Module 2 Traffic JamWill Smiles Word Study 1. display（1）vt. 展示；陈列；显示 e.g. ? We will display our new products in this hall. 我们将在这个大厅展示新产品。 Its the first time the painting has been displayed to the public. 这是该画首次公开展出。 The boy didnt want to display fear in his heart. 这男孩不想显露出他内心的恐惧。 The peacock displayed its fine tail feathers when it noticed any gay colors. 这只孔雀看到鲜艳的颜色就开屏。 （2）n.陈列；展示；陈列的货物、艺术品等 e.g. The shop window display attracted me. 这家商店橱窗陈列吸引了我。 What Lee did is only a display of anger. 李所做的只是愤怒的表现。 常用短语： on display 正在展览中 e.g. There are so many fancy cars on display here that I dont know which to buy.有这么多的豪华汽车在此展出，我不知要买哪一辆才好。 拓展： on display 的同义词组：on show; on exhibition 2. permit（1）n.许可证；执照；(尤指通行证) e.g. You cannot enter a military base without a permit. 无通行证者不得擅入军事基地。 Have you got a drivers permit? 你有驾驶执照吗？ （2）vt.许可；容许 e.g.The facts permit no other explanation. 事实不容许有其它的解释。 Do you permit your children to smoke? 你准许你的孩子们吸烟吗？ 固定结构：permit sth/doing sth 允许某事/做某事? permit sb to do sth 允许某人做某事? e.g. The old lady doesnt permit making noises in her house. 这位老太太不允许（别人）在她家里吵闹。 Our teacher wont permit us to be absent or late. 我们老师不允许我们旷课或迟到。 构词解析：permit n. 许可证；执照 vt. 许可；容许 permission. n. 许可；准许；同意 permissive adj. 许可的；纵容的；放任的 3. provide(1) vt.提供；供给 e.g. The school will provide tents, but we have to bring our own food. 学校会提供帐篷，但是我们自己必须带食物。 常用短语：provide sb with sth/ provide sth for sb 给某人提供某物 e.g. We provided the sufferers with food and clothes. 我们给受难者提供食物和衣服。 The company has provided me with a car. 公司供给我一辆轿车。 (2) vi.预防（灾害）；为（将来）做准备 固定结构：provide for/against sth 预防某食物 e.g. Wed better provide against a typhoon. 我们最好做预防台风的准备。 What will she do to provide for old age? 她将怎样防老呢？ 构词解析：provide vt. 提供；供给 provide vi. 预防（灾害）；为（将来）做准备 provision. n. 供应；提供 provisional adj. 临时的；暂时性的 provided conj. 假如；倘若 4. convenientadj.方便的；适合需要的；近便的 e.g. I cant phone you now; its not convenient. 我现在不方便给你打电话。 注意：convenient 形容事物，指事情“方便的”，不能形容人。 常用短语：it is convenient for sb to do sth 对某人来说做某事是方便的 e.g. Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow? 你明天开始工作方便吗？ Our house is convenient for the shops. 我们家到商店很方便。 构词解析：convenient adj. 方便的；适合需要的；近便的 convenience 方便；便利? inconvenient adj. 不方便的；不合适的? inconvenience. n. 不方便之处；麻烦 Practice:5. explore (1) vi, vt. 勘探；探险；考察 e.g.Columbus discovered America but did not explore the new continent. 哥伦布发现了美洲，但没有考察这块新大陆。 They were exploring for oil in this region. 他们在这一区域勘探石油。 (2) vt. examine (sth) thoroughly in order to test or find out about it 仔细检查；探究；调查 e.g. Those scientists are exploring all possible ways to cure the disease. 那些科学家们正在研究所有可能治愈这种疾病的方法。 构词解析：explore vi. vt. 勘探；探险；exploration. n. 勘探；探究 explorer. n. 探险家；调查人员 exploratory adj. 勘探的；实地调查的 6. react（1）vi.反应；作出回应；反对 固定结构：react to sb/sth 对某人/某物作出反应? e.g.The eye reacts to light. 眼睛对光会起反应。 Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.成功的领导者是先控制事件而不是事后才作方应。 （2）vi. have an effect on sth or produce a change in sth. 有影响；起作用 固定结购：react on/upon sb/sth 对某人/某物有影响 e.g. Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person. 恶人有恶报。 Sincere words reacted on the cold-hearted person.真诚的话语对这个冷酷无情的人起了作用。 常用短语：react by doing sth 通过做某事作出反应 e.g. How did your mother react to the news? She reacted by getting very angry.你妈妈对这个消息反应如何? 她的反应是非常生气。 构词解析：react vi. 反应；作出回应；有影响；起作用 reaction. n. 反应；感应 reactionary adj. n. 反动的；反动分子 7. solution n. U, C a way of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation 解决方法；解答 ；答案 固定结构：solution常和介词to/for搭配 e.g.He can find no solution to his present troubles. 他无法克服目前的困难。 The best solution would be for them to unite. 最好的解决方案是他们团结起来。 构词解析：solution. n. 解决方法；解答 solve vt. 解决；解答? solvable adj.（问题等）可解决的；可解答的 Language Study1. This bus is connected to electric wires.=This bus is joined to electric wires.这辆公交车连接到电线上。 be connected to: be joined to 同. 连接在一起 e.g. The refrigerator wasnt connected to the electricity supply. 冰箱没有被接通电源。 Have the two parts been connected properly? 这两个部件连接好了吗？ 常用结构：be connected with. 同.有关系(have a relationship with.; be related to.)connect with.连接；与.联系 connect. to/with. 把.与.连接 e.g. His disappearance was connected with the robbery. 他失踪和这起抢劫案有关。 This corridor connects with the living room. 这走廊与客厅相连接。 If the tunnel is built , it will connect Britain to Europe for the first time in history.如果隧道建成，它将有史以来第一次把英国和欧洲大陆连接起来。 2. Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam?=Have you ever been caught in a traffic jam? (Have you ever been in a situation in which there are so many vehicles and it is impossible for you to move?) 你有没有遭遇过交通阻塞呢？ be/get stuck in: not be able to move or continue doing sth 陷于；在.里卡住 e.g.They got stuck in the elevator. 他们被困在电梯里了。 Help! Im stuck in the mud. 救命啊！我陷进泥里不能动了。 3. Simply raise your hand, and a taxi appears in no time.= A taxi will come to you the moment yo