Warming up

1. 支付醫(yī)療 pay for medical treatment

2. 致力于; 獻身于 be devoted to doing

3. 濫用藥品 drug abuse

4. 提供醫(yī)療保險 offer medical insurance

5. 被確診為… be diagnosed with …

6. 改善衛(wèi)生狀況 improve sanitation

7. SARS的突然出現(xiàn) the SARS outbreak

8. 采取步驟干 take steps to do sth.

Speaking

8. 作決定；下結(jié)論 reach a decision　

Reading

9. 胸部常常疼痛 suffer from constant pain in the chest

10. 一位下崗工人 a laid-off worker

解雇；不理會；使下崗 lay off　

11. 更糟糕的是 make matters worse

12. 以……的價格；以……為代價at the cost of …

13. 從銀行貸款 take a bank loan

14. 以半價甚至更低的價格 at half the cost or less

15. 買保險 buy/ get/purchase insurance

16. 目標(biāo)是…… aim at

17. 提供……的方便 provide easy access to

18. 謀生 make a living

19. 僅供基本生活費用 cover the most basic/fundamental needs

20. 給…施壓，添加壓力 put pressure on

21. 咨詢醫(yī)生 consult a doctor

22. 保持健康的飲食 keep a healthy diet

23. 陷入貧困 be forced into poverty/ fall into poverty

24. 阻止艾滋病的蔓延 stop/ prevent the spread of AIDS

25. 應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn) meet the challenge

26. 伴隨...發(fā)生, 與...一起供給come with

27. 擺脫，丟掉，除去，消滅 get rid of

28. 得到適當(dāng)?shù)闹委?get treated properly

29. 使收支平衡 make ends meet

30. 對…認真 be serious about

Language study & Grammar

31. 計劃經(jīng)濟與市場經(jīng)濟 a planned economy and a market economy

32. 由于;幸虧 thanks to

33. 淋雨 get caught in the rain

34. 歸還所有的債務(wù) pay back all the debts

35. 成衣 ready-made clothes

36. 取笑某人 make fun of sb.

Integrating skills

37. 受到致命的感染 suffer deadly infection

38. 打掃干凈, 整理 clean up

39. 為……而激動 be excited about

40. 缺乏興趣 the lack of interest

41. 使自己處于好的情緒 put oneself in a good mood

42. 制定一個目標(biāo) set a goal

43. 給自己獎勵 give oneself a reward

44. 一系列的項目 a series of programmes

45. 打算,計劃 design … for…/ be designed for.

46. 使負重擔(dān) be burdened with ...　

47. 國有企業(yè) state-owned companies