大学英语综合教程教案Book 1 Unit 4

Book One Unit Four

New Words and Expressions in Text A:

1. driveway: n. 住宅旁私家车道

2. mow: I) v. [mau] cut down (grass or grain) with a scythe or a mechanical device用长柄镰或机械装置割倒（草或谷物），割

---mow the grass割草

---mow the lawn修剪草坪

II) n.干草堆, 谷堆

3. comprehend: vt. understand fully

4. lawn: n. (c)草地，草坪

5. turn away: 1) (+sb.)refuse to help (sb.) or to allow (sb.) to enter a place拒绝帮助；不让…进入

---He’s my son after all, I can’t just turn him away when he is in trouble.

---The lecture hall was already full and many of the students were turned away.

2) (不及) turn in a different direction so as not to face sb./sth. (使)转脸而不免对某人或某物，不理睬，拒绝看

---She turned away in disgust. 她感到厌恶而把脸转开

---You shouldn’t turn away from all your old friends.

6. weed: I) v. 除去…的杂草；除草

---weed the garden给花园除杂草

II) n. (u, 以复数形式出现)杂草，野草

---A weedy garden is one full of weeds.

7. assume: vt. 1) suppose; take as true before there is proof; take for granted (在未证实前)假设；以为

---I assume you always get up at the same time. 我想你总是在同一个时间起床。

---He is not such a fool as you assumed (=supposed)him to be.

2) take up; undertake担任…的职务；承担

---assume new duties担任新的职务

---assume office 就职

---assume the presidency担任首相职务

---assume responsibility承担责任

---assume the debts 承担债务

3) take upon sth. not genuine or sincere 假装, 冒充

---assume a look of innocence装作无辜的样子

---assume a new name用新名字，用化名

8. compliment▲: I) vt. (+sb. (on sth.)) praise赞扬; 称赞

---I complimented him on his skill.

--- David complimented Mary on her new job. 大卫祝贺玛丽找到新工作。

-praise sb. for sth.

II) n. (c) 1) an expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation赞美的言词或行为; 恭维；称赞

---They paid him a high compliment. 他们非常恭维他。 2 --- fish for compliments故意要别人说赞扬话

2) (pl) (formal) greetings问候；道贺；致意

---Extend my compliments to your parents. 代我向你父母问好

---give/present/pay/send one’s compliments to请向...致意/问候

9. work out: 1) (及) plan制定出,拟出, 想出

---I will work out our schedule.

---work out a plan/a new constitution/ a solution

---We’ll leave it to the committee to work out details of the plan.

---Mary worked out a beautiful design for a sweater.

2) (及) understand; figure out理解，弄清，看出

---Finally I worked out that the parcel had been sent to Paris by mistake.

---No one can work out how the fire started.

---I can’t work out the meaning of this poem.

3) (不及) solve; be, turn out in the end 解决, 结果为，进行情况良好

---Things will work out if you will just be patient.

---If the traffic plan works out, it will be used in other cities too.

4)calculate算出, 估计出，解（题）

---work out the problem

---My mother allowed me to take the trip, but asked me to work out the total cost first.

10. weekly: I) a. happening once a week or every week每周的;一周一次的

---His story was published in a weekly newspaper 21st Century English.

---weekly wage周工资

II) adv.一星期一次, 每周地

III) n. 周刊, 周报

---Publishers' Weekly [美]出版商周刊

11. clean up: (及) 1) make clean and tidy打扫，清除

---I’ll go shopping with you as soon as I’ve cleaned up the kitchen.

---I hate cleaning up after a party.

2) get rid of criminal and immoral elements, etc.清除罪犯和不道德分子等，整顿

---The major has decided to clean up the city. (e.g. end corruption, etc.) 市长已决定要整顿市政（如清除贪污等）

12. helpful: a. giving help; useful making a situation better or easier; always willing to help

people有帮助的；有用的

---Sometimes it is helpful to make a list of everything you have to do.

---Any information would be helpful in determining what happened to her.

---She is such a pleasant and helpful child.

13. do with: 1) (used in questions with what) deal with (怎样)对待处理, 办 (译法较活)

---What do you do with such rude boys?

---What are we going to do with the huge rock lying in the middle of the road?

---I cannot remember what I did with my purse/ his letter.

2)（前面与could, can连用）需要，想要

---I could do with a cup of tea/ a wash.

3) （前面与could, can连用）有…就行了，凑合用

---You’ll have to do with what you’ve got; there isn’t any more. 3 4) (和can’t连用) 受不了，不能，不便

---I can’t do with her illness/ his temper/ loud music.

---I can’t do with visitors this week, as we’ve got decorators in the house.

5) (和have to连用)有关系，有联系

---He has to do with all sorts of people.

---Her job has to do with telephones.

---have sth. to do with和…有关系

---have nothing to do with和…没有关系

14. determination: n. (u) (+infinitive to do) the ability to continue trying to achieve what you

have decided to do even when this is difficult决心; 决定; 坚决, 执著

---He showed great determination by continuing to play after hurting his foot.

---Her determination to do well made her keep on studying.