文档介绍：Lesson Nine The trouble with Television 一、 Words and expressions 1. absorb – absorbable v.— adj. v. take in 吸收 absorb heat 吸热 Plants absorb oxygen. 植物吸收氧气。 absorb knowledge 吸收知识 absorbing 吸引人的 attractive absorptionn. 吸收,专心致志 2. allot vt. 分配,分派(-tt-) allot sth. to sb. 把——分配给某人 Who will she allot the easy job to? 她把轻活分给谁了? allotmentn. 分配,拨款 3. apt adj. – aptlyadv. apt 适当的,恰当的 suitable, appropriate an apt quotation 恰当的引用Ⅰ. be apt at doing sth. = be good at sth. He is very apt at programming puter. 他善于编电脑程序Ⅱ. be apt to do sth. = have a tendency to do sth. 易于做什么事情,有做某事的倾向性 My pen is rather apt to leak. 我的钢笔爱漏水。 aptly: suitably, appropriately 4. august adj. 常作定语,令人敬畏的,威严的 full of respect, awe, majestic and imposing 5. bequeath: v. bequeath sth. to sb. 把某物遗赠给某人 He bequeathed 1000 pounds to charity. 他把 1000 英镑遗赠给慈善事业。 bequestn. 遗赠,遗产,遗物 6. coherent — coherenceadj. — n. 有条理的,前后一致的 coherent analysis, argument, description The government lacks a coherent economic policy. 政府的经济政策缺乏一致性。 7. condense: sth. to/into sth. 把——浓缩成——,凝结简缩,摘要 condense a long report into a brief summary condensation n. 8. civilize — decivilize 9. dismiss: v.Ⅰ. 解雇,免除Ⅱ. 对某事不予理会 dismiss a suggestion Ⅲ. reject 驳回 dismiss a case/an appeal 驳回一个诉案/ 上诉 dismissal n. dismissible adj. 10. divert: v.Ⅰ. divert sb. from sth. to sth. 转移某人的注意力 divert one's attention, energies 转移某人的注意力,精力Ⅱ. entertain, amuse 消遣或娱乐 diverting