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positively ad. (infml) extremely, absolutely 極其,非常 positive a. certain, sure。 helpful or constructive 確信的;有益的,建設(shè)性的 have sth./little/much to do with 與…有關(guān)(幾乎無關(guān),很有關(guān)系) achieve/have one39。s heart39。s desire 得到心中渴望的東西 a piece of cake sth. that is very easy to do 不費吹灰之力的事 heroine n. a woman whom people admire for her courage or achievements 女英雄 sophisticated a. 世故的;老練的;復(fù)雜的;尖端的 falter vi. bee weak。 hesitate 變?nèi)?;猶豫 move on to stop doing one thing and begin dealing with the next 更換(工作,話題等) investment n. putting money in sth. 投資 Proper Names Brooklyn 布魯克林(美國紐約市西南部的一區(qū)) Adrienne Popper 艾德麗安波珀 Oklahoma (美國)俄克拉荷馬州 John Milton 約翰彌爾頓(1608 — 1674,英國著名詩人,主要作品有長詩《失樂園》、《復(fù)樂園》以及詩劇《力士參孫》等) Language sense Enhancement 1. Read aloud paragraphs 1113 and learn them by heart. 2. Read aloud the following poem: I Look At Myself In The Mirror Jacki I look at myself in the mirror, and what do I really see? A woman of fortyseven, or the true essence of me? I can see me in my twenties, the mother of children galore, and there is me in my thirties, scarred by the loss that I bore. And there is me in my forties, older now, tolerant and wise marked by love and affection, and bags under my eyes. So yes that39。s me in the mirror, me, as the person I am, and if I39。m no more than an image, none of it matters a dam! 3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary. One is not born a woman, one bees one. —— Simon de Beauvoir There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. —— Charlotte Perkins Gilman What is a woman I assure you, I do not know.... I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill. —— Virqinia Woolf Men always want to be a woman39。s first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: what they like is to be a man39。s last romance. —— Oscar Wilde 4. Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary. My wife and her Friend Karen mere talking about their laborsaving devices as they pulled into our driveway. Karen said, I love my new garagedoor opener. I love mine too, my wife replied, and honked the horn three times. That was the signal for me to e out and open the garage.