• 3. We were delighted that we were successful in our experiment.
• 4. To my delight (令我感到高兴的是）, I took up a job which I was very interested in.
2 admirable adj.值得赞扬的，令人钦佩的
8 acquire
• Only if you ask many questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.
• acquire sth 获得、取得... • acquisition n. 获得
• One can never _______ ________ _______(获得足够的经验） • acquire enough experience • It will take her a long time to _______ _______ _______(获得技能）
• When the delayed flight will take off _____(depend) much on the weather.
• depends • You may depend on ____that it won't happen again. • it depend on后不直接+宾从 • ---Would you like to go swimming with me tomorrow? • --- ___________ __________(哪的视情况而定） • It/That depends
4 profession professional
n. 职业，专业 （强调专业性）
adj.职业的；专业的 n.专业人员
• As a journalist, you need professional qualifications and skills. • He has just turned profession .
• Whether you can dispose of these goods will depend the price. • depend on 取决于 • You can't always depend on others to help you. • depend on sb to do指望/依靠某人做某事
She employed a woman to assist her with the housework. • assist sb with sth帮助某人做...
• Mark将帮助我筹备一个重要会议。 • Mark will_assist me to_ arrange an important meeting. • Mark will_assist me in_ arranging an imporant meeting.
• It was ~ that the old man contributed most of his money to charity.
• admire v. 钦佩，赞美
• I admired him for his independence.
• admire sb for sth因...钦佩某人
• 在会议上提出好几条建议对Jim来说是不同寻常的。 • It is unusual for Jim to put forward several pieces of advice at
the meeting. • un-相反 • unbutton解开纽扣 • uncover揭开 • unlock 开锁
• of • Please keep us _____(inform) of your settlement in America. • informed
12 meanwhile
• In the meanwhile, I'll visit an old friend of mine. • in the meanwhile 在此期间，在此同时 • =in the meantime • 同时：meantime, at the same time
• *be anxious about为...担忧/着急 • *be anxious to do急切地做...
6 assist
• assistant n.助手；助理 • assistance n.帮助，援助 • Who will assist us to accomplish the task? • ~ sb to do sth帮助某人做某事 • Lacking experience, Lily wanted me to ~ her in her work. • ~ sb in (doing) sth帮助某人做...
• The doctor made an _________(assess) of the damage and said he must have an operation immediately
• assessment • Damage caused by the big fire was assessed ____more than 10
million dollars. • at
11 inform
v. 告 知 ； 通 知
informed adj.有知识的，见闻广的
information n.信息
• They must use research to inform themselves of the missing parts of the story.
• 这个小男孩渴望尽快恢复健康 • The little boy was eager to get back on his feet as soon as possible.
• She is _eager _to go to college, but anxious about not passing the entrance examination. （渴望上大学）
delight v/n. 使…高兴；快乐
• I'm delighted with you slight adjustment to the plan. • be delighted with/by/at对...满意；对...感到高兴 • I was delighted to get rid of cough. • be delighted to do sth 很高兴做... • delightful adj. 令人愉快的
5 eager
• The students are eager for knowleage and eager to make progress, so they are eager in their study and are always praised by their teachers.
• be eager for渴求某物 • be eager to do渴望做... • be eager in 热衷于
• admiration n. 敬佩，羡慕
admirer n. 崇拜者
• 1. Saving the girl's life was an _admirable____（admire) thing for him to do, which made many young people become __admirers___(admire). They always looked at him with _admiration_(admire)
• inform sb of sth 通知某人某事 • You must keep me informed of the case. • keep sb informed of sth 随时告知某人某事
• It was considerate of Michael to inform us ____ his delay in case we got worried.(2015福建卷)
• Doctors are aiming to __concentrate on___(全神贯注于） prevention rather than cure.
• 集中注意力于 • be absorbed/buried in • be devoted to • pay attention to • put one's heart into • be addicted to
she needs to become a good journalist. • acquire the skills.
10 assess
• They assessed the value of the car at 60,000 pounds. • assess sth (at sth) 估算，估计（数量，价值） • assessment n.评估 • make an assess 做出评估
Unit 4 Making the news
journalist
n. 新闻工作者，记者
editor n. 编辑
edit
v.编辑
edition n.版本
photograph
n.照片 v.给…拍照片
photographer photography
n.摄影师 n.摄影
1 delighted adj.高兴的；欣喜的
• If you come across faults but you still want the bicycle, ask the shop _assistant___(assist) to reduce the price.
7 concentrate • We should concentrate our attention on our study. • concentrate /focus/fix/one's attention on • 把某人的注意力集中在...上 • concentration n. 浓度，情况