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第一周

14级英语1班 2组

第二周 Lesson Twelve p139
Section one
Vocabulary
espionage: n.间谍活动；谍报活动；刺探活动
swing: n.摆动；挥动；转动；强劲节奏
v.摇摆；纵身跃向；荡向；悬吊到
blink v.眨眼；忽视；(灯光等)闪烁；望着n.眨眼
stare down以目光压倒某人；瞪眼使某人低下头；瞪服
dot the i's and cross the t's一丝不苟；一点一划，循规蹈矩；对细节一丝不苟
garner 加纳；谷仓；积累物 v.获得
opposition n.反对党；对立；在野党；对抗
punitive adj.惩罚性的；刑罚的；处罚的；（租税等）苛刻的
executive 管理人员；领导层；（政府的）行政部门adj.经营管理的；经理的；决策的；有执行权的

Cultural notes
Frankfurt
Frankfurt is home to many cultural and educational institutions, including the Goethe University, the UAS and various graduate schools,Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce, culture, education, tourism and traffic. It's the site of many global and European headquarters. Frankfurt Airport is among the world's busiest.

Kansas City
Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 475,378 in 2015,[6] making it the 36th largest city by population in the United States. It is the anchor city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles theKansas–Missouri border. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with theKansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon thereafter.

Section two
Vocabulary
warrant n.依据；许可证；执行令；授权令
v.使有必要；使正当；使恰当
attorney n.律师（尤指代表当事人出庭者）；（业务或法律事务上的）代理人
rescind v. 撤销；废除；取消
fabricate v.制造；编造；捏造；装配
dissident: n.持不同政见者
expulsion: n.逐出，开除
retaliate: v.报复
rescind: v.废除
impediment: n.妨碍，阻碍
KGB (俄) 苏联国家安全委员会（克格勃)
Lufthansa: n.（联邦德国）汉莎航空公司
Missouri n.密苏里州
United Nations Mission 联合国代表团
Justice Department 司法部门

Cultural notes
The KGB was a military service and was governed by army laws and regulations, similar to the Soviet Army or MVD Internal Troops. While most of the KGB archives remain classified, two online documentary sources are available.[1][2] Its main functions were foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, operative-investigatory activities, guarding the State Border of the USSR, guarding the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government, organization and ensuring of government communications as well as combating nationalism, dissent, and anti-Soviet activities.
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, With over six million residents, it is the eighteenth most populous state and host to the mean center of United States population. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The capitol is in Jefferson City on the Missouri River. The state is the twenty-first most extensive by area and is geographically diverse. TheNorthern Plains were once covered by glaciers, then tallgrass prairie, and now the deep soils yield great agricultural productivity. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. TheMississippi River forms the eastern border of the state, eventually flowing into the swampy Missouri Bootheel.

2014级英语一班
第2组 Less is more.
组长：卢航 201404010126
组员：曾静 201404010138 蒋顺福201404010128 林倩201404010143
第一周预习P132-138
Vocabulary
· no-frillsadj. 不提供不必要服务的
· phaseout 使逐步淘汰；逐渐停止
· subsidiaryadj. 附属的；辅助的
· n. 子公司；辅助者
· segmentvi. 分割
· n. 段；部分
· vt. 分割
· asset n. 资产；优点；有用的东西；有利条件；财产；有价值的人或物
· excessively adv. 过分地；极度
· terminal n. 末端；终点；终端机；极限
· adj. 末端的；终点的；晚期的
· corridor 走廊
· slot n. 位置；狭槽；水沟；硬币投币口
· vt. 跟踪；开槽于
· n. (Slot)人名；(英、荷)斯洛特
· leverage n. 手段，影响力；杠杆作用；杠杆效率
· v. 利用；举债经营
· wholesale adj. 批发的；大规模的
· n. 批发
· adv. 大规模地；以批发方式
· vt. 批发
· vi. 批发；经营批发业
· eliminate vt. 消除；排除
· Continental Airlines（美国）大陆航空公司
· Frontier Airlines边疆航空公司
· Frank Lorenzo罗伦佐
· Newark n. 纽瓦克市（美国新泽西州港市）
Cultural Notes
Department of Transportation
n. the United States federal department that institutes andcoordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

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Vocabulary
· album n. 相簿；唱片集；集邮簿；签名纪念册
· supportive adj. 支持的；支援的；赞助的
· hillbilly n. 乡下人，乡巴佬；山地内部的贫农，山地人
· parakeet n. [鸟] 长尾小鹦鹉
· escalator n. （美）自动扶梯；电动扶梯
· pinging n. 震性
· dime n. 一角硬币
· n. (Dime)人名；(塞)迪梅
· pose vt. 造成，形成；摆姿势；装模作样；提出…讨论
· vi. 摆姿势；佯装；矫揉造作
· n. 姿势，姿态；装模作样
· lyric adj. 抒情的；吟唱的
· n. 抒情诗；歌词
· n. (Lyric)人名；(英)利里克，利丽克(女名)
· stanza n. 演出期；局；场；诗的一节
· duo n. 二重奏；二重唱；二人组
· n. (Duo)人名；(意、西)杜奥
· inspiration n. 灵感；鼓舞；吸气；妙计
· Woolworth n. 伍尔沃斯（姓氏）
· Tennessee Willliams威廉斯
· Tennessee n. 田纳西州（美国州名）
· Houston n. 休斯顿（美国得克萨斯州港市）
· Vancouver n. 温哥华（加拿大主要港市）
· Nancy Griffith南西葛瑞菲丝
· Nashville n. 那什维尔（美国田纳西州首府）
Cultural Notes
Texas n. the second largest state; located in southwestern UnitedStates on the Gulf of Mexico

Houston
the largest city in Texas; located insoutheastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration