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Unit 2? Poems 重点单词短语： 1.tick vt.在…旁边做记号，vi.(钟等)发出滴答声 n. 滴答声，一会，记号 e.g. The jobs that are done have been ticked off. Just wait a tick.=just wait a moment. tick away/by (时间)过去 tick over （发动机）空转，慢转，（系统，公司等）进展缓慢，停滞 tick sb/sth off 责骂或斥责某人，给…打勾（表明已完成或已做处理） 练习：you should have _____Miss Vine’s name on the list, for she has been away from our company for several months. （09 海南高三统考） A. ticked away B. ticked by C. ticked over D. ticked off 2. make sense 有意义，有道理 make sense of sth 理解… , 明白… lose one’s senses 失去知觉 come to one’s senses 苏醒过来 out of one’s senses 精神不正常 3. convey v. 传达，运送，表达（思想，想法）e.g. How is water conveyed in that area? n. conveyance 传达，运送 conveyer (or)传达者，运送者 convey sth (o sb) （向某人）传达某事 convey sb/sth from…to 把某人/某物从…送到… 练习：I was so excited at the news that I could hardly ____my feelings in words. A. carry B. convey C. transmit D. communicate 4. concrete adj. 混泥土制的，确实的，具体的 n. 混泥土 vt. 用混泥土覆盖 e.g. The garden had been concreted over. concrete evident/proposal concretely 具体地 abstract 抽象的 练习：His proposal is very _____. We do not need any explanation. A. abstract B. faithful C. loyal D. concrete 5. contradictory adj. 相互矛盾的，对立的 contradict v. 反驳，相矛盾 contradiction 矛盾，不一致 e.g. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statement. 练习：His practice is in _____with his stated principles. (09 上海高三统考) A. convention B. contribution C. conversion D. contradictory 6. flexible adj. 灵活的，可变动的；柔韧的，可弯曲的 e.g. our plan needs to be flexible enough to cater for the needs of everyone. Wire is flexible. flexibility n.灵活 flexibly adv. 灵活地，柔顺地 flexitime n. 弹性工作时间制 练习： Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have _______ schedules to make it easier to care for their children. (10 山东卷) A. heavy B. smooth C. flexible D. complexake it easy= take things easy 指在心理上 “别着急、” 相当于 Don’t be nervous e.g.Take it easy. Well take care of everything. take one’s time指时间上“不慌不忙，慢慢来”T