高三Unit9 Health care单词解析-

1、高三英语Unit9 Health care. Words.1.abuse vt. & n. 滥用,虐待,辱骂the dangers of drug abuse 滥用药品的危险He was accused of abusing his position for personal gain. 有人控告他以权谋私。Child abuse is a punishable offence(犯法,罪过2.insurance u保险业,保险life/health/car/travel/household insurance人寿保险、健康保险、汽车保险、家庭财产保险3.outbreak n. brea

2、k out v.爆发,突然爆发an outbreak of anger/feverThere was an outbreak of fighting between them. A fighting broke out between them.4.lay off 解雇,不理会,使下岗 laid-off 下岗的 The factory has laid off workers because of drop in sales.the laid-off workersWhy dont you lay off(停止 smoking for a while until your cough gets

3、 better.5.make things/matters worse 使情况更困难或更危险=what is/was worse =worse still 更糟糕的是go from bad to worse每况愈下whats worse而且more importantly更重要的是To make things worse, he had no money and no job.Ive been fortunate to find a career that I love and, what is worse, I get well paid for it.我很幸运找到一个我喜欢的职业,而且薪水

4、也很高。 More importantly most tests have no useful relation to the teaching and learning process.更重要的是,大部分测试与教学过程没有很好的联系。6.allowance n.津贴,补助a clothing/subsistence/travel allowance服装/生活/旅途津贴make allowances for sb./sth. 体贴某人,考虑到某事物You must make allowances for him because he has been ill.We make allowance

5、s for her rudeness-she has never been taught good manners.7.fundamental adj. 基本上,本质上n.(pl.基本原则adv. fundamentallyfundamental human rights基本人权the fundamental interests根本利益a fundamental principle/rule原则/原理There is a fundamental difference in attitude between these two countries.8.pressure CU压力These gas

6、 container will burst at high pressure.under pressure在压力下put pressure on 对施压The public put pressure on the government to lower taxes.9.consult vt. & vi. 向咨询,查阅consultation n. 请教,咨询consultant n.顾问,咨询者consultative adj. 咨询的consult with sb. 与交换意见,商议The Prime Minister consulted his secretary on a var

7、iety of questions.I have consulted a number of law books in Britain Museum.10.statistics n. 统计数字C, 统计学UStatistics indicate(表示that 90% of homes in this country have a television.Statistics is a rather modern branch of mathematics.11.fee n. C(私立学校的学费,(付给医生、律师等的专业服务费,考试的报名费,会费doctors fee医生的诊费Whats the

8、membership fee?会费是多少钱?pay the lawyers fee付律师费If you want to join, the entrance fee of 20 dollars.12.make ends meet使收支相抵,量入为出meet/satisfy the basic needs满足基本需要With high taxes and small income, Harley had great difficulty in making both ends meet.Both husband and wife had to work to make ends meet.13.

9、incident C事件,插曲accident n. 事故,意外event n.繁琐的小事,事务(复数,要务a private affair私事affairs of state政务,国事business事情(用单数,常用于习语中Its none of your business. Mind your own business.Everyday business is nobodys business.They were accused of interfering in Chinas internal affairs. 他们被指责干涉中国的内政。14.significance n. U重要性,

10、意义,含意,价值be of no/little significance to sb. 无关紧要的attach much significance to 重视a speech of no/little significanceHe failed to understand its real significance.significant adj. 重要的,重大的,意义深远的He gave her a significant smile.Your success today may be significant for your whole health.Useful phrases.1.pl

11、ay an important role in improving the worlds health在改善世界的健康方面起重要作用2.take measures to prevent the spread of AIDS采取措施防止艾滋病的传播3.at half the costs or less以半价或者更低的价格at the cost of 以为代价We had a small room at a cost of 15 cents per night.4.thanks to幸亏,由于Thanks to your advice, I am keeping a healthy diet.(t

12、o是介词的其他短语be used to doing习惯于look forward to doing期待be accustomed to doing习惯于due to doing由于pay attention to doing注意devote.to doing 奉献给contribute to doing对的贡献refer to doing参考,参照get down to doing着手做have access to doing接近,进入(某地的方法; 通路apply oneself to doing专心致志于adapt/adjust to doing适应于stick to doing坚持做lo

13、ok forward to doing盼望做某事object to doing反对做某事attend to doing专心做refer to doing 谈到做某事be addicted to doing沉溺于lead to doing导致做某事see to doing处理owing to doing由于5.aim at目的是,打算The factory must aim at increasing production.This book aims at giving a general outline of the subject.Some research is to be aimed

14、at finding a new cure for the disease.6.be designed to to sth. 旨在做某事be designed for sth.The experiment is designed to test the new drug.The nursery was designed for the babys use.The building is poor in design.Designed for the children under 5, the book sells well.7.access n. 接近,进入,通路have access to

15、sw./doing The internet provides easy access to the outside world for us.He did not find the access to the building.8.put extra pressure on the family给家庭增加额外的压力be under pressure处于高压之下He left his motherland unwillingly, under pressure.9.vow to sb. 对发誓promise/vow/swear to do sth. 发誓做某事swear to sb. that

16、;make a promise to sb. that 向某人发誓/承诺break a promise 不守信用10.as a result/consequence 引导原因result from因结果而发生result in 结果是She won the scholarship as a result of her hard work.Im sure that the governments efforts to stop the spread of AIDS will result in success.His success results from his hard work.His

17、hard work results in his success.11.be worth +钱(价值数量词be worth doing值得做be worthy of sth. 值得be worthy of being done值得做某事be worthy to be done值得做It is worthwhile/worth ones while doing/to do sth. Sentences.1. as与which引导的定语从句1as引导的非限制性定语从句可以放在句首或者主句后,译为“正如,正像”;which引导的定语从句只能放在主句后,即句中,译为“这一点”。As is known to all, the earth is round.He came late for class, as/which is often the case.2which的先行词可以使单个名词,as的先行词多为句子。The meeting, which was held in the park, was a great success.As we