寂寞安抚（book3）Unit Three Security – Land of the Lock
Words & Expressions
on the latch: (of a door) closed but not locked
- Let yourself in; the door is on the latch.
- Don’t forget to leave the front door on the latch if you go to bed before I come back.
vulnerable: adj. exposed to danger or attack; unprotected
- Compared with Saudi Arabian soccer team, the Chinese team is more vulnerable.
- 你的论点相当容易受到批评。criticism.)
- How does the country defend vulnerable groups in society?
statistics: n. collection of information expressed in numbers
- roughly every 22 years a major drought occurs in the United States.
- 统计数字显示退休之后女性比男性生活愉快。 women live happier lives than men after retirement.)
era: n. a period of history or a long period of time
- 我们现在正处于一个新的伟大的信息时代。(We are now in a great new era of information.)
hook up to: connect or attach (sth.) to (sth. else) with or as if with a hook
- My computer is hooked up to the Internet, so I can communicate with my students at home via email. - The alarm systems in the banks are hooked up to the local police station.
build in/into: make (sth.) as part of the structure
- The cupboards in the kitchen are all built in.
- We are having those shelves built into the wall over the bed.
pry:
1. vt. force sth. open or away from a surface
- 你能不能帮我不打破这个木箱盖而撬开它?
(=Can you help me pry the cover off this wooden box without breaking it?)
2. vi. look or inquire closely and curiously
- Don’t pry into the affairs of others.
Collocation:
pry about 到处窥探 pry into 窥探，打听
feature:
1. vt. give a prominent part to (sb./sth.)
- 报纸为那个事件做了个专题报道。 (The newspaper featured the story of the event.)
- The play featured two well-known actors. …..由两位明星主演。
2. n. a prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic
- The building contained many new features of construction.
Collocation:
a unique feature 独一无二的特征 a key feature 主要特征
a notable feature 显著特征 make a feature of 以…为特色；注重
barrier: n. thing that prevents progress or movement
