经科版BEC中级课文辅导unit2

Whoever they appoint will assume responsibility for all financial matters. 不管他们谁被任命，他们都会继续承担所有财政上的责任。
Jim Paton will assume the role of managing director. …将会担任总经理一职。
3  to be based on the idea that something else is correct 假设
The theory assumes that both labour and capital are mobile. 这个理论假设劳动力和资金可以移动。
Explanation：Assuming too much
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adapt verb
1 [intransitive and transitive] to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation使适应；使适合
The children are finding it hard to adapt to the new school. 孩子们觉得适应新学校很困难。
adapt yourself/itself etc (to something)
How do these insects adapt themselves to new environments? 这些昆虫是怎样适应新环境的？
2 [transitive] to change something to make it suitable for a different purpose 调整
adapt something to do something
The car has been adapted to take unleaded gas. 这辆车被改装成一辆可以加装无铅汽油的车辆。
adapt something for somebody
These teaching materials can be adapted for older children. 这些教学资料可以改编后让大一些的孩子们使用。
3 [transitive usually passive] if a book or play is adapted for film, television etc, it is changed so that it can be made into a film, television programme etc改编
be adapted for something
Many children buy books after they have been adapted for television.这本书改编成电视剧之后有很多儿童纷纷购买此书。
simplify verb  [transitive]
to make something easier or less complicated让….更简单
an attempt to simplify the tax system 针对简化税收体系而做出的努力
The law needs to be simplified. 法律应该更被简化。
a simplified version of the game 一个简化版本的游戏
over-
over-complicate
complicate verb [transitive]
1 to make a problem or situation more difficult 让问题或情况更困难
The situation is complicated by the fact that I've got to work late on Friday. 我周五必须要工作到很晚这一事实让情况更为复杂。
chunk noun [countable]
1 a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape短而厚的一块（肉、木头等）
ice chunks 冰块
a chunk of bread 一块面包
2 a large part or amount of something 一大部分
The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary. 租金花掉了我月薪中的绝大部分。
A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show. 绝大多数观众都在演出结束之前起身走了。
Explanation：Keeping it simple
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idiomatic  adj.惯用的, 合乎语言习惯的
get down to something phrasal verb
to start doing something that is difficult or needs a lot of time or energy 精心做事
It's time we got down to work. 该是我们工作的时间了。
get down to doing something
I always find it hard to get down to revising. 我总觉得修改起来很困难。
understate verb [transitive]
to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important or serious than it really is有意轻描淡写，保守地说,
ￚ反义词 overstate
The press have tended to understate the extent of the problem. 平面媒体想轻描淡写地说明问题的波及面。
insist on v.坚持, 坚决要求
specific adjective
1 [only before noun] a specific thing, person, or group is one particular thing, person, or group 某一具体的事情、人或团体
games suitable for specific age-groups 专门适合某年龄组的游戏
2 detailed and exact具体的
Mr Howarth gave us very specific instructions. …给我们非常具体的指示。
specific about
Could you be more specific about what you're looking for? 你能把你正在找的东西说得更具体些吗？
Explanation: Understanding cultural difference
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majority  n.多数, 大半ￚ反义词 minority
great/vast/overwhelming majority of something (=almost all of a group)
be in the majority
a majority of 500
insensitive adjective 不敏感的，不注意的，
insensitive to
She's totally insensitive to Jack's feelings.她一定也不注意捷克的感觉。
Companies that are insensitive to global changes will lose sales. 那些对国际变化不敏感的公司最终会丧失销售业绩。
The service is insensitive to the needs of local people. 这项服务对当地人们的需求丝毫也不关注。
insensitive to pain对疼痛不敏感
rely verb
rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb 依赖，依靠
1 to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do