Unit Six

Sam Adams,

Industrial Engineer

Unit Six

Sam Adams,

Industrial Engineer

I. New Words

I. New Words

1. efficiency:

n. the ability to do sth. well

It will improve our efficiency

if we introduce an up-to-date machine.

2. neat:

(1) a. in good order; tidyHe always keeps his bedroom

neat.

Premier Zhou Enlai was neat

about his appearance.

(2) a. (AmE. Infml) very good.

It was a really neat party.

I enjoyed myself.

3. expert: n. person with special

knowledge, skill or training.

(at / in)

Chen Lu is an expert at figure

skating.

an expert in economics;

It is quality, not quantity, that

is important.

4. quality: n. high degree of

goodness

All the products in this factory are

produced according to international

quality standards.

5. basis: n. foundation

What is the basis of your idea?

His theory has a solid basis.

on a first-name basis

on a five-day-a-week basis

有（直称其名的）亲密关系；

一周上班 5 天制

6. amaze: a. vt. fill with great

surprise or wonder.

Your attitude simply amazes me.

I was amazed to hear that you

were leaving.

b. be amazed at (or by)

I was amazed at the

news.

7. inspect:

(1) vt. examine carefully

Her job is to inspect the service

quality of all KFC chainstores i

n Shanghai.

(2) visit officially

Some government officials will

come to inspect our school next

week.

8. assemble:8. assemble:

assemble the parts of a watchassemble the parts of a watch

(1) vt. fit together (the parts of sth.)(1) vt. fit together (the parts of sth.)

(2) vt. vi. (cause people or things

to) come together; collect

The captain assembled the

members of the team.

The pupils assembled on the field.

9. relieve: vt. to lessen (pain or

trouble)

Aspirin usually relieves a

person’s headache.

Washing machines and microwave

ovens relieve the work of

housewives.We are relieved to hear that he

returned safe and sound.

a. relieved (esp. of a person) given

relief

Much to my relief, he is safe now.

She had a relieved look on her face.

n. reliefIt was a great relief to me when I

heard he was safe.

10.dull:

(2) uninteresting.

The candle gave out a dull light.

eg. a dull book/ film

(1) a. not clear or bright

11. –minded strong-minded;

open-minded; narrow-minded;

business-minded

12. fire:

(1) dismiss sb. from his or

her job

I’ll fire you if you are late

again.

(2) shoot eg. They fired at the

enemy.

(3) cause to begin burning

It is difficult to fire wet twigs.

13. achieve:

It’s impossible to achieve fame

/ success without efforts.

(1) gain or reach by effort. 获得；

达到；赢得

(2) complete, get sth. done

完成；成就

No one can achieve

anything without effort.

II. Language Points

1. how I happened to: what led

me to; how it came about that I

(became)

The reporters are eager to know

how she happened to be on the

spot.

I happened to have brought my u

mbrella with me, so I didn’t get we

t through.

2. So he asked me to come in on a

short-term basis as a consultant.

---So he asked me to work for a

period of time in his factory as

a consultant.

Come in: have or find a place;

have a part to play 参与；担任职务

I understand your plan perfectly,

but I don’t see where I come in.

3. look around: a. look right and left;

examine one’s surroundings; ---“Can I help you? Is there

anything you particularly want?”

---“No, thank you, I am just

looking around.”

b. consider the situation

before deciding sth. 事前仔细考虑

Don’t make a hurried decision;

Look around well first.

4. parenthetical element: most

important of all, most of all

5. miss: (usually in a continuous

tense) lack

My wallet is missing.

6. except for: apart from

The room was empty except

for a few chairs.

except: Everybody understood

except me.

Except for its high cost, this type

of machine would be very suitable.

7. go on strike; be (out) on strike:

begin a strike

The students are out on strike.

The building of the new bridge

has been held up by bad weather.

8. hold up: delay

The traffic was held up for an

hour by an accident.

----His fellow worker who worked

further down the assembly line

had to wait doing nothing…

9. Workers beyond him in line on

his shift had to wait with

nothing to do…

10. result in: have as a result

Eating too much will result in

sickness.

result from: occur as a result

His illness resulted from eating

too much.

11. promotion: advancement in

position or rank; an action to

help sth. develop or succeed

After several drinks, John

was bold enough to ask for a

promotion.

The most important purpose of a

sports meet is not competition, but

promotion of friendship.

12. keep up with: go forward at an

equal pace with

You walk so fast that I can hardly

keep up with you.