【Glossary】

重点词汇语法讲解

Glossary

Accommodation (noun) A place to live 住处

如：He needs to find accommodation for his visitors from Canada.

他要为从加拿大远道而来的客人找住的地方。

Sensitive (adjective) Easily affected in an emotional way 敏感的，易受伤害的

如：Be careful what you say, he’s a very sensitive child

小心自己的用词，他是一个很敏感的人。

Landlord (noun) A person who owns and rents out a flat, a house, etc. 房东

如：The landlord wants to increase the rent by 10%

房东要把房租价位抬升10%。

Greedy (adjective) An excessive desire for food, drink, etc. 贪吃的

如：You’ve eaten all the cakes – that’s greedy!

我们太贪吃了，把蛋糕全吃完了。

To offend (verb) To hurt somebody’s feelings 冒犯

如：She offended me when she said that my English pronunciation was bad

她说我的发音不好，这深深地伤害了我。

Keen (adjective) Enthusiastic about something or someone 热心的，渴望的

如：He’s keen on lots of dangerous sports

他对很多有危险性的运动都很热爱。

【Exercise】

Vocabulary & Grammar

Vocabulary 1 - Words related to renting a flat

Fill the gaps in the text with the words below 用所给单词填空

flat accommodation to live landlord room house to rent shared

I’m looking for a new place (1)………………………. My (2) ……………….. wants to sell the (3) …………

that my (4) …………. is in. I’d love to find a small (5) ………. in the town centre but it costs a lot

of money (6) …………………… a place for one. The (7) ……………….. pages of the newspaper are full

of (8) ……….. houses, so I’ll phone a few and see if I am lucky.

Vocabulary 2 - Adjectives / Prefixes

Write the opposites of these adjectives 写出所给形容词的反义词

Use in or un

1 sensitive

2 expensive

3 reasonable

4 certain

5 clear

6 experienced

Grammar 1

Order the words to make grammatically correct sentences 将下列单词排序，组成通顺的句子

1 problem What’s flat with the your?

2 is I expensive life know how

3 interested not in money I’m only

4 very, a he sensitive He’s not guy is?

5 you do Could for that me?

6 help and you a We’ll try flat find