Lesson 39-40 Do you like your job?

一 Words

1 ought to 应该v

2 occupation 职业n,占用v eg. He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination倾向，爱好.他的职业是教师，但他的本心是成为哲学家。

3 job satisfaction 工作满足感n eg. I doubt I’ll ever get rich,but I get job satisfaction.我想我永远都不会富有，但是我在工作上很有满足感

4 fringe benefit 额外福利n eg. In that factory the company provides free meals as a fringe benefit.公司在那个工厂里供给免费饭食作为一种福利补贴。

5 entail 势必造成，使...成为必要 eg. Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。

限定继承 eg. The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承

6 arduous 努力的，艰巨的adj eg. Take your ease, for the journey ahead will be long and arduous.好好休息一下，前面的路程远而艰难呢

7 esprit de corps 团队精神n eg. We need a strong leader to keep our esprit de corps intact.我们需要一位有能力的领袖，使大家的团队精神得以保持不变。

8 lifeguard 救生员n bathing suit浴袍

9 sit around 闲坐，无所事事v eg. Eve isn’t the type to sit around doing nothing.伊芙不是那种喜欢坐在那里无所事事的人

10 skimp 节省v eg. Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用.

skimpy 少量的，短小的eg. He suffered long hours,unsafe working conditions and skimpy pay.他们在不安全的工作环境下长时间辛苦劳作，却只有微薄的工资 eg. skimpy underwear 太过暴露的内衣

11 blow the whistle 揭发,吹哨 eg. Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest worker or work practices.公司应该保护那些检举不诚实的工友及工作行为的员工。

12 prestige 威望，名誉 eg. Their prestige went sky high.他们名声大噪

13 resolve 解决，决定vn，分解 eg. She resolved to report the matter to the hospital’s nursing manager.她决定把这件事汇报给医院的护士长

14 noticeable 明显的，引人注目的 eg. This effect is particularly noticeable in younger patients.这种作用在年轻一些的病人身上尤为明显。 eg. The most noticeable effect of these changes is in the way people are now working together.这些变化带来的最明显效果体现在人们现在一起工作的方式上。

15 feedback 反馈n eg. It would monitor traffic flows and provide feedback to motorists汽车司机.它能监控交通状况，然后给司机提供反馈信息。

16 in my day 我那个时候，在我年轻的时候 eg. "In my day,children were a lot better behaved."-- "It's not true.You are generalizing."“我们那个时候，孩子们要比现在听话许多。”——“不一定，你只是在一概而论。”

17 fit in 有地方容纳，适合，相处融洽 eg. She didn't fit in and she had few social graces.她不适合这种场合，对社交礼仪所知甚少

18 grace 优雅，修养，恩宠n 增色v eg. The New King seemed to be carrying out his duties with grace and due decorum庄重得体.新国王在履行职责时看起来举止得体、端庄稳重。 eg. Her shoulders were graced with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.肩上披着的貂皮衬托得她更加优雅，手上的钻戒则光彩夺目。

19 clique 小圈子n，结党v eg. It might,at last,silence the small but noisy intellectual clique.它可能最终会使这个聒噪的知识分子小圈子安静下来

20 performance 表演，工作表现 grin and bear it 逆来顺受

21 grin 咧嘴笑nv eg. Sarah tried several times to catch Philip's eyes, but he just grined at her.萨拉几次想引起菲利普的注意，但是他只是冲她咧嘴笑了笑

eg. She came out of his office with a big grin on her face.她笑容满面地走出他的办公室。

22 productive 多产的，富有成效的 eg. He was hopeful that the next round of talks would also be productive.他对下一轮会谈同样富有成效满怀希望。

23 come along 快点儿，来到，进展 eg. I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny.我等了很长时间，直到出现了一个我认为真正逗趣的剧本。

eg. Pentagon spokesman Williams says those talks are coming along quite well.五角大楼发言人威廉斯说那些会谈进展得相当顺利。

24 genuine 真正的 adj eg. There was a risk of genuine refugees being returned to Vietnam.存在将真正的难民遣返回越南的风险

真诚的 adj eg. I thought she sounded a genuinely caring and helpful person.我觉得她听起来像是一个真心真意地关爱和帮助别人的人。

25 excel at 擅长 eg. And you must also excel at a wide variety of tasks.同时你还必须擅于处理范围广泛、类型多样的任务。

26 make up for 弥补 content with满足于 merely 仅仅，只不过

27 throw into 投身于 eg. Despite the difficulties,he threw himself into the research.尽管困难重重, 他还是全心投入了调查研究。

28 in the context of 在..背景下 eg. We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic,social and cultural spheres.我们是在对经济、社会、文化诸领域进行改革的背景下从事这项工作的

29 put in 投入，申请 eg. We've put in money and efforts to keep the strike going.他们花费了很多时间和精力以使罢工持续下去。 eg. The ministry ordered 113 of these and later put in a request for 21 more.这些东西该部订购了113个，后来又追加了21个

30 glorify 赞美，美化 eg. This magazine in no way glorifies gangs.这本杂志绝对没有美化混混们

31 athletic 运动员的,健壮的 athletics体育运动 eg. When I was at school, I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。

32 Mongol 蒙古人 working class工人阶级，工薪阶层 eg. increased levels of home ownership among the working class.工薪阶层中住房自有率的提高

33 aspire to渴望，追求 eg.For us,it is something that we may aspire to but can never attain.对我们来说，那是可望而不可即的

34 make a good job做得更好，干好本职工作 eg. Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.认真作好出版工作.

35 at the time在当时 occasionally偶尔的 eg. I know that I do put people down occasionally.我知道我确实偶尔会奚落别人。

36 productive 多产的，富有成效的，创造的 eg. Land,labor and capital are all productive of wealth.土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。

37 fabulous 极好的，极大的，惊人的 eg. Despite his fabulous wealth, he is very much a man of the people.他虽然腰缠万贯，却非常亲民

38 demanding 费力的，要求高的，苛刻的 eg. He found that he could no longer cope with his demanding job.他发现自己已无力应对那份劳神费力的工作了。

39 consensus 一直看法，共识n eg. The consensus has clearly shifted in favour of raising the nuclear threshold.显然大家已普遍开始转向支持提高核武器使用的门槛了。

40 worthwhile 有价值的,l令人愉快的，值得花时间的 eg. a worthwhile movie that was compelling enough to watch again.非常吸引人、值得再看一遍的精彩影片

41 fall apart破碎，崩溃 pedestal底座，受崇拜 eg. Since childhood,I put my parents on a pedestal.I felt they could do no wrong.从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。

42 manly 有男子气概的，阳刚的 eg. He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example.他给自己定下了男子汉的任务，并希望别人效之。

43 dreary沉闷的 drudgery无聊的工作，苦工