Unit 15 Learning
1. arrow n./ v.
an arrow (箭头，箭号，箭)
arrow toward the airport
arrow one’s way飞速前进
2. oxygen / carbon dioxide / air / atmosphere
3. tick
Tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each question.
4. ox /oxen / cattle/ cow / bull
5. spell / spelling
6. backwards / forwards
He looked backwards over his shoulder.
7. correct /correction
a correct answer
correct your pronunciation
look carefully at the correction(s)
傻怎么读※connect with
初级日语
in connection with
make connections with
8. simple / complex
a simple question/ heart
simplify vt.
themarine
Simplify a word by breaking it up into parts. simplified
a simplified version of the story
simplification
9. break up
Sentences can be broken up into claus. (分解；分割) The ship broke up on the rocks. (粉碎)
The meeting broke up at 7. (结束)
Their marriage is breaking up. (解散，分手)
Police were called in to break up the meeting. (驱散) break down 崩溃；故障；垮掉
break out
break into
break in
break through突破；冲破；克服
Lesson One
1. qualify使具有资格，使合格；有资格，胜任
This training cour will qualify you for a better job.
qualified有资格的，胜任的，合格的
a qualified teacher/accountant
qualification资格(证书)，执照
2. cure
1. 安全的，无危险的[(+from/against)]
Now my hou is cure against burglary.
现在我的房子无被盗窃之危险。
2. 安心的，无忧虑的[(+about)]
You have made me feel cure.
你使我觉得放心。
3. 有把握的，确定无疑的[(+of)]
Our success is cure.
我们的成功是有把握的。
curity
public curity公安部
curity guard 保安人员
3.frankly speaking=to be frank
honestly speaking=to be honest
strictly speaking
exactly speaking=to be exact
personally speaking
4.lay off解雇；下岗；不理会；停止活动
lay off workers
bazi
laid-off workers
lay off fatty food
He has decided to lay off smoking.
5.blank n. / adj.
Sign your name in the blank space below.
Fill in the blanks with the following words.
Suddenly my mind went completely blank.
My mind was a complete blank.
blank cheque
go mad
go hungry
go blind
go wrong
6. swell (swelled, swollen)
Her arm was beginning to swell up when the bee had stung her.
Her heart swelled with pride as she knew her son was admitted into Beijing University.
7. suspect v./ n./ adj.
s uspect sb’s motives
suspect the truth of the statement
I strongly suspect that they are trying to get rid of me.软件培训
I suspected Tom to be a liar, for what he said was not true.
The police suspected him of giving fal evidence.
8. lump
a lump of / two lumps
9. throat
have a sore throat / in the throat
10. status地位，身份[C][U]; 情形，状况，状态[C]
Women have very little status in many countries.
ek status
the status of the job market at the moment
11. chief主要的，首席的，总的
chief editor
Smoking is one of the chief caus of lung cancer.
12. say / saying
‘More haste匆忙, less speed,’ as the saying goes.欲速则不达。
13. postage U邮费邮资
airmail / surface air an airmail letter
The postage for airmail is 50 cents.
一封航空信的邮资是五十美分。
Surface mail takes longer than airmail.
14. ur使用者、用户
15. instruct
aan
I’ve instructed them to keep the room locked.
I’ve instructed them on how to drive cars.
My job is to instruct her in English.
instructor教员；教练；指导者
instruction
In this cour students receive instruction in basic engineering.
( U传授)
Follow the instructions on the packet carefully
abloy
（pl. 用法说明，操作指南; 指示）instructive有教育意义的；有启发性的The lecture was instructive and interesting.
16. aside from=apart from
Aside from his no, he’s quite good-looking.
Apart from the injuries to his face, he broke both legs.
17. bury
The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapd. She buried her face in her hands and wept.
Working as a shop assistant buried his musical talent. bury onelf in
He buries himlf in books.
buried treasure
18. alphabet
The English alphabet has 26 letters.
19. distinguish
distinguish between A and B
distinguish from A and B
20. H ere’s what they have to
Here comes the bus.
There goes the bell.
Now comes your turn.
(here, there, now, then, in, up, away, out, off, ) The boy came in.
In came the boy.
In he came.
The boy rushed out.
Out rushed the boy.
Out they rushed.
21. people of various ages and backgrounds
22. It’s never too late to learn
It’s never too late to mend
It’s never too late to stop smoking.
23. fail (in) the exam
fail to pass the exam
24. graduate from Beijing University
graduate in Civil Engineering
25. by distance learning
Can you jump that high?
She had changed that much
26. I felt as if I had done sth. wrong.
It looks as if it is going to rain.
He talks about America as if he had been there before. She treats him as if he were her own son.
Tom raid his hands as if (he was) to say sth.
27. t up
t up a statue/tent
The government has t up a working party to look into the problem of drug abu.
A fund will be t up for the dead men’s families.
t up a new record
t offcomputer browr
He t off for his remote farmhou.
t off the alarm/ a bomb
t off an event/ a chain reaction
t aside (some money)
t about doing=get down to doing
t out to do
rsa28. I think that getting laid off will prove to be the best thing that ever happened to me. Can you prove it to me?
p rove sb’s guilt/that sb is guilty
The task proved to be more difficult than we had thought. (turn out to be)
29.You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
机电维修Love me, love my dog.
Let sleeping dog lie.别多事
Every dog has its day.风水轮流转
30. go up
The price of petrol is going up
New office blocks are going up everywhere.被兴建
31. I decided that it was time (that) I became an Internet ur.
It is time (that) you went to bed.
It is high time (that) the students t off for the camp.
It is time for sb. to do
It is time for the students to t off for the camp.
It is time for class.
32. at a speed of
33. I really enjoyed the speed at which my messages get nt and answered.
get laid off
get promoted
get bored
get married
get changed
get charged
get caught in the rain
get stuck in traffic jams
get lost
get parated
34. in person = in the flesh
