Vocabulary 2

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
reliable	someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or depended on	诚实的	adjective	reliable
sense of humour		幽默感	phrase
generous	someone who is generous is willing to give money, spend time etc, in order to help people or give them pleasure	慷慨的	adjective	generous
mean	not wanting to spend money, or not wanting to use much of something	吝啬的	adjective	mean
anxious	worried about something	焦急的	adjective	anxious
sensible	reasonable, practical, and showing good judgment	合理的	adjective	sensible
creative	involving the use of imagination to produce new ideas or things	有创意的	adjective	creative
talent	a natural ability to do something well	才能，才艺	noun	talent
quiz	a competition or game in which people have to answer questions	测试	noun	quiz

Unit 12

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
emotion	a strong human feeling such as love, hate, or anger	情感	noun	emotion
plural	a form of a word that shows you are talking about more than one thing, person etc. For example, ‘dogs’ is the plural of ‘dog’	复数	noun	plural
politician	someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government	政治家	noun	politician
confuse	to make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand	混淆	verb	confuse
curious	wanting to know about something	好奇的	adjective	curious
scared	frightened of something, or nervous about something	恐惧的	adjective	scared
toward	used to say that someone or something moves, looks, faces etc in the direction of someone or something	向，朝	preposition	toward
jealous	feeling unhappy because someone has something that you wish you had	吃醋的	adjective	jealous
upset	unhappy and worried because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened	使心煩意亂;使難過;使生氣	adjective	upset
depress	to make someone feel very unhappy	使忧虑，使沮喪	verb	depress
miserable	extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated	痛苦的;可怜的	adjective	miserable
mood	the way you feel at a particular time	心境，心情，情绪；精神状态	noun	mood
energetic	having or needing a lot of energy or determination	精力充沛的;充满活力的	adjective	energetic
associate	to make a connection in your mind between one thing or person and another	把…联系在一起	verb	associate

unit 13

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
altogether	used to emphasize that something has been done completely or has finished completely	一共	adverb	altogether
nephew	the son of your brother or sister, or the son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister	侄子	noun	nephew
nieces	the daughter of your brother or sister, or the daughter of your wife’s or husband’s brother or sister	侄女	noun	nieces
go on well with		与…相处融洽	phrase
current	happening or existing now	当前	adjective	current
spill the bean	to reveal the secret	说漏嘴	phrase
guilty pleasure	really enjoy doing but which also gives you a feeling of guilt or shame	罪恶感	phrase
marriage proposal	asjing someone to marry you	求婚	phrase
the whole point of	something describes the most important reason or purpose for it	要害,重点	phrase
evil eyes	is a supersition which someone causes injury or bad luck through a look	邪眼	phrase
burdensome	causing problems or additional work	繁琐	adjective	burdensome

unit 14

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
toddler	a very young child who is just learning to walk► see thesaurus at baby	幼儿	noun	toddler
childhood	the period of time when you are a child	童年	noun	childhood
adult	a fully-grown person, or one who is considered to be legally responsible for their actions	成人	noun	adult
retirement	when you stop working, usually because of your age	退休	noun	retirement
strict	expecting people to obey rules or to do what you say	严格	adjective	strict

unit 15

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
serious	a serious situation, problem, accident etc is extremely bad or dangerous	严重	adjective	serious
engage	to be doing or to become involved in an activity	参与	verb	engage
ceremony	an important social or religious event, when a traditional set of actions is performed in a formal way	仪典	noun	ceremony
reception	a particular type of welcome for someone, or a particular type of reaction to their ideas	接待	noun	reception
honeymoon	a holiday taken by two people who have just got married	蜜月	noun	honeymoon
pregnant	if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body	怀孕的	adjective	pregnant
pregnancy	when a woman is pregnant (=has a baby growing inside her body)	妊娠,孕妇	noun	pregnancy
anniversary	a date on which something special or important happened in a previous year	周年纪念	noun	anniversary
divorce	the legal ending of a marriage	离婚	noun	divorce

Unit 17

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
outskirts	the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre	郊区	noun	outskirts
balcony	a structure that you can stand on, that is attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level	露台	noun	balcony
cottage	a small house in the country	茅舍	noun	cottage
charming	very pleasing or attractive	迷人	adjective	charming
oven	a piece of equipment that food is cooked inside, shaped like a metal box with a door on the front	烤箱	noun	oven

unit 18

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
kettle	a container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for boiling and pouring water	水壶	noun	kettle
tiles	a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering walls, floors etc	瓷砖	noun	tiles
sink	to go down below the surface of water, mud etc	洗涤槽	noun	sink
cushion	a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair or the floor to make it more	垫子	noun	cushion
blind	a covering, especially one made of cloth, that can be rolled up and down to cover a window inside a building	百叶窗	noun	blind
duvet	a large cloth bag filled with feathers or similar material that you use to cover yourself in bed	羽绒被	noun	duvet
rug	a piece of thick cloth or wool that covers part of a floor, used for warmth or as a decoration	地毯	noun	rug
blanket	a cover for a bed, usually made of wool	毯子	noun	blanket
pillow	a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put your head on when you are sleeping	枕头	noun	pillow
material	cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc	材料	noun	material
materialism	the belief that money and possessions are more important than art, religion, moral beliefs etc – used to show disapproval	唯物主义	noun	materialism

unit 19

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
cashpoint	a cash machine	取款点	noun	cashpoint
fee	an amount of money that you pay to do something or that you pay to a professional person for their work	费用	noun	fee
reasonable	fair and sensible	合理的	adjective	reasonable
rent	to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else	租金	verb	rent
deposit	a part of the cost of something you are buying that you pay some time before you pay the rest of it	存款	noun	deposit
charge	the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services	收取，收钱	noun	charge
garage	a building for keeping a car in, usually next to or attached to a house	车房	noun	garage
loan	an amount of money that you borrow from a bank	贷款	noun	loan
hire	to pay money to borrow something for a short period of time	雇用,租用	verb	hire

Unit 20

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
bandage	a narrow piece of cloth that you tie around a wound or around a part of the body that has been injured	绑带	noun	bandage
sore throat	a condition in which your throat is red and feels painful, especially when you swallow	咽喉痛	noun	sore throat
flu	a common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot	流感	noun	flu
tablets	a small round hard piece of medicine which you swallow	药片	noun	tablets
pill	a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole	药丸	noun	pill
surgeon	a doctor who does operations in a hospital	外科医生	noun	surgeon
surgery	medical treatment in which a surgeon cuts open your body to repair or remove something inside	外科手术	noun	surgery
disease	an illness which affects a person, animal, or plant	病症	noun	disease
affect	to do something that produces an effect or change in something or in someone’s situation	影响	verb	affect