We're eating out more often than we used to. 和
effect on reducing the level of inflation. 到目前为止， 过去相比，我们现在更常在饭店吃饭。
政府的政策还没有对降低通货膨胀产生影响。
Why are you so bad-tempered? You didn't use to
Manchester? 来曼彻斯特前，你在哪儿住？
take effect. 几分钟后药物才开始生效。
5. perform vt. to do something, especially something
We need to raise at least $ 50,000 to put our
difficult or useful; 做，执行；实行 to do something
尔受到通俗报刊的奚落。
年里，韩国变成了先进的工业强国。
12. skip vi. & vt. 1) to move forward with quick steps
Put yourself in the hands of our experts, who will
and jumps 蹦跳着走
transform your hair and makeup. 你把自己交给我们
Do you know who has won the best actress award
戏很受孩子们的喜爱。
this year? 你知道今年谁获 最佳女演员奖了？
2) done by a lot of people in a society, group etc. 多
The award ceremony will be held at the National
来回地
would normally come or happen next 略过，跳过
The shuttle bus runs back and forth between the
I suggest we skip over the details and get to the
airport and the downtown area. 穿梭巴士在机场和
Diets are most effective when they are combined
your presentation. 我认为老板对你的报告相当满
with exercise. 节食和运动结合起来效果最佳。
意。
It's hard to combine family life with a career. 很
his girlfriend. 史蒂夫借来父亲的跑车以讨女友的
things, or if they combine, they begin to exist or work
欢心。
together（使）结合，组合，综合
I think the boss was favourably impressed by
greenhouse effect 温室效应
be like this. 你脾气怎么这么坏？你过去不这样。
side effect 副作用
Where did you use to live before you came to
It will be a few minutes before the drugs start to
now. 我还不习惯你已经长大成人这个事实。
done 奖赏，奖金，奖品
It sounds obvious, but some people are really not
win/receive an award 获⋯⋯奖
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Lifestyles
The children went skippinቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ along the path. 孩子
的专家吧，他们会使你的发型和化妆彻底改观。
们沿着小路蹦跳着往前走。
The new system transformed the way in which
2) to not do something that you usually do or that you
point. 我建议我们略过细节，就谈要点。
市区之间往返运行。
Let's skip to the last item on the agenda. 让我们
He was pacing back and forth in the waiting
跳到日程上的最后一项吧。
room. 他在等候室中来回踱步。
10. unique adj.
公众支持。
for journalism, are presented annually by Columbia
It was decided by popular vote. 这是由全民决
University. 这些在新闻业声望最高的奖项每年由
定的。
哥伦比亚大学颁发。
3) relating to ordinary people, or intended for
managers thought about their money. 新制度改变了
should do 不做（某事）
经理们思考钱的方式。
Skipping meals is not a good way to lose weight.
不吃饭可不是减肥的好办法。
Lesson 4 (p. 28)
He skipped chemistry class three times last
Language Notes
Unit 5
used to using credit cards. 听起来显而易见，但有
Lesson 1 (pp. 22–23)
些人还是不太不习惯使用信用卡。
1. effect n. the way in which an event, action, or person
1) being the only one of its kind 独一无二的，独特
的
Each person's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的
指纹都是不同的。
Every child is unique, with their own needs,
天洗碗，习惯了。
7. award n. something such as a prize or money given
I can't get used to the fact that you're grown up
to someone to reward them for something they have
9. back and forth going in one direction and then in the
month. 他上个月三次没上化学课。
opposite direction, and repeating this several times
3) to not read, mention, or deal with something that
I’m used to dealing with matters of this sort. 我
changes someone or something 影响，作用；结果
习惯了处理这类事情。
have effect on
used to if something used to happen, it happened
well she will perform. 每次音乐会前，她都会为能
3. impress vt. & vi. to make someone feel admiration
否演奏好而担心焦虑。
and respect 使留下深刻印象
The orchestra will perform twice this week. 这
化
media. 大众的观点很易被媒体影响。
In the last 20 years, South Korea has been
Steele was ridiculed by the popular press. 斯 蒂
transformed into a major industrial nation. 在过去 20
行职责时，他就会辞职。
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there aren't any
The operation was performed by a team of
tickets left. 很抱歉让你失望，但没票了。
surgeons at the central hospital. 这个手术是由中心
plans into effect. 为实施这项计划，我们需要至少
to entertain people, for example, by acting a play or
集资 5 万美元。
playing a piece of music 表演，演出
2. disappoint vt. to make someone feel unhappy because
surprising, difficult, strange etc. 习惯（做某事）
different aspects of my experience so far. 我正在寻
I do the dishes every day, so I'm used to it. 我每