absence n. 缺席

　　例：We thrive in the presence of nature and suffer in its absence. 有了大自然，我們就興盛;沒有大自然，我們就受苦。搭配： absence of mind 心不在焉;absence from 缺席;in the absence of 缺乏拓展：absent a. 缺席;absentee n. 缺勤者

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: Your face is very pale. What’s wrong with you?

　　B: I don’t feel myself today. I’m lacking of strength.

　　A: It’s too serious. Who drove you here?

　　B: My sister. At first, she wanted to take me to hospital. I refused.

　　A: Why? You are uncomfortable.

　　B:You know there is an important meeting this morning and my absence will make the manager unhappy.

　　A:Money is not everything.

　　B:OK. I will ask for leave and see the doctor this afternoon.

　　A：你的臉色很蒼白。怎么了?

　　B：我今天覺得不舒服，全身無力。

　　A：這么嚴重，是誰開車送你來的?

　　B：我妹妹，她一開始想帶我去醫(yī)院，我拒絕了。

　　A：為什么，你不舒服呀。

　　B：你知道早上有個很重要的會議要開，而且總經(jīng)理不喜歡有人無故缺席。

　　A：錢不是萬能啊。

　　B：好啦。我下午會請假去看醫(yī)生的。

　　absolute a. ①不受任何限制 ②絕對的，完全的 ③專制的

　　例：The power of the commander�瞚n�瞔hief was absolute. 總司令擁有全權(quán)。搭配：by absolute necessity 萬不得已 拓展：absoluteness n. 絕對，完全，無限制;absolutely ad. 絕對地，完全地

　　聽力擴展：

　　Student: I don’t think I deserve an absolute zero.

　　Professor: Neither do I, but it is the lowest mark that I am allowed to give.

　　學(xué)生：我認為我不應(yīng)該得零分。

　　教授：我也這么認為，但這是允許我打的最低分數(shù)。

　　abstract a. 抽象的;n. 摘要，概要;v. 抽取，分離

　　例：The research shows that pre�瞫chool children are capable of thinking in abstract terms. 研究表明，學(xué)齡前兒童具有抽象思維的能力。搭配：in the abstract抽象地，理論上

　　聽力擴展：

　　W: I really like those abstract paintings we saw yesterday. What do you think?

　　M:I guess it’s something I haven�餿 acquired a taste for yet.

　　女：我很喜歡昨天那些抽象畫，你喜歡嗎?

　　男：我欣賞不了。

　　abundant a. 豐富的，充裕的

　　例：Our abundant resources and stable policy provide foreigners with the advantages they invest here. 豐富的資源和穩(wěn)定的政策為外商投資提供了有利條件。拓展：abundance n. 大量，充足;abundantly ad. 豐富地

　　聽力擴展：

　　A:I love Chinese food, you know. All the Chinese food outside China is different between what you’ve got right here.

　　B:Yea? What’s the difference?

　　A:Well, it is more like Cantonese food, Hongkong food, or Taiwanese food, and I’ve never seen some dishes of foreign Chinese food in China.

　　B：Yeah, Chinese food has abundant flavor. Let’s enjoy our lunch.

　　A：你知道，我愛吃中餐。中國境外的中餐跟你們吃的不一樣。

　　B：是嗎?有什么不同?

　　A：嗯，國外的中餐更像是廣東菜、香港菜或者是臺灣菜。并且，有些國外的中餐我在中國從來都沒看見過。

　　B：對，中餐口味極豐富。來，讓我們享受午餐吧。

　　abuse n. ①濫用，妄用 ②惡言，辱罵;v. ①濫用，妄用 ②辱罵，毀謗

　　例：I’m afraid the position is open to abuse. 恐怕這個職位容易讓人濫用職權(quán)。拓展：abuser n. ①施虐者 ②濫用者

　　聽力擴展：

　　Mr. Brown was brought to a court. The judge asked him, “Do you often call your dog Smith and often say to it ‘Hey, Smith, you scoundrel!’? You have obviously abused Mr. Smith, your neighbor. Do you admit that?” “Well, you have done me wrong, sir.” Brown protested, “What I have done is only to abuse my dog.”布朗先生被帶上法庭。法官問：“是不是給你的狗起名叫史密斯，經(jīng)常說‘史密斯，你這個無賴?’你這是辱罵你的鄰居史密斯先生，你知錯嗎?”“法官大人，我覺得您誤會了，”布朗抗議說：“我只是在罵我的狗。”【注】scoundrel n. 無賴

　　academy n. ①學(xué)院，學(xué)會 ②中等學(xué)校，�？圃盒�

　　例：I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday. 我昨天參觀了中國科學(xué)院。拓展：academic a. 教學(xué)的，學(xué)術(shù)的;academician n. 院士學(xué)會會員

　　聽力擴展：

　　A young lawyer had just won his first case. When he got home, he said to his father, an old lawyer, “Father, do you remember that endless case you handled? It only took me one month to end it. Look, I have got the pay for it. Well, I don�餿 understand why it took you so long a time and still you couldn�餿 settle it.”

　　“My child, do you know how I had afforded your study in the law academy?”

　　有個年輕的律師贏了第一場官司。他父親是名老律師。回到家，他對老父親說：“爸，你還記得你一直拖著也處理不完的案子嗎?我用了一個月就搞定了。你看，我都拿到律師費了。我不明白怎么您花了那么長時間都沒解決?”