新概念第二册第四单元单词详解89课

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详细讲解新概念第二册第四单元单词.是张艳老师所写的《新概念词汇进阶》的一部分

LIST 89

slip                    n. a small mistake小错误；a small or narrow piece of paper小纸条

I mean “best” not “pest”--it was just a slip of the tongue. 我的意思是最好的，不是害虫，这只不过是口误。

词组拓展：     slip of the tongue 口误

slip of the pen笔误

deposit slip 存单

pink slip 辞退信

let slip错过；失去；失言

相关表达：       blunder n.大错

                           mistake n.错误，过失

comedy            n. 喜剧

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s comedies. 威尼斯商人是莎士比亚地喜剧之一。

相关表达：       comedian n.戏剧演员

 tragedy n.悲剧

记忆点拨：       分割：come—dy（大家都来看的）

present               v. 演出to give a performance in a theatre, cinema, etc, or broadcast a programme on television or radio；adj. 出席，到场的

They will present Hamlet in the Globe theatre tonight.今晚他们将在环球剧院上演哈姆雷特。

How many people were present at the meeting yesterday? 昨天有多少人出席会议？

词组拓展：     at present现在；目前

                          for the present眼前；暂时

queue             v. 排队n. 队伍

I have been queuing for hours to get a train ticket.为了买张火车票我已经排队排了几个小时了。

If he were a gentleman, he would not jump the queue.如果他是绅士他就不会插队的。

词组拓展：     queue up for排队等候

                           jump the queue 不按次序排队，加塞儿

                           stand in a queue站成长队

词义辨析：       line n. 队伍

dull            adj. 枯燥，无味not interesting or exciting；（颜色）灰暗的not bright or shiny；（声音）沉闷的not clear or loud

实际应用：       枯燥的讲话dull speech

枯燥的书dull books

颜色灰暗的家具dull-colored furniture

一声闷雷a dull thud

My feet took turns kicking at the thick snow, making a dull squeaking sound.我的脚轮流踩在厚厚的雪地上，发出单调的吱吱声。

词义辨析：     boring adj.枯燥的not interesting in any way

The lecture was so boring that nearly half of the audience fell asleep.讲座非常无聊，几乎一半的听众都睡着了。

artiste             n. 艺人

词义辨析：       artist n.艺术家，画家

advertiser       n. 报幕员

记忆点拨：       ad-vert(转)-ise(动词后缀)－er(名词后缀)

相关表达：       advertise v.做广告

advertisement n.广告

advertising n.广告业

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