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课件网) Section Ⅱ Learning About Language & Using Language 1. be presumed innocent 被假定无罪 2. Three Laws of Robotics 机器人三定律 3. division between night and day 昼夜之分 4. like puffs of smoke 就像一阵阵的烟 5. random things 随机的事物 6. rhetorical devices 修辞手法 1. rumour n.谣言；传闻 Rumour has it/says that he was fired. 据说他被解雇了。 2. presume vt.& vi.假设；假定 I presume that an agreement will eventually be reached. 我想最终是会达成协议的。 3. weekly adj.每周的 n.周刊adv.每周，每星期 The magazine is published weekly. 这本杂志每周出版一次。 4. calculate vt.计算；核算；预测 I calculate that we will reach London at about 3 p.m. 我估计我们大约在下午3点到达伦敦。 5. superior adj.更好的；占优势的；（在级别或重要性上）更高的 In my view， living in a big city is superior to living in the country. 在我看来，住在大城市比住在农村好。 6. fetch vt.（去）拿来；（去）请来 Please fetch the children from school. 请到学校把孩子们接回来。 7. pace n.速度；步伐；节奏vt.& vi.确定速度；调整节奏 With all the efforts， it surely will raise the elderly people’s life quality and help them keep pace with the rapid development of technology. 通过所有的努力，它肯定会提高老年人的生活质量，帮助他们跟上 技术的快速发展。 8. urge n.强烈的欲望；冲动vt.催促；力劝；大力推荐 ①He could no longer resist the urge to go and see Amanda. 他再也忍不住要去看阿曼达了。 ②He urged that we should go/urged （our） going/urged us to go. 他催我们走。 labour n.劳动（者）；体力劳动 vi.奋斗；努力工作 ①Workers are paid for their labour. n.劳动 ②He laboured to finish the job on time. vi.努力工作 1. calculate vt.计算；核算；预测→calculation n.计算，运算 2. blurred adj.模糊不清的；难以区分的→blur n.模糊，模糊的东西 v. （使）变模糊 3. inaction n.无行动；不采取措施→action n.行动 4. division n.分开；分隔；差异；除（法）→divide vt.& vi.（使）分 开，分散，分割，分成；分配 5. random adj.随机的；不可思议的→randomly adv.随机地；随意地 6. maximum adj.最大极限的 n.最大量；最大限度→maximise v.使 （某事物）增至最大限度 7. explode vi.& vt.爆炸；爆破→explosion n.爆炸 8. mud n.泥；泥浆→muddy adj.泥泞的；沾满泥的 9. overstatement n.夸大；夸张→overstate vt.夸张 1. a man of absolute honesty 一个绝对诚实的人 2. be aware of 意识到 3. on a ...basis 根据；以……的方式（基准） 4. on a daily or weekly basis 每天或每周 5. for a special purpose 为了一个特殊的目的 6. distinguish between reality and science fiction 区分现实和科幻小说 7. on the covers of magazines 在杂志的封面上 8. when it comes to ... 谈及…… 9. a major threat to humans 一个人类的重大威胁 10. the College Entrance Examination 高考 11. be admitted to a top university 被一所顶尖大学录取 12. The Three-Body Problem 《三体》 13. the first Asian winner 第一位亚洲获奖者 14. in a remote area 在一个偏远地区 15. beside the point 离题；与主题无关 16. superior to 比……更好；更胜一筹 17. sit oneself in the leather seat 坐在皮椅上 18. or so 大约；左右 19. strange and unpleasant feeling 陌 ... ...
