自考英语2课件Unit4TextA

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• complain (that)
– She complained that no one had been at the airport to meet her.
• complain about
– Employees complained bitterly about working conditions.
– privilege of
• the privilege of a good education
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look forward to something
• to be excited and pleased about something that is going to happen:
– I'm really looking forward to our vacation.
– We're both blessed with good health.
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Subsistence
• subsistence farming/agriculture • farming that produces just enough food for the farmer to live
on, but does not produce enough food to sell to other people
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Cash
• Cash was taken during a burglary of the apartment.
• in cash
– The traffic police will accept fines in cash immediately.
– The shop charges less if the customer pays in cash.
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• Dairy farm
– a farm that has cows and produces and sells milk
• dairy products: milk, butter, cheese etc
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Complain
• complain to
– Neighbours complained to the police about the dogs barking.
• The implication took a while to sink in.
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Privilege
• a special advantage that is given only to one person or group of people:
– He had no special privileges and was treated just like every other prisoner.
• look forward to doing something
– My mother says she's looking forward to meeting you.
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start out as
• to begin happening or existing in a particular way, especially when this changes later
• --complaint • statement in which someone complains about something:
– The sales assistants are trained to deal with customer complaints in a friendly manner.
• Work is a blessing. • 广告,到底是福还是祸呢?
– Advertising--- is it a curse or a blessing?
• --bless • be blessed with something • to have a special ability, good quality etc:
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Sugar cane
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Corn
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hog
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Bring in
• to earn a particular amount or produce a particular amount of profit:
– The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000.
• if information, facts etc sink in, you gradually understand them or realize their full meaning:
– He paused a moment for his words to sink in. – My explanation took a long time to sink in. – 其中的含意要花点时间才能完全领会。
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eke out
• eke out a living/existence • to manage to live with very little money or
food:
– They eke out a miserable existence in cardboard shacks.
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Sink in
Unit 4
The Joy of Work
Text A
Work Is a Blessing
Blessing
• The dishwasher has been a real blessing! • it is a blessing (that)
– It's a blessing no-one was badly hurt.
– subsistence farm
• --subsist • to stay alive when you only have small amounts of food or
money [= survive]
– subsist on – We had to subsist on bread and water. – Old people often have to subsist on very low incomes.
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