Lesson 3
1. The cret of Dell's success:
● To be the first
● Ambition and highly motivated
● His tenacity
● His thirst for knowledge
2. A maze of : a large number of things arranged in a complicated and confusing way.
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Eg: a maze of streets
A maze of rules and regulations
3. Attach :
● Attach sth to sth: fasten or join sth结，系
Eg:attach a label to each piece of luggage
● Attach sth to sth: attribute sth to sth 归因于
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Eg: do you attach any importance to what he said?
Attached adj[pred]p[predicate谓语]
● Attached to sb/sth使爱慕，使依恋
Eg: I've never en two people so attached to each other.
4.tea: vt make fun of sb in a playful or unkind way;try to provoke sb with questions or pretty annoyances. 取笑，嘲笑
Eg： 约翰总是嘲笑我的穿着
John is constantly/always teasing me about my clothes.
5.head(up); to be in charge of or lead sth; be at the front or top of sth.领导，领头
Eg:你将会与玛丽领导的团队一起工作
You will work with the management team headed up by Mary.
Note: lors will head nowhere
You are heading for trouble if you don't listen to me
6.imbue sb/sth with sth: [fml] to make someone have a particular quality, idea, or emotion very strongly.灌输某人强烈的情感或意见
Eg:带着对国家强烈的责任感，他放弃自己的事业选择当兵入伍
Imbued with a strong n of responsibility, he gave up his career and choo to join the army.
7.get sth out of the way: to finish sth,esp sth difficult or unpleasant 完成某事
Eg: 我想尽快做完这些家务活
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I can't wait to get all the homework out of the way.
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8.figure sth out:
● Esp, US come to understand sth/sb.by thinking理解
● Discover sth by using arithmetic算术;calculate五字游戏名算出
Eg: I couldn't figure out what the teacher was talking about.
Have you figured out how much the holiday will cost?
Figure:
v think sth; calculate
N
● Written symbol for a number,esp 0 to 9数字
● Reprentation of a person or an animal in drawing, painting,etc（人或动物）的轮廓，外观
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● Human form,esp its appearance, what it suggests, and how it is en by others（人的）体型，风姿
● Diagram or illustration 说明，图解
9. Prospect :
● [c] possible or likely customer or client 可能成为主顾（应征者）村民代表如何产生 的人
Eg: he was an experienced car salesman and recognized an easy prospect when he saw one.
● 合肥规划局Prospects [pl]chance of success; outlook成功的机会，可能性
Eg: the job has no prospects, ie offers little possibility of promotion.
● [u]prospect of doing sth前景
Expectation; reasonable hope that sth will happen
Eg:have little prospect of succeeding.
10. Hefty: 巨大的，相当多的 impressively large; substantial; extensive
Eg: he earns a hefty salary
11. Surplus to sth; [adj] more than is needed 剩余的，过剩的
Eg: Surplus labors
The food is surplus to requirements
