1. Unilever [ˈjuːnˌliːvər]
n. 联合利华
【注】联合利华：财富500强公司之一，总部位于荷兰和英国，主要经营食品。
【真题例句】Which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people’s habits? Unilever.以下哪些不属于能让人产生新的生活习惯的产品？联合利华。
2. limitation [,limi'teiʃən]
n. 限制；限度；极限；追诉时效；有效期限
【真题例句】For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the’80s, downshifting in the mid-'90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life——growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one——as a personal recognition of your limitations. 对我们这一代女性来说，整个80年代我们曾被迫忙碌地生活，90年代中期的简化生活与其说是寻求神话般的好生活——自己种有机蔬菜以及冒险成为一个简单淳朴的人——倒不如说我们都认识了自身的局限。
3. terminology [,tə:mi'nɔlədʒi]
n. 术语，术语学；用辞
【真题例句】“You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations: Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana. 他说，企业引进了从前非营利组织的宗教团体才使用的术语，如“愿景”“价值观”“激情”和“意志”。
4. charitable ['tʃærɪtəb(ə)l]
adj. 慈善事业的；慷慨的，仁慈的；宽恕的
【真题例句】It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. 对旅行者来说，这不是一个选择的问题；而对当地居民来说也，这也并非是行善的一时冲动。
5. ironically [ai'rɔnikli]
adv. 讽刺地；说反话地
【真题例句】Downshifting-also known in America as “voluntary simplicity” has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might be termed anti-consumerism.具有讽刺意味的是，“放慢生活节奏”——在美国也称“自愿简单化”——甚至孕育了一个崭新的、可称之为反消费主义的新领域。
6. forefather ['fɔ:,fɑ:ðə]
n. 祖先；前辈
【真题例句】This could be no more than a passing literary craze, but it also points to a broader truth about how we now approach the past: less concerned with learning from our forefathers and more interested in feeling their pain. 这可能只是一时的文学热潮，但同时也揭示了一个更为广泛的真理，指导我们现在应如何了解过去：不那么着重于向前人学习，对感受他们的痛苦更感兴趣。
7. lifestyle ['laifstail]
n. 生活方式
【真题例句】The recession has made people reconsider their lifestyle.经济萧条使得人们重新考虑自己的生活方式。
8. rigorous ['riɡərəs]
adj. 严格的，严厉的；严密的
【真题例句】Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children.拉尔夫·沃尔朵·爱默生和其他一些先验主义哲学家认为学校教育和严格的课本学习不自然地禁锢了孩子。
9. cope with
处理，应付
【真题例句】The prevention of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to cope with security issues.要防止这种欺诈行为绝非易事，处理这种安全问题也正成为计算机科学的一个全新领域。
10. consumption [kən'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n]
n. 消费；消耗；肺痨
【真题例句】If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. 一个农民要想成功，就必须在消费和生产之间努力保持着较大的差距。
