Book 6 Module 1 Language pointsVocabulary and reading1.Esther Greenbaum was a saleswoman for a firm of fax machines and business supplies.埃絲特.戈林鮑姆是一個(gè)傳真機(jī)公司的女銷售員，負(fù)責(zé)業(yè)務(wù)供應(yīng)。saleswoman n. 女推銷員，女銷售員firm n. 公司 adj. 堅(jiān)固的，牢固的 我的公司快要搬到上海了。My firm is moving to Shanghai soon.2. But she was also the most outspoken human being in the world-well, Westchester County, at least.但她也是世界上最口無遮攔的人，至少在韋切斯特縣是這樣。outspoken adj. 直言不諱的，坦率的，不客氣的 outspeak v. 坦率地說他是一個(gè)坦率的人。He was an outspoken man. at least 至少我們至少還有三天的時(shí)間來完成這項(xiàng)工作。At least, we have three days to finish this work. 3. Her motto was “ Every time I open my mouth, I put my foot in it.她的座右銘是“每當(dāng)我張口，就會(huì)講錯(cuò)話”。motto n. 座右銘你的座右銘是什么？Whats your motto?put ones foot in ones mouth 說錯(cuò)話她又說錯(cuò)話了。She put her foot in her mouth again.4. Esther Greenbaums major shortcoming wasthat she had a complete absence of small talk. shortcoming n. 缺點(diǎn)，短處不守時(shí)間是他最大的缺點(diǎn)。Not being punctual is his greatest shortcoming.absence n. 缺乏，不存在朱莉不在，我正在做她的工作。Im doing Julies job in her absence.5. It was no coincidence either that she wasnt a very good saleswoman.她成不了以為優(yōu)秀的推銷員也就不是巧合了。coincidence n. 巧合我們碰巧上了同一列火車。By a strange coincidence we were both on the same trainfcautious adj. 謹(jǐn)慎的，慎重的，小心的be cautious about/of sb. doing sth. 提防某人，注意某人每逢當(dāng)眾說話，我都慎于言辭。Im very cautious about expressing my opinions in public.7. The trouble with Esther was she said what she thought, and didnt think about what she said.埃斯特的過錯(cuò)在于她想到什么就說什么，并且從不思考她說的內(nèi)容。此句中what引導(dǎo)的從句做賓語，它還可以引導(dǎo)表語從句。她不再是曾經(jīng)的她了。She is not what she was (used to be).8. I guess they chose you to discourage you from spending your whole career with us.我想她們之所以挑中你是因?yàn)椴幌胱屇阋惠呑佣几覀兏?。discourage sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做，使挫敗，使沮喪encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓勵(lì)某人做be encouraged to do sth. 某人受到鼓勵(lì)做鞏固練習(xí)：1. Our English teacher often e _us to practise our oral English. 2. The part she starred in i_ me a lot.3. Dont laugh. You should be _.(嚴(yán)肅).4. Chairman Hu will attend an _(非正式的)meeting.5. I r _ his voice on the phone.6. The teacher must have the _(預(yù)先的) teaching plan.7. I asked him but he gave no_(答復(fù)).8. Its not_(禮貌的) to talk with your mouth full.9. The whole class is working hard p_ for the exams.10. They tried to a _ sensitive questions in public.2