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Lesson Two  Spare that Spider
Spider is not a insect ,it is a creature
Spin webs to catch some insects
I want to give you a test in order to find whether you have a phobia for spider or not:
1  Do you avoid going to parks ,because there maybe spiders about? (No)
2       Do you feel any anxiety when you are holding a toy spider in your hand? (No)
3       If there is a spider on the ceiling over your bed, can you go to sleep, if there is nobody to kill it for you? (No)
4       Do you shudder when you think about of spiders? (yes)
5       Are spider webs artistic? (No)
I have no phobia for it.
词语：
（一）1 flocks and herds 牛群羊群
a flock of birds 一群鸟
a flock of sheep一群羊
flock（v.）涌向 eg: A lot of people flock to a place.
2       a pack of wolves 一群狼(狗)
3       a swarm of bees 一群蜜蜂(乱糟糟)
4       a school of fish 一群鱼
5       a herds of cattle 一群牛
6       a throng of people 一群人(n.) / (v.)be throng with 熙熙攘攘
eg: This place is throng with people.这里的人熙熙攘攘的
（二）owe
1       I owe you sth. 我欠你
2       I owe you an apology 道歉
3       owe sth to sb. 把……归功于
eg: I owe my succeed to my wife.
我的成功都归功于我的妻子。
eg: I owe at least a part of my succeed to my wife.
我至少把我成功的一半归功于我的妻子
4       owe sb.a lot owe a lot to sb. 感激某人
eg: I owe a lot to you.我很感激你
5       owing to……(slightly fml)=because of因为
eg: Owing to the heavy cloud，all the flies have been canceled
因为大雾，所有航班都取消了
（三）1  beast 兽 Beauty and Beast《美女与野兽》用以形容貌丑凶残的人
2       monster 怪物
3       gorilla 黑猩猩 a body guard is always very strong and very ugly looking                丑而壮
4       toad 青蛙癞蛤蟆比喻让人烦的人
5       creature生物(区别于植物) 可爱的小动物或小孩
eg: Look at a lovely creature 看这可爱的小家伙
6       being 有生命力的东西  a human being 人类
an alien being 外星人
（四）1  a fraction of sth.= a very small number of sth. 一小部分
eg: I can only pay a fraction of my bill. 我只付我的帐单的一小部分
2       a small part of 一小部分
3       proportion比例 a small proportion of sth 占比例小
4       percentage百分比  a small percentage of 很小的百分比
5       account  for 占有
eg: People who received higher education only account for a fraction of the population.
      受过高等教育的人占人口的一小部分
（五）on one’s behalf代表
eg: I want to say thank you to you on behalf of the whole class.
我想代表我们全班对您说声谢谢
I want to speak here on myself behalf.
我想仅代表我自己在这里讲话
I am doing this on your behalf
我这都是为了你啊
I want to wish you a speedy recovering on behalf of my whole family.
我谨代表我们全家祝您早日康复
（六）1  authority 权威
2  author作者
3  authorize 给……样的权利
eg: Authorize me to sale this book 给我卖这部书的权利
4       the authorities 当局
the railway authorities 铁路当局
the French authorities  法国当局
   某方面的专家的几种说法：
1 authority on 某方面的权威
eg: authority on spider蜘蛛专家
eg: I am an authority on the Middle Eastern affairs
我是中东事物的专家
2  expert in 在某方面的专家
eg: He is an expert who knows a lot of thing about a serge subject.
他是特殊项目的专家
3  Specialist in 医学专家
eg: He is a specialist in heart 他是心脏病专家
4  connoisseur of  鉴赏家行家
eg; He is a connoisseur of painting.他是油画鉴赏家
（七）1  make a census of the people in China 人口普查
2       censor (v.) 审查(书电影等)
eg; Censor on film means you examine a film to see whether it can be released or not.
      审查电影就是检查一部电影是否能够发行
      the censorship(n) 电影审查
3       censure=blame 责备(主要指官方的) you blaming sb officially
eg: a vote of censure 投一票不信任案
（八）1  a soccer field (美)足球场
2       a tennis court 网球场(篮球)
3       arena竞技场坛
eg: He comes into the political arena 他步入政坛
4  stadium体育场
（九）1  be content with满足于    contents 内容
eg: I am content with my life now
我对现在的生活很满意
2  satisfied with满足
4       feel fulfilled 感觉满足(fulfill实现)
eg: Only after she giving birth to a baby, she can feel fulfilled.
只有她生完孩子之后才能满足
eg: Life is fulfilling 生活满足
eg: I choice teaching as my profession only because it is very fulfilling
我选择教书作为我的职业就是因为有一种满足感。
（十）1  spare 备用/空闲/不伤害宽恕
eg: I carry a spare key with me,wherever I go.我随身带一把备用钥匙
eg: In my spare time I will go to shoping.我空闲时去逛商店
eg: Spare me./Spare my life宽恕我
2       pardon sb.饶了谁
没有听清请求Sorry?
对方再说一遍Could you pls say it again,I didn’t quite catch you?
3       have mercy on sb.饶恕某人
4       go easy on放松点手下留情
eg: If the teacher would’t go easy on me I will surely fail in the examine.
如果老师不放我一马，我真的通不过考试
5       let go=give up
let go of 放手
eg: Never let go of the rope 千万别松开绳子
Never let go 千万别放手
课文：
（一）what do you suppose happened (happen)to her?在这个句子中so you suppose是插入语，直接删掉。happen to碰巧发生
（二） 1 destroy 一种生物吃另一种生物
2 slaughter屠宰(大批杀) slaughter house 屠宰场
eg: It is not moodier ,it is slaughter
3  exterminate 杀(大规模)
4  wipe off 轻易的杀
5  waste her废了她
（三）1  race种族
eg: We shouldn’t look down a pound blacks because we belong to the same human race.
我们不应该歧视黑人因为我们同属人类.
2  the human race人种(与其他生物世界区别)
3  the human beings/a human being人类(唯一可数的)
4  humankind人类(一般在涉及历史时用的多)
eg: In the history of mankind 在人类历史的长河中
5  humanity人性(在文学作品中出现最多)
eg: He committed a crime against humanity. 他对人类犯下滔天罪行
（四）1  make it impossible for us to  使……不可能
      make it possible for us to 使……可能
   eg: Radios and TVs make it possible were entertainments to character the attention of millions of people.
      广播和电视作为一种娱乐吸引了成千上万人的注意力
2  enable to 使得……能够
eg: Money can enable me to go around the world.钱可以让我周游世界
3  disable to 使谁残废 the disabled 残疾人
eg: I was disable in the car traffic. 我在车祸中残废了
（五）1  If it were not for如果不是…（与现在事实相反）
                                                   =but for如果不是
   2  If it had not been for如果不是…（与过去事实相反）
eg：But for you，I wouldn’t have already failed
      如果不是你我早就失败了
eg:  If it were not for you I would have already very pool
         要不是你我会很穷
   If it were not for you I would have already married another guy.
   要不是你我早和别人结婚了
   If it were not for this doctor’s care I wouldn’t be lying here..
   如果没有医生的照顾,我就不会躺在这了.
If可以省略，变倒装，were and had提前：
   were it not for sb.
   Had it not been for sb.
   eg: This meeting would have already finished had it not been for this rude guy who interrupted it.
      要不是这个鲁莽的家伙打断,会议已经结束了
（六）put together
   eg: All of you put together can earn only a fraction of the number money made by Bill.
      你们所能挣的钱加在一起也没比尔盖茨一个人挣的多
（七）1  moreover还有—this is indispensable when you are writing a veb for the article
2       what’s more更有甚者（口语）
eg: They are armed with the most advanced weapons, and what’s more they are ready to use them.
他们武装了最先进的武器,而且随时都准备使用
3       further more 更有甚者
4       in addition 除此还有
5       additonally 除此还有
6       besides 除此之外
（八）否定 + 最高级表示彻底否定，一点没有
eg: I have on idea never do the least……一点没有，哪怕最少的
I don’t have the remotest idea.一点也不知道
I don’t have the slightest interest in 一点兴趣也没有
否定 + 比较级表示最高级
eg: no one is more beautful than you. 没有人比你更漂亮。（你是最漂亮的）
（九）unlike 不象
eg: Unlike her tall sister she is of average height
不象她高个的姐姐，她就是个平常个
like 象
eg: Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, a real bargain hunter must cherish the dream that one day he will be amply reward.
（十）be related to 和谁有亲戚关系
eg: I am related to the him by marriage.

（十一）1  tell sheep from goats分出好坏
      2  tell the difference分辨出来
3  tell sth apart 区别开
eg: These twins are so alike there it is very hard for us to tell them apart.
这两个双胞胎太像了,真难区分
eg: It is so easy, you can tell the difference almost at a glance. This one has a round face and that one has a narrow face.
太容易了, 你一眼就能看出差别。他们一个是圆脸，一个是长脸。
4  bring out the difference 说出差别
5  distinguish between A and B  区分A和B
distinguished(fml)杰出的
eg: He is a distinguished guest 他是贵宾
6  discriminate歧视（fml）  racial discrimination种族歧视
（十二）1  at a glance 一眼看出
      eg: I can notice sth at a glance 我能一眼注意某事
2       at large 逃遁
3       at a time一次    one at a time一次一个
4       at any rate 总之  至少
eg: Although miss this train,we can arrive at a city at any rate
虽然错过了这趟火车，我们不管怎样能到
eg: You should help me at any rate.无论如何帮帮我
5       at a loss for words 不知说什么才好
6       at the……of 一……就
eg; He shudder at the sight of his wife.他一看见他的妻子就发抖
听力：YOUTH------Mac Arthur’s motto
the Bible----dust you are, to dust you return. 来于尘土，归于尘土
（十三）1  be engaged in 从事参加
2       participate in 参加
3       play a (important) role 起一个（重要）作用
4       be involved in 卷入
eg: Six politician have been involved in this scandal
   已经有六位政治家卷入丑闻
关于从事：
1       under take
eg: Under take an arduous journey 开始艰难的旅程
2       go in for(infml)投身于
eg: He went in for stage three days ago.他三天前投身舞台
I went in for teacher five years ago.
3       take up 开始从事
eg; I took up teaching as my profession five years ago.
   我五年前当的老师
（十四）make a census of 做一项调查
      make a study of  做一项研究
      make a research of 做一项调查
      make a summary of 归纳
（十五）1  estimate猜估
         overestimate 过高估计
         underestimate过低估计
2       calculate 计算  calculator计算器
3       compute 计算
4       evaluate对人评估
5       assess评估
assess the assets资产评估
（十六）1  sth like (口语)大约有
2       approximately大约有
eg: Approximately five hundred people attended meeting.
I had only sth like 5$ when I first arrived in Beijing
The damage was sth like 500 yuan.大约500元的损失
He is sth like 30 years old. 他大约30多岁
（十七）名词 + of 在句子中把修饰词放后面，文体高雅。
      Spider of different kinds不同种类的蜘蛛
      a house of my own我自己的房子
      people of all ages 各种年龄的人
      fish of all hues and sizes各种颜色和型号的金鱼
（十八）1  be occupied in doing(fml)忙于从事
2       be busy in 忙于
3       bury yourself in埋头于
eg: I want to bury myself in my work.我埋头苦干
eg: Every day he buries himself in studding still, he couldn’t pass the examine.
他每天努力学习还是不及格
4       bustle about doing 瞎忙一气
(hustles and bustles)人多，乱轰轰
   eg: Bustle about cleaning the room 忙着清理房间
   eg: I don’t want to go to the downtown area, because there are too much hustles and bustles.
我不喜欢去市中心，人太嘈杂
（十九）make a guess at猜一下
      make a wild guess at 瞎猜
make the wildest guess at 最大胆的猜吧
make more than the wildest guess at 非常大胆的猜测
关于wild:
the wild dream大胆做梦
the wildest dream最大胆的梦想
beyond my wildest dream我做梦都想不到
eg;Getting a job in the government is beyond my wildest dream.
   在政府部门找个工作是我做梦都没想到的
eg: The beauty here is beyond my wildest imagination.
这个地方真是太美了
（二十）eg:He is a enterprising man not content his daily routine.
   他是个很上进的人,不满足日常工作
It has been know that China has a large of population
众所周知中国人口众多
It has been rumored据谣传
It has being
It is universally believe that全世界人都知道
短语：
1  monkey around四处胡闹
2       hit the dust死了
3       make eyes at 使眼色抛媚眼
eg: Stop make eyes at me 别向我使眼色
4       what’s cooking=hello你怎么样了，今天好不好
5       a black out 停电了
6       be a bleeding heart心特软（幽默略带讽刺，瞎心软）
eg