詞匯精講：

WardN.

Exp. person, esp a child, who is under the care of a guardian or the protection of a lawcourt

由監護人或法院保護的人（尤指兒童）

Eg. She invested the money on behalf of her ward. 她代表受她監護的人投資。

Eg. The child was made a ward of court. 那個孩子由法院監護。

BelongVi.

Usage:~ to sb

Exp. be the property of sb 為某人之財物; 屬于

Eg. These books belong to me. 這些書是我的。

Eg. Whom does this belong to? 這是誰的?

BlessVt.

Exp. ask God's favour and protection for (sb/sth) 求神賜福于；求神保佑

Eg. They brought the children to Jesus and he blessed them. 他們把孩子們領到耶穌跟前, 耶穌就賜福予他們。

Eg. The Pope blessed the crowd. 教皇向人群祝福。

Eg. The priest blessed the harvest. 牧師祈求豐收。

HousekeeperN.

Exp. a person, usually a woman, whose job is to manage the shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc. in a house or institution 女管家，女主婦

Eg. The family was furious when the old man's entire possessions went to his housekeeper.

當這位老人的全部遺產都給了他的女管家時，全家人都氣瘋了。

Eg. I'm advertising like mad for a housekeeper or a maid, but they don't want to know, do they?

我拼命地登廣告征聘一個女管家或者女傭，可是她們存心不理睬這回事，是不是？

Eg. The housekeeper is a very picky woman. 這個家庭主婦是位特別愛挑剔的人。

ForgiveVt.

Usage:~ sth; ~ sb (for sth/doing sth)

Exp. stop being angry or bitter towards sb or about sth; stop blaming or wanting to punish sb 原諒; 寬恕; 饒恕

Eg. I forgave her a long time ago. 我早已原諒她了。

Eg. I cannot forgive myself for not seeing my mother before she died.

母親臨終前我未去看她, 為這件事我永遠不能原諒自己。

Eg. She forgave him his thoughtless remark. 她原諒了他說的輕率的話。

Distantadj.

Exp. (of people) not closely related（指人）遠親的

Eg. She is a distant cousin of mine. 她是我的遠房表妹。

Eg. He's a distant relative of the mayor. 他是市長的遠房親戚。

ConnectionN.

Usage:~s

Exp. relatives 親屬; 親戚

She is British but also has German connections. 她是英國人, 但也有一些德國親戚。

PresumeVi.

Usage:~ on sth

Exp. (fml 文) make a wrong use of sth; take unfair advantage of sth 不正當地利用某事物; 占某事物的便宜

Eg. She presumed on her father's generosity by borrowing money from him and not repaying it.

她利用父親的慷慨不斷向他借錢卻從不歸還。

HeavenU.C

Exp. place or state of very great happiness 極樂（世界）

Eg. She was in heaven when he kissed her. 他吻她時, 她飄飄欲仙了。

Eg. Sitting here with you is heaven. 跟你一起坐在這里, 其樂無窮。

Eg. If there's a heaven on earth, this is it! 人間若有天堂, 非此莫屬!

高頻短語深化記憶：

presume on：（不正當地）利用

Eg. presume on one's position 濫用職權

Eg. We certainly need the money,but,on the other hand,I do't want to presume upon your generosity.

我們確實需要這筆錢,但另一方面,我不想過份依靠你慷慨解囊。

Eg. John always presume on Mary's good nature to borrow money and never pay them back to her.

John總是利用某人的好心腸借錢但是從來不還。

句型活用：

1.There is a distant connection between A and B.某人和某人是遠房親戚的關系。

2.What an idea!多荒謬的想法呀！