自考英语（二）60讲 Lesson 14

本讲为2006年下半年新的教学内容，请对照教材听录音。     carefully by the babysitter.   Look for   look after   I am looking for my watch.   The watch is being looked for.   There is a book on the table.   There are 3 books on ..   one of the girls is my student.   The headmaster and the secretary __ (be) present.   S/he   [email protected]   mercy killing1   weaken  v.  削弱，减弱   You could see the dog weakening daily as the disease spread through its body.   They were weakened by hunger and climbing became difficult.       deteriorate2  v. （使）恶化   The countrys economy has been deteriorating3 for some time.   She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly began to deteriorate.       debate  v.  争论，辩论   They had been debating for several hours without reaching a conclusion.   n.  争论，辩论   Education is the current focus of public debate.   legal adj. 法律上的，合法的   Is abortion4 legal in your country?   criterion  (pl. criteria)  n. （批评，判断的）标准，准则                                The criterion I apply to any problem is What will make me happiest?

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

3 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

4 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。