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age.1. bet n. (1) agreement to risk money, etc on an event of which the result is doubtful 賭博make a bet 打賭Let’s make a bet on the next election 咱們賭下次大選好嗎?have a bet 打賭win/lose a bet 打賭贏/輸了accept/take up a bet(2) The money, etc risked in this way (金錢等)賭注v. ①risk (money) on a race or some other event of which the result is doubtful 打賭,賭博Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses.布萊克夫人把她所有的錢都花在了賭馬上。②I bet……=(informal) I’m certain…… 我肯定…I bet he’s gone to swimminghe loves it.我敢肯定他去游泳了,他喜愛這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。2. permit(v.)(1)permit sb to do sth.=allow sb to do sth. 允許Her mother would not permit her to e back late.她的媽媽是不會(huì)允許她晚歸的。Permit me to explain it. 容我解釋一下。(2) permit sth: allow sth. to exist, happen, or to be done(very formal) 許可、容許(某事物)存在、發(fā)生或被(某人)做(非常正式)We don’t permit smoking in the office.在我們的辦公室里不準(zhǔn)吸煙。The prisoners were permitted two hours’ outdoor exercise a day.犯人每天允許有兩個(gè)小時(shí)的戶外活動(dòng)。3. incredible (adj.) = unbelievable: incredible tale(1) to a great degree。 extremely or unusually 極端地;異乎尋常地。incredibly hot weather 極熱的天氣(2) in a way that is difficult to believe。 amazingly 難以置信;驚人地Incredibly, no one had ever thought of such a simple idea before.真是難以置信,這樣簡(jiǎn)單的主意竟沒有人想到。4. go head :be carried out。 take place 執(zhí)行,進(jìn)行,舉行(1)Despite the bad weather, the journey will go ahead.盡管天氣不好,旅行將照常進(jìn)行。(2)The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.新橋的修建將按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行。5. matter n.amp。v(1) n. affair, topic or situation being considered 事情;問題;情況I don’t discuss private matters with my colleagues.我不和同事談私事。We have several important matters to deal with at our next meeting. 下次會(huì)議我們有幾件重要的事情要處理。(2)n.uphysical substance or things of a specified kind物質(zhì),材料,物品The universe is posed of matter.宇宙是由物質(zhì)構(gòu)成的。(3)v. be important關(guān)系重大,要緊What does it matter whether he es or goes?他來也好去也好,那有什么關(guān)系呢?It doesn’t matter to me what you do.你做什么我都無所謂。 v.(1)look at sb./sth. with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze瞪著眼睛凝視It’s rude to stare.盯著人看是沒有禮貌的They all stared in amazement.他們都驚訝得瞪大了眼睛。(2) be wide open with a fixed gaze 睜大眼睛注視He gazed at the scene with staring eyes.他瞪著眼睛注視著這場(chǎng)面。(3) bring sb. into a specified condition 瞪著某人使其做出某種反應(yīng)She stared him into silence.她把他瞪得不吭聲了。她凝視著遠(yuǎn)方。She is staring into the distance.我看了可是看不清楚。I looked but couldn’t see it clear.7. spot n.amp。v.(1)n. small mark different in color, texture 斑點(diǎn)豹和虎哪一個(gè)身上有斑點(diǎn)?Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger?(2)drop 滴下了幾滴雨,你感覺到了嗎?Did you feel a few spots of rain?(3)v. pick out, catch sight of ,recognize, discover 找出,認(rèn)出,發(fā)覺杰克最終找到了他想要的襯衫。Jack finally spotted just the shirt he wanted.我看不出兩者的區(qū)別。I can’t spot the difference between them. n.(1)uprocess of passing/freedom or right to go through通行機(jī)動(dòng)車禁止通行。The passage of motor vehicles is forbidden.他們被禁止穿越占領(lǐng)區(qū)。They were denied passage through the occupied territory. for: be the explanation of sth.。 explain the cause of sth. 做某事的解釋;解釋某事物的原因。 他因病缺席。His illness accounts for his absence.請(qǐng)你對(duì)自己的行為作出解釋。Please account for your own conduct.9. appearance n.(1) arrival 出現(xiàn),來到警察突然出現(xiàn),小偷就逃跑了。The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.(2) 外貌,外表勿以貌取人——外貌不可靠。Don’t judge by appearances appearances can be misleading.10. by accident =by chance 偶然地, 意外地我只是碰巧找到的。I only found it by accident.11. to be honest = to tell you the truth=honestly speakingto be frank =frankly speaking坦率地說我認(rèn)為我們?nèi)俚目赡苄圆淮蟆o be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning.2. Listen to the tape of the text. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence and try to find out the characteristics of the