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Unit 3
Chinese
Food
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attend to: to take care of, look after,
deal with
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Attend to
your teacher.
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I
have my business to
attend
to
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Could you
attend
to
(ie deal with) this matter
immediately?
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Attend to
your work and stop
talking
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derive
from
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Thousands
of English words
derive from
Latin.
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He derived great pleasure from
painting.
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Mr.
Ying is one of those happy people who derive
pleasure from helping others.
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sage
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Confucius is considered the greatest of
the ancient Chinese
sages
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孔子被认为是中国古代最伟大的圣贤。
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smother
v.
覆盖，掩盖，使
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喘不过气
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使
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窒息
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If you put too
much coal on the fire at once you'll
smother
it.
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Smother
the flames from the
burning pan with a wet towel.
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He
smothered
the baby with a
pillow.
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The
cook smothered a steak with mushrooms.
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lavish
，
to give a
lot or too much of something very generous
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She
lavished
kindness on
them.
她对他们过份和气。
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We were always
lavish with financial aid in times of crisis.
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He was always
lavish in his praise of my efforts.
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那是个规模盛大、极其铺张的宴会。
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That is a vast
and
lavish
party.
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我妈妈经常对我们关心得太多。
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My mother often
lavishes
us with attention.
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Proceed, ~
(with sth/to do) to continue doing sth that has
already been started; to continue
being
done:
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Tell us your name and then proceed with
your story.
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He
outlined his plans and then proceeded to explain
them in more detail.
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我们继续上课吧。
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Let us proceed
with our lesson.
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停下来休息以后，他们又继续上山。
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After stopping
to rest, they proceeded up the hill.
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Marked:
striking; conspicuous
E.g. John
worked really hard. He showed marked improvement
in all the tests.
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Assert
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to state clearly and firmly
that sth is true:
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She continued
to assert that she was innocent.
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It is commonly
asserted that older people prefer to receive care
from family members.
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assert yourself
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to behave in a confident and determined
way so that other people pay attention to your
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opinions/If you
assert yourself, you speak and act in a forceful
way, so that people take
notice of you.
显示权威；出风头
You're too
timid-you must try to assert yourself more.
Women began to assert themselves
politically.
He's speaking
up and asserting himself and doing things he
enjoys.
ubiquitous
a.
无所不在的
,
到处存在的
,
普遍存在的
Coffee
shops are ubiquitous everywhere.
Bedeck, to decorate; to hang ornaments
or decorations on
He led us into a room
bedecked with flowers.
Inherent:
existing as a natural and
permanent quality
固有的
,
与生俱来的
Violence is inherent in our society.
药会有一定的副作用的。
The drug has certain inherent side
effect.
Every business has its own
inherent risks.
Phenomenal
very remarkable,
amazing
现象的
,
能知觉的
,
异常的
,
显著的
,
惊人的
He enjoyed
phenomenal success as a race car driver.
California had experienced a phenomenal
growth in population.
Fastidiously
very careful about small details in
your appearance, work etc
难取悦地
,
挑剔地
,
苛求地，非常讲究地
,
一丝不苟地
She stared fastidiously at the dirty
table.
He fastidiously copied every
word of his
notes onto
clean paper.
Chore
, a small
job that you have to do regularly, especially work
that you do to keep a
house clean:
everyday chores like shopping and
housework
We share the domestic chores.
Contrive
，
to make
or invent something in a skilful way, especially
because you need it
suddenly
In
1862,
a
technique
was
contrived
to
take
a
series
of
photographs
showing
stages
of
movement.
Palate
，
the sense
of taste, and especially your ability to enjoy or
judge food:
味觉
,
趣味
,
爱好
It tasted very strange, at
least to my untrained palate.
a
collection of dishes to tempt your palate
Conform: to act in accordance with; to
comply with
He clothes are conformed to
fashion.
Though educated, we conform to
some old customs.
Elusive
,
difficult to find, define, or
achieve:
难懂的
,
易忘的
,
难以捉摸的
the elusive concept of
'literature'
She managed to
get an interview with that elusive man.
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