Ⅱ.單詞簡析

1) Promotion: an increase in pay and responsibility at work

提拔，晉升：工作中薪水和職責的增加

ex:The general manager said that my new job was a promotion but he would not offer me more money!

總經理說我的新工作是一次升職，可他不給我加薪！

2) Rut: a track worn by a wheel, a groove in which something runs

車撤，溝，槽：車輪壓出的痕跡，某物在里面運轉的溝槽

ex:At the front of my house is a rut worn by my bicycle wheel.

我的屋前是一條我的自行車輪胎軋出的車轍。

3) Grave: large hole in the ground for a coffin

墳墓：地底下存放棺材很大的洞

ex:My parents went shopping for their grave last weekend - I hope they don’t need it soon.

上周我的父母去購買他們的墓穴－但愿他們近期內不需要它。

4) Positive: good, the opposite of negative

正面的，肯定的：好的，負面的反面

ex:Everyone said positive things about my new necktie - so it must be very good.

每個人都對我的新領帶表示肯定－那么它一定很不錯。