Vocabulary & Idiom
deserve vt. 值得;应得 The diligent workers deserve a pay rise .
diligent careful and using a lot of effort adj. 勤勉的;用功的
diligence n. 勤奋,勤勉
clerk
❀a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties 办事员
❀a hotel employee who welcomes the guests on arrival (旅馆)接待员
❀someone who sells things in a shop 售货员
recently ad. 最近,近来 = lately not long ago, or at a time that started not long ago
What happened to Ron ? I haven’t seen him recently .
supermarket n. 超级市场 a large shop which sells most types of food and other goods needed in the home, in which people take from shelves the things they want to buy and pay for them as they leave
superfine a. 特级的
supersize n. 超大型快餐;超码行李
groceries n. 食品杂货(常用复数) grocery ( store ) 食品杂货店
recall
vi. & vt. to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember 记得;回忆,回想起
I recognize him but I don’t recall his name .
As you may recall, she had a little sister who was five years old then.
grumble
❀to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way vi. 发牢骚,抱怨
Every time Sarah is frustrated , she grumbles .
She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job.
❀If your stomach grumbles, it makes a low continuous noise, usually because you are hungry.
befriend vt. 待之如友 to be friendly towards someone
befriend = make friends with = be friendly with = be friends with
The new employee is trying to befriend everyone at the office .
employee employer
fall fell fallen → become fall ill with + 疾病 = come down with + 疾病
to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious
I think I'm coming down with flu. influenza [,influ'enzə]
Flu:an infectious illness which is like a very bad cold, but which causes a fever
cancer a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death n. 癌
a cancer patient Second-hand smoke can also cause cancer .