Unit 12 The Importance of Moral Intelligence in Children Words and Expressions综合教程二

1、Unit 12 The Importance of Moral Intelligence in ChildrenWords and Expressions1. cherish v. look after sb. or sth. because you love them very muche.g. The old man cherished the girl as if she were his daughter. He was obsessed with his model airplanes, seeing them as things to be cherished and loved.

2、Derivation:cherishable a.2. tragedy v. a very sad event that causes people to suffer or diee.g. Hamlet is one of Shakespeares best known tragedies. The measures were designed to prevent any similar tragedies.Derivation: tragic a. tragically ad.Antonym: comedy3. emergency n. unexpected situation invo

3、lving danger in which immediate action is necessarye.g. You should only use this door in an emergency. The rioting grew worse and the government declared a state of emergency.Derivation: emergent a.Synonym: exigency4. commit v. do sth. illegal or morally wronge.g. The study aims to find out what mak

4、es people commit crimes. Its not sure yet whether she died naturally or committed suicide.Derivation:commitment n.Collocation: commit oneself on sth. give ones opinion openly so that it is difficult to change it commit sb. for sth. send sb. to a higher court to be tried5. suffocate v. die or cause t

5、o die from lack of air or inability to breathee.g. Passengers suffocated in the burning aircraft. Dont let your child play with plastic bags which could suffocate him.Derivation: suffocating a. suffocation n.Synonym: choke; stifle6. conscience n. the idea and principles of moral behaviour that the m

6、embers of a community or group sharee.g. After she had committed the crime, her conscience was troubled. She cheerfully cheats and lies; shes got no conscience at all.Collocation: in all conscience by any reasonable standard on ones conscience making one feel one has done wrong, or left sth. undone7

7、. estimate v. form an approximate idea of sth.; calculate roughly the cost, size, value, etc. of sth.e.g. We estimated his income at / to be about $ 5,000 a year. We have not estimated the proper price for the contract yet.Derivation:estimation nSynonym:evaluate8. vulgarity n. vulgar quality or beha

8、vioure.g. He hated that world of money and vulgarity.Derivation:vulgar a.vulgarize v. Synonym: rudeness; misbehavior9. distress v. make sb. feel upsete.g. We are distressed to find that the children had not returned. I didnt wish to distress you any further but I must ask you a few questions about t

9、he accident.Synonym: upset10. call for say publicly that sth. must happene.g. The situation calls for prompt action. The international organization has consistently called for the release of political prisoners.Collocation: call sb. / sth. off order to stop attacking, searching, etc; cancel or aband

10、on sth. call on / upon sb. formally invite or request sb. to speak, etc.; appeal to or urge sb. to do sth. call up telephone sb.; bring sth. back to ones mind11. opt v. make a choice or decision from a range of possibilitiese.g. Fewer students are opting for science courses nowadays. Most viewers ar

11、e consistently opting for light-hearted TV instead of serious documentaries.Collocation:opt for to make a choiceopt out to choose not to do something or take part in something12. address vt. speak publicly to a group of people e.g. The chairman will now address the meeting. Addressing a crowd of ove

12、r 3,000 angry union members, Sir Alex said that a pay deal was in sight.13. moral a. relating to right and wrong and the way people should behavee.g. You dont know all the circumstances of their divorce, so dont make moral judgments about it. Everything that he writes has a high moral purpose.Deriva

13、tion: morality n. morally ad.Synonym: virtuousAntonym: immoral14. reflection n. careful thought about sth.e.g. On reflection I think it would be better to cancel the meeting. After a few moments reflection Calvin realized that he was wrong.Derivation: reflect v. reflective a.Collocation: on reflecti

14、on (an idea or statement resulting from) deep and careful thoughtSynonym: meditation15. crucial a. extremely importante.g. Getting this contract is crucial to the future of our company. The crucial factor in their relationship was their unshakeable faith in each other.Derivation: crucially ad.Synony

15、m: important; significantCollocation: crucial to / for sth. very important; decisivee.g. The success of this experiment is crucial to the project as a whole.16. aptitude n. natural ability that makes it easy for one to do sth. welle.g. Does she show any aptitude for games? All applicants are given a

16、ptitude test before being invited for an interview.Synonym: talent; capacityCollocation: aptitude for sth. / doing sth. natural ability or skille.g. She showed great aptitude for learning languages.17. miraculous a. extremely lucky and unexpectede.g. Its miraculous how much weight youve lost! In the circumstances, the fact that they werent both killed is quite miraculous.Derivation: miracle n. miraculously ad.Synonym: wonder