大學(xué)英語精讀第二冊第10課Profits of Praise

　　appreciate

　　vt. understand and enjoy; be thankful for 欣賞，鑒賞;感謝，感激

　　routine

　　a. not unusual or exciting; regular 常規(guī)的，例行的

　　gas-station

　　n. 加油站

　　attendant

　　n. 服務(wù)人員

　　tidy

　　a. neatly arranged 整潔的，整齊的

　　housework

　　n. work done on taking care of a house 家務(wù)勞動

　　dreary

　　a. dull and uninteresting 沉悶乏味的

　　grind

　　n. hard uninteresting work 苦差使

　　scrub

　　vt. clean by rubbing hard, esp. with a stiff brush 擦洗

　　wage

　　n. (pl.) 工資，報酬

　　measure

　　n. am adequate or due portion 份兒

　　instinctively

　　ad. 本能地

　　scold

　　vt. blame with angry words 申訴，怒罵

　　perceptive

　　a. 感覺靈敏的

　　criticize

　　vt. 批評

　　squabble

　　vi. quarrel, esp. noisily and unreasonably 爭吵，口角

　　peacefully

　　ad. in a peaceful manner; quietly 安靜地

　　peaceful

　　a.

　　quizzically

　　ad. 嘲弄地;疑惑地

　　drown

　　vt. cover completely with water; cause (sb.) to die by keeping under water 淹沒;使(某人)淹死

　　critical

　　a. fault-finding 挑剔的，苛求的

　　constructive

　　a. helping 建設(shè)性的

　　favo(u)rably

　　ad. helping 贊成地，稱贊地

　　favo(u)rable

　　a.

　　brief

　　a. using a few words; short

　　margin

　　n. blank space round the printed or written matter on a page 頁邊的空白

　　behavioral

　　a. of or relating to behavior 行為的

　　countless

　　a. too many to be counted

　　arithmetic

　　n. science of numbers 算術(shù)

　　consistently

　　ad. 始終如一地;一貫地

　　consistent

　　a.

　　previous

　　a. coming earlier in time or order 以前的

　　lgnore

　　vt. not to take notice of, pay no attention to 不理,忽視

　　dramatically

　　ad. strikingly 顯著地

　　dramatic

　　a.

　　react

　　vi. respond 反應(yīng)

　　youngster

　　n. young person, esp. a boy

　　appreciative

　　a. thankful; grateful

　　investment

　　n. 投資

　　invest

　　v.

　　alert

　　a. watchful and keen 警覺的

　　excellence

　　n. an excellent or valuable quality; virtue

　　PHRASRS & EXPRESSIONS

　　make out

　　write out; complete or fill in 開出;填寫

　　only too

　　very 極,非常

　　not much of a

　　not a very good 不十分好的

　　fish out

　　bring out after searching 掏出

　　shrug off

　　dismiss as not deserving attention or as sth. unimportant 聳肩表示對...不屑理睬

　　pat on the back

　　word or gesture of praise or encouragement 贊揚;鼓勵

　　pass on

　　convey (to another) 傳遞

　　live on

　　depend upon for support 靠...生活

　　PROPER NAMES

　　Janet Graham

　　珍妮特.格雷厄姆

　　Shakespeare

　　莎士比亞

　　Susanna

　　蘇珊娜

　　Mark Twain

　　馬克.吐溫