Unit 8
Study the new words and expressions of Text again.
（黑正体表示“一般要求”（四级）的词汇；黑正体后加re是什么意思 ★表示“较高要求”（六级）的词汇；黑正体后加▲表示dinner什么意思“更高要求”的词汇；黑色正体后加☆表示“超纲词汇”；黑色正体后加△表示“专有名词”。）
1. fable
n.寓言
My teacher always likes to tell us fables.
2. teenager
n.a person who is between 13 and 19 years old 青少年
Teenager up to 16 years old has some rights of the adult.
年满16岁的青少年可以享有成年人的某些权利。
3. run out of
u up or finish a supply of (sth.) 用完，耗尽
To our disappointment, our car ran out of gas halfway home.
When they ran out of food, the soldiers t about hunting for more.
4. file
n.a collection of papers on one subject 档案，卷宗
We already have files on people's tax details and mortgages.
You must record and keep a file of all expens.
5. folder☆
n.文件夹
The folder was sandwiched in between the two bulging files in the drawer.
这文件夹被挤在抽屉里的两个鼓鼓的档案里了。
6. drugstore☆
n. (AmE)（兼营杂货的）药房
Is there a drugstore around here?
本地化翻译服务这附近有没有杂货店呢？
7. handful
n.a small number (ud as singular noun, followed by of) 一把；少量
You'd better hurry up. A handful of people are already waiting in the hall.
I have had to give up the plan becau only a handful of students are willing to spend the New Year's Eve on campus.
8. modestly☆
ad.not very large in quantity, size, etc. 不太多，不太大，适中
Being youngsters, we sit modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
9. modest
a.We should be modest and prudent.
我们应该谦虚谨慎。
10. upt
vt.make (sb.) worry or feel unhappy (usu. ud in the pattern: be upt by / about)
使苦恼，使心烦意乱
They are terribly upt by the break-up of their parents' marriage.
He is upt about the argument he had with his wife.
11. ignorant
a. knowing little or nothing (often ud in the phra: be ignorant of / about) 无知的；不知道的
Some people are ignorant of the facts about global warming.
She was ignorant of her husband's illegal activities. Otherwi she would have done everything possible to stop him.
12. ignorance
n.无知；愚昧
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
无知不是天真而是罪过。
13. nior
n. (AmE)student in the last year of college or high school（大学或中学）毕业班的学生
The niors defeated the juniors by 3-1.
四年级学生以三比一战胜了三年级学生。
14. private
a.for u by one person or group, not for everyone (opposite: public) 私人的；私有的
Rooms are available for private parties.
The sign on the gate said "Private Property — No Admittance."
15. slice
n.a part of sth.; a thin flat piece cut from sth. 部分；（薄薄的）一片
Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.
Here's a car that reprents a slice of motoring history.
The boss promid that everyone would get a slice of the profits.
Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.
Cut the pork into thin slices.
16. calculation
n.计算
Where did I go wrong in my calculation?
五年级上册英语书我在计算中什么地方出了差错?
17. nonexistent☆
a.not existing 不存在的
Partyism was nonexistent in tho days.
党派制在那时候并不存在。
18. chill
v.become or make (sth. or sb.) cold（使）变冷；（使）不寒而栗
The longer this salad chills, the better the flavour.
I've put the beer in the fridge to chill.
19. indifference☆
n.a lack of interest or feeling (followed by of) 漠不关心
Many native speakers of a language show indifference to grammatical points.client
She walked with total indifference to what she saw.
20. sum
vt.总结；概述；合计
Now, I sum them up in three main points.
下面，我将其归纳为三点。
bypassing21. sum up
give a brief summary (of sth.) 总结，概括预告片英文
Alice summed up her Christmas holidays in one word: "Terrible."
My teacher would sum up the main points of the lesson before he ended the class.
psycho是什么意思We discusd the propod changes for most of the meeting. The chairman only took a few moments at the end to sum up.
22. financial
a.concerning money and finance 财政的；金融的
I'll have to speak to my financial advisors before I can give you an answer.
The company is in financial difficulties.
23. accumulate
v.collect, or gather together, esp. over a period of time 积累，积聚
I have accumulated many books over the last few years.
While we were away on vacation, a lot of letters accumulated in our mailbox.
24. ancestor
n.祖先，祖宗
Do all languages have a common ancestor?
所有的语言有共同的祖先吗？
25. intellectual
a.relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently 智力的
I like detective stories and romances — nothing too intellectual.
I'd like to find a job that requires considerable intellectual effort.
负责人 英语26. affect
vt.have an influence on 影响
The 20th century was full of inventions that have affected the way we live.
More than ven million people have been affected by the drought.
The Asian financial crisis didn't greatly affect our national economy.
27. industrial
a.relating to industry or the people working in it 工业的bacteria
The government is giving high priority to industrial development.
The patterns of industrial development in the United States are too varied to be categorized easily.
