综合教程2Unit-7-Letter-to--a-B-Student.ppt

go around/round if there is enough of sth to go round, there is enough for everyone in a group of people分配，分发 e.g. As there are not enough apples to go around, the kids try to share with each other. Free Template from * in short supply not plentiful, scarce 不充裕，供应不足 e.g. Crops are in short supply in that region because of successive floods last year. 由于去年连续的水灾，那个地区粮食供应不足。 Computers are in short supply in rural schools. 乡村学校电脑不够。 Free Template from * ritual: (n.) series of actions used in a religious or some other ceremony; procedure regularly ritualistic (a.) ritualistically (adv.) followed in precisely the same way each time 宗教仪式或典礼，老习惯，固定方式 e.g. the ritual of tea ceremony 茶道仪式 A large glass of milk and freshly baked bread is her morning ritual. 一大杯牛奶和现烤的面包是她早上固定的早餐。 Free Template from * make a point of doing sth to always do something or to take particular care to do something 小心地做某事e.g. Researchers make a point of explaining the purpose of these experiments to the public. 研究人员仔细地向公众解释了做这些试验的目的。 Free Template from * frequent: (vt. formal) often go to or visit (a place) 常去，常到 frequenter: someone who often go to or visit a place 常客 e.g. Xintiandi has already been a resort of Shanghai, frequented all year round by foreigners working and living in this metropolis. 新天地已经成了上海的一个胜地，在上海这座大都市工作生活的老外经光临那里。 The bar is said to be frequented by local mine workers. 据说这个当地的矿工经常光顾这个酒吧。 Free Template from * swap: (informal) give something in exchange for something else 交换（非正式）~ A for B: 拿A换B e.g. I’ll swap my Mozart CDs for your Chopin. What do you think?我把莫扎特的唱片换你的肖邦，怎么样？ We swapped addresses with the people we met on holiday. 我们和度假时遇到的人交换了地址。 When he got a job in a bank, he had to swap his jeans and T-shirt for a suit. 当他开始在银行工作，就得把牛仔裤和T恤换成西服。 Free Template from * flunk (informal esp. US) to fail an exam or course of study 不及格; give a failing mark to somebody 使不及格e.g. I flunked my second year exams and was lucky not to be thrown out of college. 我二年纪考试没及