1、Unit 2 Morals and VirtuesWords and expressions1.moral adj. 道德的；道义上的 n.品行；道德；寓意a moral tale/ person / judgementThe moral of this story is that one must see the beauty in what one has.的道德教训，寓意Confucius felt happy with this，because it is moral to take possession of things like this.做是合乎道德的2.dilemma n.
2、进退两难的境地，困境in a dilemma 进退两难 ; 处于进退两难的境地 ; 左右为难moral dilemma 道德困境 3 .carry sb through sth 帮助某人渡过难关Their faith and courage carried them through the difficulties.carry on doing/with sth继续；坚持carry on with sth/doing sth 继续做某事carry out 实行；执行；进行；履行(诺言、义务等)carry off 赢得；获得(奖品、荣誉等)4. majority n.大部分；大多数；大半大部分；
3、大多数；大半 It is reported that women are in the majority in online shopping.The majority of children in our class are shortsighted.The majority of them _(be) in favor of the plan then.werein占大多数/大部分大多数In Britain women are _ the majority.The majority of the damage _(be) easy to repair.isminor adj. 小的，不重要
4、的，不严重的 vi.副修major adj. 较大的；较多的；主要的 vi.主修 major in sth n.主修课minority n. 少数be in the minority 占少数 If youre not satisfied with the life youre living, dont just complain. Do something about it.He is always complaining.He complained that he had been badly treated.He complained to me about the food.He com
5、plained to the police of the boys stealing his apples.5. complain v. 抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦，控诉对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有作出改变。complaint n.a letter of complaint6.respond vt.回答；回复 vi.做出反应；回应She responded to my letter with a phone call.回应回应；对；对做出反应做出反应The professor kindly responded to my questionresponse n.反应；回复；回答；响应She mad
6、e a response to my letter with a phone call.对对做出反应做出反应/回答回答The product was developed in response to customers demand. 作为作为响应；反应响应；反应7. hire vt.聘任；雇用；租用 n.租借；租用This car is for/on hire.We hired a taxi to take us on a tour of the city.供出租；出租雇用某人做某事They rejected all the bad apples.He rejected her offer
7、of help.8. reject vt 拒绝，排斥，丢弃，拒绝接受，不录用reject a decision/a suggestion/an argument/an offerrejection n.I was angry that he rejected telling me the truth.9. appoint vt.任命；委派；指定；约定；确定I was appointed as/to be the captain of the team.We must appoint somebody to finish the tough task.任命某人(某职)指定/委派某人做某事Ive
8、got a headache and Ill make an appointment with my doctor. appointment n. 任命；约会；约定have an appointment with sb 和某人有约会和某人有约会9.elect vt. 选举；推选；选择The old man elected to live on a mountain for his rest life.She has such a good command of English that she is elected as assistant to the English teacher.决定/
9、选择干某事选某人为Within three months of his election he was forced to resign.election n. 选举；推选；当选There are various kinds of music,but I tend to/towards folk music.It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere.We tend to put on weight during holidays. 常常会做某事；倾向于做某事10.tend vt.照顾；照料；护理 v
10、i.倾向；趋于He is absent from school，for he is tending (to) his sick father.(look after sb/sth) 照顾；护理tendency n.倾向；偏好have a tendency to do sth. 有做某事的倾向We have a tendency to put on weight during holidays. 11. retire vi.& vt. 退休；退职；退出retire from work / from a fight 从退休/退出She retired from the bank last year
11、.a retired clerk/ teacher retired adj. 退休的 retirement n. 退休退休12. scare vt.惊吓，使害怕；vi. 受惊吓 Birds scare easily.They managed to scare the bears away/off.The fierce tiger scared the child into crying.Some local businesses were scared into paying protection money.scared adj. The little girl is scared of s
12、nakes./going out alone at night.害怕（做）某事She was scared to death when she saw the snake.把.吓跑 吓得/恐吓.做.13.replace vt.接替，取代，代替Nothing can replace a mothers love and care.Many factories have replaced most of their workers with/by robots.They made Tom replace me as goal-keeper.“代替”take ones placetake the p
13、lace of sb/sthin ones/sths placein place of sb/sth14. operation n. 手术，企业，经营Doctors performed an operation on the boys leg.The new system has been in operation for three months.The new traffic rules will come into operation next month.The new traffic rules will be put into operation next month. 实施，使.
14、运转使用中，有效 开始生效，开始工作operate v. 操作，使用，经营，运转，动手术15. whisper v. 悄声说，耳语，低语，造谣Though it was only April I found my friends already whispering about the May Day plans. He whispered the massage to his deskmate.They whispered to each other so that no one else could hear.小声议论/说.跟某人小声说.n. 耳语，低语It was whispered t
15、hat he would soon get promoted.有谣言说.They are talking in whispers/in a whisper.（=in a low voice）16. chain n.一连串(人或事)；链子；链条The prisoner was led away in chains.一连串的；一系列的戴着镣铐；在囚禁中；当奴隶Their actions caused a chain of events to occur throughout the country.He chained his bike to a tree.v. 用链条拴住chain reacti
16、on17. disguise vt.装扮；假扮；掩盖 n.伪装；化装用具As a famous star,he had to travelled in disguise.He disguised himself as a girl. 装扮成伪装，化装She disguised herself as a man，but she couldnt disguise her voice.18. trip over 被绊倒He started running to catch the bus but tripped over a stone and fell down.Tom was running w
17、ell until he tripped up and fell，losing the race.绊倒；跌倒；(使)犯错误被绊倒The hard math problem tripped up most of the students.19. harm n.& vt.损害；伤害Drinking too much does harm to our health.do harm to sb/sthdo sb/sth harm 对造成伤害There is no harm in saying sorry to her first.It does no harm to say sorry to her
18、first做某事并无害处Drinking too much is harmful to our health.harmful adj. 有害的harmless adj.无害的20. a great deal (of)许多；大量A great deal has been studied and this is the best way.A great deal of their work is unfinished.He sang a great deal better than I.I also had friends who gave me a great deal of encouragement.I also had friends who encouraged me a great deal.21. therefore adv. 因此；所以；因而Everything works out well，and therefore we are sure that the experiment will be completed on time.He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.Thank you!
