Module11·Unit 3 The secret of success 1、 resign

　　vt. & vi. 辭職，放棄；使聽從，使順從[(＋to)] ◆The defence minister will soon resign.

　　國防部長不久就要辭職。

　　◆Her injury forced her to resign from the State Department.

　　傷殘迫使她辭去了國務院的工作。

　　◆He is resigned to his fate. /He resigned himself to his fate.

　　他聽天由命。

　　In tonight's meeting we'll ______ the question as to why the rhinoceros have become endangered.

　　A. dismiss

　　B. embarrass

　　C. resign

　　D. address D　address 致力于，著手…… 2、tire

　　vt. 使疲倦；使厭煩[(＋with)] 疲勞；厭煩[(＋of)] ◆A day's work tired him. 一天的工作累得他疲憊不堪。

　　◆The audience are tired with his long speech. 他的長篇演講令聽眾厭煩。

　　◆She never tires of talking about her hometown. 她總是津津有味地談論自己的故鄉(xiāng)。

　　◆I have tired of these computer games.

　　我已經(jīng)對這些電腦游戲感到厭煩。 ◆I never tire of reading classics.

　　這些古典名著我百讀不厭。 After so long a walk, he was too ______ further.

　　A. tired for walk

　　B. tire to walk

　　C. tiring to go

　　D. tired to go D　累得再也走不動。 3、 shrink (shrank/shrunk, shrunk/shrunk) vt. & vi. 起皺，收縮；退縮，畏縮；減少 shrink from… 退避；在……前面畏縮 ◆The economy is shrinking instead of growing. 經(jīng)濟正在萎縮而不是在增長中。 ◆This kind of cloth shrinks easily. 這種布容易縮水。 ◆Tom shrinks back from any commitment.

　　Tom不敢承擔任何義務。

　　◆I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it.

　　在這一重任面前，我決不退縮，我歡迎它。

　　①我們在困難面前永不退縮。 ____________________________________________ ①I will never shrink from difficulties. ②The advertisement says this material doesn't

　　______ in the washing, but it has.

　　A. contract

　　B. shrink

　　C. wet

　　D. absorb ②B　shrink 收縮。 4、 bless

　　vt.賜福于，祝福，保佑 　blessed adj.神圣的；有福的；愉快安寧的，無憂無慮的 　blessing n．祝福；幸運的事(可數(shù)名詞，常用其單數(shù)形式) 　the Blessed Virgin 圣母 　the Blessed 與上帝同在天堂的圣徒們 　be blessed with sth. / sb. 賦有(能力等)；享有(幸福等) 　a blessing in disguise因禍得福，禍中有福 　a mixed blessing有利亦有弊的事物 　count your blessings不要身在福中不知福 ◆May God bless you and keep you safe from harm.

　　愿上帝保佑你平安無事。 ◆Fortunately, we're both blessed with good health.

　　幸運的是我們倆都有健康的身體。 ◆This rain will be a blessing for the farmers.

　　對農(nóng)民來說，這場雨真是一場甘霖。 ◆Not getting that job was actually a blessing in disguise, because I have now got a much better one.

　　沒有得到那份工作真是因禍得福，因為我現(xiàn)在得到了一份更好的工作。 ◆Getting that job was rather a mixed blessing because/as/since it left me very little time to spend with my family.

　　得到那份工作有利也有弊，因為我很少有時間和家人在一起了。 5、 fold

　　vt. &vi. 折疊， 包， 交叉， 擁抱(反)unfold 展現(xiàn)，展開 　fold one's arms 交臂；抱臂 　fold sth. away/up/down (使某物)折疊收攏(以便存放) 　fold sb. / sth. in one's arms 擁抱某人(抱著某物) 　fold up (因痛苦或大笑)倒下， 折疊 　return to the fold 回頭(尤指回教會) 根據(jù)段落大意或括號內(nèi)的提示填詞

　　Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton ①______ (fold) bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be “l(fā)ike a magic carpet…You could fold it ②______ and put it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused：“But you'll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a ③______wheel.”

　　①folding a folding bicycle折疊式自行車②up ③folding 1、 pull out 離開，撤離；拔出；渡過難關；恢復健康 ◆I had a bad tooth pulled out yesterday. 我昨天拔了一顆蛀牙。

　　◆He hopelessly watched the train pull out of the station. 他無奈地看著火車開出了車站。

　　◆Most want US to pull out of Afghanistan as soon as possible.

　　大多數(shù)人都希望美國能盡快從阿富汗撤軍。

　　◆Our Australian partner pull out of the contract. 我們的澳大利亞合伙人退了合同。 2、 take off 拿走；脫下(衣帽等)；起飛；動身；突然走紅；流行開；突然離開 ◆The company really started to take off after World War Ⅱ. 在二戰(zhàn)后，公司得到了飛速發(fā)展。

　　◆Her singing career began to take off after Li Yuchun became a supergirl. 李宇春成了超級女生之后，她的演唱事業(yè)便開始騰飛了。 Would you please ______ this form for me to see if I've filled it in right?

　　A. take off

　　B. look after

　　C. give up

　　D. go over D　檢查，瀏覽一遍看表填對沒有。 3、 throw sb./sth. into (doing) sth.

　　投身于，熱衷于，積極從事…… 同devote/apply/dedicate sb. to doing sth. ◆He threw himself into work once he got back from his holidays. 他度假一回來就投身于工作。

　　◆Jack threw himself into computer games. 杰克熱衷于電腦游戲。 很多人熱衷于學英語。 __________________________________________ Many people throw themselves into learning English. 此句的主句部分為“he had to leave school and start working”， when引導一個時間狀語從句，because 引導的是原因狀語從句，leaving分詞短語作結果狀語。 When he was only fourteen years old, he had to leave school and start working because my grandfather died, leaving no money and a big family behind. 當他只有14歲時，就不得不輟學開始工作，因為我的祖父去世了，什么錢也沒留下，只留下了一個大家庭。 選用合適的連接詞填空

　　______ marketed as a computer ______ could be used to help computer programming, the main advantage of this computer was ______ it was good for playing computer games on.

　　Although / Though; that / which; that　句意：雖然這種電腦上市的初衷是用于幫助電腦編程的，但它的主要優(yōu)點是適合用來玩電腦游戲。

　　Module11·Unit 3 The secret of success 1、 resign

　　vt. & vi. 辭職，放棄；使聽從，使順從[(＋to)] ◆The defence minister will soon resign.

　　國防部長不久就要辭職。

　　◆Her injury forced her to resign from the State Department.

　　傷殘迫使她辭去了國務院的工作。

　　◆He is resigned to his fate. /He resigned himself to his fate.

　　他聽天由命。

　　In tonight's meeting we'll ______ the question as to why the rhinoceros have become endangered.

　　A. dismiss

　　B. embarrass

　　C. resign

　　D. address D　address 致力于，著手…… 2、tire

　　vt. 使疲倦；使厭煩[(＋with)] 疲勞；厭煩[(＋of)] ◆A day's work tired him. 一天的工作累得他疲憊不堪。

　　◆The audience are tired with his long speech. 他的長篇演講令聽眾厭煩。

　　◆She never tires of talking about her hometown. 她總是津津有味地談論自己的故鄉(xiāng)。

　　◆I have tired of these computer games.

　　我已經(jīng)對這些電腦游戲感到厭煩。 ◆I never tire of reading classics.

　　這些古典名著我百讀不厭。 After so long a walk, he was too ______ further.

　　A. tired for walk

　　B. tire to walk

　　C. tiring to go

　　D. tired to go D　累得再也走不動。 3、 shrink (shrank/shrunk, shrunk/shrunk) vt. & vi. 起皺，收縮；退縮，畏縮；減少 shrink from… 退避；在……前面畏縮 ◆The economy is shrinking instead of growing. 經(jīng)濟正在萎縮而不是在增長中。 ◆This kind of cloth shrinks easily. 這種布容易縮水。 ◆Tom shrinks back from any commitment.

　　Tom不敢承擔任何義務。

　　◆I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it.

　　在這一重任面前，我決不退縮，我歡迎它。

　　①我們在困難面前永不退縮。 ____________________________________________ ①I will never shrink from difficulties. ②The advertisement says this material doesn't

　　______ in the washing, but it has.

　　A. contract

　　B. shrink

　　C. wet

　　D. absorb ②B　shrink 收縮。 4、 bless

　　vt.賜福于，祝福，保佑 　blessed adj.神圣的；有福的；愉快安寧的，無憂無慮的 　blessing n．祝福；幸運的事(可數(shù)名詞，常用其單數(shù)形式) 　the Blessed Virgin 圣母 　the Blessed 與上帝同在天堂的圣徒們 　be blessed with sth. / sb. 賦有(能力等)；享有(幸福等) 　a blessing in disguise因禍得福，禍中有福 　a mixed blessing有利亦有弊的事物 　count your blessings不要身在福中不知福 ◆May God bless you and keep you safe from harm.

　　愿上帝保佑你平安無事。 ◆Fortunately, we're both blessed with good health.

　　幸運的是我們倆都有健康的身體。 ◆This rain will be a blessing for the farmers.

　　對農(nóng)民來說，這場雨真是一場甘霖。 ◆Not getting that job was actually a blessing in disguise, because I have now got a much better one.

　　沒有得到那份工作真是因禍得福，因為我現(xiàn)在得到了一份更好的工作。 ◆Getting that job was rather a mixed blessing because/as/since it left me very little time to spend with my family.

　　得到那份工作有利也有弊，因為我很少有時間和家人在一起了。 5、 fold

　　vt. &vi. 折疊， 包， 交叉， 擁抱(反)unfold 展現(xiàn)，展開 　fold one's arms 交臂；抱臂 　fold sth. away/up/down (使某物)折疊收攏(以便存放) 　fold sb. / sth. in one's arms 擁抱某人(抱著某物) 　fold up (因痛苦或大笑)倒下， 折疊 　return to the fold 回頭(尤指回教會) 根據(jù)段落大意或括號內(nèi)的提示填詞

　　Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton ①______ (fold) bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be “l(fā)ike a magic carpet…You could fold it ②______ and put it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused：“But you'll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a ③______wheel.”

　　①folding a folding bicycle折疊式自行車②up ③folding 1、 pull out 離開，撤離；拔出；渡過難關；恢復健康 ◆I had a bad tooth pulled out yesterday. 我昨天拔了一顆蛀牙。

　　◆He hopelessly watched the train pull out of the station. 他無奈地看著火車開出了車站。

　　◆Most want US to pull out of Afghanistan as soon as possible.

　　大多數(shù)人都希望美國能盡快從阿富汗撤軍。

　　◆Our Australian partner pull out of the contract. 我們的澳大利亞合伙人退了合同。 2、 take off 拿走；脫下(衣帽等)；起飛；動身；突然走紅；流行開；突然離開 ◆The company really started to take off after World War Ⅱ. 在二戰(zhàn)后，公司得到了飛速發(fā)展。

　　◆Her singing career began to take off after Li Yuchun became a supergirl. 李宇春成了超級女生之后，她的演唱事業(yè)便開始騰飛了。 Would you please ______ this form for me to see if I've filled it in right?

　　A. take off

　　B. look after

　　C. give up

　　D. go over D　檢查，瀏覽一遍看表填對沒有。 3、 throw sb./sth. into (doing) sth.

　　投身于，熱衷于，積極從事…… 同devote/apply/dedicate sb. to doing sth. ◆He threw himself into work once he got back from his holidays. 他度假一回來就投身于工作。

　　◆Jack threw himself into computer games. 杰克熱衷于電腦游戲。 很多人熱衷于學英語。 __________________________________________ Many people throw themselves into learning English. 此句的主句部分為“he had to leave school and start working”， when引導一個時間狀語從句，because 引導的是原因狀語從句，leaving分詞短語作結果狀語。 When he was only fourteen years old, he had to leave school and start working because my grandfather died, leaving no money and a big family behind. 當他只有14歲時，就不得不輟學開始工作，因為我的祖父去世了，什么錢也沒留下，只留下了一個大家庭。 選用合適的連接詞填空

　　______ marketed as a computer ______ could be used to help computer programming, the main advantage of this computer was ______ it was good for playing computer games on.

　　Although / Though; that / which; that　句意：雖然這種電腦上市的初衷是用于幫助電腦編程的，但它的主要優(yōu)點是適合用來玩電腦游戲。