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Lesson 11
第11課
Part 1
第一部分
Abode
n.住處
The woodcutter's abode is a house in the forest.
伐木者的住所在森林。
Annual
adj.一年一次的
The company allows us an annual vacation of two weeks.
公司允許兩周年假。
Coax
v.誘哄
The mother coaxed the boy to take the medicine, but he refused to take it.
母親誘哄孩子吃藥，但他拒絕吃。
Colleague
n.同事
The teacher's colleagues taught his classes while he was ill.
老師的同事帶病上課。
Dispense
v.分配
The Red Cross dispensed food and clothing to the flood victims.
紅十字會向洪水遇難者分發食物和衣服。
Gingerly
adv.極度小心；謹慎的
In the darkness, he turned to the left, stepping gingerly.
在黑夜里，他轉向左，慢慢踱步。
Hug
v.抱緊
The mother hugged her lost child and kissed him.
母親擁吻失而復得的孩子。
Humiliate
v.使丟臉
The boys humiliated their parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
孩子在客人面前表現糟糕，讓父母丟了顏面。
Obstruct
v.阻隔；遮斷
The mountain roads were obstructed by falling rocks.
山路被墜落的巖石阻塞。
Overthrow
v.推翻
The government was overthrown.
政府被推翻了。
Recapture
v.收復
The soldiers recaptured the city lost to the enemy.
士兵重新收復了失地。
Slim
adj.細長的
He is very slim, being six feet tall and weighting only 130 pounds.
他非常纖細，高六英尺，體重僅130磅。
Vicinity
n. 1.附近 2.接近
There are no houses for sale in this vicinity.
附近沒有可銷售的住房。
The vicinity of the apartment to his office is an advantage on rainy days.
他緊鄰辦公樓，下雨天非常便捷。
Part 2
第二部分
Arctic
n.北極地區
The Arctic has an extremely cold winter.
北極天氣寒冷。
Attic
n.閣樓；頂樓
We store trunks in the attic of the house.
我們在房屋閣樓儲存樹干。
Diminish
v.減少
Poor crops so diminished the food supply that people were starving.
收成銳減，食品供應短缺讓人們挨餓。
Dishonest
adj.不誠實的
A person who lies, cheats, or steals is dishonest.
說謊欺騙或偷盜是不誠實的表現。
Drunken
adj.醉的
The noisy drunken man on the street was soon arrested by the police.
吵鬧的醉鬼被警方帶走。
Foe
n.敵人
The person who holds ill feelings against you is your foe.
對你有敵意的人是你的敵人。
Foresee
v.預知
He foresaw that his journey would be delayed by bad weather.
他預測他的行程會因天氣推遲。
Jolly
adj.愉快的
Everyone at the party was very jolly, and didn't want to leave the party.
派對上的人都很開心，都不愿意走。
Maximum
n.最大量
Sixteen miles in a day was the maximum distance we could walk.
每天16英里是我們可以行走的最長距離。
Mistress
n.女主人
She felt she was no longer mistress in her own house when her husband's mother came to stay.
岳母來家里居住，她不再認為自己是女主人。
Prefix
n. 前綴詞綴
Under in underline, dis in disappear, and pre in prepaid are prefixes.
underline中的under，disappear中的dis，prepaid中的pre，這些都是前綴。
Relax
v.松懈；放松
Discipline cannot be relaxed until the last day of school has passed.
在暑期到來之前，規章制度不可松懈。
Superficial
adj.膚淺
The speaker had only a superficial knowledge of the subject.
發言人對這個話題略知一二。
