stare是盯着的意思stare at sb 为固定搭配盯着某人的意思glance是一瞥，随便的一看的意思glare是瞪眼怒目注视的意思gaze是凝视的意思
8.Spot n. 班点, 雀斑，污点, 地点, 场所, 现场vt. 认出, 发现
a spot on one's fame 名誉上的污点 a scenic spot 风景胜地
a historic spot 古迹vice spots 堕落场所
the meeting on the spot 现场会议 a spot of （一点儿）= a little = a bit of后接“不可数名词”
如：Let's have a spot of lunch.让我们吃点午饭吧。
9.account for
1）.总计,占据
Two things account for its occurrence. 发生这件事原因有两个。
2）做出.解释；.说明
How do you account for it? 这你怎么解释呢？
Can you account for all these absences? 你能说明你缺席的原因吗。
3.）导致，引起
Bad weather accounted for the long delay. 长期的延缓是因为坏天气
10.to be honest也可以是honestly (speaking),......
To be honest, I don't like him very much.
In the long run, it pays to be honest. 路遥知马力人久见人心
be honest with 对...说老实话, 同...规规矩矩来往
11.Silly adj. 愚蠢的, 无聊的
12.tiny [ 'taini ] a. 极小的,微小的形容词比较级:tinier 最高级:tiniest 名词:tininess
The tiny seed planted it ten years before had flowered.
We are living in a big world in which a person is as tiny as a seed.
There is no need for you to spend so much time on such a tiny matter.
13.Issue n. 结果, 结局；发行(物); 一次发行量; (报刊)期号；问题; 争端; 论点
v．发行(钞票等), 发布(命令), 出版(书等)
14.Fake n. 假货,欺骗，赝品，冒牌货;仿造品; 骗子 a. 假的v. 假造,伪造;冒充，假装;
假装...的样子[ 过去式faked 过去分词faked 现在分词faking ]
1. 伪造;捏造;冒充He faked my signature to get money from my bank.
2. 假装;假装...的样子She faked illness so as not to go to school.
n.[C]
1. 冒牌货;仿造品The experts discovered several fakes in the art collection.
2. 冒充者;骗子
a. 1. 假的;冒充的[B] This is a fake picture. 这是幅假画。
15.rag
1 旧布如:a piece of rag
2 破旧衣服in rags,表示衣衫褴褛
3 质量低劣的报纸
lose his rag 是失去理智的意思
16.Indeed adv.
(1) 的确是；实在是I was indeed very glad to hear the news.
(2) （表示惊奇、反语等）真的，的确
‘Who is this woman?’ ‘Who is she, indeed!’(I wonder at your asking.)
(3) （用于very + 形容词或副词后，加强语气）
Thank you very much indeed.
17.even if=even though是“即使” get into trouble“ 陷入困境，惹麻烦”
get into trouble (with)的同义短语
get into trouble (with)＝put sb. into trouble =be in trouble (with)=get in sour=in hot water=in the soup
18.decade十, 十个一组；十年, 十年间
19. Contest v. 竞赛, 争辩, 争取; 争夺vi. 争夺；竞争；争论(against, with)
n. 竞赛, 争论speech contest演讲竞赛
Dear sir,
Last year I buy a refrigerator in your store on Chang An road. We all like shape of the refrigerator. And recently I find something is wrong with it. It begins to make noise when it turned on. At first it is low but gradually it become louder and louder. To make the matter worse, it even stops working sometimes. We all feel disappointing. I am writing you to ask for help. Would you please send a people to repair it? I will at home this weekend. Please call me before you come to here. My telephone number is 6606.5531. Thanks you very much.
Customer Do you want to see the effects of global warming? Then head north. Will Steger is going to take all of us there.
Steger, 64, the first person to make a dogsled trip to the North Pole, is a very famous and admired polar explorer. He’s at home in frozen parts of the world, where few humans ever step on. Steger is also a devoted environmentalist who was early to ring the alarm bell on global warming. He saw its effects first hand in frequent polar expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica.
Now Steger is about to lead a team of six young adventurers on a 1, 400-mile, 60-day-long dogsled trip across Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian Arctic. The sea ice in that region should still be frozen. “We want to take our audience to the front lines of global warming, ” says Steger. The team will be uploading videos, stories and photos to the website globalwarming101. com as they march along, allowing armchair adventurers and kids in classrooms to follow their progress day to day. “We can actually bring the audience up there, ” Steger says.
Steger’s team will include some already-famous young explorers. Sam Branson, the 22-year-old son of British airline tycoon (大亨) Richard Branson, is an experienced Arctic traveler. Also on the journey will be 27-year-old Norwegian Sigrid Ekran. Last year, Ekran became only the second woman in history to win Rookie (新秀) of the Year for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
What they will see may be very surprising. Even Steger doesn’t know exactly what to expect. Climate change has already reshaped the geography of the Arctic. “Within a decade or less, it’s going to be impossible to reach the North Pole by dog team without flotation (漂浮), ” says Steger.
Climate change is happening, but people can change too. Their willingness to change will determine the shape of the earth’s future.
21. Why is Steger about to organize the adventure to the Arctic?
A. To collect evidence for his scientific research.
B. To develop the young people’s adventurous spirit.
C. To let more people enjoy its natural beauty.
D. To let people realize the bad effects of global warming.
22. How can people learn about the progress of Steger’s journey?
A. Through radio programs.
B. By watching TV.
C. On the Internet.
D. By reading their journals.
23. According to Steger, people can save the earth by _______.
A. changing their harmful way of life
B. learning more about the environment
C. willingly giving up their comfortable life
D. getting used to the present changes of the earth
24. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Arctic is in danger
B. Sledding through the Arctic
C. Discoveries of the Arctic
D. Consequences of global warming
The importance of English rests with the language being used in most countries in the world as a communicating tool. For example, a German and a Chinese can't speak opposite side's language, but they both know English. And then there is no problem between their language communication. We must know the importance and learn the language earnestly.
The key to learn English well is to recite words. Words are the bricks of language building.Only keeping them in our mind, can we master them. To learn English well,we need to listen more English broadcast and contact with more foreigners so that we can practise our listening comprehension. Only in this way, can we study for the purpose of application