(课件网) UNIT 4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY convenience n. 方便,便利 provide convenience/education/information提供便利/教育/信息 ·Frozen fish is a very healthy convenience food. 冻鱼是一种非常健康的方便食品。 for convenience为了方便起见 at one’s convenience 在某人方便的时候 ·For convenience,the cheese is sold ready-sliced. 为了方便起见,干酪出售时已被 切好。 ·I’d like to arrange a meeting at your convenience. 我想安排一次会议,时间看您 方便。 convenient adj. 方便的;便利的 if it is convenient (to/for you) 如果(你)方便的话 It is convenient for sb to do sth某人方便做某事 inconvenience n. 不方便;不便 inconvenient adj. 不方便的 ·If it’s convenient I can come tomorrow. 如果方便的话,我明天可以来。 ·It is very convenient for us to pay by credit card. 用信用卡付款很方便。 effect n. 效应;影响 Effects/Impacts影响 ·The music was brilliant but the special effects were disappointing. 音乐很棒,但是特效却是令人失望的。 have an effect/effects on 对……有影响 put sth into effect 把某物投入使用/实行…… come/go into effect 开始生效;开始实施 in effect 事实上,实际上 take effect 生效,起作用 be of no effect 无效 ·Any change in lifestyle will have an effect on your health. 任何生活方式的改变都会对你的健康产生影响。 ·It is said that the new railway timetable will come into effect next year. 据说,新的铁路时刻表将于明年生效。 ·In effect,this means they will have to work longer hours for the same pay. 实际上,这意味着他们必须以同样的工资工作更长的时间。 effective adj. 有效的;实际的;起作用的 effectively adv.有效地;实际上 ·Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可以对罪犯起到强有力的威慑作用。 addicted adj. 对……着迷的;沉迷的 makes us self-focused/live in an unreal world/addicted to it 使我们关注自我/生活在一个虚幻的世界里/沉迷其中 ·I went through about four years of being addicted to video games. 我沉迷于电子游戏大约有4年之久。 be/become/get addicted to (doing) sth沉迷于(做)某事 ·He was addicted to poetry and hoped one day to be a poet himself. 他沉迷于诗歌,希望有一天成为诗人。 ·His tastes addict him to the study of antiquities. 他的品位使他对研究古董上瘾。 ·We addict ourselves to buying new things. 我们沉迷于买新东西。 ·I find jogging very addictive. 我发现慢跑很容易让人上瘾。 recommendation n. 建议,提议;推荐 Do you have any recommendation? 你有什么推荐吗? ·I got the job on the strength of your recommendation. 由于您的推荐,我得到了那份工作。 recommend v. 推荐,介绍;劝告,建议 recommend sb as... 推荐某人为…… recommend sth to sb 向某人推荐某物 recommend sb to do sth 建议某人做某事 recommend doing sth 建议做某事 recommend that.../it is recommended that... 建议…… (从句中的谓语用should+动词原形) ·I recommend the book to all my students. 我向我所有的学生都推荐这本书。 ·We’d recommend you to book your flight early. 我们建议你早点儿预订航班。 ·He recommended reading the book before seeing the movie. 他建议先看这本书,再去看这部电 ... ...