自考英语二资料unit10资料仅供参考Unit 10 Ode to Public Transport Ode to Public Transport补充重要单词trans-words：transmit / transform / transplant / transport / transfer / transittransmit v. 传送，传染，传播（热，光，声音等）a disease that can be transmitted to humansInsects 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. 毛毛虫能够变为蝴蝶。
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/sthtransplant a kidney （肾）from one twin to the othertransport 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都能够表示运输这个抽象概念可是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transfer to another bus 转乘另外一辆公共汽车They will be offered transfers to other locations. 她们将得到去其它地方的调动令。
It can be connected to a PC for the transfer of information. 它能够连接到个人电脑上进行信息转录transit v. 过渡，经过，横越airplanes transiting the U.S. and Canadatransition n. 过渡，转变，变迁a period of peaceful transitionthe transition from childhood to adulthoodI. New words and expressionsNew words1. 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. 必须的事物；必须品 necessary necessarily4. 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 minority18. wean v. 使逐渐戒除恶习（或避免依赖…）19. dependence n. （生存或成功必须的）依靠，依赖，依存 depend dependent (on / upon) independent (of) dependently independence Day20. 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 instability27. 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-weaken28. consequently adv. 因此；因此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 limited unlimited / limitlessPhrases and Expressions1. 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 LearningThe Importance of Public Transportation① 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.② Public transportation is defined as a service that is available for use by the general public. It is a cheaper and environmentally friendly alternative. It is not a transportation service that you can arrange privately to suit your own personal convenience (although you may, to a certain extent, such as paying for a cabin or suite on a train or ship) since you have to consider other passengers who are riding and making similararrangements with you.③ (2)I have experienced first-hand how important public transportation is.④ I live in Saipan, a US territory and the closest things we have to public transportation are tourist and school buses. You have to have your own car or bike, rent a car, or pay upfront for a taxi to go from point A to point B. Otherwise you end up basked in sweat and sunburn traveling to work every day. When I first came here, I walked. I walked going to and from work. I walked to the store and lugged my heavy groceries back to the house. I walked to church and I barely got to go to places farther than a twenty-mileradius from my house since I did not own a car then, and (3)I considered renting a car and riding a taxi such an expense for a starting single mother lik。