send [send] (sent/sent) v. 寄，送
【派】sender 寄件人
【扩】post 寄
【搭】send for 派人去请
send sth. to sb. 送给某人某物
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A: I am going to send these two parcels to Montreal, Canada.
B: All right. May I check the contents of each parcel?
A：我要把这两个包裹寄到加拿大的蒙特利尔市去。
B：好的。我可以检查一下每个包裹中的东西吗？
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postcard [ˈpəustkɑːd] n. 明信片
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A: I want to send this postcard to China.
B: Airmail or surface mail?
A：我想把这张明信片寄往中国。
B：你想航空邮寄还是普通邮寄？
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spoil [spɔil] (spoiled/spoilt) v. 使索然无味，损坏
museum [mju(ː)ˈziəm] n. 博物馆
【搭】in the museum 在博物馆里
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A: The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.
B: Great! I'm interested in visiting it.
A：旅游项目中包括参观科学博物馆。
B：太棒了！我对参观博物馆很感兴趣。
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public [ˈpʌblik] adj. 公共的
【派】publication 公布，出版
【搭】in public 公开的
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A: I'd like an apartment close to public transportation.
B: Maybe Jill can help you with it.
A：我想找一处离公交线路较近的公寓房。
B：也许吉尔能帮到你。
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friendly [ˈfrendli] adj. 友好的
waiter [ˈweitə] n. 服务员，招待员
lend [lend] (lent/lent) v. 借给
【扩】borrow 借
【搭】lend sb. sth. 借某物给某人
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A: Must I bring the book back when I renew it?
B: Yes. And you mustn't lend it to others.
A：续借时我必须把书带来吗？
B：对。并且你不能借给别人。
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decision [diˈsiʒən] n. 决定
【搭】make a decision 做决定
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A: What if one party doesn't follow the decision and award?
B: If things like that happen, the People's Court in China can enforce it at the request of the other party.
A：如果有一方不执行仲裁的决定和判决该怎么办？
B：如果出现了那种情况，中国人民法院可以根据另一方的要求强制执行。
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whole [həul] adj. 整个的
【扩】livelong 整个的
【搭】the whole world 整个世界
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A: This is our rock-bottom price, Mr. Li. We can't make any further concessions.
B: If that's the case, there's not much point in further discussion. We might as well call the whole deal off.
A：李先生，这是我方的最低价格，不可能再让了。
B：如果是这样的话，那就没有什么必要再谈下去了，我们或许干脆放弃这笔生意算了！
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single [ˈsiŋɡəl] adj. 唯一的，单一的
【搭】single room 单人房
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A: I'd like to buy a ticket to Beijing.
B: Single or return?
A：我要买一张去北京的票。
B：单程票还是往返票？
verb [双宾语动词]邮寄，发送；传达，告知；派遣，打发，安排去；使快速（或猛然）移动；使作出（某种反应），使表现出（某种行为）；排放，排出（烟或化学反应的产生物等）；<非正式> 使着迷，使入迷 - I sent a copy to the school principal.
- send a letter 寄信
- send sth. to sb. /send sb. sth. 给某人送（寄）什么东西
- send a card / a message / a letter
- send me a card = send a card to me
send/take children to school：
take 强调某人亲自送；send 则是通过第三人去送, 如美国的校车
- take flowers to his wife 自己送
- send flowers to his wife 叫店里的人送
noun [专属名词]明信片 - I got your postcard from the school.
两个爆破音在一起，前者失去爆破音。这里/t/和/k/前者失去爆破音。
- name card /visiting card 名片
- Here is my name card. (口语常用, 同时伴随着递出的动作)
- ID card 身份证 （ID 身份）
- credit card 信用卡
- cash card 现金卡, 储蓄卡, 工资卡(不能透支的那种)
verb [vt. 及物动词]破坏，糟蹋；溺爱，宠坏；善待，格外关照；（食物）变质，腐败；使（选票）作废；极度渴望，跃跃欲试；<古>抢劫（人，地方），掠夺 - It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
noun [抽象名词]赃物，战利品（the spoils）；成功所带来的好处（spoils）；（开掘时挖出的）废土，废泥土 - And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
① vt. 弄坏，损坏，糟蹋
- The sad news spoiled our weekend. 这不幸的消息使我们没能过好周末。
- The rain spoiled the school sports. 这场雨把学校运动会弄得一团糟。
- This spoiled my day. What you said spoiled me.
- His arrival spoiled my holiday.
② vt. 宠坏，惯坏，溺爱
- Don’t spoil your children. 不能太惯孩子。
- His parents spoiled the boy.
- break: 打破; break the windows 打破玻璃
- damage: 破坏, 程度不一定很重(可修复的)
- destroy : 破坏, 彻底摧毁
- ruin:慢慢的彻底损坏(日积月累)
以上三个是指物理上的破坏, 而 spoil 主要指精神上的
noun [专属名词]博物馆 - For months Malcolm had wanted to visit the New York art museums.
adjective [原级]公众的，大众的；公共的，公用的；政府的，公众事务的；<英> 大学的，为大学的；（声明、事件等）公开的，公诸于众的；公开场合的，大庭广众的；上市的；众所周知的，广为人知的 - She retreated from public life.
noun [抽象名词]公众，大众（the public）；志趣相投（或从事同一类活动、具有共同特征）的群体；<非正式>（对某个艺术家、作家或表演家感兴趣的）读者，观众（one's public）；<英>（酒馆中的）低价吧台（=public bar），酒吧（=public house）；公共场所 - I do not chew gum in public.
① adj. 公共的，公众的，社会的
- There is a public library in this town.
- I always sit in public gardens on Sundays.
- public gardens / schools / opinions
② adj. 公开的，众人皆知的
- Their secret meeting was made public 20 years later. 他们的秘密会晤 20 年以后才被公开。
- public house（酒吧）简称 PUB
- public place 公共场所
- in public 公开的；
in private 私下里的
- Let’s have a conversation in private. 让我们私下谈谈?
- Why not have a conversation in public? 为什么不公开谈呢?(当面说呢?)
③ n. 公众，群众，大众
- The public is/are pleased with his explanation. 公众对他的解释很满意。
- The museum is open to the public on Sunday.
adjective [原级]亲切的，友善的；朋友（般）的，要好的；为友谊的，非对抗性的；（国家或政府）友好的，无敌意的；（部队，装备）我军的，友军的；好用的，无害的；支持的，提供帮助的；令人愉快的；（公司的兼并）自愿的 - Godfrey had been friendly to me.
- a friendly waiter
- He is friendly to all of us.
形容词 + ly = 副词
名词 + ly = 形容词 (lovely / lonely / timely / brotherly)
noun [专属名词]服务员，侍者 - A waiter offered him the menu.
verb [vt. 及物动词]借给，借出；贷出，贷（款）；给…增加，增添（特色）；给予，提供（帮助、支持等）；使适合，使易遭受 - If you lend something that you own, you allow someone to have it or use it for a period of time.
lend to（借出）
- Can you lend me $20 please?
- I’ll pay/give it back tomorrow.
- lend me a book = lend a book to me
borrow from（借进）
borrow sth. from sb. / borrow sth.（borrow 不能用 borrow sb sth.）
- He borrowed my pen yesterday.
- He hasn’t given me it yet.
noun [抽象名词]决定，抉择；判决，裁定；果断，决断力；作决定，决策 - Decision is the act of deciding something or the need to decide something.
- It was not easy for me to make/take this decision.
- Are you made/taken a decision?
- make a big/great decision (big：重大；great：伟大, 更重大)
decide v. 决定
- decide to do sth.
- I decided to go abroad for further education.
adjective [原级]全部的，整个的；完整的，完好无损的；(强调大小或重要性）整个的，全部的；要点，主旨；健全的，健康的 - We spent the whole summer in Italy that year.
noun [具体名词]整体，全部 - A whole is a single thing that contains several different parts. (
adverb [程度副词]完全地；整个 - You use whole to emphasize what you are saying. (
a whole bottle of milk 一整瓶牛奶
the whole…
- the whole day 整天 ，
- two whole weeks 整整两星期
all the…
- all the day (the 可省略) 整天
all of 后面如果加代词, 代词前面不需要修饰词；一旦要加名词, 前面一定要加 the。
- the all of us
- all of the students
adjective [原级]单一的，单个的；单身的，未婚的；各自的，分别的；单人的，单人用的；<英>（票）单程的；统一的；由一个部分构成的；（花）单瓣的；唯一的；（酒的）一份 - A single shot rang out.
noun [抽象名词]单曲唱片；（板球中的）一分打，（棒球中的）一垒打；单身者，未婚者；<英> 单程票；（旅馆等的）单人房间；单打（比赛）；<美，非正式> 一元纸币；（鸣钟术）不同次序鸣钟法；<美>（影剧院的）一张票，一个座位；一份酒 - A single is a small record which has one song on each side. A single is also a CD which has a few short songs on it.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]挑选，选出；（棒球）击出一垒打；对（幼苗，幼树）进行间苗；将（铁轨）变成单线；以一垒打使（跑垒）得分 - Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]影响（或决定）…的结果；断定，判定；使下决心；决定，选定；裁决，判决 - If a person or group of people decides something, they choose what something should be like or how a particular problem should be solved.
