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Unit 6 Looking Good Vocabulary List (Student Work)
Unit 6 Looking Good Vocabulary List (Student Work)
Text 1
1. confident (L3) 2. aspects (L5) 3. accentuate (L8) 4. glossy (L11)
5. fretting (L18) 6. nevertheless (L18) 7. inevitably (L23) 8. acne (L24)
9. particular (L24) 10. routine (L30) 11. dull (L38) 12. lifeless (L38)
13. enhance (L43) 14. instant (L46) 15. makeover (L46) 16. fashion victim (L48)
17. trends (L49) 18. stick with (L49) 19. petite (L51) 20. bold (L51)
Text 2
21. groaning (L2) 22. movement (L4) 23. worries (L4) 24. awful (L5)
25. chic (L6) 26. terrifying (L9) 27. adopting (L12) 28. shocking (L12)
29. vicious cycle (L14) 30. potentially (L15) 31. arguments (L16) 32. considered (L20)
33. adjust (L22)
6) nevertheless (adv) - despite what has just been said or referred to.
E.g. 1. I knew a lot about the subject already, but her talk was interesting nevertheless.
8) acne (n) - a skin disease common in young people, in which small, red spots appear on the face
and neck
E.g. 1. Acne is the curse of adolescence.
14) suit (n) - a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the same material
E.g. 1. All the businessmen were wearing pinstripe suits.
E.g. 2. She wore a dark blue suit.
16) makeover (n) - a set of changes that are intended to make a person or place more attractive
E.g. 1. One of the prizes was a makeover at a top beauty salon.
17) trends (n) - a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are
behaving
E.g. 1. Surveys show a trend away from home-ownership and toward rented accommodation.
E.g. 2. There's been a downward trend in sales in the last few years.
18) petite (adj) - If a woman or girl is petite, she is small and thin in an attractive way.
E.g. 1. She was dark and petite, as all his wives had been.
Nicholas
TEXT1
1.confident 信心 having confidence
2. aspects 方面,層面 one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc.
3.maintain 保持 to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less
4.accentuate 強調 to emphasize a particular feature of something or to make something more noticeable
5.glossy 平滑有光澤的 smooth and shiny
6.instance 實例 a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that happens
7.fretting (fret)苦惱 to be nervous or worried
8.consider 認真考慮 to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision
9.inevitably 不可避免地 in a way that cannot be avoided
10.regularly 經常地 often
11.patterns 方式 a particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens
12.bacteria plural of bacterium
TEXT2
1.groaning 嘆息聲 a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness
2.chemical 化學品 any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to
atoms or molecules
3.terrifying 很可怕的 very frightening
4.commercial 商業的 related to buying and selling things
5.potentially 可能地 possibly
6.argument 爭吵 a disagreement, or the process of
disagreeing
7.greasy 油膩的 covered with or full of fat or oil
8.dandruff 頭皮屑 small, white pieces of dead skin from the
head that collect in the hair or fall on the clothes
Kyle
Text 1
1. confident (adj) -sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect
自信的;有信心的;確信的;有把握的;信任的
8.acne (n) -a skin disease common in young people, in which small, red spots appear on
the face and neck 痤瘡,粉刺,青春痘
13.enhance (v) -to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something 提高;增加;增
強
14.suit (v) -to be right for a particular person, situation, or occasion 套衣服,套裝
16.makeover (n) -a set of changes that are intended to make a person or place more
attractive(個人形象的)大革新,改頭換面;(地方的)翻新,改造
17.fashion victim (n) -someone who always wears very fashionable clothes even if the
clothes sometimes make them look silly 盲目追求時尚的人,受時尚左右的人
18.trend (n) -a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people
are behaving 趨勢,趨向;傾向,動向
19.stick with (v) -to continue doing something or using someone to do work for you, and
not stop or change to something or someone else 堅持做;繼續任用(某人)
20.petite (adj) -If a woman or girl is petite, she is small and thin in an attractive
way(女子)嬌小的
TEXT 2
22.groan (n) -a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness (表示痛苦的)呻吟聲;
(表示不高興的)哼哼聲,嘆息聲
23.movement (v) -a situation in which people change their opinion or the way that they
live or work(意見、生活或工作模式的)改變
24.worry (v) -to think about problems or unpleasant things that might happen in a way
that makes you feel unhappy and frightened 擔心;憂慮;發愁
25.awful (adj) -extremely bad or unpleasant 極壞的;惡劣的;糟糕的;令人極不愉快的
26.chic (adj) -stylish and fashionable 時髦的;優雅的;雅緻的
28.adopting (v) -to legally take another person's child into your own family and take
care of him or her as your own child 收養;領養
30.result (n) -something that happens or exists because of something else 結果;後果
31.vicious cycle (n) -a continuing unpleasant situation, created when one problem causes
another problem that then makes the first problem worse 惡性循環
35.consider (v) -an opinion or decision that someone has reached after a lot of thought
深思熟慮後的觀點(看法、決定等)
36.adjust (v) -to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct,
effective, or suitable(尤指為了使某物更正確、有效或合適而)調整,調節
37.dandruff (n) -small, white pieces of dead skin from the head that collect in the hair
or fall on the clothes 頭皮屑,頭屑
38.ingredients (n) -a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a
particular dish(食品的)成分,材料