公共英语等级考试四级阅读精讲（15）

    下面是公共英语等级四级阅读，育路教育网特别为您搜集整理，内容如下：

    UNIT 4 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

    主要内容：

    本课主要介绍了世界各地区不同的风俗习惯，其中包括中国人庆祝新年的风俗和爱尔兰人举行婚礼的风俗等。通过本课的学习，我们不仅要了解在本课中介绍的风俗习惯以及文章中介绍的文化背景，而且要能够利用所学知识与外国人就各地的风俗习惯进行讨论。

    课文词汇及语法：Dialogue：

    1. millennium n. a span of one thousand years.一千年

    2. propitious adj. presenting favorable circumstances； auspicious.顺遂的，有利的，善意的propitious weather好天气propitious omen（s）吉兆e.g. I don‘t think this kind of weather is propitious to us.这种天气对我们不利。

    The cool days during this week are propitious for out trip.这种凉爽的天气对我们的行程很有好处。

    3. fire-work n. 鞭炮，焰火 a fire-work display 焰火表演cracker，firecracker 爆竹

    4. survive 1） 残存To live or persist through：e.g. plants that can survive frosts. He is lucky enough to survive the car accident. Hemingway survived several wars and finished his works on wars. 2）比活的长 To live longer than； outlive：e.g. The old man survived his wife.他比妻子活的时间长。

    She survived her husband by five years.她比她丈夫多活了五年

    5. due adj. 预期的，预定的，应到的e.g. When is the train due？ 火车什么时候到达？

    —— The train is due at 5：00 in the afternoon. professor Li is due to make a speech in our school tomorrow. due to： 由于，起因于e.g. The car accident was due to careless driving. His failure was due to his ignorance.