英语单词精简版

一单元

1. We have a certain stereotypical

_preconception_

偏见

，预想

of a person from a culture and we interpret his/her

behaviour according to this preconception, whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it.

2. According to Dr. Helfand, Pakistan built nuclear weapons as a

_deterrent

威慑

against India. India

wanted them

as a

_deterrent_

against China.

3.

The

European

scrutiny

详细审查，监视

_

Committee

assesses

the

legal

and/or

political

importance

of

each

EU

document, decides which EU documents are debated, monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal,

procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review.

4. A major

stumbling block

绊脚石，

障碍

in handling criticism is that we believe the criticism to be unfair and untrue

and that we should defend ourselves against such criticism.

5. Many Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term “Lao Wai” is somehow an insult, and in fact the term

“Lao Wai” doesn’t have a negative

_connotation

内涵，暗示

_

in Chinese.

6. China has no plan to change its

preferential

优待的

treatment policies for foreign investment in the near future in

order

toreassure

foreign

investors

who

have

been

worried

that

China

might

cancel

its

preferential

policies

and

give

foreign investors the same national treatment as their domestic counterparts now that the country is in the WTO.

7. Restorative yoga is especially helpful for anxiety-

_prone

俯卧的，有。

。

。倾向的 ，易于。

。

。的

_

people because it

allows the

nervous system to rest and heal.

8. Students should develop the ability to weigh evidence without bias, tolerate

ambiguity

含糊，不明确，暧昧

_

, and

use ethical principles in their academic and personal lives.

9. Members slated for peacekeeping duties over 180 days are eligible for up to 15 days of rest and

_recuperation

恢

复，复原

.

10. The norms of our own culture are not necessarily wrong

－

often they are very good

－

but we should learn not to

judge other culture’s ways of acting and thinking

ethnocentrically

种族中心主义的

only because they differ from our own.

1. ___

Tenacity

韧性，固执

____implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along out of

inability to imagine anything else.

2. In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an)___

_

inscrutable

< br>神秘的，不可预

测的，不可理解的

_

__ smile. An amazing journey!

3. The elimination of _

stereotypes

陈 腔滥调

__

_____ was believed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural

exchange.

4. The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24-hour satellite television channel based in Baghdad to make it easier to

__

_circumvent

包围，

陷害，

绕行

____

< br>_

the news media “filter” that Bush Administration officials believe is misleading the

public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq.

5. This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler

that will develop coordination, balance and ___

spatial

空间的

_

____ relationship skills as well as communication and

cooperation.

6. It is a

_truism

老生常谈，众所周知

____ to say that the women who teach in India must know the language, the

religion, superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be the very same case for England.

7. The

_

connotation

内涵，暗示

__

___ of “white” in Chinese includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese pay

respect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West,

however, white is the traditional color for the bride at weddings, and to wear white at funerals would be offensive.

8. The just-concluded election in Pakistan is simply a

__

_

facade

正面，表面，外观

__

for continuing military rule,

according to Selig Harrison, a leading US authority on South Asia, Afghanistan and the region.

9. As television, and to an extent the internet have _

permeated

充满

_

___further through our society, the effects are

perhaps more significant than even we realize.

10. There’s this new girl coming to my school, and I like her a lot. I want to _

cement

水泥，

结合剂，

巩固，

粘牢

_

___

our friendship before I start a serious relationship.

三单元

1.

China is the first market for KFC to launch its new product. Targeting trendy young people, KFC D&D features

new flavors like the _

_smoot hie__

举止优雅的人；

善于讨好女人的男子；

一种果汁与牛奶的混合饮料

__

_ series, crushed

ice of different tastes and hot drinks like Hong Kong-

style milk tea. It’s a wider choice of drinks and desse

rts than those on

the regular KFC menu.

2.

My sister Ellie, who recently lost 20 pounds, has been pressuring me to lose weight too. And when I asked for a

second helping of the low-fat

__casserole_n.

勺皿；

砂锅菜；

餐桌上用有盖的焙盘

vi.

用焙盘焙

__

__she served for dinner

the other night, she totally went off on me.

3.

Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually __

_pester_vt.

纠缠，

烦扰；

使烦恼

< br>__

_ their mothers

and fathers until they get one. It is only when the sweet little thing has been brought home that the parents realize how much

time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonze”.

4.

Nigerian President Obasanjo said Sunday that he is not excluding

_sabotage

破坏；破坏活动；怠工

____

__

，

as the cause of last Sunday’s bomb explosions at the Military Cantonment in Lagos, which

led to the death of more than

1,100 people.

5.

An obviously biased judge made derisive decisions throughout the trial. The strain of the trial also placed Barrie’s

marriage under_

___duress

强迫，监禁

__

, which ultimately led to his wife

divorcing him, and le

d to Barrie’s children

being derided and physically attacked by their classmates.

6. The G

.O.P. hopes to gain votes by attacking her as a radical feminist who prefers the boardroom to the kitchen. But

the ploy, could _

_backfire_

放出逆火；预先放火；产 生出乎意料及事与愿违的结果

___by alienating working women.

7. Both Luo and Guang admit their drugs, while effective in combating AIDS and alleviating its syndromes, may not be

the final answer to solving the AIDS crisis. Rather, they believe, combined

_therapy__

____ is the likely ultimate answer.

Luo

said

his

drugs,

when

combined

with

Western

medicine,

such

as

the

AZT,

have

shown

double

the

effectiveness

for

treating AIDS patients.

8. This __

_delectable adj.

美味的；令人愉快的

_

__ TV programme is suitable for those half-educated people.

9.“John has no__

_sib lings__

兄弟姊妹；

民族成员

_ . So when his parents passed away, he inherited everything from the

family

－< /p>

properties, bank savings, stocks and a big house. He’s really living on easy street.”

10.

Anthropologist

Dr.

Edward

T.

Hall

points

out

that,

for

two

unacquainted

adult

male

North

Americans,

the

comfortable

distance

to

stand

for

private

conversation

is

from

arm’s

length

to

about

four

feet

apart.

For

as

the

South

American moves in

, the North American feels he’s being pushy; and as the North American backs off the South American

thinks he’s being ___

_

standoffish

冷淡的，不友好的

___.

was so much pain there, _

_

inadve rtently_

非故意的

____

caused by both sides over the years. I didn’t want to

hurt them, nor they me, but the harm had been done and it was irreversible.

2.

Strengthening

regional

economic

cooperation

is

a

top

priority

for

many

Asian

countries.

Interdependence

among

these different countries is becoming stronger - thanks to the adoption of a more open economic model. And now, Asian

countries are making efforts to promote regional__

_

integration_