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1. parliament 

n.议会

词源：来自法语的动词parler，原义是“to speak”的意思；

由“parler”在法语中表示说话的意思，还派生出英文中的词汇比如：

parlour /'pɑ:lə/表示会客厅，parley /'pɑrli/表示会谈

上议院：the House of Lords

下议院：the House of Commons

The two houses meet in the Palace of Westminster which is commonly known as the Houses of Parliament.

The Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London, England.

特别注意：

parliament指的是英国等欧洲国家的议会，

在美国，立法机构是国会：Congress

众议院：the House of Representatives

众议员：house members

参议院：the Senate 

参议员：senators

全国人大：the National People's Congress (NPC)

2.erect 

 adj.竖直的，垂直的  

v.竖立，建立

词源：词根rect = straight, right表示“____”【听记1】

correct adj.正确的  cor + rect

rectangle n. 矩形   rect + angle

rectify v. 纠正，矫正 rect + ify

* rectify the problem 

erect：e + rect

Erect means "upright" or "build" If you erect a house, you build it. If you stand erect, you hold your body as tall as possible.

场景造句：

The guard stood erect with his arms by his sides

Stand with your head erect.  

When people erect something such as a building, bridge, or statue, they build it or create it.

It took us several hours to erect the tent. (erect = put up )

The church was erected more than 500 years ago.

3.accurate  

adj.  精确的

= correct to a very detailed level  

1）My watch is very accurate .

The great clock is very accurate.

Atomic clocks are the most accurate clocks on earth.

2）an accurate number 

accurate statistics

If the statistics are not accurate, we may make wrong decisions.

not accurate = inaccurate

Kevin found a website which gave an accurate description of each local restaurant.

4.Greenwich Observatory 格林尼治天文台

Greenwich Observatory 全称叫作：The Royal Observatory, Greenwich

注意：Observatory来自动词observe（观察，观测）

An observatory is a special building with a large telescope from which scientists watch things such as stars and planets.Greenwich Observatory played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation. And it is best known for the fact that the prime meridian passes through it, and thereby（由此） gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time.  

The Prime Meridian（Greenwich Meridian or Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every Time Zone. GMT is the standard time which is used to calculate the time in the rest of the world.

• Beijing is eight hours ahead of GMT.  

•New York is four hours behind GMT.   

5.check  

 v.检查，核查

1）To check means to examine something to see if it is correct, safe or acceptable

场景1：“Let me just check whether the sweet potatoes are done. ”

场景2：At the airport , the immigration officer checked our passports.  

场景3：You should check the accuracy of everything in your application form before submitting it.

区别：

check和examine都表示检查，都可以表示look at something carefully and thoroughly但是区别主要是___【听记2】

You check something in order to make sure that it is correct, safe, or working properly.

You examine something because you want to find out more about it

Experts carefully examined the wall painting to determine its meaning .

double-check   v./n

You should double-check the figures when writing an important report.

2）check在生活中常用意思是：____【听记3】

check in/into the hotel  

check out of the hotel.     

I checked in at Shanghai Pudong International airport for a flight to Chicago.

check (in) one’s baggage/luggage

After I had checked in my luggage, I wandered around the gift shops at the airport.

6. microphone 

n.

1）前缀：mirco- 微小的  

Microsoft

microscope     

microwave  n./v.  I will microwave the sandwich.

microeconomics n.  

注意：macro-  宏观的

macroeconomics  n.

2）词根；phon =sound声音

megaphone n.

telephone n.  

symphony n.

phonics n.    

听记答案 

1.直，正

2.目的不同，check是为确保一个东西没有问题；examine是为了发现更多的信息

3.登记