Book 2 Unit 9 Active Reading 1
New words
1. cater
v. to provide food and drinks at an event
Complete the sentences with appropriate prepositions.
(1) Football fans are well catered _for_.
(2) The TV shows are catering _to_ old audiences.
(3) The school aims to cater _for_ children of all abilities.
Do you know the difference between these phrases?
cater for sb./sth. to provide people with everything they want or need
cater to sb./sth. to provide people with something they want or need, especially something unusual or special
2. dread
v. to feel very worried about sth. that might happen or is going to happen
Complete the sentences with the words in the column.
dread (n./v.) dreaded dreadful dreadfully
(1) John felt _dreadfully_ tired.
(2) I hear the _dreaded_ Miss Jones is going to be at the meeting.
(3) It’s a _dreadful_ shame that you can’t go.
(4) She started to _dread_ seeing him.
(5) He lives in _dread_ of meeting her again.
3. numerous
a. existing in large numbers; many
Figure out the meaning of underlined words.
(1) The car was seen in the area on numerous occasions . 多次
(2)I’ve made mistakes too numerous to mention. 多得数不清
4. option
n. something that you can choose in a particular situation
Translate the following sentences.
(1)她没有别的选择,只好承认了实情。She had no option but to admit the truth.
(2) You have the option of hiking there or going by bus.你可以选择步行或坐公共汽车到那儿。
Figure out the meaning of the following expressions
行得通的选择 a viable option
暂不做决定; 保留灵活的选择权keep/leave your options open
轻松/ 容易的选择soft/easy option
optional
a. available or possible if you want it, but you do not have to have it or do it
Figure out the meaning of underlined words.
(1) The history course is optional, but English is compulsory. 选修的
(2)Remote central locking comes as an optional extra. (需另外交费的)额外可选之物
5. entertain
v. to give a performance that people enjoy
Complete the sentences with the words in the column
entertain entertaining entertainment
(1) In professional sports, the responsibility is on everyone to entertain_ the crowd.
(2) The company produces entertaining_ and informative programs.
(3) The boy is making his mark in the __entertainment__ business before he has even left school.
6. bolster / bolster up
to make something stronger or more effective
Translate the following sentences.
(1)他的得分将增强他对下场比赛的信心。
His score will bolster his confidence for the next match.
(2) The campaign is designed to bolster the government’s image as being tough on crime.
这项运动是为了提升政府坚决打击犯罪的形象。
7. look to
to keep an eye on; to hope for
Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs of look.
look after look back look for look forward to look in
look into look through look to look up look up to
1 I will be near your mother’s home tomorrow so I’ll _look in and tell her you are doing well.
2 I am very busy _looking for_a job, but it isn’t easy.
3 I can’t remember, but you can__look_ it_up_ in the University Handbook.
4 It was hard work but I am sure when you __ look back_ you will think it was worth doing.
5 Will you _ look through_my assignment for me and see if you can spot any obvious mistakes?
6 My grandfather isn’t very well so I am going to visit and _look after_him for a few weeks.
7 It’s a big challenge – they are _looking to__me to score some baskets and save the team.
8 The police are _looking into__the robbery so we hope they can find who did it.
9 Thank you for all your help. I really _look forward to _ meeting you next week at the conference.
10 He is a wonderful teacher and we all look up to__ her and treasure our time with her.
Useful phrases
1.在舞台上昂首阔步
2.重要人物
3.尽情玩耍/工作/唱歌
4.匆忙草就一周的文章
5.需要学生付出大量的时间
6.实践年
7.偿还债务
8.得到最好的工作
9.维持生计
10.象牙塔strut across the stage
a leading light
play/work/sing one’s heart out
dash off the week’s essay
make heavy demand on students’ time a gap year
pay off the debt
walk into top jobs
make ends meet
ivory tower
