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1、高等教育自学考试英语（二）精讲班主讲老师：唐军Unit 4The Joy of WorkText AWork Is a Blessing1. blessing n好事；有益之事Rivers are a blessing for an agricultural country His illness was a blessing in disguise，because heafterwards married his nurse【常用搭配】a blessing in disguise变相的幸福；塞翁失马，焉知非福Text AWork Is a Blessing2. corn n玉米Farmers

2、 often bum the stubble after they have cut the cornThe ground was plowed and planted with CornText AWork Is a Blessing【近义词辨析】Corn，crop，grain这些名词都有“谷物”之意。corn主要指大麦、小麦、燕麦、裸麦、玉蜀黍这五种谷物及其粒子。crop指谷物或果类等一年或一季的收成，也可指地里的农业作物或谷物grain指稻、麦等谷类及其粒子。【常用搭配】corn on the cob玉米棒长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a Blessing

3、3. cash n现金We give lo percent discount for cashThis cash register must have come out of the arkText AWork Is a Blessing【近义词辨析】money，cash，coin，currency这些名词均有“(金)钱”之意。money钱的通称，可以是硬币也可以是， 也可指用作货币的其他物品。cash特指立即可以兑现的现金或现款。coin指铸造的硬币。currency指在流通中的货币，是全部流通中通货的总称，也可指。Text AWork Is a Blessing4. dairy adj.

4、乳品业的；生产乳品的He avoids all meat and dairy products Milk，butter and cheese are brought in herefrom dairy farms 1bring in赚得；挣I have three part-time jobs，which bring in about$24，000 a year长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a BlessingI grew up in Lakeland，LA，one of 12children We all lived on my parentssubsiste

5、nce farm. We grew cotton，sugar cane，corn, hogs, and chickens and had a large garden, but it didnt bring in much cashSo when l was 12，I got a part-time job on a dairy farm down the road，helping to milk cows We milked 65 cows at 5 in the morning and again at 2 in the afternoon，seven days a weekText AW

6、ork Is a Blessing5. complainv. 抱怨；埋怨；发牢骚Miners have complained bitterly that the government did not fulfill their promisesDont complain without good cause长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a Blessing【近义词辨析】complain，grumble，murmur这些动词均含“抱怨，埋怨”之意。complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。grumble因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人

7、因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a BlessingIn the kitchen one Saturday before daylightI remember complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cowsMy father said，ya know, boy, to work is a blessing长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a

8、 Blessing2. eke out a living竭力维持生计；勉强度日Noah Koreans certainly struggle to eke out a living， but they are not starvingIn old China workers and peasants could hardly eke out a living，let alone send their children to school.3. sink in被完全理解；被充分意识到The implication took a while t0 sink in Everybody laughed

9、 at the joke but Joe；it took amoment for it to sink in before he laughed tooText AWork Is a BlessingI looked at those two men who had worked harder than I ever hadmy father eking out a living on that farm and my grandfather farming and working as a carpenter during the Depression. I had a feeling I

10、had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sank inText AWork Is a Blessing4. look forward to(高兴地)盼望；期待He was looking forward to working with the new managerHe now says that hes looking forwardto increased trade after the war长沙二三三网络科技有限公司版权所有Text AWork Is a Blessing6co

11、mmitted adj尽心尽力的；坚信的；坚定的You must get really clear about what you wantto change，define it in detail and get totally con mitted to doing itChina is firmly committed to UN reformText AWork Is a BlessingGoing to college was a rare privilege for a kid from LakelandMy father told me if I picked something to study that I liked doing，Id always look forward to my workBut he also added，“Even having a job you hate is better than not having a job at alll wanted to be a farmer, but I joined