hub [hʌb] n. （活动的）中心
lunar [ˈluːnə] adj. 月球的
【搭】lunar calendar 农历
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A: Beginning from the first day of the lunar year, the celebration usually lasts for weeks.
B: It's really a long time.
A：从农历新年的第一天开始，庆祝活动通常会持续数周。
B：那确实是很长的时间。
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oxygen [ˈɔksidʒən] n. 氧气
Apollo [əˈpɔləu] n. 阿波罗
accelerate [əkˈseləreit] v. 加速
【派】accelerated 加速的
【扩】speed up 加速
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A: Look, he begins to accelerate.
B: I'm sure he will win.
A：看，他开始加速了。
B：我敢肯定他将获得胜利。
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terrestrial [tiˈrestriəl] adj. 地球的
permanent [ˈpəːmənənt] adj. 永久（性）的
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A: I have a permanent job here.
B: But you can't afford even a small house.
A：我在这儿工作稳定。
B：但是你连个小房子都买不起。
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fascination [ˌfæsiˈneiʃən] n. 魅力
【例】Antique exerts a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
古董对很多人有特别的魅力。
senior [ˈsiːniə] adj. 资历深的，年长的
【扩】elder 年纪较大的，年长的
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A: He is senior to me, though he is younger.
B: But you look much younger than him.
A：虽然他比我年轻，但他的资历比我深。
B：但是你看起来比他年轻多了。
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chasm [ˈkæzəm] n. 断层，裂口
canyon [ˈkænjən] n. 峡谷
noun [专属名词]（活动的）中心；枢纽机场，枢纽城市；（轮）毂，（推进器、风扇等的）旋翼叶毂；（网络）集线器 - The island's social hub is the Cafe Sport.
noun [专属名词]【名】 （Hub）（捷）胡布（人名） - It's not yet the futuristic international business hub that planners imagined.
adjective [原级]月亮的，月球的；银的；阴历的；似月的，月牙形的 - The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape.
noun [专属名词]【名】 （lunar）（西）卢纳尔（人名） - "Well I suppose it is based on the old lunar months, isn't it?"—"Yes, that's right." “
noun [专属名词]氧，氧气 - The human brain needs to be without oxygen for only four minutes before permanent damage occurs.
adjective [原级]永久地；（问题或困难）不断发生地，一直存在地 - She had decided to settle permanently in France.
noun [抽象名词]入迷，着迷；魅力，令人着迷的事物 - I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats.
have a ... fascination for ... 对...有魅力、着迷
- The story has a great fascination for me.
- Mars has an extraordinary fascination for would-be voyagers. NCE4-35
- For him, caves have the same peculiar fascination which high mountains have for the climber.NCE3-42
adjective [原级]年龄大些的；（用在家庭内姓名相同的人名后表示）老，年长的；老年人的；（地位、水平或级别）较高的，高级的；（比赛）成人的，高水平的；<英>大于一定年龄（通常为11岁）的学童的；<美>（高中或大学）毕业年级的 - If someone is senior to you in an organization or profession, they have a higher and more important job than you or they are considered to be superior to you.
noun [抽象名词]较年长的人；老年人，长者；地位（或级别）较高者，上司；<美>（中学或大学的）毕业班学生；资深成人运动员，高水平运动员 - Senior is used when indicating how much older one person is than another. For example, if someone is ten years your senior, they are ten years older than you.
noun [专属名词]峡谷；裂口；分歧；深坑 - Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
