新編實用英語1Unit2

1、LISTENING COMPREHENSIONLISTENING COMPREHENSIONWords to Know Short Conversations Situational Dialogues Passage Listening Situational Dialogues1. Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the missing words with the exact words you hear on the tape. There are some _ in replying to compliments betwe

2、en Chinese and American: Americans tend to_ the compliment while Chinese generally _ some reply about not being _ of the praise. Here a few more words might be said about this difference. Consider the following example: A young Chinese woman in the U.S. was complimented for the_ dress that she was w

3、earing. “Its exquisite. The _ are so beautiful!” She was _ but somewhat embarrassed. In typical Chinese _, she replied, “Oh, it s just an ordinary dress that I bought in China.”In this case, the words of the Chinese _ a message quite different from what was intended. In the case of the Chinese woman

4、, the reply could have meant that the one _ the compliment did not _ what a really good dress is; otherwise, how could she get so _ about an ordinary dress? The _ was that the American woman s taste in clothing was _. So, the person had poor judgment. Quite a _ between intention andmessage!Passage L

5、isteningNew words and ExpressionsSituational DialoguesSituational DialoguesSituational DialoguesUseful Sentences and Expressions(2) Some Words and Expressions Relatedmature dynamichonestexcellent abilityability plus flexibilitya stable personalityhigh sense of responsibilitybrightaggressiveambitious

6、initiativeindependentenergeticfashion-mindedstrong determinationstrongreliableexcellentefficientpositiveactiveelegantText A 4. In addition, your vocabulary also determines the shape and size of your world. 此外，你的詞匯量也決定了你的世界的樣子和大小in addition 此外，另外eg. En, in addition, you should prepare a product-repor

7、t. Can you finish the report by Friday? 恩。另外，你還得準備一篇產(chǎn)品報告。星期五之前你能寫完那篇報告嗎？ 5. And the best thing about vocabulary is that unlike your height or the shape of your face, its something you can easily control and improve.不像你的身高或是臉型，對于詞匯最好的事就是你能夠很容易地控制和改善它。unlike 和和不同不同eg. Unlike those wealthy people from

8、the upper class, she is patriotic. 不像那些來自上流社會的有錢人，她知道愛國。 core /k:/ n.磁心;果心;要點eliminate /ilimineit / vt. 消除，排除reseller /ri:sel / n. 長途業(yè)務(wù)分銷商；markup /m:kp / n. 漲價,利潤classify /klsifai / vt. 分類；分等upgrade /pgreid / vt. 提升;使升級add-on n. 一種硬件設(shè)備（用于加在計算機上以擴 展其功能）；追加stuffy /stfi / adj. 悶熱的；不通氣的；古板的incorporate /ink:preit / vt.體現(xiàn);把合并screwdriver /skru:draiv / n. 螺絲起子potential/ptenl/ adj. 可能的；潛在的convince