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1、21Book OneLesson Onebeneficial.adj. 1.:having a helpful or useful effect 有益的 , 有利的 常用词组 ：be beneficial to/Be beneficial for 对.有益近义词：Advantageous Favorable反义词：Detrimental例句：I hope your holiday will be beneficial to you.我希望你的假期会对你有益。Calcium is beneficial to our bones.钙对我们的骨骼有益。Affording advantage; ben
2、eficial.有利的提供优势的; 有益的Capable of bringing about a beneficial result or effect.有益的可以带来有利的结果或影响的border: 1:the line that divides two countries or areas; the land near this line 国界 2: a strip around the edge of something such as a picture or a piece of cloth 边缘地带 3: (in a garden) a strip of soil which is
3、 planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass 形成 边围。1:border something (of a country or an area)to share a border with another country or area 与.有共同边界，与.接壤 2:to form a line along or around the edge of something 形成.的边，围住，为.镶边常用词组 ：across/over the border 跨/ 越过边界 border guards/controls 边防军队/控制bord
4、er on something 与.接近例句：Our garden is bordered on one side by a stream 我们的花园有一边以小河为界France bordered Germany along parts of the Rhine 法国沿莱茵河部分河段与德国接壤I lost a white handkerchife with a blue border 我丢了一块蓝色花边的白手绢circus: n.1：a group of entertainers, sometimes with trained animals, who perform skilful or a
5、musing acts in a show that travels around to different places 马戏团 2：a show performed by circus entertainers, usually in a large tent called a big top 马戏表演 3：a group of people or an event that attracts a lot of attention 热闹场面，吵闹的活动4：(used in some place names) a round open area in a town where several
6、 streets meet 露天圆形竞技场，环形交叉路口5：a place like a big round outdoor theatre for public games, races, etc 圆形广场常用词组 ：A circus fan/buff 马戏迷 circus ground 马戏场地词源：late Middle English (with reference to the arena of Roman antiquity): from Latin, ring or circus. The sense travelling company of performers dates
7、from the late 18th cent例句: The fascinations of the circus are endless.马戏表演非常吸引人。He pleaded with his mother to allow him to go to the circus.他请求他母亲答应他去看马戏。The circus manager snapped his whip.马戏团主管把鞭子抽得很响。cling: 1：to hold on tightly to somebody/something 紧紧抓住/抱住.2：to stick to something 紧贴 3：to stay cl
8、ose to somebody, especially because you need them emotionally 附着 n.hug closely 紧贴，紧抓常用短语 ：cling to sb./sth 紧靠着. cling on sb./sth 紧靠着 /紧挨着. cling together 黏在一起，互相忠诚例句:The wet clothes clung to his body.湿衣服紧贴在他身上。He clung to my arm.他紧抓着我的胳膊。She clung to the hope that her son was not dead.她坚信她儿子还活着。语源:
9、Old English cling an stick together, of 22Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch klingen adhere, Middle High German klingen climb, also to clenchcollide clownn, verb None 1 An entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh 丑角；小丑。 (figurative) Ro
10、bert was always the class clown（=he did silly or funny things to make the other students laugh）. 罗伯特总是班上逗人乐的活宝。My mother promised me a birthday party with a clown 我妈妈答应给我安排一个有小丑的生日派对。2.(disapproving) a person that you disapprove of because they act in a stupid way 蠢货；笨蛋。 what do those clowns in the
11、government think they are doing ? 政府里的那些蠢货自以为他们在做什么呢？verb 【v】(around) (often disapproving) to behave in a silly way , especially in order to make other people laugh （尤指为逗人笑而故意）做出蠢相convinceverb1.sb /yourself (ofsth) to make sb /yourself believe that sth istrue 使确信；使相信；使信服: 【VN】 youwill need to convin
12、ce them of yourenthusiasm for the job :你要使他们相信殷切希望得到这份工作。 VN(that) Idconvinced myself (that) I was right .我确信自己是正确的。 2【VN to inf 】to persuadesb to do sth 说服，劝说（某人做某事）Ihave been trying to convince him to see adoctor . 我一直劝他去看病。词形变换 convincingly adv. 令人信服地典型考题 He spoke so _that even his opponents were
13、 won over by his arguments.A. bluntly B .convincingly C .emphatically D .determinedly试题详解 句意：他说得如此令人信服甚至他的对手都被他的论据所折服。Bluntly 直率地 ； .convincingly 令人信服地 ； emphatically 强调地 ； determinedly 决心地 。B 为正确答案。crossroads 1 a place where two roads meet and cross each other 十字路口: at the next crossroads , turn ri
14、ght . 在下一 个十字路口向右拐。 （figurative）He has reached a career crossroads (he must decide which way to go next in his career. 他的事 业发展到了一个十字路口。see also INTERSECTION, JUNCTION at the/a crossroads at an important point in sbs life or development （人生或发展）处于 关键时刻；在紧要关头。As we stand at this new crossroads our path
15、 forward is clear.今天，我们站在这个新的十字路口，我们的前进道路是明确的。curiosity 【U,sing.】(about sth) /(to do sth)a strong desire to know about sth :好奇心，求知欲 children show curiosity about everything .儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。 A certain curiosity to see what would happen next 有点想知道下一步会发生什么事的好奇心 the letter wasnt addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity.那封信不是写给我的，然而我却出于好奇把它拆开了。 His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all . 他的答复丝毫没有满足我的好奇心。 Sophies curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call.那个神秘的电话引起了索菲的好奇心。 Intellectual curiosity 求知欲 why do you ask ? oh ,just idle curiosity.(=not p
