
CHAPTER 5: Yours Second Life
Reading skill: Understanding Text Organization--Process
CHAPTER 6: Virtual Reality: A Powerful Tool
Reading skill: Preparing a Graphic Organization or Outline to Study Form
1. sparrow /sp'ɛro/
I can see a sparrow two hundred paces away .
兩百步以外的麻雀我都看得見。
2. masculine /m'æskjələn/
He looked at her with masculine approval .他以一種男子氣概欣賞地看著她。
Isn't that the abbreviation for manuscript ?
這不是手稿一詞的縮寫嗎?
4. tournament /t'ʊrnəmənt/
Many chess tournaments are held every year .
每年都要舉行多次國際象棋比賽。
5. handicraft /h'ændikr,æft/
Traditional handicraft techniques are being steadily improved .
傳統的手工藝技術不斷革新。
6. solemn /s'ɑləm/
(a.)
嚴肅的,鄭重的,莊嚴的
Man and wife entered into a solemn compact .
夫妻二人訂了一個莊嚴的契約。
7. moisture /m'ɔɪstʃɚ/
The soil moisture in the fields was evaporated .
田里的水分散失了。
8. bait /b'et/
餌 (vt.)以餌引誘,欺負 (vi.)中途休息
Birdsong was baiting you, wasn't he ?
伯德桑想引你上鉤,是吧?
9. pamphlet /p'æmflət/
小冊子
I read some pamphlets on anarchy .
我讀了一些關于無政府主義的小冊子。
10. pail /p'el/
桶,提桶,一桶的量
The water drained out of the hole in the pail .
水從桶的孔裡流出來。
11. abdomen /æbd'omən/
腹部
The abdomen is diffusely tender .
腹部有廣泛壓痛。
12. parlor /p'ɑrlɚ/
客廳,起居室,休息室,營業室
Mother told us to spruce the parlor for christmas .
媽媽要我們把客廳收拾整潔過聖誕節
13. mayonnaise /m'eən,ez/
蛋黃醬
14. transmit /trænzm'ɪt/
The oral message was incorrectly transmitted .
口信傳達錯了。
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16. ethical /'ɛθəkəl/
(a.)
倫理的,民族的,民族特有的
His behavior has not been strictly ethical .
他的行為不太道德。
17. orchestra /'ɔrkəstrə/
The orchestra played the national anthem again .
樂隊又奏起了國歌。
18. shaver /ʃ'evɚ/
Electric shavers are all right when you're in a hurry, but there's nothing like a razor for a good close shave .
電動刮臉刀忙的時候用還不錯,若是打算刮得乾凈,怎麼也不如普通刮臉刀好。
19. escalate /'ɛskəl,et/
(vi.)
逐步擴大,逐步升高,逐步增強 (vt.)使逐步上升
It would tempt israel's neighbors to escalate their demands .
它將誘使以色列的鄰國不斷把他們的要求升級。
20. rhetoric /r'ɛtɚɪk/
The rhetoric usually has little relation to reality .
這種辯解往往與現實不相符合。
21. dosage /d'osədʒ/
Very high dosages will cause necrotic lesions on both sides of the leaf .
高劑量將使葉子兩面壞死皺縮。
22. novice /n'ɑvəs/
She realized that she was a novice .
她知道自己初出茅廬。
23. maple /m'epəl/
Now the maple leaves are tinged with autumn red .現在楓葉微帶秋天的紅色。
(vi.)
遵守,忍受,居留,堅持(vt.)忍受
You have to abide by the referee's decision .
你必須遵從裁判員的決定。
25. oblige əbl'ɑɪdʒ/
(vt.)
迫使,責成;以誓言束縛;施惠,答應要求而作;使感激
We are much obliged to you for your help .
非常感謝您對我們的幫助。
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