Unit 2 Values
Text A A Life Full of Riches
1. (L. 2) confront: vt.
1) (of a problem, difficulty, etc.) face (sb.) threateningly
* The difficulties that confront us em insuperable.
* A major difficulty that confronts international students is how best to judge the quality of a program in a foreign university.
2) (of a person) face and deal with (a problem, difficulty, etc.)
必须面对危险和死亡。
(=A soldier has to confront danger and death.)
* Astronauts have to confront the unknown.
be confronted with: be brought face to face
(=The prisoner was confronted with his accurs.)
* conclusions that can be confronted with experience
2. (L. 3) donation: n. money or goods given for a good cau
* The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations.
他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。
(=They made a generous donation to charity.)
Collocation:
a blood donation 献血
make/give a donation 捐赠
promi a donation 允诺捐助
3. (L. 5) confusion: n. a state of uncertainty about what sth. means, etc.
* The enemy retreated in great confusion.
他们的突然到来打乱了我们的计划。
(=Their unexpected arrival threw our plan into confusion.)
Collocation:
covered with confusion 非常慌张
in confusion 乱七八糟，处于混乱状态
throw into confusion 使狼狈，使慌乱
.: 该词的动词为confu，confusing意思是“令人困惑、迷惑的”， confud意思是“糊涂的、混杂的”。
4. (L. 5) curiosity: n. a strong desire to know about sth.
* Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car
(=We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.)
Collocation:
from/out of curiosity 在好奇心驱使下
in open curiosity 公然出头过问与自己无关的事
Curiosity killed a cat. 好奇伤身。
5. (L. 7) stammer: v. speak with a tendency to repeat rapidly the same sound or syllable
* It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
他结结巴巴地道了谢。
(=He stammered his thanks.)
6. (L. 10) deny: vt.
1) say that sth. is not true
* There is no denying the fact that Japan began to invade China as early as the early 1930’s.
2) refu to admit or accept
(=He denied knowing anything about their plans.)
7. (L. 10) fill out: add information such as your name and address in (a form or document)
* It took me quite a while to fill out the questionnaire.
请把附表填好。
(=Plea fill out the attached blank.)
8. (L. 11) fall into: belong to (a particular group of things that have similar qualities)
理事会成员们意见相左，分成自由和保守两个阵营
(=The council members disagreed, falling into liberal and conrvative camps.)
* All whales fall into two groups, tho with teeth and tho without.
9. (L. 13) nothing more than: only, just
(=Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.)
这只不过是个杜撰的故事而已。
(=It is nothing more than a made-up story.)
10. (L. 19) attain: vt. succeed in achieving, esp. after a lot of effort
我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。
(=I’m determined to attain my purpo at any cost.)
* She attained her ambition of becoming a pilot.
Collocation:
attain one’s goal 达到目的
attain the age of 有…岁了
attain the top of a moutain 到达山顶
CF: get, gain, obtain & attain
这四个词都是动词，都有“得到”、“获得”之意。
get是最普通的用语，可指通过任何方式的获得，多用于口语中。例如：
* She got the highest score in fancy rope jumping. 她在花样跳绳中得分最高。
gain多指在竞争中获得，所得的东西往往是有用的或是所期待的。例如：
* I hope you will gain the victory this time. 我希望你这次获得胜利。
obtain是书面语，指靠他人或自己努力而得到，强调结果或目的。例如：
* By this method, we obtained a good result. 我们用这种方法获得了好结果。
attain强调达到完美的地步。例如：
* Such a condition is very difficult to attain. 这样的情况是很难达到的。
11. (L. 16) minimal: adj. very small in size or amount; as small as possible
暴风雨只造成极轻微的损失。
(=The storm did only minimal damage.)
* The Ford CEO offered to work for a minimal salary of one dollar a year.
.: 该词的动词为minimize。反义词为maximal。
12. (L. 21) cherish: vt. love (sth./sb.) very much and protect them
(=Riding hors with my mother when I was a kid has become a cherished memory.)
* She cherished the child as though he were her own.
Collocation:
cherish fond dreams of 做…的美梦
cherished desire 夙愿
cherish a deep love for 热爱…
13. (L. 21) fabricate: vt. make up (a story, a piece of information, etc.) in order to deceive people
* Have you ever lied a little, or fabricated a story about yourlf, to impress someone you meet the first time
她缺席的借口显然是瞎编的。
(=The excu for her abnce was obviously fabricated.)
14. (L. 22) tickle: v.
1) amu and interest
* The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.
