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The secretary is very _______ and she deals with a lot of things for her boss every day. a. unmon b. quick c. efficient d. effective According to the new research gardening is a more ______ exercise for older women than jogging and swimming. a. mental b. physical c. efficient d. effective d c contrary(adj/n.) contrary to: in opposition to 。 against What you have done is contrary to the doctor’s orders. contrary to one’s wish / expectation / what many people believe The result was contrary to expectation. on the contrary: no “ Have you nearly done?” “ On the contrary, I have only just begun.” to the contrary : differently I will e on Monday unless you write to me to the contrary. He is an able man, but on the other hand he demands too much of people Exercises: He holds an important position in the pany。 (include) , 盡管如此 , 還是值得做的 。 (skip) , 他本不該省掉早飯不吃 。 (vigor, humor) 1. Why on earth are so many people on a diet? 2. Children can’t concentrate on their school work when they are so hungry. 3. How many people are involved in this private affair? to all advice, the new graduate gave up her job. like eating the fruit which contains a large amount of vitamins including vitamin D. 6 . The experiment failed. It was, nevertheless, worth making. 7. Contrary to the expectation of the parents, these fat children won the game with vigor. 8. He was involved in the case out of ignorance. 9. If you find any chapter in the book boring, skip it and go on to read the next. 1 . 10. In that case, he shouldn’t have skipped breakfast. 11. Though the weather was especially unfavorable, they came specially for the meeting. 12. This last three months is the most important period of our study life. 13. I hope we will begin our new semester with vigor and with good humour. 1. Do sb a favor/ do a favor for sb 2. Keep it for two days 3. Promise to do… 4. The day after tomorrow 5. Lend an ear to someone 6. Lend one’s name to sth 7. Lend oneself to sth 8. In that case 9. Go over to Peter’s breakfast one meal a day health problems 1. 幫助某人 2. 保留兩天 3. 許諾做 … 4. 后天 5. 傾聽(tīng) … 幫助 6. 支持;贊許 7. 協(xié)助;參與 8. 在那種情況下 9. 去皮特家 a decision to do… 15. Be expert at… 16. In the field of health 17. Consider …to be … look upon/ o