Unit 11 Culture
Words, Expressions and Grammar
Dialogue
1.
determine v.決定, 確定, 使下定決心
e.g.Demand determines production.
需求決定生產(chǎn) His advice determined me to drink and smoke no more.
他的勸告使我決定不再抽煙喝酒了。
2.
cue n.暗示, 提示e.g.Follow my cue. 照我的樣子。
give sb. the cue偷偷地示意, 出點子, 暗示某人
miss ones cue沒有及時反應(yīng), 錯過機會
take a cue懂得別人的暗示; 按別人的指點行事
3.
secularize vt.使凡俗化, 使還俗, 改作俗用
secularity n.世俗主義, 凡俗之心, 煩惱
4.
counterpart n.副本, 極相似的人或物, 配對物
e.g.The foreign minister is the counterpart of the secretary of state.
外交部長是和國務(wù)秘書對等的人
Chairman Hu met his counterpart in the United States in the people’s Hall yesterday.
胡主席昨天在人民大會堂接見了美國的國家元首。
It has no counterpart in the world.舉世無雙。
5.
recommendation n.推薦, 介紹(信), 勸告, 建議
e.g.I went to the new hotel on your recommendation. 喬叟
經(jīng)你的介紹我去了這家新旅館。
I followed my teacher’s recommendations and bought the book by Chaucer.
我聽了老師的建議,買了一本喬叟的書。
6.
popular adj.受大眾歡迎的;孚眾望的
e.g.Shakespeare enjoys general popularity in the whole world.
莎士比亞在世界上享有盛名, 受歡迎, 得眾望
The novel by the young writer won great popularity among the youths.
這位年輕作家的小說在青年人中頗受歡迎。
7.
aware adj 知道的;明白的
e.g.I was not aware of the fire.
我沒有意識到火。
The principal didnt seem to be aware that there should have been so much dispute about the decision.
校長好象沒有意識到這個決定竟會有這么多分歧。
aware,conscious,sensible 都含有“意識到的”意思。
aware 側(cè)重“感官所意識到的外界事物”, 如:
e.g.Everybody is aware of the importance of the Four Modernizations.
每個人都意識到了四化的重要性。
conscious 側(cè)重“心理感知”, 如:
e.g.He is conscious of a sense of quilty. 他感到內(nèi)疚。
sensible 指“可用感官察覺到的(較復(fù)雜或抽象的事物的)”, 如:
e.g.I was sensible of her solemn grief. 我知道她很悲哀。
awareness n. 感知,意識
global awareness全球意識
political awareness 政治常識
environment awareness環(huán)境意識
Words, Expressions and Grammar
Dialogue
1.
determine v.決定, 確定, 使下定決心
e.g.Demand determines production.
需求決定生產(chǎn) His advice determined me to drink and smoke no more.
他的勸告使我決定不再抽煙喝酒了。
2.
cue n.暗示, 提示e.g.Follow my cue. 照我的樣子。
give sb. the cue偷偷地示意, 出點子, 暗示某人
miss ones cue沒有及時反應(yīng), 錯過機會
take a cue懂得別人的暗示; 按別人的指點行事
3.
secularize vt.使凡俗化, 使還俗, 改作俗用
secularity n.世俗主義, 凡俗之心, 煩惱
4.
counterpart n.副本, 極相似的人或物, 配對物
e.g.The foreign minister is the counterpart of the secretary of state.
外交部長是和國務(wù)秘書對等的人
Chairman Hu met his counterpart in the United States in the people’s Hall yesterday.
胡主席昨天在人民大會堂接見了美國的國家元首。
It has no counterpart in the world.舉世無雙。
5.
recommendation n.推薦, 介紹(信), 勸告, 建議
e.g.I went to the new hotel on your recommendation. 喬叟
經(jīng)你的介紹我去了這家新旅館。
I followed my teacher’s recommendations and bought the book by Chaucer.
我聽了老師的建議,買了一本喬叟的書。
6.
popular adj.受大眾歡迎的;孚眾望的
e.g.Shakespeare enjoys general popularity in the whole world.
莎士比亞在世界上享有盛名, 受歡迎, 得眾望
The novel by the young writer won great popularity among the youths.
這位年輕作家的小說在青年人中頗受歡迎。
7.
aware adj 知道的;明白的
e.g.I was not aware of the fire.
我沒有意識到火。
The principal didnt seem to be aware that there should have been so much dispute about the decision.
校長好象沒有意識到這個決定竟會有這么多分歧。
aware,conscious,sensible 都含有“意識到的”意思。
aware 側(cè)重“感官所意識到的外界事物”, 如:
e.g.Everybody is aware of the importance of the Four Modernizations.
每個人都意識到了四化的重要性。
conscious 側(cè)重“心理感知”, 如:
e.g.He is conscious of a sense of quilty. 他感到內(nèi)疚。
sensible 指“可用感官察覺到的(較復(fù)雜或抽象的事物的)”, 如:
e.g.I was sensible of her solemn grief. 我知道她很悲哀。
awareness n. 感知,意識
global awareness全球意識
political awareness 政治常識
environment awareness環(huán)境意識