role n. ①角色 ②任務
　　例：She played the leading role in the school play. 她在學校戲劇演出中擔任主角。He denied any role in the robbery. 他否認曾參與這起搶劫案。搭配：play an important role 發揮重要作用：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school. 辦好一所學校，校長起重要作用。
　　聽力擴展： Learning English is just like driving a car. All you have to do is to practice and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Because the more mistakes you make, the quicker you can learn English well. Just take your time. I’m always glad to help and don’t forget that language is not about those words or grammar rules. Cultural background plays a vital role as well.學英語就像開車一樣。你需要做的就是練習，別怕犯錯誤。犯的錯誤越多，就越能快速學好英語。 別著急，我會幫你的。別忘了語言不僅僅是單詞加語法，文化背景也很重要?！咀ⅰ縱ital a. 重要的

　　social a. ①社會的 ②社交的，聯誼的
　　例：Opinions on various social problems differ from person to person. 人們對社會問題的看法不盡相同。George stayed out of the social life of the school. 喬治置身于該校社交生活之外。搭配：a social person合群的人：He isn’t a very social person. 他很不合群。拓展：sociable a. 隨和的

　　stress n. 壓力，重要性;v. ①強調 ②加壓力于，使緊張
　　例：Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations. 蘇珊被考試壓垮了。The weight of snow stressed the roof to the point of collapsing. 積雪壓得屋頂快要塌了。搭配：stress on sth. 強調：She plays great stress on punctuality, and regards it as very important. 她強調準時，認為這很重要。拓展：stressful a. 有壓力的
　　聽力擴展： Thank you for your interest. The position is still available. Have you already sent your resume to us? It is quite urgent for us to fill this position now. And I would like to stress that English is a must because of the international contacts and most likely traveling abroad very soon. If all this is not a problem for you, I recommend you to mention this in your resume.感謝你的關注。這個職位仍然空缺。你給我們公司發簡歷了嗎? 現在我們很需要人來做這個工作。我想強調的是英語很重要。因為我們需要處理國際業務，并且很快要去國外出差。如果語言不是問題，建議你在簡歷中注明這一點。【注】urgent a. 緊急的，急迫的

　　system n. 系統，制度，方法
　　例：They are devising a road system. 他們在設計道路系統。The present system of education needs to be improved. 目前的教育制度需要改進。搭配：get sth. out of one’s system (非正式)消除疲勞(或煩惱)：Yelling is an ace way of getting stress out of your system. 大聲叫喊是消除壓力的有效方法。

　　tend v. ①趨向，易于 ②照管，管理
　　例：Prices are tending upwards. 物價趨漲。A shepherd tended the sheep. 牧羊人照顧羊群。搭配：tend to 趨向，朝某方向：The wind is tending to the south. 風勢轉向南。拓展：tendency n. 傾向，趨勢
　　聽力擴展：We tend to assume that if we work hard and save money then one day we will end up wealthy. This is wishful thinking. We are more likely to end up with some modest but useful savings. If you want to accumulate serious wealth then there need to be a number of approaches and efforts.我們往往認為，如果我們努力工作，節省資金，最終總會富裕。然而，這只是一廂情愿。結果往往是我們有適度的存儲，且物有所用。如果你想積累大筆財富，那么還需要更多的方法和付出更大的努力?！咀ⅰ縜ccumulate v. 積累;approach n. 方法

　　view n. ①風景 ②看法，意見;v. 認為，考慮
　　例：She expresses the view that he is a fool. 她認為他是個傻瓜。We can view the problem in many ways. 我們可以從多方面來考慮這一問題。搭配：view on 對……的看法：What is your view on her resignation? 你對她的辭職有什么看法?have (keep) sth. in view 對某事有清晰的打算或計劃：Keep your career aims constantly in view. 要時刻牢記自己在事業上的目標。
　　聽力擴展：It’s not a very expensive apartment. It’s in the right area and it has everything that we are looking for. The rooms are quite large too. I love the balcony. We can sit outside and enjoy the sun in summer. We are on the 11th floor, so there’s a very nice view from the balcony. The neighborhood is nice too. There is a park nearby.這套公寓價格適中，位置好，符合我們的要求。房間很大。我特別喜歡它的露天陽臺，可以坐在外邊欣賞夏日的太陽。公寓在11層，陽臺上的風景很美。周圍環境也不錯，附近還有個公園。