1、Unit 2 Robots.常考单词必背1desire n渴望；愿望；欲望v渴望；向往；要求We all desire happiness and health.我们都想得到幸福和健康。快速闪记(1)have a strong desiredesire to do sth渴望做某事desire sb to do sth想要某人做某事desire that主语should动词原形，should可以省略。(2)desirable adj.令人满意的desired adj.渴望的；想得到的2alarm n警报；惊恐vt.使警觉；使惊恐；惊动I forgot to set my alarm and I
2、 overslept.我忘了定闹钟，结果睡过了头。They were alarmed by a sudden attack.突然袭击使他们大为惊恐。3sympathy n同情I have a lot of sympathy for him；he brought up his two children on his own.我非常同情他，他独自把两个孩子养大。快速闪记(1)feel/have great sympathy for sb 对某人深感同情with sympathy同情地(2)sympathetic adj.同情的；支持的sympathize/sympathise vi.同情；怜悯体谅
3、；赞同4favo(u)r nU喜爱；恩惠；赞同vt.喜爱；支持；赞成The idea is beginning to gain widespread favour.这种意见开始赢得广泛赞同。快速闪记(1)in favour of赞同；支持in sb s favour对某人有利do sb a favour/do a favour for sb 帮某人一个忙ask sb a favourask a favour of sb 请某人帮忙(2)favourable adj.赞同的；有利的favourite adj.& n特别喜爱的(东西)5pile nC一堆大量 vt.& vi.堆积；积聚The le
4、aves had been swept into huge piles.树叶被扫成了一大堆一大堆的。快速闪记a pile of一堆piles of一堆堆的pile up堆积6absurd adj.荒谬的；可笑的He felt it was absurd to be filled with hatred for someone he had never met.他觉得对从未见过的人充满仇恨可真是荒谬。7. accompany vt.陪伴；伴随伴随发生(with)伴奏(on/at)Friends，in this time of happiness，joy and goodwill to accom
5、pany you! 朋友，在这幸福的时光里，让快乐和美好永远陪伴着你！快速闪记(1)accompany sb to someplace陪伴某人去某地accompany sb on/at用给某人伴奏accompany.with/by与同时存在或发生(2)keep sb company陪伴某人in company with与一起8declare v宣布(声明)；申报；声明He declared that he would fight for his right.他宣称要为他的权利而斗争。快速闪记declaration n宣言，布告，公告，声明declare against声明反对declare s
6、th to sb/sth向表明自己的观点declare.open/close宣布开始/结束declared war on向宣战9talent n天才；特殊能力Which of them has more musical talent is open to debate.他们之中谁更有音乐天赋还未有定论。10obey vt.& vi.服从；听从；遵守disobey v不服从；违抗A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings.机器人必须遵守人类的指令。obey the rules遵守规则.高频短语必会1test out 实验；考验
7、2ring up 给打电话3turn around 转身；翻转4set aside 将放在一边；为节省或保留5in all 总共；总计6be bound to 一定做.写作句式必学1It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.机器人如此通人性，这使她觉得心烦和害怕。2As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.作为一个恩惠，托尼答应帮助克莱尔，使她更漂亮，使她的家更高雅。3She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room，he managed to catch her in time.她从梯子上掉下来，尽管托尼在隔壁房间里，他还是及时(赶过来)把她接住了。