1.4 相当于一个名词短语

下面的名词加“v-ing”表示一个概念，相当于一个名词短语。

1. He died of lead-poisoning. 他死于铅中毒。

2. food poisoning. 食物中毒。

3. His father was a composer of some ability, and the author of a well-known book on

violin-playing.

他爸爸是一位有才华的作曲家，写了一本关于小提琴演奏的书，这本书很出名。

4. video playing. 视频播放。

5. English learning. 英语学习。

6. a fire warning system. 火警系统。

7. Godfrey was unexpectedly awed by the Weaver’s direct truth-speaking.

戈弗雷出乎意料地敬畏韦弗直接说出实情。

8. Dad was always telling me about the dying art of letter-writing.

爸爸经常给我讲写信这门正在消失的艺术。

9. price-cutting. 减价。

10. grass-cutting, fence-building, tree-felling. 割草、建篱笆墙、砍树。

11. a system of price fixing. 定价机制。

12. Childbearing and family relationships do dual duty: They bring us joy, and they

also push us to grow and develop.

养育儿女和家庭关系具有双重意义：不仅给我们带来欢乐，也促使我们成长和发展。

词 汇 积 累

1. digression n 题外话,离题,偏离

a. a digression, a kind of excursus in main outline. 主要提纲里的一些题外话。

b. These are very skillful digressions that will foreshadow something that’s going to

come up later in the same sermon.

这是一些很有技巧的题外话，将为本次布道后面要说的内容埋下伏笔。

c. a foreshadowing . 伏笔。

d. I would like a little digression about the images themselves.

转移一下话题，谈谈这些图像本身。

2. dilemma n 困境；进退两难

a. put somebody in a dilemma. 使某人陷入困境。

b. moral dilemma. 道德两难困境

3. dimension n 维度; 方面

a. vertical dimension/ vertical ordinate/ longitudinal coordinates. 纵坐标。

b. horizontal dimension/ horizontal coordinate . 横坐标。

c. global dimension. [数] 整体维数。

4. dip n 下降

double dip. 二次探底。

5. direction n 方向

a. Could you help me with the direction? 你能告诉我方向么？

b. four directions. 四方

c. Now we look at this from the other direction. 现在我们换个方向看。

d. move in the right direction. 朝着正确的方向前进。

e. point in that direction. 指向那个方向。

f. the direction of the company. 公司的发展方向。

g. This is an important step in the right direction. 这是正确方向上的正确一步