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  1. 讲解词汇和搭配：nor     boast of/about     nesting home     young     slip     passage     do sb. good     take omens from     medium     superstitous     wish sb. sth.     may sb. do     rounse     conclude that ...
  2. 介绍动词后面直接加not表否定的用法，引申讲解medium的单变复数形式

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1.nor

也不

2.boast of/about

吹嘘

3.nesting home

筑巢的家

4.young

有动物的幼崽之意。此时本身即为复数名词
the mother fox and her young

5.slip：滑动

I'll slip the letter under your door.
She slipped her arms through mine.

slip on the shoes : 穿上拖鞋 → slipper：拖鞋

6.the passage of time

时间的流逝

7.do sb. good=benefit sb.

I think a trip would do us all a lot of good.
引申：do sb. harm
The occasional piece of candy doesn't do you any harm.

do more harm than good：害多益少

8.take omens from：通过...来占卜吉凶

take omesn from cards
引申 → take sth. as omen for: 把前者看作后者的兆头

9.：祝某人怎么样

  • wish sb. sth.（+名词sth.） 
  • may sb. do  （+动词do）     
I wish you a splendid future.
May you have a splendid future.

10.激起某种情绪的表达

  • arounse：arounse anger
    引申 → wake,waken,awaken
His pallor awakened sympathy in me.
  • evoke（e(out)+voke(喊叫)） → 喊出来→唤起：evoke memories

provoke：向前喊→激起
revoke：喊回来→撤销

  • kindle：燃起    kindle anger
  • stir：搅拌    stir memories

11.介词后面直接加not可表否定

It tires not=It doesn't tire

Asked not what your country can do for you
=Don't ask what your country can do for you

12.单数→复数（um→a）

  • medium→media    媒体，媒介
  • datum→data    数据
  • stratum→strata    社会阶层
  • bacterium→bacteria    细菌
  • curriculum→curricula    课程

13.conclude

除了得出结论之外，还有结束之意：

  • conclude sth. (from sth.)    conclude that：得出结论
  • conclude sth. with sth.：用后者结束前者
  • conclude the rally with the national anthem
  • bring sth. to conclusion：使某事结束