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Unit 2 Capital Cities Unit 2 Capital Cities 1.Vocabulary 2. Text 1) Background Information 2) Key phrases 3) Paraphrases 4) Summary 3. Grammar 4. Practical writing Vocabulary advantage a favorable circumstance 优势 have an advantage over胜过; take advantage of sb./ sth.: 占某人的便宜，欺骗/利用某物 to sb’s advantage: 对……有利 Age and experience gave his the advantage. You have advantage over me. Your English is good. Let’s take full advantage of the school’s facilities. The peddler often take advantage of aged customers. We took advantage of the fine weather to air the quilts. It was to his advantage that she didn’t participate in the competition. Vocabulary ambitious having a strong desire for success, power, wealth, etc. What an extraordinary idea! I’m simply in awe of your ambitious initiative. As all his friends agree, George is a hard-working, ambitious, competitive young man with a splendid future in the company. associate: connect in one’s mind / to be connected with联想，与…有联系 associate (a.): vice, deputy; e.g.: associate professor / editor e.g. We naturally associate Bin Laden with the terrorists. I associate summer with holidays at the seaside. I don’t want my children to associate with drug-addicts.(与吸毒者有来往) I have never associate myself with Tom’s plan.我从不赞成Tom的计划。 Vocabulary characteristic a special and easily recognized quality of someone or something Ambition is one of the characteristics of all successful businessmen. We’re building the socialism with Chinese characteristics. decay (cause to) go through destructive chemical changes or go bad A. Sugar can decay the teeth. B. Her decayed tooth had to be taken away. fall to a lower or worse state; lose health, power, activity, etc. C. History sometimes seems to teach that all nations decay in the course of time. D. What cause the Rome Empire to decay? Vocabulary imagine have a picture or idea of something in your mind It is difficult to imagine what life would be like witho