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课件网) Unit 5 Working the land Words and Expression hybrid / ha br d/ n.杂交植(动)物;合成物 hybrid rice 杂交稻；杂种稻 a hybrid car 混合动力汽车 devote /d v t/ vt.把…献(给);把…专用于 devotion n．深爱；挚爱；奉献；忠心devoted adj.挚爱的；投入的；忠诚的 be devoted to (doing) sth 深爱；致力于 devote oneself to 致力于；献身于 ①Officer Patrick Daugherty entered the home and found Gary and his _____ (devote) cat, Tommy. ②Society even praises “burning the candle at both ends” as a sign of our _____ (devote) to work and family. devoted devotion shortage / :t d / n.不足;缺少;短缺 short adj. 短(期)的；短暂的 shorten v．(使)变短；(使)缩短 a shortage of … 缺乏……，……的短缺 the shortage of food 食物短缺 be short of 缺乏... They face a desperate shortage clean water. of tackle / t kl/ vt.解决(难题);应付(局面) tackle the problem 处理这个问题 address / handle / solve deal/do/cope with crisis / kra s s/ n.危机;危急关头 复数 crises a political/financial crisis 政治/金融危机 boost /bu:st/ vt.使增长;使兴旺 n.增长 boost the economy/boost profits 促进经济发展/提高利润 boost sb’s confidence 增强某人的信心 a boost in .... .....的增长 yield /ji:ld/ n.产量;产出 vt.出产(作物) v.屈服；让步 yield to sb/sth 向……屈服/让步 high/low yield 高产/低产 the land yielding grapes 出产葡萄的这块地 convince /k n v ns/ vt.使相信;使确信;说服 convince sb. of sth. 使某人信服某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 convince sb. that... 使某人确信…… convinced adj. 确信的，深信的 be convinced of/that...确信…… convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的 ①How can you convince me _____ (play) your game ②This last argument is the most _____ (convince) to me. ③I'm not completely _____ (convince) that he has the determination to overcome the difficulty. to play convincing convinced characteristic / k r kt r st k/ n.特征;特点;品质 a.典型的 be characteristic of … 具有……的特征，为……所特有 It’s characteristic of him to be late for school. a key characteristic 一个重要特征 character n. 性格，品质；特性；角色 v. 印，刻；使具有特征 attain / te n/ vt.(经过努力)获得;得到 gain/ obtain/ acquire attainable adj.可得到的；可达到的 attainment n.达到；成就；学识 attain knowledge from attain one’s goal conventional /k n ven nl/ a.传统的;习惯的 =traditional convention n．习俗；惯例；常规；传统手法；传统风格；大会；集会 conventional methods/behavior 传统方法/循规蹈矩的行为 pollinate / p l ne t/ vt.授粉;传粉 assumption / s mp n/ n.假定;设定;(责任的)承担 assume v．假定，假设 make assumptions about对……进行臆断 assume v. 假定；设想 It is assumed that ... 据推测…… His actions were based on a false _____ (assume). assumption intense / n tens/ a.热切的;十分强烈的;激烈的 intensive adj.加强的；集中的；透彻的；加强语气的 intensely adv.强烈地；紧张地；热情地 intension n.强度；加强；紧张 intensify v.(使)加强，(使)强化；(使)变激烈 the intense interest 浓厚的兴趣 overcome / v k m/ vt.克服;解决;战胜 overcome-overcame-overcome overcome difficulties/ ... ...
