英语口语作业.doc

1. Thanksgiving
1) a public holiday in the US in November, when families have a large meal together and celebrate the origins of their country
2) On the Thanksgiving Party, we got together and had a unforgetable dinner.
2. love
1) to like something very much or enjoy doing something very much
2) I love talking with you, because only you are person who most understand me.
3. ambitious
1) determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc
2) He is an ambitious to be the most powerful man in the country.
4. gratitude
1) the feeling of being grateful
2) I could hardly express my gratitude to your sacrifice.
5. grasp
1) to completely understand a fact or an idea, especially a complicated one
2) The theory was to hard for her so that she couldn't grasp the key point of it.
6. choice
1) the right to choose or the chance to choose between several things
2) She lost the genuinely free choice between careers and must only obey to her family.
7. alfalfa
1) a plant grown especially in the US to feed farm animals
2) Almost nobody knows the alfalfa, because we live far from America where the plant grow.

1. condominium:a building containing several of these apartments
e.g. The old condominium built 80 years ago will be protected by government.
2. luxury: very great comfort and pleasure, such as you get from expensive food, beautiful houses ,cars ect
e.g. She lives a luxury life.
3. landscape: an area of countryside or land, considered in terms of how attractive it is to look at
e.g. When I first come to the city, it has a desolate urban landscape.
4. veranda: an open area with a floor and a roof that is built on the side of a house on the ground floor
e.g. I saw him on the veranda, but he turned a blind eye to me.
5. pedestrian: someone who is walking, especially in a street or other place used by cars
e.g. When the car crashed into the crowd, many pedestrians got hurted.
6.equestrian: connected with horse riding
e.g. The equestrian events is included in the Olympic Games.
7. architect: someone whose job is to design buildings
e.g. What he dreaming job is to be an architect.
8. lagoon: AmE a small lake which is not very deep, near a larger lake or river
e.g. When we went outing, we found a beautiful lagoon surprisedly.
9. polluted: something is made dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use
e.g. People in the countryside fell ill because of the polluted water.
10. desert: a large area of sand where it is always very hot and dry
e.g. She was determined to live in the Sahara Desert only because of a magazine refered to the Sahara Desert.

1. accountability: responsibility to someone or for some activity
e.g. With accountability, he finished all the task by himself.
2. commitment: a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way.
e.g. He made a commitment to look after their rest lives.
3. monumental: appearing on a monument or built as a monument
e.g. To honor the hero, people in this city built a monumental statue volunteerly.
4 implication: something that you do not say directly but that you seem to want people to believe
e.g. Her implication that he was unwelcome to her was obvious.
5. constraint: something that limits your freedom to do what you want; restriction
e.g. She can’t develop her project freely because of many constraints.
6. discipline: the practice of making people obey rules and orders, or the controlled situation that results from this practice
e.g. The army has strict discipline and open attitude.
7. credibility: the quality of deserving to be believed and trusted
e.g. The reason that I choosed this company to take on this task was it had high credibility.
8. achievement: something important that you succeed in doing by your own efforts
e.g. He attributed his achievement to the supports from his country and family.
9. acknowledge: to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists
e.g. Untill the program totally became a failure, he acknowleged his mistake.
10.performance: an act of performing a play or a piece of music
e.g. How about giving a performance? Lee ,thinking about your excellent ballet.