Unit3SameorDifferent?單詞筆記詞匯詳解parev.比較；對比parisonn.比較Itisinterestingtoparetheirsituationandours.Weparedthetworeportscarefully.Myownproblemsseeminsignificantparedwithotherpeople's.ThecriticsparedhisworktothatofMartinAmis.將…比作Icanonlyparetheexperiencetofallinginlove.Ienclose（附上）thetwoplansforparison.It’sdifficulttomakeaparisonwithherpreviousbook─they’redifferent.Thesecondhalfofthegamewasdullbyparisonwiththefirst.相比較Byparison,expenditureoneducationincreasedlastyear.(用于句首)較之shyadj.害羞的（shyer/shyest）shynessn.害羞Don'tbeshy─eandsayhello.Shewastooshytoaskanyoneforhelp.Hedislikedherandhadneverbeenshyofsayingso.害怕（做）；顧忌camerashy(=notlikingtobephotographed)躲避（或不喜歡）...的He'salwaysbeenworkshy.Theteacherhelpedherbreakdownhershyness.Shetookupsingingandstruggledtooverehershyness.lazyadj.懶惰的；懶洋洋的（lazier/laziest）lazinessn.懶惰；怠惰Hewasnotstupid,justlazy.Iwasfeelingtoolazytogoout.Wespentalazydayonthebeach.無精打采的；懶洋洋的Shewokeupandstretchedlazily.懶散地；怠惰地Theprimarycauseoftom'sfailureishislaziness.Hardworkleadstosuccessandfailureoftenliesinlaziness.loudadj.大聲的（louderloudest）adv.響亮的（loudly）loudlaughter響亮的笑聲Shespokeinaveryloudvoice./Loudmusicmakesmestressedout.Thatmusic'stooloud─pleaseturnitdown.Shescreamedasloudlyasshecould.Theaudiencelaughedloudlyatthejoke.Doyouhavetoplaythatmusicsoloud?You'llhavetospeaklouder─Ican'thearyou.outgoingadj.外向的Jack'soutgoingpersonalityhelpshimmakefriendseasily.

WasHelenoutgoingwhenshewaslittle?

She'sgotawarm,outgoingpersonality.hardworkingadj.勤奮的；勤勞的Hewashardworkingandenergetic.TerryFoxwasapopularandhardworkingstudent.ItisgenerallyknownthattheoverseasChinesearehardworkingalot.Sheisagoodgirl,andwillmakeahardworking,devotedwife.performv.表演；執(zhí)行performern.表演者performancen.表演toperformanexperiment/amiracle/aceremony做；履行；執(zhí)行Thisoperationhasneverbeenperformedinthiscountry.Theplaywasfirstperformedin1987.演出；表演Theengineseemstobeperformingwell.工作，運轉(zhuǎn)Thepanyhasbeenperformingpoorlyoverthepastyear.Hewasapoorperformeratschoolandleftwithnoqualifications.Theperformancestartsatseven.Thepanyneedstoimproveperformanceinalltheseareas.Theperformanceoftheenginewastestedatdifferentsettings.性能；表現(xiàn)solvev.解決；解答solutionn.解決辦法Attemptsarebeingmadetosolvetheproblemofwastedisposal.解決;處理tosolveanequation/apuzzle/ariddle解答；破解Itisbeingincreasinglyclearthatthisproblemwillnotbeeasilysolved.Thedriverofthecarprobablyholdsthekeytosolvingthecrime.There'snosimplesolutiontothisproblem.解決辦法；處理手段Thesolutiontolastweek'squizisonpage81.答案；解；謎底congratulationn.祝賀；恭喜congratulatev.祝賀tooffer/sendyourcongratulationstosb向某人致以祝賀Congratulationsonyourexamresults!Icongratulatedthemallontheirresults.congratulatesbonsth向（某人）道賀Shecongratulatedhimonthebirthofhisson.Youcancongratulateyourselfonhavingdoneanexcellentjob.感到高興/自豪prizen.獎；獎勵ShewasawardedtheNobelPeaceprize.Therearenoprizesforguessing(=itisveryeasytoguess)whoshewaswith.Afterwinningtheprizeshebecamefamousovernight.Thewinnerwillreceiveaprizetothevalueof￡1000.attendv.參加；出席Themeetingwasattendedby90%ofshareholders.toattendawedding/funeral參加婚禮/葬禮 We'dlikeasmanypeopleaspossibletoattend.Ourchildrenattendthesameschool.經(jīng)常去，定期去（某處）HowmanypeopleattendchurcheverySunday?ThePresidentwasattendedbyseveralmembersofhisstaff.隨同；陪同Ihavesomeurgentbusinesstoattendto.處理；對付；照料as...as...phr.一樣...Thebookwasn'tanythinglikeasgoodasherfirstone.Wewillgetyourordertoyouassoonaspossible.Therewereasmanyas200peopleatthelecture.Findoutasmuchasyoucanabouthimandreportbacktome.Assoonastheopportunitypresenteditself,shewouldgetanotherjob.besidesprep.除...之外adv.而且Wehavelotsofthingsinmonbesidesmusic.Besidesworkingasadoctor,healsowritesnovelsinhissparetime.I'vegotnofamilybesidesmyparents.Idon'treallywanttogo.Besides,it'stoolatenow.況且；再說Thehousewastooexpensiveandtoobig.Besides,I'dgrownfondofourlittlerentedhouse.spareadj.空閑的；備用的v.抽出；拔出We'vegotasparebedroom,ifyou'dliketostay.不用的；閑置的asparekey/tyre備用鑰匙/輪胎Takesomespareclothesincaseyougetwet.備用的；外加的He'sstudyingmusicinhissparetime.空閑的；空余的I'dlovetohaveabreak,butIcan'tsparethetimejustnow.抽出;撥出;留出;勻出Couldyouspareoneofyourstafftohelpusout?Youshouldspareathoughtfor(thinkabout)thepersonwhocleansupafteryou.Hewantedtosparehismotheranyanxiety.省得；免去Youcouldhavesparedyourselfanunnecessarytripbyphoninginadvance.Theykilledthemenbutsparedthechildren.饒??；赦免Hesparednoefforttomakeherhappyagain.不吝惜（時間、金錢）pleasuren.樂事；愉快；榮幸pleasantadj.愉快的；高興的toreadforpleasure讀書以自娛Itgivesmegreatpleasuretointroduceourguestspeaker.AreyouinParisonbusinessorpleasure?玩樂；休閑thepleasureandpainsofeverydaylife/thesimplepleasuresofthecountryside‘MayIsithere?’‘Yes,withpleasure.’（客氣地接受/同意）當(dāng)然，樂意apleasantclimate/evening/place令人愉快的氣候/夜晚/地方appearancen.外表；露面appearv.出現(xiàn)；顯得Shehadneverbeengreatlyconcernedaboutherappearance.外貌；外觀；外表Thesuddenappearanceofsecurityguardscausedthemtodropthemoneyandrun.Thesinger'sfirstpublicappearancewasattheageofeight.公開露面；演出Shedidn'tappearatallsurprisedatthenews.顯得；看來；似乎Itappearsthattherehasbeenamistake.Abusappearedaroundthecorner.出現(xiàn)；呈現(xiàn)；顯現(xiàn)Hisnewbookwillbeappearinginthespring.出版；廣播Hehasappearedinover60movies.演出personalityn.性格；品質(zhì)adj.個人的；私人的Hiswifehasastrongpersonality.性格；個性；人格Theproblemwithmanymodernbuildingsisthattheylackpersonality.Ofcourse,thisisjustapersonalopinion.個人的；私人的Havinggoodpersonalrelationshipsisthemostimportantthingforme.I'dliketotalktoyouaboutapersonalmatter.私人的；私事的Weofferapersonalservicetoallourcustomers.seriousadj.嚴(yán)重的；嚴(yán)肅的seriouslyadv.嚴(yán)重地aseriousillness/problem/offencetocauseseriousinjury/damageIt'stimetogiveseriousconsiderationtothismatter.需認(rèn)真思考的;嚴(yán)肅的Weneedtogetdowntotheseriousbusinessofworkingoutcosts.重要的I'mafraidI'mnotaveryseriousperson.嚴(yán)肅的；穩(wěn)重的Issheseriousaboutwantingtosellthehouse?當(dāng)真的；認(rèn)真的I'mreadytodosomeseriouseating(=Iamveryhungry).強(qiáng)調(diào)大量Theyspoketomeveryseriouslybutpolitely.strengthn.優(yōu)勢；力量strengthenv.加強(qiáng)；鞏固Hepushedagainsttherockwithallhisstrength.體力；力氣；力量Itmaytakeafewweeksforyoutobuildupyourstrengthagain.Theabilitytokeepcalmisoneofhermanystrengths.優(yōu)勢；優(yōu)點；長處Theteamwillbebackatfullstrengthforthenextmatch.最佳陣容Repairsarenecessarytostrengthenthebridge.加強(qiáng)；增強(qiáng)；鞏固Theagreementstrengthenedthebondsbetweenthetwocountries.factn.事實；現(xiàn)實Icouldnolongerignorethefactthathewasdeeplyunhappy.Despitethefactthatshewaswearingaseatbelt,shewasthrownsharplyforward.Shewashappyapartfromthefactthatshecouldnotreturnhome.Thestoryisbasedonfact.真實的事物；真實情況IusedtoliveinFrance;infact,notfarfromwhereyou'regoing.確切地說Ithoughttheworkwouldbedifficult.Infact,it'sveryeasy.事實上，實際上slimadj.苗條的；薄的Howdoyoumanagetostaysoslim?人苗條的；纖細(xì)的Somepeoplewillgainweight,nomatterhowhardtheytrytoslim.aslimchanceofsuccess微薄的；不足的；少的；小的Shehasonlyaslimchanceofpassingtheexam.populationn.人口Theentirepopulationofthetownwasatthemeeting.anincreaseinpopulationcountrieswithageingpopulations人口老齡化的國家Onethirdoftheworld'spopulationconsumestwothirdsoftheworld'sresources.averageadj.平均的；平常的anaveragerate/cost/price平均費率/成本/價格atanaveragespeedof100milesperhour平均的40hoursisafairlyaverageworkingweekformostpeople.典型的；正常的Iwasjustanaveragesortofstudent.普通的；平常的；一般的Onaverage,Americanfirmsremainthemostproductiveintheworld.基本上mirrorn.鏡子v.反射；反映；映照Helookedathimselfinthemirror.鏡子Thefaceisthemirrorofthesoul.寫照；反映某種情況的事物Themusicofthetimemirroredthefeelingofoptimisminthecountry.反映Shesawherselfmirroredinthewindow.映照；反射interestn.業(yè)余愛好；興趣v.使感興趣tofeel/have/show/express(an)interestinsthDoyourparentstakeaninterestinyourfriends?興趣；關(guān)注Therearemanyplacesofinterestnearthecity.Thesubjectisofnointeresttomeatall.吸引力；趣味Hewasamanofwideinterestsoutsidehiswork.業(yè)余愛好Shehasalwaysinterestedherselfincharitywork.使感興趣；使關(guān)注noveln.小說adj.新穎的towrite/publish/readanovel創(chuàng)作/發(fā)表/閱讀長篇小說detective/historical/romanticnovels偵探/歷史/言情小說Hisnovelsarearichsourceofmaterialforthemovieindustry.Thenovelisbasedonatruestory.anovelwayofsolvingthetrickproblems新穎的differencen.差異；不同differentadj.不同的Therearenobigdifferencesbetweentheeducationsystemsofthetwocountries.Hewasstudyingthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenhumansandanimals.Whydon'tyousettleyourdifferencesandbefriendsagain?意見分歧；不和Therewasadifferenceofopinionoverwhohadwon.Theraindidn'tmakemuchdifferencetothegame.作用，關(guān)系，影響AmericanEnglishissignificantlydifferentfromBritishEnglish.不同的Sheofferedusfivedifferentkindsofcake.分別的；各別的；各種的Boysandgirlsmaybehavedifferently.不同地；有差異地sensen.理解力；感覺v.意識到；察覺到Dogshaveakeen(=strong)senseofsmell.感覺官能Hefeltanoverwhelmingsenseofloss.感覺，意識Helmetscangivecyclistsafalsesenseofsecurity.Hehasaverygoodsenseofdirection(=findsthewayeasily).理解力;判斷力Thissentencedoesn'tmakesense.有道理；有意義；講得通Itmakessensetobuythemostuptodateversion.明智的；合乎情理Lisasensedthathedidnotbelieveher.感覺到；意識到；覺察出SheprobablysensedthatIwasn'ttellingherthewholestoryhumouradj.幽默；幽默感humorousadj.幽默的Ican'tstandpeoplewithnosenseofhumour.Whatfirstattractedmetoherwashersenseofhumour.Heisfriendlyandhumorous,andwhathesayscanalwayspleaseusaswell.Iappreciatethepeoplewhoarehumorous,becausetheycanmakemefeelhappy.thankstophr.歸功于；由于；因為Thankstorecentresearch,effectivetreatmentsareavailable.Thankstoourhardwork,wecanfulfilthetaskontime.Thankstoyourhelp,weacplishedthetaskaheadofschedule.opinionn.看法；意見Everyonehadanopiniononthesubject.意見；想法；看法Wewereinvitedtogiveouropinionsabouthowtheworkshouldbedone.Inmyopinion,it'saverysoundinvestment.I'dlikeasecondopinion(advicefromanotherperson)beforeImakeadecision.Themediaplayamajorroleininfluencingpeople'sopinions.makeamistakephr.犯錯誤Imadethemistakeofgivinghimmyaddress.Leavingschoolsoyoungwasthebiggestmistakeofmylife.agreat/serious/terriblemistake大錯；嚴(yán)重錯誤Itookyourbaginsteadofminebymistake.錯誤地；無意中Imistookherofferasathreat.誤會；誤解；看錯Ithinkyoumustbemistakingmeforsomeoneelse.把...錯當(dāng)成honestadj.坦誠的；誠實的anhonestman/woman誠實的；老實的；正直的Areyoubeingpletelyhonestaboutyourfeelings?坦率的；坦誠的Thankyouforbeingsohonestwithme.Tobehonest(whatIreallythinkis),itwasoneoftheworstbooksI'veeverread.Tobehonest,itwasoneoftheworstbooksI'veeverread.directadj.率直的；直接的directionn.方向Hisdeathwasadirectresultofyouraction.直接的；親自的；親身的Wearelookingforsomebodywithdirectexperienceofthistypeofwork.adirectroute/course/flight直接的路線/航線/航班You'llhavetogetusedtohisdirectmanner.直爽的；直率的；坦率的Thepoliceofficershadbeendirectedtosearchthebuilding.指示；命令Couldyoudirectmetothestation?給...指路；為...領(lǐng)路Wearelookingforsomebodywithaclearsenseofdirection.similarityn.相似之處similaradj.相似的Theyarebothdoctorsbutthatiswherethesimilarityends.Thereporthighlightsthesimilaritybetweenthetwogroups.astudyofthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwocountriesMyteachingstyleissimilartothatofmostotherteachers.Allourpatientshavebroadlysimilarproblems.friendshipn.友誼；友情friendn.朋友friendlyadj.有好的aclose/lasting/lifelongfriendship親密的/持久的/終生的友誼Heseemedtohavealreadystruckup(=begun)afriendshipwithJo.aconferencetopromoteinternationalfriendship友情；友誼；友好Simonfindsithardtomakefriendswithotherchildren.Wesoonbecamefriendlywiththecouplenextdoor.charactern.人物；個性haveastrong/weakcharacter品質(zhì);性格;特點;特性Thecharacteroftheneighbourhoodhasn'tchangedatall.buildingsthatareverysimpleincharacter造型很簡潔的建筑物Everyoneadmiresherstrengthofcharacteranddetermination.勇氣；毅力Heshowedgreatcharacterreturningtothesportafterhisaccident.amajor/minorcharacterinthebook人物，角色exchangen./v.交換Theexchangeofprisonerstookplacethismorning.Weneedtopromoteanopenexchangeofideasandinformation.WherecanIfindthebestexchangerate/rateofexchange?兌換；匯兌tradeandculturalexchangeswithChina交流，互訪Ishookhandsandexchangedafewwordswiththemanager.交換；交流Youcanexchangeyourcurrencyfordollarsinthehotel.兌換；交易accidentn.意外；（交通）事故acar/road/trafficaccident事故；意外遭遇；不測事件Oneinsevenaccidentsiscausedbysleepydrivers.Ididn'tmeantobreakit─itwasanaccident.Itisnoaccidentthatmenfillmostofthetopjobsinnursing.意外；偶然的事Wemetbyaccidentattheairport.偶然；意外地Helengotintoactingpurelybyaccident.Shewasinvolvedinaseriouscaraccidentlastweek.expectv.預(yù)料；期待expectationn.期待Weareexpectingariseinfoodpricesthismonth.預(yù)料；預(yù)期；預(yù)計Youcan'texpecttolearnaforeignlanguageinafewmonths.Manypeoplewereexpecting(that)thepeacetalkswouldbreakdown.Itisexpec