泛读3 Unit 7

2021年1月25日发(作者：cereals)
Unit 7
Word Pretest:
1.
Feminine

['f
?
m
?
n
?
n]
adj
ies
and
things
relate
to
or
are
considered
typical of women, in contrast to men.
女性的，阴性
的

eg
:
But
are
the
ads
about
self-care
and
feminine
indulgence all that much better?
但是那些关于自我照
顾和女性放纵的广告真的有那么好吗？

2.
Bias

[
?
bai
?
s]
v and n
V.
someone
means
to
influence
them
in
favor
of
a
particular choice (
影响某人）使偏心；使产生偏见

eg :We mustn
’
t allow it to bias our teaching.
我们不
允许它使我们的教学产生偏见。

N.
a
tendency
to
prefer
one
person
or
thing
to
another,
and to favor that person or thing.
偏见

eg: Knowing her political bias, we discounted most of
her story.
由于了解她的政治偏见，我们对她的大部分报道
都持怀疑态度。

3.
Segregate

['s
?
ɡ
r
?
ɡ
et]
v
To segregate two groups of people or things means to
keep them physically apart from each other.
隔离，分
开

eg: A large detachment of police was used to segregate
the two rival camps of protesters.
一大队分遣警察被派
来隔离两群敌对的抗议者。

4.
Stereotype
['st
?
r
??
ta
?
p] n and v
N.
a
stereotype
is
fixed
general
image
or
set
of
characteristics
that
a
lot
of
people
believe
represent
a particular type of person or thing.
模式化形象，成
见

eg:
There
’
s
always
been
a
stereotype
about
successful
businessmen.
对成功的商人们总有偏见

V.
if
someone
is
stereotyped
as something,
people
form
a fixed general idea or image of them, so that it is
assumed
that
they
will
behave
in
a
particular
way.
把…
模式化；对…产生成见

eg : He was stereotyped by some as a renegade.
他被一
些人带着成见视为一名背叛者。

Segregate installation
隔离设施

5.
Enforce
[
?
n'f
?
rs] v
1.

If
people
in
authority
enforce
a
law
or
s
rule,
they
make
sure
that
it
is
obeyed,
usually
by
punishing
people
who do not obey it.
施行

eg: Boulder was one of the first cities in the nation
to enforce a ban on smoking.
博尔德是该国率先施行禁
烟令的城市之一。

2.

To enforce something means to force or cause it to
be done or to happen.
强制执行

eg : They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a
low-tech specification.
他们通过强制执行一种低技术规
范来竭力限制成本。

Enforce upon
强迫

6.
Institute


英
?[
??
nst
?
tju:t]
美
?[
??
nst
?
tu:t]
n.
①
an organization that has a particular purpose,
especially one that is connected with education or a
particular
profession
教< br>育
，
专
业
等
的
机
构

eg:
a
research
institute
研
究
所

institutes
of
higher
education
高等学校


②
the building used by this organization
机构建筑


introduce
a
system,
policy
,etc,
or
start
a
process
建立，制定，设立，实行

eg: The new management intends to institute a number
r of changes
新任管理层打算实行一些改革

7.
Spectator
英
?[spek
?
te
?
t
?
(r)]
美
?[
?
spekte
?
t
?
r]
n. a person who is watching an event, especially a
sports event
由指体育比赛的观看者，观众

8.
Superficial
< br>英
?[
?
su:p
??
f
??
l]
美
?[
?
su:p
?
r
?
f
??
l]
粗略的，肤浅的，粗枝大叶的，浅薄的
eg:
The
book
shows
only
a
superficial
understanding
of
historical
context
.
这本书表现出对历史背景的肤浅了解。

appearing
to
be
true,
real
or
important
until
you
look
at
it
more
carefully
表面的，外表的
eg:
When
you
first
meet
her
,she
gives
a
superficial
impression
of
warmth
and friendliness.
初次见面时，她总给人一种热情亲切的
表面印象。

Text 1
中的生单词：

1.
Eliminate
[
??
l
?
m
??
net] vt.
○
1
to leave out of consideration.
不加考虑，略去

eg: When the family was deciding which house to buy,
they
eliminated
all
those
that
didn
’
t
have
a
back
yard.
那家人在选择房子时，对那些没有后院的都不予考虑。

○
2
to cast aside.
排除，消除

eg: Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world.
我
们能完全消除世界上的贫穷吗。

2.
Commonplace
[
?
k
ɑ
:m
?
nple
?
s]
n.
○
1
a well-known statement or remark worn out by too
much use.
老生常谈，陈词滥调

eg: It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland
is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已经陈词滥调
了。


○
2
anything ordinary.
平凡之物，平凡的事

eg:
It
’
s
become
a
commonplace
to
see
people
collapsing
from hunger in the streets.
在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

Adj. uninteresting, common, dull.
无趣的，平常的，陈
腐的

eg: Foreign vacations have become commonplace.
去国
外度假已经变得很平常了。


3.
Portray
: V [p
?
r'tre]
to paint or draw the likeness of.
绘像，描绘

eg:
The
film
portrays
a
culture
of
young
people
who
live
in lower Manhattan.
这部电影描绘了在下曼哈顿地区生活的青年人文化。

②
to represent by acting.
扮演

eg: In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles