一个国家的军事力量在很大程度上依赖于导弹的力量。

4、The test is used to determine someone's strengths and weaknesses. 这个测试是用来测量人们的长处和弱点的。 Consult vt. 咨询；请教；商量

[T] to get information or advice from a person, book, etc. with special knowledge on a particular subject: [I or T] to discuss something with someone before you make a decision: 1、I'm not quite sure how to get there - I'd better consult a map. 我不是很确定该怎么去那里，我最好还是查阅地图。 2、Why didn't you consult your teacher about this? 这个问题你怎么不去请教你的老师呢？ 3、I consulted a doctor about my pains. 我找过医生诊治病痛 Fibre n. 纤维；纤维制品

a substance in foods such as fruit, vegetables and brown bread, which travels through the body as waste and helps the contents of the bowels to pass through the body easily: the parts of plants that you eat but cannot digest. Fibre helps to keep you healthy by moving food quickly through your body 1、Scientists are recommending that people eat more fibre. 科学家建议人们多吃些纤维素。

2、The muscle fibre of this animal is diseased. 这个动物的肌肉纤维产生了病变.

3、Eating cereals and fruit will give you plenty of fibre in your diet. 吃谷类食物和水果能多摄取纤维素. Digest vi. & vt. 消化 n. 摘要；概要

V .to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use N .a short written report providing the most important parts of a larger piece of writing, or one containing recent news: 1、This rich food doesn't digest easily. 这种油腻的食物不易消化。

2、It took me some time to digest what I had heard. 我花了一些时间才把听到的东西弄明白。

3、A digest of the research findings is now available. 这篇研究结论的摘要现在可以找到了。 Carrot n. 胡萝卜

Carrots are long, thin, orange-colored vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground. 1、Have some more carrots. 再吃点儿胡萝卜。

2、Carrots are good for your health. 胡萝卜对身体有好处。

3、The rabbit likes to eat carrots. 兔子爱吃胡萝卜。 Earn one’s living 谋生

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to make a living by doing something 1、Without having received an education one can earn one's living all the same. 一个人尽管没有文化,照样能谋生。 2、He earns his living by casual labour 他靠做短工为生。

3、It is thought that one billion people, that is half the world's workers, earn their living by farming.

据认为有十亿人,也就是全世界劳动人口的一半,是靠务农谋生的。 Debt n. 债；债务 in debt 欠债

something, especially money, which is owed to someone else, or the state of owing something: 1、He managed to pay off his debts in two years 他在两年之内还清了债务。

2、If I pay all my debts I'll have no money left. 我若还清所有欠债就分文不剩了

3、We'll run into debt if you spend more than our income. 要是你花的比我们挣的还多，我们就要欠债了。 Glare vi. 怒目而视；闪耀 n. 怒视；眩目的光

If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face. If the sun or a light glares, it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. 1、They glared at each other across the table. 他们坐在桌子两端怒目相对。

2、The searchlights glared, illuminating the prison yard. 探照灯发出强光, 照亮监狱场地。

3、He didn't shout or swear, but just glared silently at me. 他不喊不骂, 只是默默地怒视着我.

Spy vi. & vt. 窥探；秘密监视 n. 间谍；侦探

n .A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization. V.to secretly collect information about an enemy country or an organization you are competing against 1、\那个间谍被不光彩地驱逐出境。

2、This evidence reinforces my view that he is a spy. 这个证据证实了我认为他是间谍的这一看法。 3、East and West are still spying on one another 东西方依旧相互监视。 Spy on 暗中监视；侦查

If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly. 1、He was charged with spying on British military bases. 他因为暗中监视英国军事基地而被起诉。 2、I'm sure my neighbors spy on me. 我肯定邻居暗中监视我

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3、She sent you to spy on me, didn't she? 她派你来监视我的，是吗？

Limit vt. 限制；限定 n. 界限；限度 limited adj. 有限的

n limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. V If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. 1、There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day. 每天吃多少新鲜水果没有限制。

2、The three month time limit will be up in mid-June. 三个月的期限到六月中旬就结束。

3、There's a limit to how much I'm prepared to spend. 我准备花多少钱是有限度的.

4、We must try and limit our expenditure. 我们必须设法限制我们的开支.

benefit n. 利益；好处 vt. & vi. 有益于；有助于；受益

n.The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it v.If you benefit from something or if it benefits you, it helps you or improves your life. 1、This project is of great benefit to everyone. 这项工程对每个人都大有好处。

2、 I have benefited a lot from extensive reading. 广泛的阅读使我受益匪浅。

3、Are you entitled to unemployment benefit? 你有资格领取失业救济金吗？

Sigh vi. 叹息；叹气 n. 叹息；叹息声

v .to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, boredom n.a slow noisy breath 1、With a hopeless sigh, he turned away. 他发出一声绝望的叹息，转身走开了。

2、I wish I didn't have so much to do, ' she sighed. 我但愿能没有这麽多事情做，＇她叹著气说。 3、She sighed as she lay back on the bed. 她在床上向後一躺, 长叹了一声. Combine vt. & vi. （使）联合；（使）结合

to (cause to) exist together, or join together to make a single thing or group: 1、Circumstances have combined to ruin our plans for a holiday. 各种情况凑在一起破坏了我们的假日计划. *

2、Combine the eggs with a little flour and heat the mixture gently. 把鸡蛋和少量面粉调匀, 用文火加热.

3、Success was achieved by the combined efforts of the whole team. 全队齐心协力取得了胜利. Cut down 削减；删节

If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.

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1、He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet. 他减少了咖啡和香烟的量，开始平衡饮食。

2、If you spend more than your income, can you try to cut down? 如果你花费比你的收入更多，你可以试着减少吗？ 3、I'll cut down my smoking, maybe cut is out entirely. 我要少抽点烟,也可能完全戒掉。 Before long 不久以后

soon, in the near future 1、It looks as if it will rain before long. 看起来一会儿就要下雨了。

2、His plan seemed to be too difficult, but before long it proved to be practicable. 他的计划看起来太困难，但是没多久就被证明很实用。 3、I hope to write to you before long. 我希望不久就能给你写信。 Put on weight 增加体重

to gain weight / becoming fat by eating 1、I was twelve, and starting to put on weight and grow taller. 我那时十二岁,体重开始增加,个子也开始长高了。 2、He's putting on weight. 他的体重在增加。

3、He has put on weight since I last saw him.

Unit 3

Birthplace n. 出生地；故乡

the place where someone is born or where something originates 1、Asia is the birthplace of the great religions of the world. 亚洲是世界各大宗教的发祥地。 2、Where is your birthplace? 你出生在哪里?

3、Many music-lovers make pilgrimages to Mozart's birthplace. 很多爱好音乐的人去访问莫扎特的出生地。 Bring up v. 抚养；培养；教育；提出

to mention a subject or start to talk about it；to look after and influence a child until he or she is grown up

1、These are matters that you can bring up in committee. 这些问题你可在委员会中提出。

2、She clams up very time I bring up the question of marriage. 每次我提出结婚时, 她总是沉默不语。 3、She brought up five children. 她养育了五个孩子。

Novel n. 小说；长篇故事 adj. 新奇的；异常的

a fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters；Strikingly new, unusual, or different 1、The novel is considered a brilliant performance.

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