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大学英语自学教程(上册) 笔记 Unit 4-1
Unit 4 Text A: Improving Your Memory
Ⅰ.New words:
1.psychological: adj 心理学的; psychology: n 心理学; psychologist: n 心理学家; psychologically: adv 心理上地 （*）
a.His father is a psychologist while his mother is an engineer.
b.psychology is a study of mind.
c.Memories and dreams are psychological facts.
2.focus: v 聚集、集中, 常用短语：focus on sth ；n 焦点
a.He took out the camera and brought it into focus.
b.Focus your attention on your work.
3.basic: adj 基本的；base: n 基础; basically: adv 基本上、根本上
4.meaningfulness: n 富有意义； mean: v 意思是； meaningful: adj 富有意义的； meaningless:adj 无意义的; meaning: n 含义(*)
a.What does this sentence mean?
b.He is sad because he finds what he has done is meaningless.
c.Do you know the meaning of this word?
d.She always tells us meaningful stories. We learn a lot from her.
5.organization: n 组织、团体；organize: v 组织 WTo=World Trade organization ； organizer: n 组织者(*)
a.They organized a trip to the South last month.
b.The organizers of the New Year’s party feel very tired but happy.
c.The United Nations is a world organization.
6.association: n 联合、协会； associate: v 把…同…联系起来；n 同伙；adj 副的
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a.NBA means National Basketball Association.
b.Whisky is usually associated with Scotland.
c.John and paul are associates.
d.Mr. Liu is an associate manager in this company.
7.visualize: v 想象、设想；visualization: n想象、设想
8.rhyme:字母h不发音。
9.ability: n 能力，短语：to the best of one’s ability,尽力而为。同义词capacity; able: adj有能力的，短语：be able to do sth, 反义词：unable.
10.random: adj/n 胡乱的、随便，常用短语：at random,随便地。
He took a book at random.
11.categorize: v 分类；category: n 种类
12.needless 不需要的,不必要的；needful 需要的，必要的
13.refer: v 涉及、参与；reference: n reference book
please refer to the dictionary if you come across a new word.
14.relate: v 有关联，叙述，讲述；related: adj 有关联的；relation: n 关系、关联
a.I can’t relate what he said with what he did.（我不能将他所说与所做联系起来。）
b.This part relates to the current situation.(这部分指的是目前的形式。)
15.accurately: adv 准确地，同义词：exactly；accurate: adj; accuracy: n
16.memorize: v 记住；memory: n 记忆力；memorandum(memo)备忘录
17.improvement: n 改进、增进；improve: v
18.image: n 形象、印象；imagery: n 肖像的总称，意象; imagine: v 想象
19.repetition: n 重复、反复；repeat: v; repeated: adj
a.He made repeated efforts to solve the problem.
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b.pronouns are used to save the repetition of nouns.
c.Does history repeat itself?
20.mental: a 精神的、智力的，physical: 体力的
21.preserve: v 保护、维持；preservation: n保护、维持; preservative: adj 保护性的，保存的
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