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课件网) New words Unit 4 Looking good, feeling good (p. 53 - p. 55) 1. saying / se / n. 格言，谚语，警句 常见句式： There is an old saying that ... 有一句老话说：... As an old saying goes, ... 正如俗话说, ... E.g. As an old saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way. 俗话说，有志者事竟成。 2. hang over 悬挂在…之上；使忧心忡忡，担心可能发生 E.g. The danger of war hung over Europe. 战争的危机笼罩着欧洲。 【词汇拓展】 hang out 逗留; 闲荡 hang on 坚持; 稍等一会儿 E.g. We often hang out with our friends. 我们经常同朋友一起去闲逛。 He did not expect them to hang on much longer. 他不指望他们能坚持更长时间。 3. jeans /d i nz/ n. 牛仔裤 4. male /me l/ adj. 男性的；雄性的 n. 男性，雄性 E.g. Male peacocks have long, beautiful tails. 雄孔雀的尾巴又长又漂亮。 5. female / fi me l/ adj. 女性的；雌性的 n. 女性 ，雌性 E.g. The difference between male and female peacocks is that male peacocks can spread their tails. 雄孔雀和雌孔雀的区别在于，雄孔雀可以开屏。 6. guard against 防范 ，防止 ，提防 guard /ɡɑ d/ n. 保护; 警卫; 看守 vt. 保卫; 看守 E.g. Correct mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not. 有则改之，无则加勉。 One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others might do to him. 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无。 7. beauty / bju ti/ n. 美，美丽；美人，美好的东西 ( / bju t fa / vt. 美化 / bju t fl/ adj. 美丽的;美好的) E.g. The beauty of this painting left me breathless and inspired me to beautify my living space with similarly beautiful artwork. 这幅画的美让我叹为观止，也激励着我用同样美丽的艺术品来美化我的生活空间。 beautify beautiful 8. fight a losing battle 打一场无望取胜的仗 battle / b tl/ n. 战斗; 战役; 斗争; 较量 v. 搏斗；奋斗；斗争 E.g. Trying to convince him to change his mind is like fighting a losing battle. 试图说服他改变主意无异于一场失败的战斗。 9. live up to 达到，符合，不辜负 【词汇拓展】 live up to one’s expectations / reputation 不负众望 / 不负盛名 live on / upon 以……为主食; 靠……生活 live through 经历 (灾难或困境) 之后仍旧活着 live by (doing) sth 靠（做）某事谋生 = make one’s living by (doing) sth E.g. I do not know how I live through those dog days. 我不知道怎样熬过三伏天。 10. end up 最终成为，最终处于 end up + adj. 以 (某种情况或状态) 结束 doing sth. 以 (做某事) 而告终 E.g. I never thought I would end up homeless. 我从来没想过我会无家可归。 We were going to go out,but ended up watching videos at home. 我们原计划外出,但结果却是在家看录像。 11. fashion / f n/ n. 时尚，时兴；流行款式 相关表达: in style 时尚的； 时髦地 out of style 不时髦的，过时的 E.g. That dress is a classic fashion piece that never goes out of style. 那条裙子是一件经典时尚单品，永远不会过时。 12. shadow / d / n. 阴影，影子；昏暗处，阴暗处 E.g. In the sunlight, the shadows of his changing hands turned into different animals on the wall. 在阳光下，他双手变化的影子在墙上变成了不同的动物。 13. digital / d d tl/ adj. 数码的，数字的 E.g. In the ... ...
