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Unit 10
Week 11 Class May 2015
Listening and Translation
News Words
high school seniors 高三学生 waiting list: a roster of those waiting to
obtain sth. 候补名单;等候批准的申请人名单 e.g. There were 20,000 people on the waiting list
for a home.
Part 1 Dialogue
Insulating Your Home
New Words cavity wall [ 建 ] 空心墙 get enormous fuel bills 燃料费账单 dread 惧怕;担心 — dreadful like mad 疯狂地;猛然地;极度地 loft 阁楼;顶楼 draught 气流;通风 ;草稿 handyman 手巧的人;杂务工 plastered wall 抹灰的墙 — exposed wall contractor 承包人;立契约者 make condensation less of a problem radiator 散热器;暖气片;辐射体 — boiler 锅 for one 举个例说;作为其中一个
Part 2 Passage
Plan Your Home’s Interior Design Before You Buy
New Words and Expressions
décor 装饰 layoutfurnishing: furniture, curtains, carpets and
decorations such as picturessavvy: wits, understanding 悟性;见识predominant color 主色调 accent color 强调色指起强调作用、具有醒目视觉效
果的色彩 monochromatic 单色的 tint: a small amount of color 色调 , 色泽 shade: 色度 texture 质地;纹理 fret: worry; to be troubled 烦恼;焦急;磨损
News Items
News Item 1
frenetic: lively, energeticratify: officially approve START—Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expire—expiration date deploy—deploymentnuclear warheadsfinalize: complete the arrangements for sth.
Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August.
News Item 2The Knesset 以色列议会 skeptical: having doubts about sth.counterweight 平衡力;平衡物 fig leaf 遮羞布;无花果树叶 portfolio 部长职务 ; 证券投资组合pragmatism 实用主义 unsullied 清白的;无污点的 – sully 玷污;使丢脸
News Item 3alternative: allowing a choice; pertaining to
unconventional choices an alternative plan/life style
scrub: cancel, eliminate scrubbed the flight because of bad weather scrub the subsidies
say: (noun). an expression of opinion Have the final say.
motion 动作;移动;手势;请求;意向 assent: agree
I assented to the request of the American publishers to write this book.
fuss: a quarrel about petty points I don’t know what all the fuss is about.
To be done by next class
Complete the exercise on page 113-116.