1.
colourful [ `kQlEfJl ]adj. 富有情趣的,富有特色的 =bright,
gay, exciting, vivid
e.g.
Her hope is to lead a colourful life.
她的愿望是过一种多姿多彩的生活。
2.
tourist [5tJErIst]
n. 旅游者 =traveler
e.g.
London is full of tourists in summer.
伦敦在夏季有很多观光客。
3.
leisure[5leVE(r)]
n. 闲暇,空闲 =spare
time
e.g.
She has no leisure for sport.
她没有空闲做运动。
4.
tray[treI] n.
托盘 =flat piece of wood, metal, etc
with raised edges for holding light articles
e.g.
She is holding a tea tray in her hand.
她手里拿着个茶盘。
5.
customer [5kQstEmE]n.
顾客 =person who
buys things
e.g.
Mr. Smith has lost some of his best customers.
史密斯先生已丧失了一部分最好的顾客。
6.
stout[staJt] adj.
发胖的 =rather fat
e.g.
She’s growing too stout to walk far.
她胖起来了,不能走远路。
7.
untidy [Qn5taIdI]adj.
不修边幅的 =in disorder,
slovenly
e.g.
Professor Black is famous for his untidy
appearance.
布莱克教授以外表不修边幅而著称。
8.
graceful[5^reIsfJl]
adj. 优美动人 =having
or showing grace
e.g.
She is a graceful dancer.
她是位优美的舞者。
9.
foreigner[5fRrEnE]
n. 外国人 =person from,
living in, or born in a foreign country
e.g.
We could see few foreigners 20 years
ago.
二十年前我们还看不到多少外国人。
10.
dependent[dI5pendEnt]adj. 依靠的,依赖的 =depending
e.g.
The man was out of work and dependent
on his son’s earnings.
那人失业了,依赖他儿子的收入过活。
11.
prospect [5prRspekt]n.
前景 =sth expected,
hoped for, looked forward to
e.g.
The manager held out bright prospects
to me if I would accept the position.
如果我愿意接受那个职位,经理答应给我光明的前途。
12.
object (to) [Eb5dVekt]
vi. 反对 =say that
one is not in favour of sth, be opposed (to)
e.g.
He stood up and objected in strong language.
他站起来以强烈的言词抗议。
13.
romance[rEJ5mAns]n.
罗曼史,爱情故事 =love
story
e.g.
He told his romance so many times that
everyone got bored.
他如此多次地讲述他的罗曼史使每个人都很厌倦。
14.
allowance[E5laJEns]
n. 零用钱;津贴 =sum of
money allowed to sb
e.g.
The Director has an entertainment allowance.
董事有一笔交际费。
15.
slip[slIp] n.
纸条 =narrow strip of paper
e.g.
He couldn’t find the slip on which he
wrote the telephone number.
他找不到写着电话号码的那张纸条了。
16.
loan[lEJn] n.
借款 =sth lent, esp a sum of money
e.g. Owing to large sum of domestic and foreign loans,
the company went bankrupt.
由于有大量的内债和外债,这个公司破产了。
17.
youthful[5ju:WfJl]
adj. 年轻的,有青春活力的 =young,
having the qualities, etc, of young people
e.g.
Although in her middle ages, Linda has a youthful
appearance.
尽管人到中年,琳达却有着青春的外貌。
18.
countryman[5kQntrImEn] n. 本国人 =person of
one’s own country
e.g.
He called on his countrymen to fight
the invaders.
他号召同胞去与侵略者战斗。
19.
exclaim[Iks5kleIm]
vt. 大声说出;呼喊 =cry
out suddenly and loudly from pain, anger, surprise, etc
e.g.
“What!” he exclaimed, “Are you leaving
without me?”
“什么!”他喊道,“你要丢下我离去吗?”
20.
resume[rI5zju:m]
vt. 继续,重新开始 =go on
after stopping for a time
e.g.
He resumed his work after lunch.
午饭后他继续工作。

1.
show somebody around 带领…参观(某地)
e.g.
The guide showed us around the old castle.
向导带我们去参观古堡。
2.
by the way 顺便说说
e.g.
By the way, do you intend going to the
flower show next Wednesday?
顺便问一句,你下周三想去看花展吗?
3.
object to 反对
e.g.
I object to being treated like a child.
我反对被当作小孩看待。
4.
cut off 中断,停止
e.g.
They have cut off our water supply temporarily
because they are repairing one of the main pipes.
他们暂时停止我们的供水因为他们在修理一个主要管道。
5.
show up 到场,露面
e.g.
She must have gone out early, for she had not shown
up for breakfast.
她一定很早就出门了,因为她早饭都没有露面。
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