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1. hotadj.

口语中，Hot 都有哪些常见意思呢？

来听一段话：

It was a hot day.

I had been eating hot dogs for a week and I needed a change.

So I went to a hot pot restaurant and I loved the hot sauce there.

【注意，这里 hot= spicy】

At the hot pot restaurant, I saw many hot girls, who were talking about hot topics.

But when it came to a hot movie, two of the hot girls were arguing with each other. 【When it comes to ...当谈到...】

It seems that a hot girl often has a hot temper.

2. causev.

1)造成，引起v. = lead to.

To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen.

The boy has caused a lot of trouble.

He is such a troublemaker that he has caused his parents a lot of worry.

2) n. 原因：

Smoking is one of the major causes of death and disease.

The cause of the car accident is speeding.

特别注意: 介词的使用：

不要说 ‘the cause for something’而是 the cause of something.

而reason的用法是：the reason for something而不是 the reason of something

那这cause VS reason都有表示原因, 两个词有啥区别？

Generally,a cause produces an effect.

But a reason supports a decision or an opinion, and explains why something is done.

场景1：

The police are investigating the cause of the explosion.

场景2：Peter just quit his job at the bank.

The reason why he quit was (that) he didn’t like the job.

区别：

The cause of his decision to quit was the big mistake he made.

【因果关系 cause-effect relationship】

英文里，表示“因为”为啥是 because？

because来自于词组:“by cause”

值得注意的是：在美国非正式口语中

because常常被省略为 ’cause, 有时写成 ’coz

比如： I work hard, ’coz Ienjoy it.

3. accidentallyadv. 意外地，偶然地

来自名词：accident 意外

造句：

*When I was abroad, I bumped into an old friend accidentally

accidentally= unexpectedly = by chance / by accident.

I accidentally deleted an important file.

The fisherman accidentally discovered the Peach Blossom Land.

4. remains（正式用语）n.遗体，残骸

注意：remain做动词核心意思表示“留下”= to continue to exist or be left

The score is tied, with only one minute remaining.

remain也有“保持”的意思。

Michael Jordan remained calm at the last minute.

remains= things that remain

(1) 遗体，残骸 :

The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died.

The remains of the hero were kept in a crystal coffin.

The hunter found the remains of a tiger.

(2)残余，遗迹

There mains of something are the parts of it that are left after most of it has been taken away or destroyed.

the remains of ancient Rome

the remains of a meal

We are cleaning up the remains of the dinner.

5. solvev. 解决，解开

解决问题：Solve a problem

解答谜题：solve a puzzle

解开谜团：solve a mystery

为啥solve 表示解决？

词根：solv, solute = loosen 松开，散开

solve v. 解决，解开

solution n.　解决方案 the solution to the problem

Absolutely adj. 绝对的，完全的

【ab-away + solute=loosen】

He is absolutely right .

6. mysteryn. 迷

A mystery is something that is not understood.

Who created the universe remains a mystery.

How the ancient Egyptians managed to design and build the pyramids remains a mystery.

精彩句型： sth. is a mystery to me

比如：

How he managed to lose 30 pounds in a month is a mystery to me.

Mysterious adj. 神秘的

*I met a mysterious stranger

*I received a mysterious letter

Albert Einstein说：

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

It is the source of all true art and science.

7. snatchv. 抓住，抢夺

英文解释：to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent（猛烈的） movement

注意：snatch 这个动作的关键就是：__________【听记1】

想象一个场景：

An eagle swooped(俯冲) down and snatched up a fish from the water.

再比如：

A man snatched my cellphone from my hand and ran away.

注意：snatch 的引申用法：

I stayed up late last night so I need to snatch an hour’s sleep on the train.

8. spark n.

1) n. 火花 【东西燃烧时，或碰撞时产生的火星，火花】

A spark is a very small burning piece of material.

比如：

*We can see sparks fly up from the open fire. 火星从篝火中飞出

*Electric sparks from a broken wire can start a fire.

2）表示“引发”

A small cigarette end may spark a big fire.

注意：精彩的引申义：

Reading science fiction sparks people’s imagination and curiosity.

This course has sparked my interest in English.

From a little spark may burst a flame.

【听记答案】

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