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Unit 1 The written word 重点单词 【1】 pressure vt. 强迫……做 n. 压力；压迫；强制 I have been pressured into helping with the decorating. 我被迫帮忙装修。 You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area. 你可以按压受伤附近部位来止血。 pressure sb. into (doing) sth. 强迫某人做某事 lose one's pressure 缓解某人的压力 under pressure 在压力下；处于紧张状态 Can you work well under pressure? 在紧张状态下你能好好工作吗？ put pressure on sb. (to do sth.) 迫使某人(做某事) press v. 按，压，熨烫 ①We don't want to ______ pressure ______ you to make a decision, but we haven't much time left. A. put; to B. place; on C. put; on D. place; to ②Life is tough in the city. In order to lose their ______， some people drink alcohol. A. temper B. mood C. consciousness D. pressures ①C put pressure on sb. (to do sth.) 向某人施压，迫使某人(做某事)。 ②D lose one's temper 发脾气； lose one's consciousness 失去意识，不省人事； lose one's pressures 缓解压力。 【2】 threat n. 威胁 He says he'll tell the authorities but it's just an empty threat (＝ it will not happen)． 他说他将告知当局，但是这只不过是个虚张声势的威胁。 a storm threat 暴风雨的预兆 be under threat of sth. 在……的威胁之下 threaten v. 威胁，恐吓；预示……的凶兆 threaten sb. with death 用死威胁某人 threaten to do sth. 威胁做某事 She left the country under threat of arrest. 在逮捕的威胁下，她离开了这个国家。 Her brother ____to leave her in the dark room alone when she disobeyed his order. A. declared B. threatened C. warned D. exclaimed B 【3】 resist v. 抗拒；拒绝；挡开 The soldiers resisted the enemy attacks. 士兵们抵抗了敌人的进攻。 cannot resist sth./doing sth. 忍不住，按捺不住 I can never resist the urge to laugh. 我克制不了大笑的冲动。。 【4】 fortune n. 财富；运气，好运
I have the good fortune to be invited to stay in Rome. 我有幸被邀请去罗马。 fortunate adj. 幸运的，侥幸的 have a good/bad fortune 运气好/坏 come into a fortune 继承一大笔财产 make a/one's fortune 发财 He went to the west to make his fortune. 他到西部发财去了。 seek one's fortune 寻出路，闯天下 try one's fortune 碰运气 tell sb.'s fortune 算命 marry a fortune 与有钱人结婚 He can tell your fortune by looking at lines on your hand. 他能通过看手纹替你算命。 have a good fortune to do sth. 有运气做某事 ①What ______ ! He's found ______ job in Beijing. A. a good fortune; such a good B. a good fortune; so a good C. good fortune; such good a D. good fortune; so good a ②The millionaire passed away, leaving his children with a large ______. A. fortune B. luck C. money D. amount ①A 多好的运气！他在北京找到了这么好的一份工作。前面是what引导感叹句，中心词是名词，第二空job是可数名词，用such a good修饰。 ②A fortune 财富，大量财产，好运；luck 运气，幸运；amount 数量。句意为“那个百万富翁去世以后给他的孩子们留下了大量的财产”。 【5】 prejudice n. 偏见；成见 vt.有偏见的，歧视的 She has a prejudice against modern music. 她对现代音乐怀有偏见。 A judge must be free from prejudice. 法官必须不抱成见。 prejudice sb. against sb./sth. 使某人对……产生偏见 Newspaper gossip had prejudiced her against him. 报纸上那些不三不四的文章使她对他抱有偏见。 We must treat every naughty student ______. A. without doubt B. without prejudice C. without difficulty D. without mercy B 我们必须毫无偏见地对待每一个调皮的学生。without prejudice毫无偏见地；without doubt毫无疑问；without difficulty毫无困难；without mercy毫不留情地。 【6】 settle vi. 定居，安定下来 vt. 解决，决定，算账，付账 We were soon comfortably settled in this place. 我们不久就在这个地方舒适地住下来了。 Many people want to settle in the country after retirement. 很多人想退休后在农村定居。 Let them settle the problem themselves. 让他们自己来解决这个问题。 That's one thing settled anyway — a big load off my mind. 总算解决了一件事，我也去掉了一件心事。 The account is settled at the end of the year. 每年年底结账。 settlement n. 解决办法；定居点；授予财产；[美]部落，村落 settler n. 移居者，开拓者 settle down 坐下来；定居、安定下来；习惯于 settle in 安顿好；住进新居 settle on 就……达成协议 settle up 清账；了结 I owe you some money for the drinks. We'll settle up after lunch. 我欠你一些饮料钱，饭后我们结账吧。 With lots of problems ______， the newly－elected president is having a hard time. A. settled B. to settle C. settling D. are settled B 由于有很多问题有待解决，这位新选的总统日子不好过。to settle不定式表示将来，在with的复合结构中作宾语补足语。 【7】 master n．主人，雇主，大师，名家 v. 精通，掌握 He wanted to be his own master. 他自己想当老板。 French was a language he had never mastered. 法语他一直没有学好。 be your own master 独立自主 Master of Arts 文学硕士 Master of Science 理学硕士 master's degree 硕士，学士 be bent on 下定决心(做)…… 相当于 be determined to do；专心于……；埋头于…… He seems bent on success at all costs. 他好像下定决心，不惜一切代价一定要成功。 She's bent on becoming an actress. 她一心要成为演员。 bent n. 嗜好，倾向 He has a natural bent for repairing things. 他天生喜欢修理东西。 follow one's bent 随自己之所好 to/at the top of one's bent 尽心尽力 have a bent for sth. 有……的天分 He has a bent for painting. 他爱好绘画。 (其他表示专心于……埋头于的短语参见M5U1) ①John ____________________ getting the first place in the following competition. 约翰一心想在接下来的比赛中取得第一名。 ②Jack used to __________________ law as a profession, but he was an expert on literature later. 杰克过去一心想成为一名律师，但后来他成了文学专家。 ③He ________________ watching TV that he didn't notice my coming into the room. 他全神贯注地看电视，没有注意到我走进来。 ④______________ finding out who is responsible for the accident. 我决心弄清楚谁应该对这起事故负责。 ⑤A moment, please. The manager ____________ preparing the speech at the moment. 请稍候，经理正在忙着准备演讲稿。 ⑥He ________________ the people's liberation before liberation. 解放前，他把自己献给了解放事业。 ①is bent on ②be bent on ③was so absorbed/lost in ④I‘m determined on ⑤is engaged in ⑥devoted himself to/was devoted to 【1】 Many people do not read them because they think they are old－fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today. 许多人不读经典文学作品是因为觉得他们过时了，枯燥乏味，与今天的生活没有任何关系。 这是一个复合句，其中because引导原因状语从句。be/have nothing to do with 与……无关。 Go out! It's nothing to do with you. 出去！这根本就不关你的事。 be/have something to do with 与……有关 for nothing 免费；平白无故地 nothing but 只不过 anything but一点也不，除……外都 We could have got in for nothing — nobody was checking tickets. 我们本来不花钱就能进去——没人查票。 That has something to do with what we are discussing. 那与我们正讨论的问题有关。 — Is he content to accept our price? — Yes. He cares more about the quality. Money is ______ to him. A. everything B. none C. nothing D. something C 句意“他更在乎质量，钱对他来说不算什么”。此处nothing才是最合适的。 【2】 Pip's sister seldom has a kind word to say, but Joe is a kind and simple ma
