Unit 10 Week 11 Class May 2015. Listening and Translation.
Transcript of Unit 10 Week 11 Class May 2015. Listening and Translation.
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.