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1. enjoy W: George, look at the long waiting tine. I am glad you’ve made a reservation. M: More and more people enjoy eating out now. Besides, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.(2003.6) 女： 乔治，看看那等侯的长队。我真庆幸你定了位子。 男： 现在越来越多的人喜欢外出用餐了，而且这个地方非常受海外留学生的欢迎。 2. enormous More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social consequences. 最近，科学知识，尤其是医学知识领域的重大发展，已经带来了巨大的社会影响。 3. enthusiasm W: Mr. Jones, your student, Bill, shows great enthusiasm for music instruments. M: I only wish he showed half as much for his English lessons. 女：琼斯先生，您的学生比尔对乐器现出了极大的兴趣。 男： 我只希望他对英语课能有这一半的兴趣就行。 4. entrance W: You’ve sold your car. You don’t need one? M: Not really. I’ve never liked driving anyway. Now that we’ve moved to a place near the subway entrance, we can get about quite conveniently.(2005.1) 女：你把车卖了，不需要了吗？ 男：确实不需要。我从来不喜欢开车。既然我们已经搬到了地铁入口附近的地方，出行就很方便了。 5. envelope M: Can you stop by the post office and get me some envelopes and 39 cents’stamps? W: Well, I am not going to stop by the post office, but I can buy you some at the bookstore after I see the dentist on Market Street.(2006.6) 男：你能顺便去邮局帮我买一些信封和39美分的邮票吗？ 女：唔，我没打算去邮局，但我可以在市场街看完牙医后去书店给你买。 6, environment Over-fishing, coupled with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and ruining their environment.(2002.12) 过度捕捞及破坏性的捕捞行为正在毁灭鱼群，并破坏她们的生存环境。 7.equal Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights.(1996.1) 苏珊安东尼和其他很多人都觉得，女人和男人应该享有平等的权利。 8.equipment Parents should make sure that the equipment in the playground is safe and their children are playing safely.(2004.1) 父母们应该确保操场上的器械安全可靠，他们的子女能够安全地玩耍。 9.especially W: Hi! I’m calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday’s paper. It sounds really nice. M: It is, especially if you have children.(1997.1) 女：你好，我想问一下你们昨天在报纸上刊登的三居室广告的事，看来很不错。 男：是的，尤其是如果您有孩子的话。 10.essay W: I’m looking for quality paper to type my essay. I don’t see any on the shelf. M: I saw some in the stock room this morning. I’ll go and check.(2001.1) 女：我想找一些高质纸张来打印我的，但是架子上没有。 男：我今天早上看到储藏室里有一些，我去看看。 11.essential Women became essential to industry and professions.(1997.1) 对于工业和职场来说，女性变得必不可少。 12.eve M: I hope you will spend Christmas with us. We’ll have a big party on Christmas Eve. W: I’d love to, but Jack and I are going to Australia. We’ll send you postcards from there. (1995.1) 男：我希望你能和我们一起过圣诞节。我们要在圣诞前夜举行一个大型聚会。 女：我很想去，但杰克和我要去澳大利亚。我们会从那儿给你寄明信片的。 13.eventually Tomatoes and potatoes took some time to become popular. Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot of popular foods. (1999.6) 西红柿和土豆过了一段时间以后才变得流行起来，但它们最终成为了许多流行食品的主要原料。 14.except The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. (2004.6) 除了公共假期，国会图书馆周一至周六向公众开放。 15.exception Very few people can get college degrees before 11, but Michael was an exception. (1998.1) 很少有人能在11岁前获得学士学位，但迈克尔是个例外。 16.excitement I’ve no idea where the ideas came from. And I hope I’ll never find out. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform. (2006.12) 我不知道那些想法来自何处，也希望自己永远不会知道。如果那仅仅是来自大脑表层一道可笑的褶皱的话，会让我想到看不见的火车站台，那会破坏我的兴致。 17.excuse M: Excuse me, I am looking for the textbook by Professor Jordan for the Marketing course. W: I am afraid it’s out of stock. You’ll have to order it. And it will take the publisher 3 wecks to send it to us. (2005.12) 男：打扰一下，我想买乔丹教授编著的市场营销课程的教材。 女：恐怕已经没货了。你得预定，出版商三周以后才会给我们送过来。 18. exercise Prisoners in the closed sort spend three to ten hours outside their cells when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to other prisoners. (2002.1) 封闭监狱里的囚犯花3到10个小时到牢房外运动、吃饭、思考、学习技能、看电视以及和其他囚犯聊天。 19.exhibit According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. (2006.12) 据任课教师反映，经常熬夜的中小学生更多地表现出学习困难和注意力不集中的问。 20.expansion It was in the 1960s that the largest expansion of higher education took place in Britain. (2006.6) 直到20世纪60年代，英国的高等教育才有了最大的发展。 21.expect M: I think you’d better find another partner. I love table tennis, but I don’t think I am improving. W: Look, Paul, it’s still too early to quit. Nobody expects you to be a superstar. (2004.1) 男：我认为你最好再找一个搭档。我喜欢乒乓球，但我觉得自己没有进步。 女：听着，保罗，现在退出还为时过早，没人要求你成为超级明星。 22.experience Older adults can add to the educational resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. (1999.1) 年长的成年人有许多宝贵的经验，能够为大学的教育添砖加瓦。 23.experiment W: Hi, Tony. How did your experiment go yesterday? M: Well, it wasn’t as easy as I had thought. I have to continue doing it tonight. (2001.6) 女：嗨，托尼。你昨天的实验进行得怎么样了？ 男：唔，它并不像我当初想的那么容易。我今晚还得继续做。 24.experimental This is a new device which will soon be tested in an experimental car in Japan. (1999.1) 这是一种新型装置，很快就将在日本的试验型汽车上进行测试。 25.explore When we got there we put up our tent and went to explore. (1993.6) 我们到那以后，便支起帐篷，出去探险了。 26.express All the people we interviewed expressed almost total satisfaction with the camera. (2005.1) 所以接受采访的人都对这款相机非常满意。 27. extra M: Can I borrow your moths textbook? I lost mine on the bus. W: You came to the right person. I happen to have an extra copy. (2004.6) 男：能借用你的数学课本吗？我的落在公共汽车上了。 女：你真是找对人了。我碰巧多一本。 28. eyesight When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. But my eyesight wasn’t good enough. So I had to give up the idea. 上学时，我的理想是成为一名空军飞行员，但是我的视力不够好，所以不得不放弃这个想法。 29. fact In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. (2006.12) 实际上，蒙特利尔是世界上第三大说法语的城市。 30. factor Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident, the car itself. (2001.1) 现在人们越来越关注引起事故的第三个因素—汽车本身。 31. failure The tide of accidents continues to rise because of human failure and enormous increase in the number of automobiles on the road. (2001.1) 由于人为失误以及路上车辆的剧增，事故的数量持续上升。 32. faint Hearing a faint cry of“Get me out, get me out”, rescuers dug down another 1.5m and found the boy in the icebox. (1993.6) 隐约听见“放我出去，放我出去”的呼喊声之后，营救人员又往下挖了1.5米，找到了那个被困在冷藏库中的男孩。 33. faithful It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, but the reasons why people keep a dog have changed. (1991.6) 狗依然是世界上最有用、最忠诚的动物，但是人们养狗的原因已经改变了。 34. fall Many people catch a cold in the spring time or fall. (2006.12) 很多人在春季或秋季易患感冒。 The doctors said the chance of death for patients who took aspirin would fall by 67%. (2005.12) 医生说，服用阿司匹林的病人死亡率会降低67%。 35. familiar As the car industry develops, traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common cold, yet their cause and control remain a serous problem that is difficult to solve. (2001.1). 随着汽车工业的发展，交通事故已经变得像感冒一样常见，然而这类事故的起因与防范却依然是一个难以解决的大问题。 36. fantastic M: Look, the view is fantastic. Could you take a picture of me with the lake in the background? W: I am afraid I just ran out of film. (2001.1) 男：看，景色真美。能帮我以湖为背景拍张照片吗？ 女：恐怕胶卷刚刚用完了。 37. fashion Smart but comfortable and convenient to wear, T-shirts have become one of America’s newest ideas on fashion. (1991.6) 因为穿着漂亮且舒适方便，T恤已经成为了美国最新的时尚理念之一。 38. female My preferred target was lone female, handbag at her side, the right side to be exact. (2004.1) 我的首选目标是单身女子，手提包挎在身体的一侧，确切地说是在右侧。 39. fever Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. (2006.12) 你的体温升高，你在发烧，但是你体内的热正在杀死病毒。 40. field In a way, kudzu is a sign of labor shortage in the south. Where there is no one to work the fields, kudzu soon takes over. (2006.6) 从某种意义上说，野葛是南部劳动力缺乏的标志。没有人耕作的田地很快便会长满野葛。 41. figure Patricia Pania never wanted to be a public figure. (2006.12) 帕特丽西亚帕尼亚从没想过要成为一名公众人物。 W: I just can’t believe this is our last year. College is going by fast. M: Yeah, we will have to face the real world soon. So have you figured out what you are going to do after you graduate? (2004.6) 女：我无法想象这是我们的最后一年了。大学时光飞逝而过啊！ 男：是啊，我们很快就得面对现实世界了。你想好毕业后要做什么了吗？ 42. financial What is the main financial source for British universities? (2006.6) 英国大学的主要资金来源是什么？ 43. finish M: I really can’t afford any more interruptions right now. I’ve got to finish the assignment. W: Sorry, just one more thing. Could you give me a ride to school tomorrow? (2004.1) 男：我现在真的不能再被打扰了，我必须完成作业。 女：抱歉，还有最后一件事，明天可以捎我去学校吗？ 44. fix M: Jessica, could you send these emails to all the club members? W: Sorry, the computer broke down this morning. I will do it for you as soon as I have it fixed. (2002.1) 男：杰西卡，你能把这些电子邮件发给所有的俱乐部成员吗？ 女：抱歉，今天早上电脑出故障了，我一修好就帮您发。 45. flat M: If were you, I’d ride a bike to work. Taking a crowded bus during rush hours is really terrible. W: Thank you for your advice, but my bike has got a flat tyre. (1997.6) 男：如果我是你的话就骑车上班。在高峰期乘坐拥挤的公共汽车实在很恐怖。 女：谢谢你的建议，但是我的自行车没气了。 46. flight Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight. (2005.12) 水下勘探比太空飞行便宜得多。 47. focus. After a number of different tests and interviews with people who are familiar with different cameras being assessed, our researchers recommend the Olympic BY model as the best auto-focus camera available at the moment. (2005.1) 走访了解各种被评估相机的人后，我们的研究员推荐奥林匹克BY款为目前市面上最好的自动对焦照相机。 48. follow The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders.(2005.12) 研究发现最先出生的孩子相信家庭规则。他们在生活中极少冒险，通常都循规蹈矩。 49. following Often would-be jumpers are driven to the spire and see no hope of getting out of the misery. The trick is to open a channel of communication with them. Following are some tricks that have worked. (2003.9) 通常，那些跳楼自杀者都是被迫走上绝路的，他们看不到摆脱苦难的希望。（营救他们的）诀窍在于与他们建立沟通渠道。接下来就是一些实用的窍门。 50. fond He was fond of writing about his travels. (1996.1) 他喜欢写旅行游记。 51. fool Feeling like a complete fool, I replied,“I was just going to feed Mr. Davies’s birds.”(2000.1) 我感觉自己完全像个傻子似的回答：“我刚才只是想去给戴维斯先生的鸟喂食。” 52. foreast W: If the weather stays hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon. M: Oh, I don’t think it will last long. The weather forecast says it will cloud over by midafternoon. (2005.1) 女：如果明天很热的话，我们可能要放弃下午打网球的想法了。 男：噢，我认为高温天气不会持续太久，天气预报说下午会出现多云的天气。 53. form The ovenbird forms the mud into the shape of an oven and then let it dry in the sun. (2002.6) 灶巢鸟把泥土筑成一个灶的形状，然后让阳光把它晒干。 You must fill in a library application form and put it in the box on the librarian’s desk. (1995.6) 你必须填写一张图书馆，把它放进图书管理员桌上的箱子里。 54. formation The particles interfere with the formation of carbon-14 on earth.(2002.6) 这种微粒影响着地球上碳14的形成。 55. fortunately I thought she was going to have the baby right there in my car. But fortunately, the baby waited to “arrive”until we got to the hospital. (1997.6) 我本以为她会在我的车里生下孩子，但幸运的是，婴儿直到我们到达医院才出生。 56. fortune If someone could invent some use for Kudzu and remove it from southern farmland, his or her fortune would be assured. (2006.6) 如果有人能找到野葛的用处并将其移出南部的农田，他或她肯定会发财。 57. foundation The famous London University was founded in 1836. This was followed by the foundation of several universities such as Manchester and Birmingham, which developed from provincial colleges. (2006.6) 著名的伦敦大学于1836年成立。随后诸如曼彻斯特和伯明翰等由省学院发展起来的大学也相继成立。 58. friendship So the main reason why people keep dog has changed from protection to friendship.(1991.6) 因此，人们养狗的主要原因已经从保护变成了友谊。 59. fun These activities help everyone to make new friends, have fun and improve their English. (1995.6) 这些活动帮助每个人结交新朋友，让他们玩得开心，同时也提高了他们的英语水平。 60. furniture W: You’ve got your apartment furnished, haven’t you? M: I’ve bought some used furniture at the Sunday market. It was a real bargain. (2003.6) 女：你已经装修过公寓了，是吗？ 男：我在星期日市场上买了些旧家具，真的很便宜。 61. future Pamela gave a speech, and everyone wished them lots of success for the future. (2003.9) 帕梅拉做了演讲，每个人都祝愿他们能在今后取得巨大的成功。 62. garage W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car. M: So do I. I can’t see any scratches on the outside and the inside is clean, too. (2001.1) 女：修车厂的人认为我把车保养得很好。 男：我也这么认为。我在车身外部没有看到任何刮痕，车内也很干净。 63. general In general, Pamela does the bookkeeping. (2003.9) 一般来说，帕梅拉做记账的活儿。 64. generally Early research has shown that the non-readers are generally low in education, low in income, either very young or very old. (2002.6) 早期调查显示，不读书报者通常受教育程度低下，工资少，不是太年轻就是太老。 65. generous Haven’t you noticed that the kindest, most generous people seem to keep getting prettier? (2004.1) 难到你没有注意到吗，最亲切最大方的人似乎都逐渐变得更加漂亮了。 66. gentle At first he was very gentle with the bird. But gradually, he lost his temper. (2002.1) 最初，他对鸟儿很温和；但逐渐地，他发脾气。 67. gentleman W: Excuse me, sir, but have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wrist watch? M: A young man, Madam? (1996.1) 女：打扰了，先生，您有没有看到过一位年轻男士寻找他的手表？ 男：女士，您说的是一位年轻男士吗？ 68. give M: It’s already 11 now. Do you mean I ought to wait until Mrs. Bloom comes back from the class? W: Not really. You can just leave a note. I’ll give it to her later. (2006.12) 男：已经11点了。你的意思是我应该等到布鲁姆女士下课回来吗？ 女：不是啊!你可以留一张便条，我稍后给她。 She often felt weak, but she refused to give up. (1996.6) 她常常感到疲惫不堪，但她拒绝放弃。 69. globe Would black powder in the smoke from the fires circle the globe and block out the sun?(2000.1) 大火冒出的烟雾中的黑色粉末会不会包围地球，遮挡住阳光？ 19分41 Part Two 初练耳朵 You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very (1)____________ . All languages have two general levels of (2)______________: a formal level and an informal level. English is no (3)_________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a (4)__________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, (5)__________ books, and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and (6)__________ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with (7)__________ , family members and friends, and when we write (8)__________ notes or letters to close friends. Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. (9)_______________________________. For example, I might say to a friend or family member, "Close the door, please," (10)__________________________. Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. (11)__________________________. Let's say that I really like soccer. If I'm talking to my friend I might say "I'm crazy about soccer!" But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say "I really enjoy soccer." 1. natural 2. usage 3. exception 4. particular 5. reference 6. essays 7. colleagues 8. personal 9. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite 10. but to a stranger, I probably would say, "Would you mind closing the door?" 11. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong to formal language and others that are informal