本课主要单词
1. garage n. 车库，汽修厂
1）Jim jumped out the car and opened the garage doors.（杰姆跃出车外，把车库门打开。）
2）It is already 6：30. I think the garage must be closed.（已经六点半了，我想汽修厂准已关门了。）
3）Mr. Henderson worked as a garage mechanic before he retired1. （退休前亨德森先生做汽车维修工。）
4）They decided2 to have a garage sale to get rid of some unwanted stuff.
（他们计划进行一次现场旧货供应，把一些无需的物品清除掉。）
2. unwanted adj. 没人要的；无需的，多余的
1）The little girl felt unwanted when both her parents left her. （爸爸妈妈丢下了她，小女孩感觉自己是多余的。）
2）Herbicides can be used to keep down unwanted plants.（除莠剂可以被用来控制多余的植物的成长。）
3）The unwanted objects are set out on the front yard of their home.（那些无需的物品就展示在他们家的前院里。）
在英语中，用前缀 un加动词的过去分词构成的形容词不少，如：unexpected（ 想不到的），uneducated（没受教育的），undisturbed（ 没遭到干挠的），unhurried（不慌不忙的）等等。
3. rid v. 使摆脱，使去掉
1）We must rid ourselves of the illusions and be more practical. （大家需要去掉幻想，愈加务实。）
2）Who do you think can rid the country of this wickedness？（你感觉哪个能使这个国家摆脱邪恶？）
3）You should try to get rid of the uneasy feeling. （你应该尽可能使自己摆脱这种不安的感觉。）
4）Jack got rid of the old van and bought himself a new Buick. （杰克卖了那辆旧货车，给自己买了辆新别克。）
5）He just didn't know how to get rid of that annoying boy.（他就是不了解如何摆脱那个恼人的男生。）
4. homemade adj. 家做的；自制的；本国制造的
1）The cake is really tasty. I didn't expect it is homemade.（这蛋糕味道真好，我没想到这是家做的。）
2）The woman told the boy that candy was homemade.（那位夫人对男生说糖果是自制的。）
在英语中，像homemade 这种词非常容易见到，如：handmade， machine-made， man-made， China-made等等。
5. neighborhood n. 四邻，邻近区域，附近
1）He told the police that he lived in a wealthy neighborhood. （他对警察说他住在富人区。）
2）They didn't know they lived in the same neighborhood.（他们不了解他们两个在同一地段。）
3）The noise from the construction site disturbed the entire neighborhood.（工地的噪声骚扰了整个区域的居民。）
4）She sent the child to the neighborhood nursery， as she had to go to work.
（她把孩子送进了附近的托儿所，由于她得去上班。）
5）He lives in the neighborhood of a shopping center.（他住在一个商店区附近。）
6. adverti百度竞价推广ent n. 广告；启事；通知
1）Today's newspaper has an adverti百度竞价推广ent for air-hostesses.（今天的报纸载有一则招聘空姐的广告。）
2）They decided to place an adverti百度竞价推广ent on TV for the child as lost.（他们决定在电视上登走失儿童的广告。）
在用中，大家常用ad. 作为adverti百度竞价推广ent的简写。
advertising也可用作名词，意思是广告业，登文选，或广告（总称）
1）He runs a firm that does big advertising3.（他经营着一家做大规模广告买卖的公司。）
2）The newspaper carries much advertising.（这报纸上登有很多广告。）
3）The supermarket attracted many customers by advertising.（这家超市用广告吸引了海量客户。）
advertise 做动词用，意思是（为）做广告；宣传
He saw a teaching post advertised by the local newspaper.（他在当地报纸上看到一则招聘教师的广告。）
7. ever-increasing adj. 不断增长的
1）They are trying hard to meet the ever-increasing demands of the neighborhood.（他们正在努力满足这区域的大家不断增长的需要。）
2）The ever-increasing number of students put a great strain on them.（不断增长的学生人数给他们带来了非常大的重压。）
英语中这些的形容词也不少见，如：ever blooming （四季开花的），ever lasting4 （永久的）
8. stuff n. 材料；东西v. 塞满
1）He has got all the stuff ready for building his new house. （他已备齐新房所需的全部材料。）
2）She is always eating sweet stuff.（她一直吃甜食。）
3）He is unwilling5 to read the stuff he has written to the whole class.（他不想把自己写的东西读给全班听。）
4）The old man stuffed his pipe with tobacco.（老人把烟斗装满烟丝。）
5）The boy stuffed the bills carelessly into his pocket. （ 那男生随意地把钞票往口袋里一塞。）
6）The book is stuffed with interesting stories. （这本书里全是有趣的故事。）
请注意不同stuff 与staff，staff一般用做名词，意思是全体员工
1）The school has got a staff of 800. （这所学校有800名教员。）
2）They have large stuffs of language experts （他们有大量语言专家。）
9. cast off adj. 抛弃的；穿旧的n. 被抛弃的人（或物）
1）He was reluctant to dress in his older brother's castoffs.（他不想穿哥哥丢下的旧衣服。）
2）He felt himself a social castoff （他感觉自己是一个被社会抛弃的人。）
cast off 是一个词组动词，意思是把放开，遗弃；与断绝关系。
1）He cast off the hunting dog to chase the wounded hare.（他放开猎狗去追受伤的野兔。）
2）Cast off all restraints and do with you like.（抛掉所有限制去做你喜欢的事。）
10. extra adj. 额外的adv. 很
1）She could get some extra sleep at weekends.（周末时她可以多睡一会儿。）
2）Mother needs extra help in the kitchen.（母亲需要额外的人手帮厨。）
3）He was extra nice to them. （他对他们特别好。）
4）Mr. Jones arrived extra late.（琼斯先生到得格外迟。）
11. original adj. 起初的；独创的n. 原作
1）Philadelphia was the original capital of the united states. （费城是美国的旧都。）
2）What is the original meaning of this word？（这个词的原义是什么？）
3）The original plans were changed （原先的计划改了。）
4）he has some original ideas in his book.（他的书里有革新思想。）
5）The teacher asked us to read some novels in their original versions.（老师让大家读一些原版小说。）
12. remnant n. 残余，剩余
1）They dumped the remnants of the feast into the garbage can. （他们把残羹剩菜倒进了垃圾桶。）
2）The remnant of the defeated army withdrew to a valley.（战败部队的残兵撤进了山谷。）
3）The remnant is large enough for an apron6.（这块零头布足够做个围裙了。）
