必修7第二单元Unit2 Robots words

UnitTwoRobotsDiscoveringWordsandExpressions1.householdn.家庭，一家人MostAmericanhouseholdsownprivatecars.adj.家庭的；家用的householdgoods/products家居用品LiuQianhasbecomeahouseholdnameovernightsincethe2009SpringFestivalGala.2.fictionun.虚构的事物；小说sciencefictiondetectivefiction3.desire渴望；渴求n.

(forsth.;todosth.)Everyonehasadesireforhealthandhappiness.Whocansatisfyman’sdesiretoenjoypeaceforever?Vt.

(sth.;todosth.)Womenareborntodesirebeauty.Weteenagersdesiretobeunderstood.4.satisfactionn.Ajobgivesyouasenseofsatisfactionapartfrompayandpressure.Beingparentsisoneofthesatisfactionsinlife.toone’ssatisfactionexpressone’ssatisfactionwith…vt.satisfy

satisfyone’sdesire/curiosity/needsadj.satisfying/satisfactory;satisfied5.testoutThesetofnewequipmentcan’tbeputintousenow,foritstillneedstestingout.teststhouton…trysthout(on…)Hisartworksstandthetestoftimeandnowtheyarehighlythoughtof.在…上试验或试用6.alarmn.警报；警报器；惊恐soundthealarmsetoffthe(fire)alarm发出警报；拉响警报器inalarm惊恐地Vt.make…afraidTheloudsoundalarmedallofus.=Allofuswerealarmedattheloudsound.bealarmedat…；alarming令人惊恐的7.sympathyn.have/feelsympathyforsb同情某人havesympathywith…支持，赞同adj.besympatheticto/towards…Seeingyoursituation,Icandonothingbutbesympathetictoyou.看到你的境况，我只能对你表示同情了。8.favourn.恩惠；善意的行为MayIaskyouafavor?Wouldyoudomeafavourandshowmehowtoreachthestation?喜爱；好感Thewaitresswasenthusiatictometowinmyfavour.showfavourtosb偏袒某人Vt.喜爱，支持，偏袒Opportunityonlyfavoursthepreparedmind.***beinfavorof支持；赞成；有利于9.pile

n.apileofbooks/rubbishLarryburieshimselfinpilesofworkeveryday.=Larryisburiedinapileofworkeveryday.拉里每天都忙着成堆的工作。Vt.

pile(sth)up把…堆放起来;堆积10.scanvt.细看；仔细检查；浏览；扫描Theprofessorwasscanningmygraduationpaper.Iamusedtoscanning(through)thenewspaperoverbreakfast.pilesof+n.11.accompanyvt.陪伴；陪同：keepsbcompanySeeingthisfilm,childrenmustbeaccompaniedbyadults.12.affairn.businessaffairsforeignaffairsstateaffairspersonalaffairs13.declarevt.宣布，宣告；公告TheUSdeclaredherindependencein1776.declarewaron…对…宣战当地政府宣布该地区为国家公园。Thelocalgovernmentdeclaredthisareaanationalpark.断言；声称；宣称ThisboydeclaredthathehadseenaUFOonenight.许多研究人员断言中国的发展有益于全球。ManyresearchersdeclarethatthedevelopmentofChinabenefitstheglobe.(isbeneficialto)14.envy

vt.忌妒；羡慕HowIenvyyou!SometimesIdoenvyyouyourgoodfortune.Itisnouseenvyingschoolfellowsmakingprogress.Wehavetomakeconcreteefforts.envysb./sb.sth./sb.doingsth.15.leave…alone(=let…alone)Whenshegetsannoyed,justleave/letheralone.别惹我，我烦着呢。Leavemealone;I’mfeelingupset.15.leave…alone(=let…alone)Weweretoldtoleavet