railway [ˈreilwei] n. 铁路
【构】rail（轨道，铁路）＋way（路）＝railway（铁路）
【扩】railroad 铁路
【搭】railway station 火车站
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A: I have to arrive at the railway station before ten.
B: You'd better take a taxi there then.
A：我得在10点前赶到火车站。
B：那你最好坐出租车去。
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porter [ˈpɔːtə] n. 搬运工
several [ˈsevərəl] quantifier 几个
foreigner [ˈfɔrinə] n. 外国人
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A: Who is that foreigner over there?
B: It's Jill's friend.
A：那边那个外国人是谁？
B：那是吉尔的朋友。
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wonder [ˈwʌndə] v. 感到奇怪
【派】wonderful 非常好的
【搭】no wonder 难怪
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A: I wonder if you'd like to go skating with us this evening.
B: No, I am not free tonight.
A：我想知道你是否愿意今晚跟我们一起去溜冰。
B：不去了，我今晚没空。
noun [专属名词]<英>铁路，铁道；<英>铁路系统，铁路公司；<英>（其他交通工具使用的）轨道 - He walked back over the railway bridge.
noun [专属名词]（火车站、机场等的）行李搬运工人，脚夫；<英>（市场的）搬运工；<英>（酒店、医院等的）门房，守门人；<美>（火车卧铺车厢的）乘务员；<英>（医院的）护工，勤杂工；<美>（大楼的）杂物工；（登山探险中的）补给搬运员；<旧>黑啤酒 - In a hospital, a porter is someone whose job is to move patients from place to place. (
noun [专属名词]外国人；外来人，外地人；<英，非正式>私活 - Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]想知道，好奇，琢磨；不知是否（用于提问或礼貌地提出请求）；感到疑惑，（对…）感到不安；感到惊讶，觉得惊奇 - I wondered what that noise was.
noun [抽象名词]惊讶，惊叹；奇观，奇迹；令人惊讶的事物，令人难以置信的事物；能人，奇才，有特效的东西 - It's a wonder that it took almost ten years.
adjective [原级]极好的，灵验的 - Mickelson was hailed as the wonder boy of American golf.
- feel surprised 感到奇怪
want to know 想知道
① n. 奇迹，奇观，奇才；惊奇，惊讶
- Jane is a wonder. She never fails in her examinations.
- the seven wonders of the world in ancient times 世界古代七大奇观
② vi.&vt. 感到惊讶，感到诧异，对……事情感奇怪
- They wondered that there was a modern building in district.
wonder at sth.
- I wonder at the beauty of the old town.
③ vt.&vi.（对……）感到疑惑/怀疑，想要知道
wonder +if +从句 是否……
- I wonder if you have any spare time.
wonder +特殊疑问词 +从句
- I wonder what time it is.
- I wonder why you are late.
- I wondered where you were going.
- Could you tell me how to get to?
- I wondered how to get there. 问路
no wonder 难怪
adjective [原级]不同的，各自的；<法律>单独，各个 - I had lived two doors away from this family for several years.
pronoun [指示代词]几个，数个 - No one drug will suit or work for everyone and sometimes several may have to be tried.
- several times 几次
- several people 几个人
noun [专属名词][数][语] 量词；数量词；精于计算的人 - Question : When speaking of umbrella and fan, which quantifier do we use?
