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,我妹妹比以前善于處世多了。 ? After ten years in London, my sister is much more worldly than she used to be. ? worldly people ?俗人 L45 swallow ? vt. ? 她只吞下一口面包就上班去了。 ? She just swallowed a _______ of bread before going to work. ? mouthful. ?把藥咽下去。 ? Swallow the medicine. ? vi. (informal) 忍氣吞聲 ?她的辯解明顯事謊話,但他竟然全盤接受了。 ? Her ________ was obviously a lie, but he swallowed it whole. ? excuse ? 咽口水 ?他使勁咽了一下口水,然后踏進面試室。 ? He swallowed hard, and walked into the interview room. ? n. 吞,咽 ? 燕子 ? swallow sb./sth. up 耗盡 ?她淹沒在人群中,我們看不到她了。 ? She was swallowed up by the crowd and we lost sight of her. ?這家小公司被一家跨國公司吞并了。 ? This small pany has been swallowed up by one of the multinationals. ? a bitter pill to swallow 難以忍受的事物,苦果 ? His failure was a bitter pill to swallow. ?他的失敗是一貼苦藥,讓人難以接受。 L45 bunch ? a bunch of flowers ? a bunch of keys on a ring ? a bunch of grapes/bananas ? a bunch of newspaper 一捆報紙 詞根 bat = beat (L52) ? bat ? →n. 球棒 ? battle ? → v. amp。 n. 戰(zhàn)役 (指大規(guī)模會戰(zhàn) ), 戰(zhàn)爭 ? batter (er = repeatedly) ? → beat heavily and repeatedly →v. 猛擊;接連重擊 ? bat (,con = together with) ? →beat with each other → v. amp。 n. 戰(zhàn)斗 ? debate (de = down) ? → to beat down → v. amp。 n. 爭論 , 辯論 L54 zone ? 1. 地帶 =region ? 2. 地區(qū) =district ? 3. 范圍 =realm, sphere area ? Area 1. 面積 (可測量 ,可計算的 )。 ? 2. “地區(qū)” (廣泛地指面積頗大的地區(qū) ,但不是行政上的地理單位 ) ? Owing to the improvement in irrigation, the area of arable land has been greatly increased. ? The most extensive ricegrowing areas in China are the provinces along the Yangtze River. region ? 1. 地區(qū) (在地理上有天然界限 , 或具有某種特色自成一個單位 ? 2. 較大的行政單位 ,autonomous region ? Most of our precious miners are found in regions in the Northwest and the Southwest. ? The Zhuang Autonomous Region was established in 1958