第四册课本
第一单元
1 achieve one’s dream实现梦想；achievement成就
2 behave well举止得体；behavior行为/举止
3 observe观察/遵守/庆祝 v.--observation
4 argue for为…辩护；argue against争辩；argument争论 n.
5 lead a simple life过着简单的生活
6 be crowded with拥挤；crowd in涌入心头
7 support your family养家糊口；raise your children养育孩子
8 look down on/upon瞧不起；look up to尊重；look forward to盼望；look out for留心
9 refer to 参考/意指/查阅；reference n.
10 by chance碰巧= by accident
11 come across（偶然）遇见 = meet sb. by chance/accident
12 audience观众/听众
13 intend to do 打算；intention 意图/目的；be intended/designed for打算供…使用
14 generation gap代购
15 deliver投递/接生/发表演讲；delivery n.
16 consider doing考虑做某事；take sth. into consideration/account把…考虑在内
17 worthwhile值得的； The effort seemed worthwhile此番努力看来是值得的。
18 further information进一步的信息
19 He devotes every spare moment to his research.他把空闲时间都用在他的研究上。
20 His parents chose to settle in the countryside.他父母决意在乡下定居。
第二单元
1 get sunburnt晒黑
2 struggle to one’s feet挣扎着站起来；
3 decade十年期
4 thanks to幸亏/多亏
5 get rid of摆脱; rid sb. of sth.使某人摆脱
6 be satisfied with 对…满意；to one’s satisfaction使某人满意的是；far from satisfactory远不满意；
7 would rather do….than do…宁愿…而不愿…；prefer to do….rather than do宁愿做…而不愿意做
8 equip装备-equipped-equipped; be equipped with用….装备
9 export 出口---import进口；
10 occupy占领—be occupied with 忙于干某事；occupation工作/职业
11 regret doing 后悔做某事；I regret to say/tell/ inform that….= I am sorry to say…遗憾告诉你…
12 build up逐渐增强/建立；build up one’s body强身健体
13 lead to 导致/通往；All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
14 focus /concentrate on精力集中于…
15 reduce减少/降低-reduction；produce生产-production；producer生产者/制片人
16 keep…free from/ of使…免受…；prevent/keep/stop sb. from doing sth.组织某人做某事
17 comment on对…做出评价；make comments on对..做出评价
18 discover -discovery发现（早已存在的事物）--invent发明--find out查明/弄清
19 This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same field.这种特殊稻种使得同样的田地多收获20%的产量。
20 with the hope of带着某种希望；with the help of 在某人的帮助下
21 He prefers tea to coffee.他更喜欢茶而不是咖啡。
第三单元
1 up to now直到现在
2 be content with对…满意
3 badly off穷的—worse off; well-off富有的—better off;
4 ordinary people 普通人
5 worn-out磨破的/穿旧的；wear-wore-worn穿；tear-tore-torn撕；
6 Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
7 pick out 挑出/辨别出
8 cut off切断/断绝
9 convince sb. of sth.使某人信服；be convinced of 信服的；
10 overcome—overcame-overcome; become-became-become; welcome-welcomed-welcomed
11 pick out 挑出/辨别出；pick up(车)接人/捡起/(无意)听到/(无意)学会/(车)加速/(跌倒)爬起来
12 star in主演
13 outstanding杰出的—stand out突出/显眼；
14 in particular尤其/特别；be particular about 挑剔/讲究; particularly 尤其是
15 on occasion有时/间或；occasionally偶尔/间或
16 slide-slid-slid滑动；slip滑落/溜走/无意说出 a slip of tongue口误/失言
17 explain-explanation解释；explain to sb.向某人解释
18 whisper to sb. 向某人低语
19 in a mess乱成一团；mass团/块；a huge masses of data大量资料
20 drink—drank—drunk喝/喝酒；
21 Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off.不幸的是，他的父亲死了，使这个家庭更加贫困。
22 He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment.他每一口都嚼得津津有味。
第四单元
1 associate….with…把…和…联系在一起；link…to…联系/连接；connect…to/with…连接
2 be curious about好奇的；curiosity好奇心；
3 in this way用这种方法；with this method用这种方法；by means of用这种方法；
4 approach 方法n./接近v.
5 defend…against防御…;保卫…以免受；
6 major主要的；majority大多数；minor少数的—minority少数派
7 simple简单的—simply简单地；
8 spoken English英语口语；written English英语书面语；
9 be likely to do 可能做某事；It is possible/probable for sb. to do sth.可能做某事
10 in general总的来说；generally speaking 一般说来
11 facial expression面部表情
12 at ease舒适/自由自在
13 true真的—truly真地—truth真相；true or false真假
14 lose face丢脸；make a face做鬼脸
15 turn one’s back to背对
16 subjective主观的；objective客观的
17 reach out one’s hand for伸手去够；reach a place 到达某个地方= arrive at/in a place
18 shake one’s head摇头—shake-shook-shaken
19 gesture language= body language手势语；
20 represent sb./sth.代表某人；representative代表/典型的/有代表性的；
VIP stands for very important people.VIP代表重要任务
On behalf of our everyone here, I wish you a pleasant journey back to your country.我代表这儿的每一个人，希望你们的回国旅途愉快。
21 Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.各种文化背景下人们的互致问候的方式不尽相同，身体接触和相互间距离的程度也并不一样。
第五单元
1 various各种各样的；variety种类；vary from…to变化从…到…不同
2 be famous /known/ noted for以…而出名；fame名誉/名声
3 swing—swung—swung摇摆/摆动
4 attract one’s attention吸引某人注意力；attraction吸引力；attractive有吸引力的
5 no wonder that…难怪…;It is no wonder that …难怪；There is no doubt that….毫无疑问
6 unique独一无二的
7 engine引擎—engineer工程师;
8 reserve预定/储备；reserve one’s opinion保留意见；reserve tickets in advance提前订票；preserve保存/保护；preserve endangered species from extinction保护濒危物种不致灭绝
9 long长的—length长度—lengthen加长
10 be modeled after根据…模仿;model模特/模型/模范
11 settle down 安顿/定居；
12 in advance提前；advanced先进的
13 get close to靠近
14 come to life活跃起来；bring …back to life使…活跃起来
15 admit 允许—admission允许进入/承认/入场费
16 The first person to arrive was Tony from Britain.第一个到达的是来自英国的托尼。
17 dash 猛冲/掷—dash out into the street冲到街上；
rush冲/急送-rush out of school涌出学校；in a rush匆忙；the rush hour高峰时间
18 It is not only for individuals, but is also the perfect mix of fun and learning for class outings.
它不仅仅适合个人，也适合学生全班出游，因为它是娱乐与学习的完美结合。
19 Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.不管你去哪里，不管你做什么，我就在这里等你。（让步状语从句）
20 translate翻译v.—translation翻译n.—translator译员n.