Book 1  Unit 1 Teenage Life
词表词汇速记
1.volunteer  n.志愿者 v.自愿做；义务做  voluntary  adj. 自愿的；志愿的
● volunteer to do sth. 自愿做某事 do some voluntary work 做志愿工作
2.debate  n.辩论争论 vi.& vt.辩论；讨论；争论 under debate正在讨论中
have a debate with sb on/about/over sth 和某人就某事进行辩论/讨论
e.g. I have a debate with my parents on/about/over how to solve the problem.(我和我的父母就如何解决这个问题进行讨论。)
【联想】 ①discuss v.讨论  ②quarrel n.& v.争吵  ③argue争论主张
3. prefer  vt.(preferred, preferred, preferring) 较喜欢；更喜欢；喜欢……多于……
preference  n. 偏爱；优先权；偏爱的事物  show/have preference for 偏爱……
●prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事
e.g. I prefer you to go home at once. (我宁愿你立刻回家。)
●prefer A to B 与事物B相比，更喜欢事物A；
e.g. I prefer Chinese to English. (与英语相比，我更喜欢汉语。)
● prefer doing A to doing B… 与做事件B相比，更倾向于做事件A
e.g. I prefer reading books to doing sports. (和运动比起来，我更喜欢读书。)
●prefer to do A rather than do B 宁愿A也不愿B
e.g. I prefer to stay at home rather than go out. (我宁愿呆在家也不愿出去。)
●prefer doing A rather than doing B  喜欢做A而不是做B
e.g. All students prefer taking the bus rather than walking.
(所有学生喜欢坐公交车而不是走路。)
4. content n.内容；【pl.】容纳的东西；目录；（书、讲话、节目等的）主题；                                  【U】含量adj.满足的，满意的 vt.使满足
e.g. With so much related experience, I am sure you will be content with me，（求职信）有了这么多相关的经验，我相信你会对我满意的。
We can't go abroad this year, so we'll have to content ourselves with a holiday in Shanghai. 今年我们不能出国，所以我们得满足于在上海度假。
She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor.（动作描写）
她的钱包掉了，里面的东西掉在地板上了。
5. clean up（打扫或清除）干净
【联想】 up表示“完全，彻底”之意的短语还有∶①clear up解决；清除；整理；转晴②dry up干涸③eat up吃光耗尽④fill up填满；装满⑤use up用完
6. suitable adj.合适的；适用的 suit vt. 适合于，适宜 n.西装；套装
● be suitable for 对……适合的be suitable to do sth 适合做某事
eg. I don't think it is suitable for parents to quit their jobs to keep their children pany. 我认为父母辞掉工作来陪伴孩子是不合适的。
7. challenge n.挑战；艰巨任务vt.怀疑；向……挑战challenging adj.富有挑战性的
● face a challenge 面临挑战meet/take up a challenge 迎接挑战
challenge sb to sth 挑战某人某事
eg. Challenging as the activity was, everyone enjoyed it and all the participants benefited a lot from it. （报道） 尽管这个活动有挑战性，但每个人玩得开心，所有的参与者都从中受益良多。
8. confuse vt.使糊涂；使迷惑    confusing adj.难以理解的；不清楚的
confused adj.糊涂的；迷惑的    confusion n.迷惑；困惑；混乱；混淆
● confuse A with B 把A混为B    be confused about sth 对某事感到困惑
schedule形容词e.g. I confused her with her sister because they were so alike. (我把她混为她妹妹了，因为她们长得太像了。)  I am confused about what I am going to do after graduation. (我对我毕业之后从事什么工作感到很困惑。)
9. graduate vi.& vt.毕业；获得学位 n.毕业生  graduation n.毕业
graduate from……从……毕业  从某专业毕业·
e.g. I graduated from Peking University. (我毕业于北京大学。)
He hopes his son to graduate in law, so as to bee a lawyer.
(他希望他儿子毕业于法律专业，以便当个律师。)
10. remend vt.建议；推荐；介绍            remendation n.推荐
●remend sb sth 向某人推荐某物      remend doing sth 建议做某事
remend sth to sb 向某人推荐某物 remend sth. for… 推荐某物作某种用途    remend that sb（should）do..建议某人做……
e.g. Can you remend me a good dentist? (你能给我推荐一个好的牙医吗？)      I remend buying this dictionary. (= I remend you to buy this dictionary.) 我建议你买这本词典。He remends this hotel to me. (他给我推荐这家旅馆。)
I remend these pills for your cough. (我向你推荐这种药咳嗽。)
She remended that we (should) read the novel. (她推荐我们读那部小说。)
【联想】 “建议”高频词小结∶
①propose v. proposal n.  ②advise vt. advice n.[U] ③suggest vt. suggestion n,[C]
11. sign up（for sth）报名（参加课程）    sign in 签到    sign out 签退
eg. If you are interested, please sign up at the office before 5: next Thursday so that we can be well prepared. 如果你感兴趣，请在下周四下午5点前到办公室报名，以便我们能做好充分的准备。
12. advance n.前进，发展 vi.前进；发展  vt.发展，促进；提出  advanced adj.先进的；高级
的；高等的 in advance（=ahead of time/schedule）提前
make great advances in 在……取得很大的进步advanced technology 先进科技advanced mathematics 高等数学
13. obviously adv.显然；明显地 obvious 明显的adj.
e.g. Obviously/Apparently, what you said made me upset.
= It's obvious/apparent/clear/apparent that what you said upset me. 显然，你说的话让我心烦。
14. quit vi.& vt.（quit，quit，quit，quitting）停止；戒掉；离开（工作职位、学校）quit doing sth停止做某事quit smoking 戒烟quit school 辍学quit a job 离职
15. responsible adj.负责的；有责任的  responsibly adv.认真负责
responsibility n.责任；负责  ● be responsible for（doing）sth 对（做）某事负责 be responsible to sb 对某人负责take responsibility for sth 对某事负责
a sense of responsibility 责任感
e.g. It is Zhong Nanshan's sense of responsibility and devotion to medicine career that makes us admire him. 正是钟南山的责任感和对医学事业的奉献精神让我们钦佩。