forward
Those reviews(影评) are overrated.
Apartheid 种族隔离制度
Genocide 种族灭绝 Genocide cleanser
Dispel: cause to disappear dispel sb’s doubts/fears/ illusions
Curricular: of all the courses offered in a school, college, etc. extra-curricular activities Check 钩
Judge every school individually
Formal/ informal education
Housebound 宅的
Homestay husband 不工作的丈夫
Pass on their own narrow views to
Miss out
Snowfall
Meteoroly 气象学
Meteor 流星
Atlas 地图册
Fork 分岔处, 岔口
A vocational school
Glass ceiling玻璃天花板(通常专指女性所遭遇的在工作中升级时遇到的一种无形的障碍,使人不能到达较高阶层)
Street gangs
Last resort 最后的希望
To my mind,
Be stuck with
Change/ swap horses in midstream
Lose years
Swap: exchange swap ideas/ seats
Be accepted for postgraduate work
On-the-job experience
Switch jobs
Acdemia 学术界
Pure learning 纯理论
Co-educational schools
Segregated schools
Impose such abnormal conditions on A true version of society in miniature
Bring sth. into sharp focus
Well-adjusted
Embraced in In alphabetical order
Be in for
Unit 9 A Kaleidoscope of Culture
conduct rooftop celebrations to usher in the New Year
meticulous: very careful zbout small details
谨慎的 prudent, discreet
idiomatic expressions 习惯用语
mainstay 中流砥柱 backbone
knock-off 山寨品（口） counterfeit （书面）
brewery: a place for making beer or other malt liquors
wafer: a very thin light crisp sweet biscuit
dismount: get down
agility 灵活性 suppleness 柔韧性
bring sth. to muturity
block buster (电影)大片
showcase使展现;使亮相 showcase the talents of varied performers
collaborative
coping tactics/strategies 处事能力? prioritize
(car) blare one’s horns
a welcoming gesture
push for 督促
the center of attention
Forty giant search lights that line Time Square are flicked on and off testing a so-called “Cathedral of light”
take … to one’s heart
Next years a new considerably more spectacular New York Eve ball created by the Waterford there is little confirmation of …
Yankee Doodle 无法探知
Stories say, British soldiers marching out of the City of Boston stepped in time to the music of Yankee Doodle.
Ball-lowering celebration
herald n.报信者,使者 v.宣布,通报
televise 电视播送
vocalist歌手;歌唱家;声乐家
accessory附件,配件;附加物件
neon sign 霓虹灯广告
seedy衰败的; 破旧的; 破烂的
set foot on
celestial body
consecrate: declare sth. to be holy in a special ceremony
configuration: the shape of arrangement of the parts of sth.
an heir and a spare
belligerent: angry and ready to fight
abdicate: officially give up the position of king or queen
sue for peace: ask for peace
shambles: sth. very disorderly; shuffle: 洗牌；（mp4）随机播放
unleash a shopping spree
annihilation: 消灭 annihilate: wipe out
They were to surrrender immediately or to accept total annihilation.
obscurity rise from obscurity into publicity
a momentous event he eloquently consecrated
plant the flag in the soil
pay tribute to: very positively comment
fire the ascent rocket
module, capsule 航天器中的舱
lasting legacy 永恒的遗产
be chained to
our opportunities are unlimited/ immense
reminisce about 回忆
probe （用航天探测器）探查
landmass 板块；大陆
conserve the earth’s limited resources
harness: control and use (a natural force) to produce electrical power, etc
to your passion; harness the river
harass: trouble and annoy (sb) continually harness your power
navigate the Internet
in the teeth of 不顾
tame the Yangtze
Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝
lace the country with superhighways He has a bent almost over backwards. ship out 当海员出海