Unit 2  Say yes

alcohol    n. 酒；酒精

alcoholic adj. 含酒精的

non-alcoholic  adj.无酒精的

appreciate

n.appreciation

adj.appreciative

concern   

n. 关心，忧患   out of concern   出于关心

v.  关心，涉及   concern about  

This story concerns three soldiers.

Health Concern   健康问题

congratulate  v. 祝贺

congratulate sb. on sth.  就……向某人表示祝贺   

congratulate oneself   感到自豪

congratulation   n. 祝贺

offer/send congratulation to sb.  向某人致以祝贺

considerate   adj.体贴的

eg. Considerable use should be made of these data.

     要充分利用这些数据。

demonstrate 

1. to show clearly   阐明

2. protest                抗议

3. display         eg. She wants to demonstrate her indifference.

dab   v.轻拍；轻拭

dab at... with sth.

dab sth. on/onto sp.

eg.  She dabbed a little perfume behind her eyes.

snap

1.（v.） say angrily；to break sth.suddenly with a sharp noise.

     The wind had snapped the tree in two.

2.(adj.)  to be easy to do.

     The job is snap.

3.(adj.)  匆忙的，仓促的

     a snapped decision

drain  v. 流走；排空；耗尽

n. drainage

pitch  

pitch in    参与，投入

pitch out of the window   扔出窗外

pitch a lie to sb.   对某人撒谎

pitch a tent   搭帐篷

pitch dark    漆黑一片

句子：

1. He said all things considered, he thought it was a bad idea.

此处，独立主格结构，absolute structure

2. He snapped, angry with her for resorting to trick of reapting his words so that they sounded hypocritical.

同位语从句，appositive clause

3. There was no possible way of arguing with the fact that she would not be herself if she were black.

黑色加粗的从句是对fact的解释，读完之后能知道“fact”的内容是什么的话，就是同位语从句。

对比： Do you hear the news that is popular among the workers?

读完之后并不能知道新闻的内容，那么就是定语从句。

4. But she didn't snap through the pages the way he would have done.

"the way he would have done" 作方式状语。

"he would have done" 作定语，修饰的是 the way。

课文其他知识点：

unlike  prep. 不像

dislike  v. 不喜欢

congratulate sb. on sth. 就...祝贺某人

somehow   不知为何

pinch one's brows   皱眉

I don't see...    我不明白

be okay with = have no objection to 

come to one's aid = come to one's rescue

on one's part   就某人而言

make it up to sb.   弥补某人

garbage pail   垃圾桶

blur    v.使模糊

be at it ：处于某种状态

课后习题总结：

for the rest of one's life   在某人的余生中

put an end to    结束

have a lot to do with   和...有关系

blurt out   脱口而出

blurt out the truth   一语道破

snap at ： say angrily with sb.

historic        具有历史意义的

historical     历史的

eatable    强调质量。

edible      强调安全性，适宜食物的。

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