Word List 8

publish/ ˋpʌblIʃ /v. 出版，发行

[例] This magazine is published monthly. 这本杂志是月刊。

[参] publisher（n. 出版商）

adaptation/ ˌædæpˋteIʃn /n. [U] 适应，适合；[C] 改编本

[例] A screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is going to meet the audience. 莎士比亚的《麦克白》将被改编并搬上银幕与观众见面。

secure/ sIˋkjʊə /adj. 安全的，可靠的；放心的，无虑的

[例] It's not secure to drive without a safety belt. 开车时不系安全带很危险。

[参] security（n. 安全）

toward（s）/ təˋwɔːd（z） /prep. 向，朝，对于

[例] The little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. 小男孩出来后哭着朝妈妈跑去。

[参] forward（s）（adv. 向前地；向将来地；提前地）；backwards（adv. 向后地，相反地）；upwards（adv. 向上地）

annual/ ˋænjuəl /adj. 一年一次的，每年的

[记] 词根记忆：ann（年）+ual（…的）→每年的

[例] The annual company barbecue was a success. 公司一年一度的烧烤野餐很成功。

bush/ bʊʃ /n. 灌木丛，矮树丛

[例] a rose bush 玫瑰丛

asleep/ əˋsliːp /adj. 睡着的，熟睡的

[记] 词根记忆：a（…的） +sleep（睡觉） →睡着的

[用] asleep 常作表语，用作定语时需置于被修饰词之后。此类表语形容词还有alone, alike, awake等。

[考] fall asleep 睡着： Coffee makes you exited and prevents you from falling asleep. 咖啡使你兴奋，让你睡不着觉。

[参] sleepy（adj. 困倦的）；sleeping（adj. 睡着的；睡觉用的）

promise/ ˋprɒmIs /v. 答应，允诺；预示 n. 答应，允诺；希望，前景

[用] 1. promise to do sth. 答应做某事： I have promised to meet him at the airport at 3：30 tomorrow afternoon. 我已经答应他明天下午三点半在机场见。 2. promise sth. to sb.允诺给某人某物： I can't give you the CD；I've promised it to James. 我不能把这张CD给你，我已经答应给詹姆斯了。3. promise+that从句 答应，许诺： I promised my father that I would come back home before 5：00 p.m. 我答应父亲下午5点前会回家。

[例] This year promises to be another good one for harvests. 今年看来又是个丰收年。// a young player of great promise一个很有前途的年轻演员

[参] promising（adj. 有希望的，有前途的）

stop/ stɒp /vt.（stopped, stopped, stopping） 停止；阻止 n. 停；（停车） 站

[用] 1. stop后可接动名词和不定式作宾语，但二者的意思不同。 stop doing sth. 表示停止做某事： Stop talking, OK？ 别说了行不行？而stop to do sth. 表示停下手中正在做的事情去做另一件事： He stopped to look outside the car. 他停下来看了看车外。2. stop sb.（from） doing sth. 阻止某人做某事： The mother tried to stop her young daughter going out on dates. 母亲试图阻止小女儿外出约会。

compulsory/ kəmˋpʌlsəri /adj. 必修的；义务的

[记] 词根记忆：com（表加强）+puls（驱动，推）+ory→不断推的→义务的

[例] A composition class is compulsory for all college students. 写作课是所有大学生的必修课。// compulsory education 义务教育

iron/ ˋaIən /n. 铁；熨斗 v. 熨烫

[例] A new iron has been discovered on that planet. 在那个行星上发现了一种新的铁元素。// She washed and ironed her dress. 她把衣服洗干净，然后熨平。

worth/ wɜːθ /adj. 值得的；价值…

[用] worth是表语形容词，主要用法有：1. be worth doing 值得做： The man isn't worth waiting for. 这个男人不值得等。2. be worth+n. 价值…： That necklace is worth $500 at the most. 那条项链最多值500美元。

clap/ klæp /v.（clapped, clapped, clapping） 拍手，鼓掌

[例] They clap their hands in time to the music. 他们随着音乐的节拍拍起手来。

recover/ rIˋkʌvə /vi. 痊愈 vt. 恢复；重新获得

[记] 词根记忆：re（重新）+cover（包括）→重新获得

[考] recover from 恢复： It may take him a month to recover from the operation. 他手术后需要一个月的时间康复。

[参] recovery（n. 恢复，痊愈）

across/ əˋkrɒs /prep. 横过，穿过

[记] 词根记忆：a（表加强）+cross（横过）→横过

[考] come across 偶遇，不期而遇

[例] We swam across the river. 我们游到河对岸。

any/ ˋeni /adj. 任何的；一些 pron. 任何一个；任何一些

[用] any 表示“一些”时，常用于疑问句、否定句、条件句中，后接不可数名词或可数名词复数。当any用于肯定句中后接可数名词单数时，意为“任一”： Take any book you like. 你喜欢哪本书就拿哪本。

[例] There isn't any chair in this room. 这间房子里一把椅子都没有。

standard/ ˋstændəd /n. 标准，规格 adj. 标准的

[记] 联想记忆：stand（站）+ard→站有站相→标准

[例] standard room（旅馆的） 标准间

pronounce/ prəˋnaʊns /v. 发音

[记] 联想记忆：pron（代词）+（n）oun（名词）+ce→又是代词又是名词，怎么发音？

[例] How do you pronounce your name? 你的名字怎么念？

[参] pronunciation（n. 发音）

contemporary/ kənˋtemprəri /adj. 当代的；同时代的

[记] 词根记忆：con（共同）+tempor（时间）+ary（…的）→同时代的

[例] contemporary painters 当代画家 // contemporary literature 当代文学

load/ ləʊd /n. 担子，货物

[例] I set down my heavy load when I reached the bus station. 到达公交车站时，我把重担卸了下来。

test/ test /n./vt. 测试，考查，试验

[例] All of the students have passed the English test. 所有的学生都通过了英语测试。

辨：test, examine, inspect

test侧重指“检验”，而检验的目的在于找出问题并及时改正；examine意为“审查，检查”，指对事物进行认真细致的检查；inspect也意为“检查”，一般指内行进行检查，还有“视察”的意思。

should/ ʃʊd /modal v. 应当，应该

[用] 1. should表示应该，与ought to同义： Parents should talk with their children frequently. 父母应经常和孩子交谈。 2. 表示可能： It's nearly 7∶00. Jack should be here at any moment. 快七点了，杰克可能随时会到。3. 构成虚拟语气，表示要求或建议： I suggest you（should） ask Mr. Wu. 我建议你去问问吴老师。4. should have done.../should not have done...本应该做却没做…/本不该做却做了…： I was really anxious about you. You shouldn't have left home without a word. 你让我很担心，你不应该一句话也不说就离开了家。

local/ ˋləʊkl /adj. 当地的，地方的

[记] 词根记忆：loc（地方）+al（…的）→地方的

[例] the local government 当地政府

respect/ rIˋspekt /n. 尊敬，尊重；方面 vt. 尊敬，尊重

[记] 词根记忆：re（一再）+spect（看）→一再地看望→尊重

[例] Every country should take mutual respect as one of their principles. 各国都应该把互相尊重作为一项原则。

[参] respectful（adj. 恭敬的，尊敬的）

various/ ˋveəriəs /adj. 各种各样的，不同的

[例] We sell various products. 我们出售各种各样的产品。

辨：various, different

二者都有“不同的”之意。various强调种类的不同，意为“各种不同的，各式各样的”，如： The boy made up various reasons for being late. 男孩为自己的迟到编造了各种理由。different强调事物之间的区别或本质的不同，有时侧重对比但并不注重差别，如： The colors of the two boxes are different. 那两个盒子的颜色不同。

thought/ θɔːt /n. 思考，思想；念头

[例] I was sunk in my thought. 我陷入了沉思。

[参] thoughtful（adj. 思考的；体贴的）；thoughtless（adj. 欠考虑的）

cross/ krɒs /n. 十字形的东西；十字架 vt. 越过；穿过

[记] 联想记忆： 耶稣被钉在十字架（cross）上

[例] The guide led us to cross the river by boat. 导游带领我们乘船渡河。

lift/ lIft /（美 elevator） n. 电梯vt. 举起，抬起 vi. 升起，（云、烟等） 消散

[例] wait for the lift 等电梯 // Please lift the box and put it on the table. 请把盒子抬起来放到桌子上。

far/ fɑː /adj./adv.（farther/further, farthest/furthest） 远的（地）

[例] It's far better to go by plane. 乘飞机去要好得多。

[考] 1. as/so far as I know 就我所知 2. as/so far as I am concerned 就我而言，我认为 3. so far 迄今为止 4. by far 最，…得多： This is by far the most urgent issue of the age. 这是当代最紧迫的问题。5. far from 远非，完全不

pick/ pIk /v. 拾起，采集；挑选

[记] 捡起（pick） 球大脚开（kick） 出去

[考] 1. pick sth. up=pick up sth. 捡起；收拾；获得（尤指不经意间学到） ；重新开始： Cathy picked up a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls. 和当地的孩子们一起玩耍让凯茜学了一些西班牙语。2. pick sb. up=pick up sb. 用车接某人： I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. 我可以去车站接你，然后我们一起在城里吃饭。3. pick out 精心挑选： I picked this one out. 我挑了这一个。

[参] picker（n. 采集者）

swallow/ ˋswɒləʊ /vt. 吞下；咽下 n. 燕子

[记] 联想记忆：s+wall（墙）+（l）ow → 燕子在墙角垒窝

[例] Chew your food properly before swallowing it. 食物仔细嚼碎后再咽下。

dress/ dres /v. 穿衣，打扮 n. 女服，连衣裙；服装

[用] 1.（be） dressed in... 穿着…： Dressed in a white uniform, he looks more like a cook than a doctor. 穿着白色制服的他看起来更像个厨师而不是医生。2. dress sb. 给某人穿衣服： She dressed herself neatly for work. 为了工作她穿得很整洁。注意：dress的宾语只能是人，不能是衣服。

[例] She had to dress like a man. 她不得不穿得像个男人。

[考] dress up 打扮，伪装： Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars. 一些人装扮成乞丐。

[参] undress（v. 脱衣服）

training/ ˋtreInIŋ /n. 培训

[例] These new employees have received necessary training for their coming work. 这些新雇员已经为即将从事的工作接受了必要的培训。

cure/ kjʊə /n./v. 治疗，医好

[例] Modern medicine has cured many diseases. 现代医学治愈了许多疾病。

辨：cure, heal, treat

cure多指治愈疾病，使人恢复健康： This new medicine soon cured my cold. 这种新药很快治好了我的感冒。heal多指治愈伤口或创伤，使之复原： His wounds are healing over. 他的伤正在复原。// She won't be sad too long; time will heal most trouble. 她不会伤心太久的，时间会抚平大部分的伤痛。treat强调治疗的过程，指通过药物、特别的食品或运动来治疗病人，不强调结果： Which doctor is going to treat him for his illness? 他的病会由哪位医生来治疗呢？

general/ ˋdʒenrəl /adj. 大体的，总的；一般的；普遍的

[记] 词根记忆：gener（产生）+al→产生一切的→普遍的

[例] general idea 大意 // general manager 总经理

[考] in general 一般而言，大体上

[参] generally（adv. 一般地，通常）

sink/ sIŋk /v.（sank, sunk, sinking）（使） 下沉；消沉；陷入 n. 洗涤槽，污水槽

[例] The British had to sink this warship. 英国人必须击沉这艘军舰。

[考] be sunk in 陷入： I was sunk in my thought. 我陷入了沉思。

[参] unsinkable（adj. 不会下沉的）；sinking（n. 沉没）

commitment/ kəˋmItmənt /n. 承诺，许诺；保证；献身；投入

[记] 词根记忆：com（表加强）+mit（送出）+ment（名词后缀）→送出很多→献身；投入

[例] The government's commitment to public services has been put into practice. 政府就公共服务所做的承诺已经开始实施了。

dormitory/ ˋdɔːmətri /（缩写为dorm） n. 学生宿舍

[记] 词根记忆：dorm（睡眠）+it+ory（表地点）→睡觉的地方→学生宿舍

helicopter/ ˋhelIkɒptə /n. 直升机

[记] 词根记忆：helico（螺旋）+pter（翅膀）→带螺旋翼的飞机→直升机

[例] There is no place to land the helicopter here. 直升机无法在这里降落。

单元自测题

1. — ______？

— That would be great! Please drop me off at the library.（2010安徽）

A. Could you bring me the bill

B. Would you like me to give you a lift

C. Could you tell me the postcode for Paris

D. Would you like to have my e⁃mail address

2. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend.（2007四川）

A. turn out

B. bring out

C. call out

D. pick out

3. ______ and no way to reduce her pain and suffering from the terrible disease, the patient sought her doctor's help to end her life.

A. Having given up hope of cure

B. With no hope for cure

C. There being hope for cure

D. In the hope of cure

4. After two years' research, we now have a ______ better understanding of the disease.（2007全国2卷）

A. very

B. far

C. fairly

D. quite

5. — I don't care what people think.

— Well, you ______.（2009四川）

A. could

B. would

C. should

D. might

6. Do you think this shirt is too tight ______ the shoulders?（2012北京）

A. at

B. on

C. to

D. across

7. Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the money⁃making jobs they ______ before leaving their hometowns.（2010福建）

A. promised

B. were promised

C. have promised

D. have been promised

8. His first book ______ next month is based on a true story.（2010陕西）

A. published

B. to be published

C. to publish

D. being published

9. He was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.（2008辽宁）

A. to stop

B. stopping

C. to have stopped

D. having stopped

10. ______ general, his composition is not bad, but some examples he chose are terrible.

A. In

B. On

C. For

D. Of

11. Green products are becoming more and more popular because they are environ⁃mentally ______.（2006福建）

A. friendly

B. various

C. common

D. changeable

12. My mom suggests that we ______ eat out for a change this weekend.（2012陕西）

A. should

B. might

C. could

D. would

13. — Do you think that housing price will keep ______ in the years to come?

— Sorry, I have no idea.（2007江苏）

A. lifting up

B. going up

C. bringing up

D. growing up

14. — Would you please help me with the box?

— ______.（2009四川）

A. Yes, please

B. No, please don't

C. With pleasure

D. My pleasure

15. — Which city of China did you like best?

— Oh, Beijing. I'd only read about these places before, such as the Forbidden city! It was ______ exciting being there.

A. finally

B. really

C. actually

D. personally

答案：BDBBC DDBBA AABCB