1.consult v.咨詢(to ask the advice or opinion of)；(with)商議(to confer)

聯想記憶：不顧侮辱(insutt)，不恥請教(consult)

例:The employees' job functions required them to consutt at least once a day with employees from other companies.

派生詞：consultant(n.顧問，咨詢者)；consulting(a．咨詢的)

2.consultant n.顧問(one who gives professional advice or services)；咨詢者(one who consutts another)

詞根記憶：來自consult(v.咨詢)

例:For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots.

派生詞：consultancy(n．咨詢工作)

同根詞：consultive(a．咨詢的)

3.consumption n．消耗（量）,消費（量）(the utilization of economic goods)

例:The annual number of fish caught for human consumptron has not increased.

4.contaminate v.污染(to pollute)；感染(to corrupt or infect by contact)

詞根記憶：con+tamin（接觸）+ate--接觸臟東西--污染

例:Dental researchers discovered that toothbrushes can be contaminated with bacteria.

派生詞：contaminant(n.污染物)

5.contamination n.污染，玷污；污染物(a state of being contaminated)

詞根記憶：來自contaminate(v.污染)

例:Extensive use of chemicals in numerous future full-scale solar ponds would lead to contaminalion of the Dead Sea, which now enjoys a lucrative tourist trade.

同根詞：contaminative(a．污損的)

6.contemplate v.沉思( to ponder)；打算，預期（to view as probable or as an intention)

聯想記憶：con+ templ(看作temple廟)+ate--在廟里打坐沉思--打算

例:After the date all actions contemplated in the treaty are to be complete.

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
困難只是穿上工作服的機遇。

——美國實業家凱澤(H.J.Kaiser, American businessman)