Oxford 8A Unit 1 Vocabulary list

I. Words 1. baseball 2. title 3. corner 4. metre 5. own 6. nearby 7. college 8. university 9. accountant n. n. n. n. v. adv. n. n. n. ball game played between two teams with nine players in each name of a book, film, article, etc. place where two lines, walls or roads meet a unit for measuring length; 100 centimetres have something that belongs to you not far away place where people go to study further after they have left school; a part of a university place where you can study for a degree after you leave school the person (in a company) who looks after the money and keeps the financial records all through a period of time very interest or activity such as collecting stamps or making models move over snow on skis game where players use a round bat to hit a small light ball over a net on a big table superlative of good study of things like heat, light and sound wish or goal perhaps; possibly put inside how tall it is from the bottom to the top of somebody or something something nice that you hope for almost certainly a long narrow piece of cloth tied in a knot around the neck, worn by men the structure that covers or forms the top of a building, vehicle, tent etc a person who plans and designs a building a person who plans, makes or repairs machines or engines a large, thin book with pictures usually published once a week or month someone you write letters to as a hobby 10. during prep. 11.be keen on 12. ski 13.table tennis 14. best 15. physics 16. ambition 17. maybe 18. enclose 19. height 20. dream 21. probably 22. tie 23. roof 24.architect 25.engineer 26.magazine v. n. adj. n. n. adv. v. n. n. adv. n. n. n. n. n. 27.penfriend n. II. Phrases: 1. 打橄榄球/羽毛球 2. 在右上角 3. 在末尾 4. 邮政编码

play rugby / badminton in the top-right corner at the end a postal code 1

5. 来自笔友的一封信 a letter from a pen-friend 6. 在笔友杂志上 in Penfriends magazine 7. 想要做某事 would like to do sth.=want to do sth 8. 告诉某人有关……的事 tell sb about sth.… 9. 大约1.5 米高 about one and a half meters tall 10. 留着黑色短发 have short black hair 11. 下棋/玩电脑游戏 play chess/computer games 12. 拥有一家中餐馆 own a Chinese restaurant 13．担任建筑师的工作 work as an architect 14．在7年级 in Year 7 15．热衷于……对……着迷 be keen on sth./ doing sth 16．喜欢做某事 enjoy doing sth. 17．写信给某人 write to sb. 18．一张某人的照片 a photo of sb. 19．送信 deliver letters 20．（在）上大学 at university 21. 随信附上一张我本人和学校几个朋enclose a photo of myself and some of 友的照片 my school friends 22. 在中间 in the middle III. Phrases for More practice 1. 欢迎到我的博客 welcome to my blog 2．一位来自德国的女孩 a girl from Germany 3．学弹吉它 learn to play the guitar 4．我的母语 my native language 5．喜欢读，说英语 enjoy reading and speaking English 6．靠近山脉 be close to the mountains 7．和我的妹妹公用一个房间 share a room with my sister 8．从早8点到下午1点在学校读书 attend school from 8 a.m. to 1 p. m. 9．在工作日 on weekdays 10．穿校服 wear school uniform 11．离开学校（毕业） leave school 12．给我发邮件 email me 13．到德国拜访我 visit me in Germany Word transformation 1. accountant n. account n. （帐户） 2．ski v. ski n.( 滑雪板) skier n. ( 滑雪者) skiing n. (滑雪运动) 3．ambition n. ambitious adj. ( 有雄心的 ；野心勃勃的) 4．maybe adv. perhaps syn. 5. probably adv. probable adj.

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