What are the shirts made of?
Unit 5
chopstick
n. 筷子
一双筷子
a pair of chopsticks
coin
n.硬币
国外人士只看到了硬币的一面而已。
Foreigners look at only one side of the coin.
事物都有两面性；凡事有利弊；事物都是一分为二的
Every coin has two sides.
用法：在写作时，一般作名言使用例：As an old saying goes:'Every coin has two sides. 'On one hand，.... On the other hand,....
fork
n. 餐叉，叉子
用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。
Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.
Everyone at the table was given a knife and fork.
餐桌上每人给了一副刀叉.
blouse
n.（女式）短上衣；衬衫
shirts （男士）衬衫
她的黄色短上衣和金发很相称.
A yellow blouse goes with her blonde hair.
Her yellow’blouse and blonde hair match up nicely.
silver
n.银；银器 adj.银色的
我喜欢在银色的月光下散步.
I like taking a walk under the silver moon.
价值1,000英镑的珠宝和银饰被盗。
A thousand pounds worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen.
glass
n.玻璃
一副眼镜
a pair of glasses
一杯
a glass of
有玻璃门通到这个阳台。
There were glass doors leading on to this balcony.
cotton
n.棉；棉花
steel
n. 刚；钢铁
fair
n. 展览会 ；交易会
另外一个能获得信息的地方是教育展览会.
Another place to get information is an educational fair.
我很高兴地说我会参加下个月在北京的展览会.
I am pleased to say I will attend a trade fair in Beijing next month.
environmental
adj. 自然环境的；有关环境的
环境保护
environmental production
现在，她所关注的问题已在新的环境保护法案中得以表达。
Her concern has now found expression in the new environmental protection act.
grass
n.草；草地
院子里的草有齐腰高。
The grass in the yard was waist high.
没有迹象表明她是被硬拖着穿过草地的。
There were no signs she'd been dragged across the grass.
leaf
n. 叶子；叶
复数（pl）：leavs
我喜欢一年中的这个时候,所有的树木都在长叶子.
I love this time of year when all the trees are coming into/in leaf.
produce
v.生产；制造；出产
我很高兴我们确实有能力生产这么多粮食。
I'm quite pleased that we do have the capacity to produce that much food.
它们成本很高,而且很难制造.
They cost a lot and are difficult to produce.
widely
adv. 广泛地；普遍地
比较级： more widely 最高级： most widely
英语在世界上被广泛应用。
English is widely used in the world.
我们在很多问题上分歧很大。
We were widely different on many questions.
Wide表示空间宽度
He opened the door wide.他把门开大。
be known for
以……而闻名；为人知晓
中国以长城而出名。
China is known for the Great Wall.
我们熟知这个演员。
The actor is well known to us.
be known as 被誉为
鲁迅被誉为伟大的作家。
Lu Xun is known as a great writer.
process
v. 加工；处理 n. 过程
How fast does the computer process the data?
这台计算机处理数据有多快?
在那家商店可买到加工过的食品.
Process foods are available in that store.
It'll be two years before the process is complete.
这个过程需要两年才能完成。
pack
v. 包装；装箱
你们对我们这批订货如何包装?
How would you pack the goods we have ordered?
包装时请不要将衬衫弄破了.
Please don't broke the blouse when you pack it.
product
n. 产品；制品
七八月间，石油产品价格下降了0.2％。
Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 percent.
这个国家的主要物产是可可和黄金。
The country’s main products are cocoa and gold.
France
法国
She spends her Easter holidays taking groups of children to France.
她带领一群孩子去法国过复活节。
no matter
不论；无论
无论你说什么，我都不会相信。
No matter what you say, I won’t believe you.
不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。
No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。
local
adj. 当地的；本地的
我去了我们当地的照片冲洗店.
I paid a visit to my local print shop.
他发现当地商店里这么多产品由中国制造很有趣。
He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China.
brand
n.品牌；牌子
Which brand of toothbrush do you use?
你用什么牌子的牙刷？
avoid
v. 避免；回避
人们可以通过避免阳光照射来预防皮肤癌。
People can keep out of the sun to avoid skin cancer.
后可接名词、代词、或动词-ing形式作宾语，但是不能接不定式作宾语。
译: 他对我的问题避而不答。
误：He avoided to answer my questions.
正：He avoided answering my questions.
handbag
n. 小手提包
警察找回我的手提包, 幸好没有被偷去什么.
The police found my handbag and, happily, nothing had been stolen.
mobile
adj.可移动的；非固定的
mobile phone 手机
The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
移动电话业务实际上是他的主业。
everyday
adj. 每天的；日常的
No matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life.
无论未来何去何从，我们在一起的每一天都是我人生中最为辉煌的日子。
日常生活中的许多差异仍然存在。
Many of the differences in everyday life remain.
boss
n.老板；上司
He seemed to be in direct contact with the Boss.
他似乎直接和老板联系。
Germany
德国
► The weather in Germany is quite different.
德国的天气截然不同。
► A German speaks German.德国人说德语。
surface
n.表面；表层
Most of the earth’s surface is covered by water.
地球表面的大部分被水覆盖。
surface (the outside or top part of something)
名词，意为“表面;表层”。
►The bowl has a shiny surface.
这个碗表面光亮。
surface (the outer appearance of person, thing or situation.) 作名词，还可表示“外表；外观”
► Her gentleness is only on the surface.
她只是外表温和而已。
material
n. 材料；原料
Stone began to be used as a roofing material.
石料开始被用作盖屋顶的材料。
traffic
n.交通；路上行驶的车辆
Careless driving causes many traffic accidents.
粗心驾驶导致很多交通事故。
traffic名词，意为“交通;路上行驶的车辆”，
指的是路上来往的车辆和行人，是不可数名词。
► There is heavy traffic during the rush hours.
上下班时间交通很繁松。
► There is little traffic on this road.
这条路上行驶的车辆很少。
postman
n.邮递员
I remembered a story about a postman who was a murderer.
我记得有个故事，讲的是一个邮递员杀人的事情。
He looked like a postman but he was really a fake.
他看上去像个邮递员,但实际上是个骗子.
cap
n.（尤指有帽舌的）帽子
► John took Tom’s cap just now.
刚才约翰拿走了汤姆的帽子。
► I’ll buy a beautiful hat for my mother and a cool baseball cap for my father.
我将给妈 妈买一顶漂亮的帽子，给爸爸买一 顶酷酷的棒球帽。
cap与hat
助记：
glove
n.（分手指的）手套
我进去时,她在补手套.
She was repairing a glove when I came in.
这只手套的大拇指处有个洞.
This glove has a hole in the thumb.
international
adj.国际的
► The UN is an international organization.
联合国是一个国际组织。
competitor
n. 参赛者；竞争者
2.The competitors are from
all of the world.
选手来自全国各地。
► We soon knocked over our competitor.
我们很快打败了我们的竞争对手。
compete是其动词形式，意为“竞争”
its
adj.它的
The club has moved its meeting to Saturday, January 22nd.
俱乐部把会议日期改到1月22号，星期六。
form
n. 形式；类型
Each different part of China has its own
special forms of traditional art.
中国每个不同的地 区都有各自独特的传统艺
术形式。
►These are two different forms of the same thing.这是同一事物的两种不同形式。
(2) form (a piece of paper on which you write
information)作名词,还可以表不“表格(纸)”。
► Please fill in this form, giving your name, address and business.
请填一下这张表, 写上你的姓名、地址、和 职业。
(3) form还可以作动词，意为“构成;组成”。
►We formed a study group.
我们组成了一个学习小组
clay
n. 黏土；陶土
他学习雕塑是因为他喜欢玩黏土。
He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.
在那儿她开始用黏土做模型。
There she began to model in clay.
celebration
n. 庆典；庆祝活动
In the event ( that ) our team wins, there will be a celebration.
如果我队获胜, 我们将庆祝一番.
The celebration of Christmas is a custom.
庆祝圣诞节是一种习俗.
v. celebrate
balloon
n.气球
a huge balloon shaped like a giant cow
形似一头巨牛的大气球
paper cutting
剪纸
I am also ready to try out paper - cutting for myself.
我也准备尝试剪纸
scissors
n.(pl)剪刀
The paper, usually red, is folded before it is
cut with scissors.
通常是红色的纸,在用剪刀裁剪之前要先折叠。
scissors意为“剪刀”，是名词复数形式，常用表达： a pair of scissors 一把剪刀。“a pair of + 复数名词 ” 做主语时，谓语动词与pair形式一致。
► A pair of scissors costs a little, in fact.
一把剪刀实际上花不了几个钱。
lively
adj. 生气勃勃的；（色彩）鲜艳的
. The pieces are usually cute children or lively characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story.
这些工艺品通常是可爱的孩 子，或者是源 自中国童话故事或者历史故事 中的活泼的 人物形象。
lively (full of life and energy)形容词，意为“生气勃勃的;活泼的;(色彩)鲜艳的”。
► She may be 80，but she’s still lively.
她也许有八十岁了，但仍精力充沛
lively,alive与living
辨析：
►Who is the lively boy in the picture?
照片中那个活泼的男孩是谁？
►Luckily, the dog is still alive.
幸运的是，这只狗仍然活着。
►He is one of the oldest men alive in the world.
他是世界上仍健在的最老的人之一。
►The river is so dirty that no living things can
live in it
河水这么脏，以至于没有生物 能在里面生
存。
fairy tale
童话故事
她就像童话里的公主。
She was like a princess in a fairy tale.
This is a fairy tale full of childishness and playfulness.
这是一部充满童趣的童话故事.
historical
adj.（有关）历史的
Historical experience would serve as a most important source of information.
历史的经验将是一个重要的信息来源.
我们应从历史的观点看待这事.
We should look at this from a historical standpoint.
heat
at a very high heat 意为“通过高温”, heat虽是不
可数名词, 但前面有修饰成分时，要用冠词a。
After drying, they are fired at a very high heat.
干了以后它们被高温烧制。
heat (high temperature )名词，意为“热;高温”。
► You can feel the heat of the sun.
你可以感觉到太阳的热气。
heat还可作动词，意为“加热；变热”
► Heat some water! 烧些水吧！
polish
V. 磨光；修改
Please give me your normal method of indicating polish level.
请告诉我你们定义磨光水平的标准方法.
complete
v. 完成
The builders will complete the new sports
center next year.
建筑工人将在明年建成这 个新的运动中心。
complete (with no parts missing)还可作形容词，意为“完整的；完全的”。
►Is this a complete story?
这是一个完整的故事吗？