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1. 讲解词汇与搭配：sceptical     faith     weaken     property     annual     mount     表数量上升到...的搭配
2. 讲解forefather及其同义词的用法与复数形式     weaken引申讲解不及物动词和及物动词表示强度慢慢变弱的词汇与用法

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1.skeptical：怀疑的

a skeptical age：多疑的时代
类似：

• This is a critical age
• That was a traumatic age 留下创伤的

2.faith：信心

• put too much faith in ...
• have implicit faith in ...
  类似：
• trust (in ...),belief (in ...)
• confidence (in ...),reliance (on ...)

3.property

除表示“不动产”之外，还有quality or feature(属性之意)

4.annual：一年一次的

• biannual：一年两次的
• biennial：两年一次的
• triennial：三年一次的
• centennial：百年一次的
• millennial：千年一次的
• perennial：永久的

5.上升到...的搭配

• mount：v. go up ;ascend：登上，爬上

He mounted the steps to receive his award.

• mount to：到达某个数量值

The death toll mounted to 100.    死亡人数上升到100

• come to
• rise to
• increase to
• reach

6.forefather

同forebear,ancestor：祖先，祖宗

7.强度的减弱（weaken）:四个不及物，两个及物

• abate

The storm started to abate.

• ebb：本意是退潮 → ebb and flow：潮涨潮落

Our enthusiasm soon began to ebb.

• subside

The storm began to subside

• wane：本意是月亏 → wax and wane：月盈月亏

My enthusiasm was waning.

• dump/dumpen：本意是潮湿 → dump one's spirits/enthusiasm：打击某人的情绪