文档介绍：Unit 2 Capital Cities Unit 2 Capital Cities 2. Text 1) Background Information 2) Key phrases 3) Paraphrases 4) Summary 3. Grammar 4. Practical writing Vocabulary Vocabulary ? advantage a favorable circumstance 优势– have an advantage over 胜过;– take advantage of sb ./ sth .: 占某人的便宜,欺骗/利用某物– to sb ’s advantage: 对……有利– Age and experience gave his the advantage. – You have advantage over me. Your English is good. – Let ’ s take full advantage of the school ’ s facilities. – The peddler often take advantage of aged customers. – We took advantage of the fine weather to air the quilts. – It was to his advantage that she didn ’ t participate in the competition. Vocabulary ? ambitious having a strong desire for ess, power, wealth, etc. – What an extraordinary idea! I ’ m simply in awe of your ambitious initiative. – As all his friends agree, e is a hard-working, ambitious, competitive young man with a splendid future in pany. ? associate: connect in one ’ s mind / to be connected with 联想,与…有联系 associate (a.): vice, deputy; .: associate professor / editor – . We naturally associate Bin Laden with the terrorists. – I associate summer with holidays at the seaside. – I don ’ t want my children to associate with drug- addicts.( 与吸毒者有来往)– I have never associate myself with Tom ’ s plan. 我从不赞成 Tom 的计划。 Vocabulary ? characteristic a special and easily recognized quality of someone or something – Ambition is one of the characteristics of all essful businessmen. – We ’ re building the socialism with Chinese characteristics. ? decay –(cause to) go through destructive chemical changes or go bad ? A. Sugar can decay the teeth. ? B. Her decayed tooth had to be taken away. – fall to a lower or worse state; lose health, power, activity, etc. ? C. History sometimes seems to teach that all nations decay in the course of time. ? D. What cause the Rome Empire to decay? Vocabulary ? imagine have a picture or idea of something i