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Unit 4

Useful words and expressions

1. What do you imagine will be your future occupation? occupation n.工作, 职业 He lost his occupation last month.

What is his occupation?

occupation, job, work和profession 这四个名词都有“工作”之意。 occupation较为正式，经常用在填写表格上。 job是可数名词，可指一个单独任务，也可指工 作职位。 work是不可数名词，泛指一切工作。 profession一般指需要专门技能，尤指需要较高

教育水平的某一行业、职业，如医生或律师。career指经过专门训练，终身愿意从事的职业。

选词填空

occupation, job, profession, workoccupation a. Please state your name, age and_________ below. jobs to do in the house this b. I have a few _____ morning. work c. Looking after children all day is hard____. d. His ability carried him to the top of his profession ____________ .

2. Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself. cover在这里是“报道”的意思，此外 还有“覆盖，涉及，包含，掩饰”之 意 。event will be covered live by TV. ThisDo not try to cover a mistake. Mary covered her face with her hands. She laughed to cover her anxiety. His reading covers a wide range of subjects. We covered about 30 miles a day.

submit v. 提交,呈递 Please submit your application form. We should submit our plans to the council for approval. He submitted his proposal for urban development to the city council.

3. No need for a camera.no need…是句型There is no need …的省略 形式，need 后面可以接for/of ( doing ) sth. 或 ( for sb. ) to do作后置定语。

介词填空： for a) There is no need ______ that sort of thing. b) There is no needof ______ hurrying; we still have time. for c) There is no need ______ you to worry about the matter.

4. You’ll find your colleagues very eager to assist you, so you may be able to concentrate on …assist v. 帮助，协助

He asked us to assist him in carrying through his plan. A team of nurses assisted the doctor in performing the operation.

aid, assist, help这些动词均有“帮助”之意。

aid: 正式用词，指帮助他人脱离危险或战胜困难，着重强者对急需帮助的弱者的帮助。

assist: 强调在提供帮助时，以受助者为主，所给的帮助起第二位或从属的作用。 help: 最普通用词，含义广泛。指一般性的 或迫切需要的帮助，侧重积极地为他人提 供物质、精神或其他方面的帮助。

concentrate vt. 集中; 聚集 concentrate on (doing) sth 专注于(做)某 事

concentrate the /one’s mind 集中注意力；聚精会神

concentrate one’s effort/attention on sth 集中力量/注意力于某事 concentration n. 专心；聚集

完成句子 concentrate on your work a. Stop talking and ________________________. ( 专心工作 ) concentrates the mind ( 集中注意 b. Nothing ____________________ 力 ) better than the knowle

dge that you could die tomorrow. concentrate all my efforts on( 全 c. I decided to ________________________ 力以赴 ) finding somewhere to live.

concentrate, focus这两个动词均有“集 中，聚集”之意。 concentrate: 指把人或物集中在一起，也 可指把精力或注意力集中于某一事物 上。

focus: 侧重指把光、热、射线等集中于一点，也可指把思想或精力等集中于

某人或某事情上。

5. Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.Not only am I interested in photography是个 倒装句，正常语序是I am not only interested in photography。not only … but (also) 位于 句首要引起句子部分倒装。 Not only should we not be afraid of difficulties, but also we should try our best to overcome them.

6. … will you acquire all the information …

acquire vt. 获得，取得 How did he acquire his wealth? Gradually we acquired experience in how to do the work. She has mastered English grammar and acquired a large vocabulary without the help of a teacher.

acquire, obtain, gain, get, win, earn, secure这些动词均含“获得、取得、得到”之意。

acquire: 强调通过不断的、持续的努力而获得某物，也指日积月累地渐渐地获得。书

面语用词。obtain: 较正式用词，着重通过巨大努力、要

求而得到所需或盼望已久的东西。gain: 侧重指经过努力或有意识行动而取得某

种成就或获得某种利益或好处。

get: 普通用词，使用广泛，可指以任何 方式得到某物，也不一定要经过努力。 win: 主要指通过努力、斗争、比赛等而 获得胜利。 earn: 侧重指依靠自己的劳动或因付出 代价与有功而获得。