大学英语综合教程教案Book 1 Unit 1

Book One Unit One

New Words and Expressions in Text A:

1.off and on (or on and off): from time to time; sometimes; now and again; irregularly断断续

续地；有时

---It has been raining on and off for a week. That’s why the clothes feel damp (潮湿的).

---As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze(瞌睡, 假寐) off and on in a bedside chair.

2.possibility: n. 1) (u) 可能（性）state of being possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. followed

by that-clause or of)

---Is there any/much possibility of life on Mars?

---I admit the possibility of your being right. (承认你可能是对的

2) (c) sth. that is possible (usu. followed by that- clause or of) 可能的事；可

能发生的事

---They haven’t arrived. There is a possibility that they have taken the wrong road.

---I see great possibilities of success in this scheme (plan).

3.take hold:become established生根，确立

---The idea of one child only has taken hold in many Chinese families.

---Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold.

-→take hold of :抓住; 吸引住

---The boy took hold of the ladder, and began to climb.

---The music took hold of her slowly.

4.bore: I) vt. (+sb.) make (sb.) become tired and lose interest 使（人）厌烦

---The speaker went on and on, and the audience grew bored by his speech.

---Tom Sawyer grew bored with painting the garden fence, so he thought of a way to make others paint for him.

✓bore sb. to death/tears: bore sb. intensely 烦死了某人

II) n.(c ) person or thing that bores 令人生厌的人或事物

》》》》boring: a.

》》》》bored: a. ---be bored with/ by (不能接at)

》》》》boredom: n. (u) state of being bored

5.associate: 1) vt. (+A with B) join or connect together; connect or bring in the mind 使联系起

来；联想

---We associate Egypt with pyramids.

---I can’t associate this gentle young woman with the radical political essays she has written.

✓be associated with

2) vi. (+with sb.) be often in the company of 与…常在一起；结交；与…为友---Don’t associate with dishonest boys.

6.assignment: n. (u.) assigning 分配

( c.) a piece of work that is given to a particular person (分配的）工作，任务，作业

(注：assign在“9.”)

7.turn out: 1) (+sth./sb.) produce编写; 生产, 制造; 造就

---New computers are soon outdated since newer models are turned out constantly.

---American film studios turn out hundreds of films every year.

---The school has turned out some first-rate scholars. (该校已造就出多位一流的学者)

2) (+a., ad., to be, that-clause) prove to be; be in the end 证明是，结果是

---The day turned out wet/fine. 那天竟然下雨了/那天天气好。

---It turns out that this method does not work well.

3) (不及物)assemble for some event, or for duty (人群）出来（参加某活动）；为

某事件或职责而集合；出动

---Everybody turned out to watch the procession.

---The whole town turned out to welcome the soccer star.

4) (及物)extinguish by turning a tap, switch, etc. 关掉（电灯或煤气）

---turn out the light/gas

5) (及物)empty (a drawer, one’s pockets, a room, when looking for sth., when leaning sth. 把里面的东西都拿出来/倒出来

---turn out the desk/drawers/pockets

6) (及物,常用被动) (of a person, equipment, etc) dressed, equipped, 打扮，穿着---She always turns her children out well.

---She is always well/beautifully turned out.

---a well-turned out young man穿着良好的年轻人

8.agony▲: n. (u., c.) very great pain or suffering of mind or body（身心的）极度痛苦

---She was in agony/agonies at her child’s sufferings她因为孩子

受苦而痛苦

---I’ve suffered agonies/ have been in agonies with toothache.

我受到牙痛之苦。

---He was in an agony of sadness.他处于悲伤的痛苦中。

9.assign: vt. 1)（+sth. to sb.）give as a share or duty; give for use or enjoyment, or as a share or

part in a distribution, eg. of work, duty: 分配，分派(工作、任务等给某人); 交给

---assign this problem/work/task to a commission

---Those rooms have been assigned to us.

2) (+sth.; +sb. sth.) 布置作业

---The teacher assigned the next tem problems for homework.

---He assigned the students a few books to read.

3)（+sb. to sth./to do sth.）appoint; name指派；选派

---I assigned you to wash the plates.

---Two pupils were assigned to sweep the classroom.

4) (+sth.) 指定

---Let’s assign a day for the next meeting.

（注：assignment在“6.”）

10.anticipate: vt. (+sth./gerund/that-clause) expect 预期，期望

(“Expect” is the more used word. “expect”更常用)

---The police had anticipated trouble from the soccer fans and were at the ground (此处指at the soccer ground) in large numbers.

---They anticipate that deaths from AIDS will have doubled by 2002.

---We anticipate running into problems in carrying out the medical welfare reform.

11.tedious: a.boring and lasting for a long time乏味的，冗长的, 沉闷的