amount n. 总数，数量;v. 合计，共计
例：What is the amount we owe them? 我们总共欠他们多少钱? The bill amounts to 500 yuan. 这张账单共计500元。搭配：amount to 相当于：Keeping what belongs to another amounts to stealing. 将他人之物占为己有等于偷窃。any amount of 大量：The second half produced any amount of action. 下半场十分激烈。no amount of 即使再多……也不：No amount of talk is going to change anything. 谈得再多也不会有任何改变。
attention n. ①注意，注意力 ②照顾
例：Let me have your attention! 请注意听我讲话! She gave her aging parents much attention. 她悉心照料年迈的双亲。搭配：pay attention to sth. 注意，专心:Please pay attention to what I am saying. 请你注意我说的话。拓展：attentive a. 注意的，留心的
听力扩展：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, dont 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. 同学们，下午好。实验4点开始，都看过操作说明了吧? 好。请大家注意如下几点：第一，注意安全;第二，不要急于完成，慢慢来，操作要正确。现在，把名字写在实验记录上，可以开始了。如果有问题，请找我。
author n. 作家，创造者;v. 创造，写作
例：Dickens is his favorite author. 狄更斯是他最喜欢的作家。As the author of the scheme, I can’t really comment. 作为方案的设计者，我是不便置评的。
听力扩展：
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，一位书商拜访了一位著名作家并大加赞赏了他最近出版的流行小说。“你写的小说太了不起了啊，”书商说道：“我两个星期卖书就挣了2万元。”“你挣了这么多钱啊”，作者说：“你要知道，我花了二十年写书，才挣了2万元 。”【注】compliment v. 称赞，褒扬;remarkable a. 不平凡的，非凡的
avoid v. 避开，躲开，避免
例：I avoided him as much as possible. 我尽量避开他。She braked suddenly and avoided an accident. 她紧急刹车，避免了一场车祸。搭配：avoid doing sth. 避开做某事：He avoided answering my questions. 他避而不答我的问题。avoid sb.(sth.)like the plague极力回避：Hes been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel. 吵架以后，他一直如避蛇蝎似地躲着我。
behavio(u)r n. ①行为 ②(机器等的)运转状态
例：He was on his best behavior. 他表现极好。The aircraft’s behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight. 那架飞机在第一次试飞时运转情况令人满意。拓展：behave v. 行为表现，举动，举止
听力扩展： 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墙。他的举动被爸爸看见，爸爸感到不解。第二天晚上，儿子又醒来喝水，喝完后又痛苦地抓墙，正好又被爸爸看见，爸爸仍是十分疑惑。第三天晚上，爸爸寻思为什么儿子会有那样痛苦的举动呢，于是爸爸没等儿子起来就去儿子处喝水。结果，他也痛苦地抓墙，然后一直在说：“见鬼，为什么水会这么热!”【注】thermal a. 热的
business n. ①生意 ②事情
例：Mr. Jones is in the business of selling cars. 琼斯先生从事汽车销售。This is none of your business. 这与你不相干。搭配：on business 因公，因事：Tom was on business last week. 上周汤姆出差了。
听力扩展： 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.”一个年轻人的公司刚刚开张。他租用了漂亮的办公室，办公室内还摆放了古董作装饰。这天，年轻人看到一个人走进了办公室。为显示自己是个成功的老板，年轻人拿起电话假装正在谈大买卖。好不容易电话“打”完，挂上听筒，便问来访者：“您有事吗?”对方回答说：“有事。我是来开通电话的”。【注】antiques n. 古董;activate v. 激活，开通
challenge n. ①挑战 ②艰巨的事;v. ①要求 ②激发，刺激
例：He received a challenge to a TV debate. 他要参加电视辩论赛，这对他是一个挑战。I challenged him to show his proof. 我要他拿出证据。
听力扩展：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 highstress 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. 我已经做行政秘书五年了，开始是为一家贸易公司工作，现在是一家信托公司。我与同事、客户、管理人员和老板相处得非常好。我能应对挑战，而且在高压环境中也能工作很出色。我接受过计算机专业培训，能熟练操作诸如传真机和复印机等办公设施。【注】thrive on因……蓬勃发展;fax machine n. 传真机;duplicating machine n. 复印机
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