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In what areas do your parents want you to improve? 6. In what ways do you want your parents to improve? 7. Tell of an instance when your parents and you disagree over something. III Language study: 1. location: a place or position e.g.: Witness showed the police the exact location of the accident. The school is going to move to a new location. 2. Down Right: special term for drama. In this text there are other terms , such as “ Down Left” . They refer to different part of the stage. 3. embarrass: make (sb.) feel awkward or ashamed e.g.: I chose my words carefully in order to avoid embarrassing anyone. It embarrassed him that he had to give a talk in front of a lot of people. Adj. embarrassed: (sb.) shy, guilty or ashamed about sth. I was really embarrassed when I knocked the cup of tea over my teacher. 4. waiting tables: working as a waiter and serve others with food. 5 .dumb: (informal) 1)foolish e.g.: He was so dumb that he left his keys at home again. Don t be so dumb. 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He compares life to an arduous sea voyage. 10. fade: 1)lose color or brightnesse.g.: All color fades-especially under the impact of direct sunlight. The sunlight gradually faded. 2)disappear slowlye.g.: Her enthusiasm for early-morning exercises faded as the weather 精品p d f 资料 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -欢迎下载 名师归纳 - - - - - - - - - -第 3 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - - - 学习必备欢迎下载was getting colder and colder. They watched the mountains fade into the darkness. 11. overall: 1) in general (adv.) e.g.: The college has few ways to assess the quality of education overall. Overall, I like Marie, despite her faults. 2) including everything ; total ( only before noun) Cut down your overall amount of extracurricular activities and spend more time on your studying The overall length is 15 feet. 12. trade (sth. ) for ( sth .else): exchange ( sth. for (sth. else) e.g.: The farmers traded farm produce for manufactured goods and money. I will trade my stamp collection for your model boat. 13. keep/leave (sb.) in suspense : delay telling (sb.) what they are eager to know.e.g.: The audience is kept in suspense to the very end of the play. I won t keep you in suspense any longer. Here are the results of the mid-term exam. 14. interrupt: stop (sb.)from continuing what they are saying or doing e.g.: My daughter kept you interrupting me whenever I spoke. I m sorry to interrupt, but you re not really answering my 精品p d f 资料 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -欢迎下载 名师归纳 - - - - - - - - - -第 4 页，共 10 页 - - - - - - - - - - 学习必备欢迎下载question. Nobody was allowed to interrupt them while the meting was in progress. 15. bet:be suree.g.: I bet she was late for the meeting on purpose. I bet he ll change his mind again. 16. distract: take (sb. s attention ) away from sth. esp. for a short time (used in the pattern: distract sb./sth.: distract sb./sth.from ) e.g.: Tom admits that playing computer games sometimes distracts him from his homework. A disturbance outside my dormitory distracted my attention. Passengers are requested not to distract the driver s attention while he is driving. 17. My treat:Her it means that father is going to invite Dan to dinner and pay for it as a fr。