UNIT 3 House
WORDS
pen-pal 笔友
telented 才华=gifted
has-been 过气的,过时的
get tanned 把皮肤晒黑
love triangle 三角恋爱
loyal 忠诚
biology n. biological adj. biological mother 亲生母亲
income 包括所有的收入(工资,炒股等)
wage 兼职的日薪,周薪
salary 月薪
keep quiet 保持安静
quiet adj. 安静的
talkative adj. 爱说话的,多嘴的,滔滔不绝的
keep sth. Quiet 保密
can‘t afford sth. 买不起,支付不起
can‘t afford the time to do sth. 抽不出时间做…事。
Affordable adj. 买的起的
Look flat 看上去很累
Jokes for flat 不好笑的笑话
Reason with sb. 和…人讲道理
Go downstairs 下楼 go upstairs 上楼
Black-sheep 败家子
Raise the child / my son 养大… = bring up
Never lifts / raises a finger 一个手指头都不动, 形容懒惰
Raise your eyebrows 大吃一惊 (挑眉毛)
Raise one‘s hand to sb. 动手打……人
Teacher can‘t raises her hand to students. 老师不能动手打人。
From dawn to dust 从早到晚
At the break of
At dawn 拂晓时 adv
Be curious of/about sb. 对…人好奇
Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心能杀死一只猫。
On condition that =if 在…条件下
On what condition can I go out?什么条件下我才能出去?
It‘s worth the effort 值得努力
Well- decorated 装修的很好的
Environmentally-friendly 对环境无害的
Be to one‘s taste = be what you like 符合…的胃口, 表示喜欢。
Have awful / poor / good taste in… 糟糕的…,好的…
Be proud of = take pride in 自豪,为…自豪
Discuss / describe sth. In (great )detail 非常详细的。
Cause n. 起因 reason n. 原因
Material girl / boy 物质女郎/拜金女郎
In that event 在那情况下,发生了。
In any event = at all events 在任何情况下
Hit the nail on the head 一针见血, 说话中肯, nail 钉子
Go/come under the hammer 拍卖,一锤定音
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Rent sth. Out 租出去
Have sth. For rent 有…要出租
Has an excellent view of / about sth. 能看到…的美景
Come out/over to visit 过来看望/看看/看过。
Have sb do sht. 让…人做…事… have you fill out a few papers. 让你填几张纸
In what way 在哪方面
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Used to 过去做什么。
Use sth. As 把…作用…
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Not long ago 在不久之前
Do a great deal 做了很多事
A couple of 几个
A couple 一对夫妇/夫妻
The way you want to live 你想要的生活方式
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What do you think doing? 后面应该是do+ing
PASSAGE
Consist of …构成, 只有主动语态 consisting of
Lead to 通向
As adj. / adv./ adj+n. as possible 尽可能…。
With sb./sth. Doing 主动关系
With sb./sth done 被动关系
Learn from 学到
Get ideas from 得到…的点子。