高中英语必修I unit 2 词汇

============words and expressions of Unit 2=========1.sub-way n.1):Excuse me. How much does it cost for a subway ticket?2):Moscow is a fascinating city, And you've got to admit that any city that has musicians like this playing in the subway is amazing.3):The next day my girlfriend took the subway and there were two booklets lying on a seat.2.elevator n.1):You know how uncomfortable it is to be in a crowded elevator?2):I thought to myself that if I ever got out of the elevator, I would definitely take a day or two off and have some fun.3):Finally, with a room key in hand, I ran upstairs, collected my luggage, and managed to get my things into a crowded elevator.3.petrol n.=gasoline in American English.1):With a litre(升) of unleaded（无铅的） petrol at £1.08 a litre, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe.2）：Having your own car may be very convenient, but it comes at a greater price than what you pay for petrol.3）：We sometimes refer to electricity, gas or petrol as if they were the actual sources of power.3.official adj.&n. office n. officer n.1):A spokesman said the matter was part of the couple's private life and there would be no official statement.2）：For her to do that, she would have to ask her sons to sign an official declaration saying they are not supporting their parents.3):post office,police officer4.voyage n.&vi.1):Perhaps Hawthorne would have benefited as a writer if he had accepted an offeronce made to him to join in a voyage to the South Seas.2):Life is often compared to a voyage.5.conquer vt.1):There’s nothing you can do as well without Christ as you can with him. Any struggle you’re facing will be easier to conquer with his help.2):Alexander had a story that his mother used to tell him, and he went out to conquer the world.3):Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.6:because because of1):Les Dawson once said he knew when his mother-in-law was coming round – because the mice threw themselves on to the traps.2):And she grew up to be a beautiful flower and this corner of the desert became so beautiful because of her.7：native adj.&n.1):"I was hated in China and don’t want to be hated by people here," Ms Feng said to The New York Post in her native Chinese.2):Girard left his native France in 1947 at the age of 24, but has since made the US his home.3):Talbott, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, met his wife through his Yale roommate, Shearer’s brother Derek.4）：Tens of thousands of people have been forced to abandon their homes and native villages since the war broke out.5):He speaks English so fluently as if he were a native speaker.e up it comes to me that... come up to sb/sthcome up against sb/sth come up for sthcome up with an ideacome out come over come from come backcome at come after come before sb come forward9.apartment n. American English1):From now on, he would live and work from a modest rented apartment in Innsbruck, he said.2):"It was just like an earthquake," he told China Daily, adding there was no visual(视觉的,观看的;视力的) damage in his apartment.10.AD=Anno Domini 拉丁文，anno是anni或year年代的意思，domini是domi或是lord主的意思，所以拉丁文anno domini就是the year of the Lord主(耶稣)的世代。

因为公认耶稣降生为元年，所以AD就是公元后BC=Before Christ公元前:Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus.大英百科全书说起源于古英文，“Cristes Maesse".这个Cristes在拉丁文叫Christus,在希腊文叫Christos,原是希腊文意译的希伯莱文Messiah，意思是指“那被指派的”。

-us是拉丁文阳性词尾，-os是希腊文阳性词尾，所以到现代英文不分阴阳了。

就直接叫Christ。

10：base vt.&n. base sth on ... =sth is base on ...(passive voice)1):and there is no way of knowing anymore whether the information on which we base our own information for distribution is true or false .11.at present1):The war is so worrying at present, with court cases coming up in one state after another, that I felt I had to say something about it.2):We thank you for your offer, but we regret that it does not at present interest us.12:gradual adj. gradually adv.1):There has been a gradual rise in our sales over the last two years.2):By 1940, Pepsi’s image was looking very close to that of Coke, which had also been gradually changing since around 1900.13.Danish n.&adj.1):It was an ordinary church tower, a familiar sight above the red tile (瓦)roofs of every Danish village.2）：It happened in one of those colorful Danish inns（小客栈）which offer service specially for tourists and where English is spoken.14.en-rich vt. en-danger vt.：enlarge（使……扩大) enable （使……能够）， ensure（保证，使……安全），encourage（使……有勇气，鼓励）1):Working for a while would enrich students' experience and increased their ability in a college before entering a college.2):Please click into anyone of the images to enlarge to see more.3):We are trying to enlarge our habitat.wide-widen,strenth-strenthen -en1)：Let's seize this moment — to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more.2）：Authorities in different countries are reluctant to strengthen regulation as if the crisis never happened.15.vocubulary n.1):She has a large English vocabulary at command.2):A child's vocabulary expands through reading.16.make use of make good/full use of sthpassive voice:sth is made good use ofGood use is made of sth.1):So I thought it would be a good place for me to make use of the experience I have had.2):Good use of water in our world must be made ,which is being polluted.17.spell vt. spell-ing n.1):Americans are worse at spelling than Britons, with more than half unable to spell "embarrassed", "liaison"(联系，联络) and "millennium(一千年)".tter---former adj.1):The answer was that the latter was more than ten times the former.2):It is only the latter with which the general theory of errors is concerned.3):The situation has somewhat improved as the material prices and supply began to stabilize during the latter part of the year.19.identity n. ID1)："I’m someone without a strong national identity, and I feel more multicultural that way, and that’s what the school feels like."2）:As for the identity of the 75 guests, Prince Robert kept it a secret to the last.20.fluent sdj. fluently adv.1)：I have been a sailor for five years and I can speak fluent English, French, Spanish, some Japanese, and a little German.2):Jones grew up in Paris and is fluent in French. As a young officer in the 1980s he was the Marine Corps' liaison to the U.S. Senate(美国参议院).3）：He turned out to be a personable and fluent East Indian.4）：I also hoped that, speaking Russian fluently as he did, he might become an important link with the Soviet High Command.5）：We feel very happy to see you read it that fluently, anyway, better to slow down a little bit!21.Singpore ,Malaysia n.1):The report found that the most common destinations for older travellers are Australia, New Zealand, America, Singapore and Spain.2)：Malaysia, which on the 31 Aug celebrates 50 years of independence, is one of the most successful former UK colonies.22.such as ,for example,1):In reality, most of the poor in capitalistic countries (资本主义国家)such as the United States are not in such a state.2):For example, in Britain or America it is not polite to ask people how much money they make in their jobs.e n.---usage n. use vt.1):Sandy is often confused about proper English usage.2)：The new usage of the word has come from America, and is now found in British contexts.mand n.&vt. command sb to do sthcommand that one should do or sth be done1):Petraeus had been appointed commander of U.S. Central Command, which had ultimate authority over Afghanistan.2):Command tabs change automatically, depending upon the task that you are trying to complete.名词性从句中的虚拟语气1.request/command/order/advise/suggest/insist that...（subjunctive mood）2.It is necessary/important that ...3.insist/suggest that...（陈述语气）4. 陈述语气祈使语气虚拟语气（语气mood)25.dialect n.1):People from Shanghai are easy to understand Suzhou dialect, for Shanghai and Suzhou dialect have much in common.2):The dialect in one town may he quite different from that of the next town.3):She speaks a dialect of Chinese that I find very hard to understand.26. express vt. expressions n.1):He looked at me with a very strange expression.27.south -southern southeast-southeasternnorth-northern northwest-northwesterneast-eastern southwest-westernwest-western northeast-northeasternn.&adv. adj. n.&adv. adj.midwestern adj.28.Spanish n.&adj.1):The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French- Spanish border.2):You are fortunate to be able to speak even a little Spanish at all.29:play a part/role in...play an important part/role1):"Experimentation and failure also play a role in developing products that are unexpected, useful and entirely new," he said.2):And Microsoft wants to play a role here to be a participant and work with partners to see how our software fits in these solutions.30.recognize vt.1):We must recognize the important contribution of widows, and we must ensure that they enjoy the rights and social protections they deserve.2):A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them.31.lorry(B.E) -----truck(A.E)1):When the state agents arrived, they found a truck trying to leave the area —with 5,000 gallons of crude oil in the back.32.accent n.1):"The French accent is nowhere near as popular as it used to be," he said.2):His accent is not easy to understand.33.lightning n.1):In the dark it was like summer lightning, but the nights were cool and there was not the feeling of a storm coming.2):When bolts of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, followed by rumbles(闷雷的隆隆声) of thunder, thunderstorms are said to have occurred.34.straight adj.&adv.1):It has rained for a week straight.2):She began to put the house straight, making beds and washing dishes, cleaning and tidying.3):It has a straight line, and there is an infinite number of lines that go through the point and never meet the original line.35.block n&vt.1):And they are actually trying to block, in a certain sense, this movement.2):"Abviously,it's a good block ,it's not a foul,I think."Jeff Vangandy said in the NBA finals.36.cab n.1):Over the next hour, I received more texts: She was having trouble hailing a cab; she found a cab; the cab was stuck in traffic.。