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Unit 0neHow to Improve Your Study Habits一、Vocabulary1. average1)adj表示“平均的； 一般的”，后面的名词一般用单数形式，其前常用定冠词“the”。 e.g. Whats the average salary of the white collars in the US?美国白领的平均收入是多少?2)n.可作“平均数；平均；平均水平”解。作“平均数”解时，一般要定冠词the，作“平均，平均水平”解时，和above，below等介词连用，定冠词可有可无。e.g.The average 8，14，and 17 is 138，14和17的平均数是13。 The freshmens ability is above(the)average新生的能力在中等以上。2. listlist意思是单子，清单，名单”，in the list主要用于英国英语，on the list主要用于美国英语。e.g. Mulans name is in the recruitment list because she wanted to take instead of her old father木兰的名字出现在新兵，征收名单上，因为她想顶替她年迈的父亲。 Duke University stands the fourth on the list 0f American renowned universities杜克大学在美国最著名的大学名单上排行第四。 “列表，列清单”可译为make a list；make up alist；draw up a list；compile a list等。3. schedule，chart schedule：n时间表，日程表 v将列入计划表 chart：n指用曲线等表示气象、商情、时间分配等情况的图表v用图表表示或说明4. distractionse.g.Chairman Mao could focus On his study by sitting under the city gate full of the noise Of distractions.毛主席能在噪音干扰的城门下专心学习。5. Skim before you read skim，scan，skip skim指快速读过去，以得到主旨大意，作“翻阅”解；scan是为了获得某个具体信息而浏览一遍，作“查阅”解；skip作“跳读，略过”解。e.g.My fathers only favorite hobby is to skim over all kinds of scientific newspapers every day.我父亲的唯一嗜好就是每天翻阅各种科技报纸。My English teacher assigned me to read the first three chapters carefully and scanned the rest of the book within the spring break. 我的英语老师布置我春假期间仔细阅读这书的前三章，并浏览完其余章节。We have to skipUnitl2 due to the limited time of this term.因为本学期时间的缘故，我们不得不跳过第十二章。6. double1)v.使增加一倍；是的两倍； 加倍 e.g.The workers will double their efforts t0 fulfill the task ahead of time工人们加倍努力提id完成任务2)n.双倍 adi.两倍的，双倍的，供两者使用的 adv双倍地 e.g.The double of six is 12六的两倍是十二。 We have to reserve the room with a double bed我们得定双人房间。 Walk at double the speed or you will be late加速前进，否则就会晚了。7. mention v提到，说到；写到 e.g.Diana mentioned it to her close friends that she had already been bored with the news cycles.戴安娜向她的密友们提到她已讨厌新闻界了。二、Phrasesl_fill in：write in，put in填入，填写 Please fill in your name on the form请在表上填上你的名字。 You are required to fill in the blanks with proper tense。要用适当的时态填空。 比较：fill in与fill out在表示“填写”时可以互换。但表示“填补，填空”时，只能用fill in，而不用fill out。2.decide on：determine，choose(sb. or sth)决定，选定 Has the list of candidates been decided on?候选人的名单定下来了吗? Have you decided on spending your summer holiday at home?你已决定在家过暑假吗?3.be sure：be certain(to do)一定(要) Be sure to take care 0f yourself要照顾好自己。 Be sure not to miss the bus一定要赶上车。 比较：make sure(that)：find out for sure确信。 Have you make sure that the train has not already left?你确信火车还 走?4set aside：save(tlnle1noney ere)“lr special purpose留m，拨m She has set aside the whole weekend for reading她整个周末用来看书。 Each week I tried to set aside a few dollars for a new bike每周我都设法存几美元以购买一辆新自行车。5as well：too，also，也，义They all do military training as well他们也都进行了军训。 I ordered one apple pie，one hot dog，and one icecream as well我点了一份苹果派，一份热狗，还有一份冰淇淋。 比较：as well as：也，同样。Its important for you as well as for me对你重要，对我也一样。6chooseas(for)：choose(sthsb)to be挑选作为 We chose him as our monitor，我们选他当班长。 Many students choose the classroom for their study area许多学生选教室作为他们学习场所7concertrate onupon：keep ones attention，effortsetcto 全神贯注于 He concentrated on the study of English他把重点放在英语学习上。 My father is concentrating on fishing我父亲正全神贯注地钓鱼。81ook over：survey，examine查看，浏览 Please 1ook over your paper carefully请仔细检查试卷。 He looked over several kinds of new cars before deciding他看了好几款新车后才作决定。9.make use of: take advantage of 利用we should make full use of our natural resources我们应该充分利用我们的自然资源。 You must make good use of any opportunities of practising English你们必须好好利用任何机会练英语。10go over：review；examine复习；检查 He went over his notes again before exam考前他把笔记又复习一遍。 We went over the list of names and chose two我们查阅名单，从中挑了两位。111ead to: result in，cause导致，引起 The heavy rain led to serious floods in the south在南方大