Ⅰ.重点单词
1.devote v.献身;致力;专心
(1)devote time/effort/money...to... 为……付出时间/努力/金钱
devote oneself to...献身于……;专心致力于……
devoted adj. 忠实的;深爱的
devotion n.挚爱;关爱;关照;奉献
(2)表示“专心于,全神贯注于”的短语还有:be absorbed in,be lost in,be buried in,be occupied in,focus on,concentrate on,fix one's attention on
2.shortage n.不足;缺少;短缺
food/housing/water shortages 食物/住房/用水短缺
a shortage of funds 资金不足
short adj.不足的;缺少的;短缺的
fall short of sth.未达到;不符合
be short of缺乏,短缺
in short总之;简言之