amount n. 總數(shù)，數(shù)量;v. 合計(jì)，共計(jì)

　　例：What is the amount we owe them? 我們總共欠他們多少錢? The bill amounts to 500 yuan. 這張賬單共計(jì)500元。搭配：amount to 相當(dāng)于：Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing. 將他人之物占為己有等于偷竊。any amount of 大量：The second half produced any amount of action. 下半場十分激烈。no amount of 即使再多……也不：No amount of talk is going to change anything. 談得再多也不會有任何改變。

　　attention n. ①注意，注意力 ②照顧

　　例：Let me have your attention! 請注意聽我講話! She gave her aging parents much attention. 她悉心照料年邁的雙親。搭配：pay attention to sth. 注意，專心:Please pay attention to what I am saying. 請你注意我說的話。拓展：attentive a. 注意的，留心的

　　聽力擴(kuò)展：Good afternoon, everyone. The experiment is to start at 4:00. Have you gone through the instructions? OK. Now let me draw your attention to some important points. First of all, pay attention to safety. Second, don�餿 hurry to the finish, and take your time and do it correctly. Now, sign your names on the lab record, and after that you can start. If there are any questions, please ask me. 同學(xué)們，下午好。實(shí)驗(yàn)4點(diǎn)開始，都看過操作說明了吧? 好。請大家注意如下幾點(diǎn)：第一，注意安全;第二，不要急于完成，慢慢來，操作要正確�，F(xiàn)在，把名字寫在實(shí)驗(yàn)記錄上，可以開始了。如果有問題，請找我。

　　author n. 作家，創(chuàng)造者;v. 創(chuàng)造，寫作

　　例：Dickens is his favorite author. 狄更斯是他最喜歡的作家。As the author of the scheme, I can’t really comment. 作為方案的設(shè)計(jì)者，我是不便置評的。

　　聽力擴(kuò)展：

　　One day a book-seller went to visit a famous writer and compliment him on the popular novel he had published recently. “What a remarkable novel you’ve written,” the book-seller said. “You know, it took me only two weeks to sell the books at a profit of 20,000 yuan.” “What a remarkable benefit you’ve made,” the author said, “You know, it took me twenty years to finish the book at a profit of 20,000 yuan.”有一天，一位書商拜訪了一位著名作家并大加贊賞了他最近出版的流行小說�！澳銓懙男≌f太了不起了啊，”書商說道：“我兩個(gè)星期賣書就掙了2萬元�！薄澳銙炅诉@么多錢啊”，作者說：“你要知道，我花了二十年寫書，才掙了2萬元 �！薄咀ⅰ縞ompliment v. 稱贊，褒揚(yáng);remarkable a. 不平凡的，非凡的

　　avoid v. 避開，躲開，避免

　　例：I avoided him as much as possible. 我盡量避開他。She braked suddenly and avoided an accident. 她緊急剎車，避免了一場車禍。搭配：avoid doing sth. 避開做某事：He avoided answering my questions. 他避而不答我的問題。avoid sb.(sth.)like the plague極力回避：He�餾 been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel. 吵架以后，他一直如避蛇蝎似地躲著我。

　　behavio(u)r n. ①行為 ②(機(jī)器等的)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)狀態(tài)

　　例：He was on his best behavior. 他表現(xiàn)極好。The aircraft’s behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight. 那架飛機(jī)在第一次試飛時(shí)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)情況令人滿意。拓展：behave v. 行為表現(xiàn)，舉動(dòng)，舉止

　　聽力擴(kuò)展： One night, a boy wakes up, and has a drink of water. After drinking, he scratches the wall of his house painfully. At that moment, his father sees this behavior, and doubts. The next night, the boy wakes up all the same, and still has a drink of water. After drinking, he has the same behavior like the last night. His father still sees this behavior, and still doubts. The third night, his father thinks why his son has so painful behavior so his father drinks the same water before his son wakes up. After drinking, his father also scratches the wall of his house painfully. Then he says endlessly, “Fuck! Why the water is so thermal.”一天晚上，男孩起床喝水，喝完之后便痛苦地抓墻。他的舉動(dòng)被爸爸看見，爸爸感到不解。第二天晚上，兒子又醒來喝水，喝完后又痛苦地抓墻，正好又被爸爸看見，爸爸仍是十分疑惑。第三天晚上，爸爸尋思為什么兒子會有那樣痛苦的舉動(dòng)呢，于是爸爸沒等兒子起來就去兒子處喝水。結(jié)果，他也痛苦地抓墻，然后一直在說：“見鬼，為什么水會這么熱!”【注】thermal a. 熱的

　　business n. ①生意 ②事情

　　例：Mr. Jones is in the business of selling cars. 瓊斯先生從事汽車銷售。This is none of your business. 這與你不相干。搭配：on business 因公，因事：Tom was on business last week. 上周湯姆出差了。

　　聽力擴(kuò)展： A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to show his success, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working. Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, “Can I help you?” The man said, “Yeah, I’ve come to activate your phone lines.”一個(gè)年輕人的公司剛剛開張。他租用了漂亮的辦公室，辦公室內(nèi)還擺放了古董作裝飾。這天，年輕人看到一個(gè)人走進(jìn)了辦公室。為顯示自己是個(gè)成功的老板，年輕人拿起電話假裝正在談大買賣。好不容易電話“打”完，掛上聽筒，便問來訪者：“您有事嗎?”對方回答說：“有事。我是來開通電話的”�！咀ⅰ縜ntiques n. 古董;activate v. 激活，開通

　　challenge n. ①挑戰(zhàn) ②艱巨的事;v. ①要求 ②激發(fā)，刺激

　　例：He received a challenge to a TV debate. 他要參加電視辯論賽，這對他是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。I challenged him to show his proof. 我要他拿出證據(jù)。

　　聽力擴(kuò)展：I have worked as an executive secretary for 5 years, first for trading companies, and now I am working for a trust company. I interact well with peers, clients, administrators and bosses. I thrive on challenge and work well in high�瞫tress environments. I have received some special training in computers. Besides I am good at operating common office machines, such as fax machines and duplicating machines. 我已經(jīng)做行政秘書五年了，開始是為一家貿(mào)易公司工作，現(xiàn)在是一家信托公司。我與同事、客戶、管理人員和老板相處得非常好。我能應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)，而且在高壓環(huán)境中也能工作很出色。我接受過計(jì)算機(jī)專業(yè)培訓(xùn)，能熟練操作諸如傳真機(jī)和復(fù)印機(jī)等辦公設(shè)施�！咀ⅰ縯hrive on因……蓬勃發(fā)展;fax machine n. 傳真機(jī);duplicating machine n. 復(fù)印機(jī)