By: Teresa Yuh-yi 談玉儀

From: Cobuild Dictionary and Essential Reading 2

 Vocabularies

Unit 2 “Gum: Something to Chew on”

1.          snack:

l   a small meal or amount food, usually eaten in a hurry

l   Snack is also a verb: It’s better to snack on fruit than chocolate

2.          stress: pressure or worry caused by the problems in somebody’s life

3.          imaginary: fictional

4.          memory: recall; recollection

5.          concentrate: focus one’s attention on

6.          chew: crunch

7.          swallow: devour

8.          sticky

l   a sticky substance is a soft or thick or liquid and can stick to other things

9.          review: study

10.      include: take in; cover

11.      fridge

l   A fridge is a large metal container which is kept cool, usually by electricity, so that food that is put in it stays fresh. (mainly BRIT; in AM use refrigerator)       

        = refrigerator 

12.      Manufacture

l   A manufacturer is a business or company which makes goods in large quantities to sell.

13.      improve: make better

14.      ban: exclude

15.      disgusting: sickening

16.      sensible: wise; practical

17.      litter: rubbish (noun); mess up (verb)

18.      fine: penalty (noun); punish (verb)

19.      campus:

l   A campus is an area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college.

Review Unit 2

1.          sauna 

l   If you have a sauna, you sit or lie in a room that is so hot that it makes you sweat. People have saunas in order to relax and to clean their skin thoroughly.

2.          complete: total

3.          foreign: from or in another country

4.          culture shock: a feeling of confusion and anxiety that somebody may feel when he or she lives in or visits another country

5.          many: a lot of; a bunch of

6.          suggestion: advice

7.          hang out: spend time with people

8.          make friends: become a friend of somebody

9.          strangers: people who you do not know

10.      miss: feel sad because somebody is not with you anymore

Review Unit 3  

1.          flavor: taste

2.          popular: well-liked; accepted

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