2012年最新出版自考英语(二)讲义 Unit 10 Ode to Public Transport

2012年最新出版自考英语(二)讲义

2013年自考“英语（二）”备考资料（新版教材 unit 10）

Unit 10 Ode to Public Transport

Ode to Public Transport

补充重要单词trans-words：

transmit / transform / transplant / transport / transfer / transit

transmit v. 传送，传染，传播（热，光，声音等）

a disease that can be transmitted to humans

Insects can transmit disease.

Irons transmit heat. 铁能导热。

Water transmits sound better than air. 水比空气能更好的传声。

transmission n. 传送，传染，传播

the transmission of diseases 疾病的传播

transform v. 使改变性质，使改观

transform sth/sb (from sth) (into sth)

She transformed the room by painting it.

The climate has transformed the area from a desert into a swamp.(沼泽) Caterpillars can be transformed into butterflies. 毛毛虫可以变为蝴蝶。 transformation n. 改变，改观

His character seems to have undergone a complete transformation since his marriage.

transplant v./n 移植

transplant sth from sb/sth to sb/sth

transplant a kidney （肾）from one twin to the other

transport v./n. 运输，搬运

transport wheat from a farm to a mill (磨坊)

public transport 公共交通

transportation n. 交通，运输

various means of transportation 各种交通方式

注意：transport和transportation都可以表示运输这个抽象概念。但是transportation更多的表示运输，而transport同时能表示运输器材。

如：I need some transport to deliver the goods. 我需要某一运输工具运送这批货物

transfer v/n. 将…… 由一处转移到另一处，调动，转车

transfer sth/sb (from…) (to…)

His employer transferred him to another office.

The head office has been transferred from London to Paris.

She's has been transferred to our Beijing branch.

transfer one's affections （比喻）转移爱心

2012年最新出版自考英语(二)讲义

transfer to another bus 转乘另外一辆公共汽车

They will be offered transfers to other locations. 他们将得到去其他地方的调动令。

It can be connected to a PC for the transfer of information. 它可以连接到个人电脑上进行信息转录。

transit v. 过渡，通过，横越

airplanes transiting the U.S. and Canada

transition n. 过渡，转变，变迁

a period of peaceful transition

the transition from childhood to adulthood

I. New words and expressions

New words

1. proclaim v. 宣布；宣告；声明

2. sector n.（尤指一国经济的）部门，领域，行业

3. necessity n. 必需的事物；必需品

necessary

necessarily

4. arrangement n. 安排；筹备

5. territory n. 领土；版图；领地

6. upfront adv. 预付地；预交地

7. sunburn n. 晒斑；晒伤

8. groceries n. 食品杂货

9. radius n. 半径（长度）

10. expense n. 费用；价钱

11. annually adv. 一年一次地

12. household n. 一家人；家庭

13. commute n. 上下班路程

14. switch v. （使）改变，转变

15. transport n. 交通车辆；运输工具；旅行方式

16. carbon n. 碳

17. majority n. 大部分；大多数

major

minor

minority

18. wean v. 使逐渐戒除恶习（或避免依赖…）

19. dependence n. （生存或成功必需的）依靠，依赖，依存

depend

dependent (on / upon)

independent (of)

2012年最新出版自考英语(二)讲义

dependently

independence Day

20. approximately adv. 大概；大约；约莫

21. petroleum n. 石油：原油

22. exception n. 规则的例外；例外的事物

23. electrical adj. 电的；用电的；发电的

24. economic adj. 经济的；经济上的；经济学的

economical

economy

economics

economist

（具体参考Unit 6，Text B）

25. electricity n. 电；电能

electrical

electrician

联想：-ian作为名词后缀：musician, Italian, Asian, comedian, tragedian等。

26. stable adj. 稳定的；稳固的；牢固的

stability

unstable

instability

27. strengthen v. 加强；增强；巩固

复习重要单词：（Unit 7, Text B曾经讲过）

strong-strength-strengthen

long-length-lengthen

wide-width-widen

broad-breadth-broaden

deep-depth-deepen

high-height-heighten

short-shortness-shorten

weak-weakness-weaken

28. consequently adv. 因此；所以

29. lessen v.（使）变小，变少，减弱，减轻

30. resource n. 资源；财力

31. ease n. 舒适；安逸；自在 v. 减轻；放松；缓和

32. inhabitant n. （某地的）居民，栖息动物

33. limited adj. 有限的（具体参考Unit 1，Text B）

limit

limitation

2012年最新出版自考英语(二)讲义

limited

unlimited / limitless

Phrases and Expressions

1. bask in 晒太阳；取暖

2. account for 数量上、比例上占

3. be reliant upon 依赖；依靠

4. be attributed to 把…归因于，认为…是由于

II. Text Learning

The Importance of Public Transportation

① A US Congressman once proclaimed that, "(1)There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our

economy." I know exactly what he means.（承上启下句）In this day and age, access to transportation is considered a necessity.

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