Unit 10

Week 11 Class May 2015

Listening and Translation

News Words

high school seniors 高三学生 waiting list: a roster of those waiting to

obtain sth. 候补名单；等候批准的申请人名单 e.g. There were 20,000 people on the waiting list

for a home.

Part 1 Dialogue

Insulating Your Home

New Words cavity wall [ 建 ] 空心墙 get enormous fuel bills 燃料费账单 dread 惧怕；担心 — dreadful like mad 疯狂地；猛然地；极度地 loft 阁楼；顶楼 draught 气流；通风 ；草稿 handyman 手巧的人；杂务工 plastered wall 抹灰的墙 — exposed wall contractor 承包人；立契约者 make condensation less of a problem radiator 散热器；暖气片；辐射体 — boiler 锅 for one 举个例说；作为其中一个

Part 2 Passage

Plan Your Home’s Interior Design Before You Buy

New Words and Expressions

décor 装饰 layoutfurnishing: furniture, curtains, carpets and

decorations such as picturessavvy: wits, understanding 悟性；见识predominant color 主色调 accent color 强调色指起强调作用、具有醒目视觉效

果的色彩 monochromatic 单色的 tint: a small amount of color 色调 , 色泽 shade: 色度 texture 质地；纹理 fret: worry; to be troubled 烦恼；焦急；磨损

News Items

News Item 1

frenetic: lively, energeticratify: officially approve START—Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expire—expiration date deploy—deploymentnuclear warheadsfinalize: complete the arrangements for sth.

Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August.

News Item 2The Knesset 以色列议会 skeptical: having doubts about sth.counterweight 平衡力；平衡物 fig leaf 遮羞布；无花果树叶 portfolio 部长职务 ; 证券投资组合pragmatism 实用主义 unsullied 清白的；无污点的 – sully 玷污；使丢脸

News Item 3alternative: allowing a choice; pertaining to

unconventional choices an alternative plan/life style

scrub: cancel, eliminate scrubbed the flight because of bad weather scrub the subsidies

say: (noun). an expression of opinion Have the final say.

motion 动作；移动；手势；请求；意向 assent: agree

I assented to the request of the American publishers to write this book.

fuss: a quarrel about petty points I don’t know what all the fuss is about.

To be done by next class

Complete the exercise on page 113-116.