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1. bark v.狗叫

1）狗叫

If a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise.

Dogs always bark at strangers.

2) bark up the wrong tree 是啥意思？

A hunting dog may bark up the wrong tree when it believes it has chased an animal up a tree, but the animal may have escaped by leaping from one tree to another.

If you think I'm the guilty person, you're barking up the wrong tree.

growl /ɡraʊl/ v. When a dog or other animal growls, it makes a low noise in its throat, usually because it is angry.

Bark和growl都可以指人的吼叫，注意介词都是满怀恶意的“at”：

“Who did it?”the King barked at his servant.

“I am sorry , I didn’t mean to break it. ”

“Get out of here right now! I will never see you again,” the King growled at his servant.

2. pressv.

课文的那只小狗会把爪子按住门闩以此开门。

The dog is able to press his paw on the latch to open the gate.

核心含义：压，摁，按

1) 压,按: to push something firmly against a surface

press the button

press the accelerator / gas pedal

2） 引申义：

The salesperson was pressing the customer to make a quick decision.

The bank is pressing the man for repayment of the loan.

press sb. to do sth. = push/urge sb. do to

3) pressure n.压力

用法：... under pressure“在压力之下”表示“面临...的压力”

If you are a student, you may study under pressure.

If you have a job, you may work under pressure.

If you have to support your family, you may live under pressure.

Pressure is something we can’t avoid in life.

So the ability to handle pressure is what we truly need.

如何面对压力？

Courage is grace under pressure. --- Ernest Hemingway

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. -- Kobe Bryant

Rise v. to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem

Press n.报刊杂志Newspapers and magazines are referred to as the press.

the local press / the national press / the foreign press

The press也可泛指“新闻界”或者 新闻报道；舆论

The press have been very nasty about the president.

3. expertn.专家

a computer expert

a medical expert

an internet expert

a yoga expert

Susan is an expert in child psychology.

Michael is an expert in dealing with business problems.

用法: an expert in/on/atsth. / doing sth.

How can a person become an expert ?

词源：ex-= out; 词根per= try, risk

Niels Bohr：

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made, in a narrow field.”

Malcolm Timothy Gladwell，畅销书《Outliers》：

To achieve world-class expertise in any skill, one needs at least 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice ”.

According to the book, you need at least five years of deliberate practice in order to become a world expert in a certain field.

Expertise n.专业技能;专业知识

Financial expertise

computer expertise

4. developv.发展，开发，养成

develop的核心意思就是____________________【听记1】

词源：de- 表示：去掉+词根-velop,表示：“wrap up”“包裹住”，所以，develop字面意思就是unwrap

再比如：envelope n.信封 en=in ; velop（e）=wrap up，所以envelop字面意思就是，__________________________【听记2】

动词envelop v.包裹,笼罩

如何使用develop ?

为啥develop表示发展？

personal development

developing countries / developed countries

为啥develop表示“开发”

If a company has developed a new product, it means the company has removed the obstacles to innovation.

R&D = research and development

research=“search again and again”

R&D的本质意思是什么？__________________【听记3】

为啥develop表示“养成习惯”？

develop a habit

Jimmy has developed a habit of early rising.

【早起的人：early riser】

5. habitn.习惯

用法：

1) 养成一个习惯： develop a habit of sth./doing sth.

2) 把....当做习惯: make a habit of doing something

John, you are late again. I hope you’re not going to make a habit of it.

3) 改掉一个习惯: break a bad habit

It is not easy to break a bad habit.

For example, it is very hard for many people to break the habit of smoking.

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out.

John Dryden

"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."

Habits will have an enormous influence on our lives.

If you make a habit of reading English on a daily basis, learning English will be fun and easy. 【on a daily basis表示“每天”】

6．Removev.移开，移除，去掉

When you remove something from a place, you take it away.

词源理解：re(back，away) + move:核心意思：“move sth. away”

用法：Remove A from B 把A从B移开

比如：

As soon as the pizza is done, remove it from the oven.

The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains

In the story, the Foolish Old Man believed that though he might not remove the mountains in his lifetime, through the hard work of many generations, some day the seemingly impossible task would be finished.

猜猜引申义：注意核心意思是“move away”移除

Sean removed his hat and coat after entering the room.

【remove = take off】

The rules preventing women from voting will be removed.

【remove = get rid of】

Congress could use its power to remove the President from office.

【remove = dismiss】

听记答案

1. 解开舒服，去除障碍

2. 裹在里面

3. 不断寻找，解开束缚