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1、第六单元单词1. a handful of 少数，少量；一把 e.g. Only a handful of graduates have not found jobs so far. 2. a variety of 各种的；各种各样的 e.g. People change their minds for a variety of reasons. 3. abundance n. quantity that is more than enough; plenty 丰富；丰裕 e.g. The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights to see.
2、 4. aircraft n. （单复同）飞机；航空器 e.g. The goal of air traffic control is to minimize the risk of aircraft collisions. 5. amount to be equal to; add up to 相当于；总计 e.g. In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the countrys gross domestic product. 6. appalling
3、 a. causing fear; shocking; terrible 骇人听闻的；令人震惊的 e.g. When will this appalling war end? 7. appliance n. instrument or device for a specific purpose 用具；器具 e.g. The Energy Department has set efficiency standards for new home appliances. 8. arise vi. (arose, arisen) appear; become evident 出现；呈现 e.g. Ch
4、allenging ethical issues have arisen in science and medicine. 9. be doomed to 命定；注定 e.g. He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. 10. bewildering a. puzzling 令人困惑的；费解的bewilder vt. puzzle; confuse 使困惑；使糊涂 e.g. I dont know how to solve this bewildering question. 11.
5、 burden n. heavy load 负担，重负 e.g. Some farmers are complaining about the heavy burden of taxation. 12. byte n. (of computer) fixed number of binary digits, often representing a single character 字节；位组 13. candy n. sweets or chocolate 糖果；巧克力 14. CD-ROM abbr. compactdisc read-only memory 光盘只读存储器 15. cel
6、l-phone n. 手机16. childcare n. 儿童保育；儿童照管 17. comparative a. involving comparison or comparing 比较的；相比的 e.g. Some sociologists have carried out large-scale historical-comparative studies. 18. concierge n. doorkeeper 看门人，看守人 19. confine n. (usu. pl) boundaries; limits; borders 范围；界限；边界 e.g. This is outs
7、ide the confines of human knowledge. 20. confusion n. bewilderment or embarrassment 惶惑；迷乱 e.g. I explained the question to him three times, but there was still a look of confusion on his face. 21. convention n. conference of members of a profession, political party; generally accepted social behavio
8、r 大会；惯例，常规 e.g. She was a speaker at the Railway Workers Convention in 1956. 22. cope vi. deal successfully (with sb. / sth. difficult) （成功地）对付；妥善处理 e.g. Health psychologists study how people cope with stress. 23. cram vt. push or force into a small place 将塞入， 硬塞进 e.g. Its dangerous for too many peo
9、ple to be crammed into a bus. 24. curator n. person in charge of a museum, an art gallery, etc. （博物馆、美术馆等的）馆长 25. discontent n. lack of satisfaction 不满足；不满意 e.g. The strikers were a sign of discontent with poor pay. 26. distribution n. 分布；分配 e.g. The study of animal distribution is called zoogeograp
10、hy. 27. divert vt. turn (sb./sth.) aside from a course, direction, etc. into another 使转向；转移 e.g. Some dams divert the flow of river water into a pipeline, canal, or channel. 28. domestic a. of the home, household or family; of or inside a particular country 家庭的；家务的；国内的 e.g. Police and hospital recor
11、ds indicate that the majority of victims of domestic violence are women. 29. eat into gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy 吞噬；侵蚀；毁坏 e.g. All these car expenses are eating into our savings. 30. economy n. 经济；经济制度；节约 e.g. His views on knowledge economy have been accepted w
12、ith unanimity. 31. empty-nester n. 厮守“空巢”者（尤指子女不在身边的人） 32. enslave vt. make a slave of (sb.) 使成为奴隶，奴役 e.g. Her beauty enslaved many young men. 33. entomology n. scientific study of insects 昆虫学34. evade vt. avoid (sth. unpleasant or unwanted); manage not to do (sth. which should be done) 躲开，避开；逃避 e.g
13、. The released criminal always tries to evade the police. 35. expedition n. organized journey or voyage with a particular aim 远行；探险；远征 e.g. Scott died while he was on an expedition to the Antarctic in 1912.36. famine n. (instance of) extreme scarcity of food in a region 饥荒 e.g. China has succeeded i
14、n feeding its people; national attention to equity, agriculture, and birth control has significantly reduced the threat of famine.37. fax n. 传真件；传真系统38. forecast (forecast or forecasted) vt. tell in advance; predict 预报；预测 e.g. The means of forecasting natural disasters, such as floods, and hurricane
15、s, have improved immensely as science and technology have advanced. 39. forum n. an assembly, place, radio program etc. for the discussion of public matters or current questions 论坛；讨论会；（广播、电视的）专题讨论节目 e.g. The school authorities will provide a forum where problems can be discussed. 40. fraction n. a small part, bit, amount or proportion (of sth.) 小部分，一点儿，少许 e.g. Only a small fraction of the population lived in that remote area. 41. frontier n. (usu. pl)（某学科的）知识边缘，（探索活动的）新领域；边境 e.g. To open up the space frontier, NASA will try to lower the cost of access to Earth
