现代大学英语精读第二册 Unit09

Lesson Nine

Pre-class Work

Read the text a third time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below.

Glossary

advocate
v. to support an idea or a plan

amusement
n. enjoyment

antique
adj. being old and therefore valuable

bicentennial
n. the day or year exactly 200 years after a particular event

briefing
n. infomp3ation or instructions you get before you have to do sth.; here: news in brief (without details)

cabinet
n. a piece of furniture with doors, shelves or drawers for storing things

carriage
n. a wheeled vehicle, especially a private horse-drawn vehicle

checkerboard
n. 棋盘，方格图案

civil
adj. of human society; a ～ war: a war between two parties of the same country

compress
v. to force into less space

condense
v. to put into a smaller or shortened fomp3

confederate
adj. belonging to a political union of states; the C ～ amp3y: the Southern amp3y in the American Civil War

convenience
n. the condition of being suitable to one's needs and easy to reach

defer
v. to delay until a later date

diet
n. a limited range and amount of food you eat when you want to get thinner

digest
n. a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report, etc. 文摘

Dutch
adj. 荷兰的

eagle
n. a very large strong meat-eating bird with a hooked beak and very good eyesight

fax
v. 发传真
featureless
adj. uninteresting, without noticeable features

gorgeous
adj. (infml) very beautiful

gratification
n. satisfaction

herd
n. a group of animals of one kind which lives and feeds together

iceberg
n. a large piece of ice floating in the sea, most of which is below the surface

ignore
v. not to take notice of

infect
v. to pass on a disease to sb.; to corrupt

interstate
n. (AmE) a very wide road for long distance travel

lane
n. the two or three parallel areas on a main road which are divided by painted lines to keep fast and slow traffic apart 车道；the fast ～: the lane for going past other vehicles 快车道

linger
v. to stay a little longer because you do not want to leave

liposuction
n. the removal of fat from sb's body by means of suction

microwave
n. 微波（炉）

mph
n. abbr. for miles per hour

outlet
n. a shop through which products are sold; here: （工厂附设的）门市部