研究生英语Unit 2 Scripts

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1、Unit2TheGiftofGift-givingVocabulary•perspicacious•betoken•nicety•ritualistic•one-up•reciprocity•benefactor•proclivity•frivolous•wont•prone•cliché•fabulous•pamper•altruism•dispenseperspicacious:abletounderstandsb./sth.quickly(fml)敏锐的，聪明的Itoffersquiteafewfactstotheperspicaciousreporter.betoken:v.t

2、obeasignofAclearblueskybetokensfineweather.Herdeepfrownbetokenedherfeelingofsadness.Itisoutofproportiontosendgiftthatbetokensanintimacythatdoesn’texist.nicety:n.（usu.pl）aminoraspectofpolitesocialbehavior;adetailofetiquette精妙，微妙之处Wewerebroughtuptoobservetheniceties.ritualistic:a.offondnessforritu

3、al遵守仪式的；仪式化的Itispurelyritualistictosendexpensivegiftsonweddingceremony.Eachevening,sheburstsintoherapartmentwitharitualisticshoutof“Honey,I’mhome.”ritualn./a.仪式（的），典礼（的）ritualizev.使仪式化reciprocity:n.thepracticeofexchangingthingswithothersformutualbenefitareciprocitytreatyReciprocityincludesmoreth

4、angiftsandfavors;italsoappliestoconcessionsthatpeoplemaketooneanother.reciprocal:mutual,givingandreceivinginreturn交互的，互惠的benefactor:n.apersonwhogivesmoneyorotherhelptoapersonorcausewecollected￡478,butaverygenerousbenefactormadeitupto￡500.Thechieftainofthatcountryisdisguisedasabenefactorthistime.

5、benefactressProclivity:(to/towards/for)atendencytochooseordosomethingregularly;aninclinationorpredisposition癖性，倾向Forexample:aproclivityforhardwork/fordancing/lazinessHissonhasaproclivitytowardslaziness.Ourteacherhasaproclivitytofaultfinding.frivolous:a.nothavinganyseriouspurposeorvalue轻薄的，轻浮的；琐碎

6、的，无意义的Forexample:Thereshouldberulestostopfrivolouslawsuits.Thisisafrivolouswayofattackingtheproblem.wont:a./n.habit;accustomedto;inthehabitofbewonttodosth.:beused(accustomed)tosth./doingsth.ForExample：Bothhavecommittedtheirindiscretionsashumanbeingsarewonttodo.Paulwokemuchearlierthanwashiswont.p

7、rone:(to/todosth.):a.likelyorliabletosufferfrom可能的…,容易遭受…的Forexample:accident-proneHeispronetojumptoconclusions.Peoplewithfairskinwhosunburneasilyareverypronetodevelopskincancer.Hisnoseispronetobeallergictoroses.cliché:n./a.