Module11Unit4Thenextstep
Module 11 Unit 4 The next step
Part One New words
1. preview
(1) n. 事先查看，查阅（of）；预看；预先审查（或检查）；预习
They began their job with a preview of the day’s work.
They nt the recording for our preview. 他们把录音送给我们预先审查。(2) vt. 预览、预习；预演；试映（电影）
The play is due to be previewed tonight. 这出戏定于今晚试演。
You’d better preview the text before class. 你最好在课前预习好课文。
表示时间和顺序先后等意义的前缀有：pre, ex, post, fore
机械电子工程就业(1) pre：前，领先，在……之前prevent 防止prehistoric史前的preface 序文predict预言previous早先的
(2) ex：外，先前ex-boyfriend前任男友except除外ex-student往届生
(3) post：后postwar战后postgraduate研究生postpone延迟
2. shrink vi./vt. 过去式: shrank/shrunk 过去分词: shrunk
①（使）收缩，缩短，皱缩②（使）变小，变少，变瘦
③畏怯，回避，退避[(+from)]
想女朋友的句子This dress material shrinks in the wash. 这种衣料一洗要缩水。
Hot water shrinks wool. 热水会使羊毛皱缩。
When his influence began to shrink, his wealth also decread.
当他的影响缩小时，他的财富也减少了。
Shortage of hands has shrunk our plant’s yearly output.
纯净近义词
人手不足已使我们厂的年产量减少。
The boy shrank into a corner when the bully threatened to beat him.
恶棍威胁说要揍那男孩，男孩便退缩到一个角落里。
She shrinks from meeting strangers. 她怕见生人。
Part Two Phras and ntences
P50
1. say hello to sb 向某人打招呼say good-bye to sb 跟某人说再见say sorry to sb 向某人道歉say Yes / No to sb 同意/ 反对某人
2. I’m writing this article to give you a quick preview of what to expect from university life either in China or abroad. 我写这篇文章是为了让你们迅速预知可以期待从大学生活中得到什么，无论是在中国还是在国外。
*give sb a preview of sth 使某人提前了解某事
At the start of the term, the teacher gave a preview of what the students would study in the following term.
* review 复习（go over），评论，回顾
3. I had to decide which university to apply to and what cour to study, and then I needed to get a passport and visa to study abroad.
我必须决定申请哪所学习，学习什么专业，然后我需要为店铺办理护照和签证。4. look through numerous brochures and college catalogues浏览了大量的
宣传册和学校课程目录
*look through 翻阅，浏览，审阅
I’ve looked through all the papers, but I still can’t find the one I needed.
5. decide on / upon 选定，确定
She decided on Nanjing University after a careful consideration.
经过仔细考虑后，她决定上南大。
Have you decided on a date for your wedding? 你选定婚期了吗？
(P59, Para.4) IT is a science cour, and of cour, students who decide upon
IT need to be interested in computers and be good at problem-solving.
信息技术是一门理科，当然，选修这门课程的学生必须喜欢电脑，并且擅
长解决问题。
6. Moving to Canada meant making some big adjustment to my life.古代结婚流程
意味着对我的生活作一些大的调整。
*mean doing sth意味着
Missing this train meant our waiting for another hour.
错过这班车就意味着再等一个小时。
*mean to do 想要做某事= want to do / would like to do / intend to do
*had meant / intended to do = meant / intended to have done 本打算做某事
*What do you mean by saying so?你这么说是什么意思？
*by no means绝不by all means 当然可以(of cour)
*All means have/Every means has been tried. 所有的/每个方法都试过了。一步一步教你学化妆
7. leave their nest at some point在一定的时候离开家
*nest 巢，穴，窝build a comfortable nest lay eggs in the nest
8. some people cannot handle being away from home
有些人无法应付背井离乡的生活
*handle = deal with = cope with = do with = approach = address 处理，应对
* handle a problem / a plane / a person 处理/ 操纵/ 对付
怎么群发信息9. t up e-mail address建立了电子邮箱
10. I did not write to my family as often as I should have.
我本应该经常写信回家却没有做到。
11. feel a bit like a lost son returning有一点浪子回家的感觉
12. believe it or not信不信由你（插入语，动词形式不变）
Believe it or not, Tom got the first prize in the competition.
P51
13. do the / my laundry洗衣服
14. avoid shrinking my clothes避免衣服缩水
A bad harvest caud the farmers’ income to shrink.
收成不好使农民收入减少了。汤显祖代表作
15. live on one’s own = live alone = live by onelf 独自生活
*have a room of one’s own拥有某人自己的房间=have one’s own room
画笔的英文*own sth 拥有*owing to 因为
*owe sb sth = owe sth to sb 欠owe me an apology
16. learn to control the amount of money 学会如何控制开销
17. put some of your money away each week to make it last
每星期存一些钱已维持开支
18. on the first day of term开学第一天
19. be partly furnished只有部分家具un. furniture 家具a piece of ~
*furnish vt. 布置，装修；提高；
Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.
许多经营者都想用古董装饰他们的酒店。
They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.
他们将可向你提供其余的细节。
20. introduce me to baball介绍我打棒球
21. be not very good with a bat or a baball glove并不擅长打棒球
22. My advice to you is to prepare and think ahead so that you can have an
easier time in making the change from home to university.我给你的建议是
提前准备和思考，这样你就会更容易完成从家到大学的转变。
