Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies
mutilate ['mju:tɪleɪt]
v. 使残缺不全
He was mutilated in a queenscar accident and lost one arm.
The painting has been mutilated by a boy.
maim
One man has lost his life; another has been maimed.
paralyze
The accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
cripple
disable
the disabled
the handicapped
the physically challenged
the mentally challenged
the horizontally challenged
the vertically challenged
chew [tʃu:]
v. 咀嚼
(A) He spilled it on the table.
(B) You have an aspirin, don't you?
(C) advantageousYou can sit on the pillow.
(D) Swallow wofthis tablet.
Here, take this pill, and don’t chew it.
Answer: (D) Swallow this tablet.
bite
bite off more than one can chew
swallow gobble devour
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of
the cake.
nibble
Eagles catch snakes that gobble toads that swallow incts that nibble green leaves.
fiancé [fɪ'ɑ:nɪ]
n. 未婚夫
fiancé fiancée
husband-to-be bride-to-be
groom / bridegroom bride
bridesmaid maid of honor
groomsman best man
newlyweds happy couple
Armed with the right tools and五月英语 materials, newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their
own homes.
oven ['ʌvn]
n. 炉灶
crowave oven Michael Owen
Stove gas jewelcooker
Fireplace furnace
spokeswoman上海华师大二附中
['spəuksˌwumən]
n. 女发言人 spokeswoman spokesman spokesperson chairman chairwoman chairperson
(A) He thought Dr. Jeffries would get the job.
(B) He's not sure Dr. Jeffries will be a good chairperson.
(C) He doesn't know Dr. Jeffries very well.
(D) He thought it took too long to make the decision.
W: The dean just announced that Dr. Jeffries is going to take over as Chairperson of the English
Dept.
M: I knew it all along. He was the obvious choice.
What does the man mean?
Answer: (A) He thought Dr. Jeffries would get the job.
dead presidents
happen to do
sth. happen to sb. come up
Has lastnightit ever come sunshine是什么意思up to you?
sth. occur to sb.
A car accident happened to him.
A good idea occurred to me.
remember / recall / recollect sth.
remind sb. of sth.
We can perhaps forgive tho who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass
if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for
producing not truth but illusion, untruth; and if rice什么意思a single curved glass would distort nature, how
much more would a pair of them?
She中秋快乐的英文 could no longer recollect the details of the letter.
As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy
it.
bank note / banknote / note
bill
a fake / counterfeit $20 bill
Bill / William
Bill Clinton
Bill Gates
coin
change
