role n. ①角色 ②任务
　　例：She played the leading role in the school play. 她在学校戏剧演出中担任主角。He denied any role in the robbery. 他否认曾参与这起抢劫案。搭配：play an important role 发挥重要作用：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school. 办好一所学校，校长起重要作用。
　　听力扩展： Learning English is just like driving a car. All you have to do is to practice and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Because the more mistakes you make, the quicker you can learn English well. Just take your time. I’m always glad to help and don’t forget that language is not about those words or grammar rules. Cultural background plays a vital role as well.学英语就像开车一样。你需要做的就是练习，别怕犯错误。犯的错误越多，就越能快速学好英语。 别着急，我会帮你的。别忘了语言不仅仅是单词加语法，文化背景也很重要。【注】vital a. 重要的

　　social a. ①社会的 ②社交的，联谊的
　　例：Opinions on various social problems differ from person to person. 人们对社会问题的看法不尽相同。George stayed out of the social life of the school. 乔治置身于该校社交生活之外。搭配：a social person合群的人：He isn’t a very social person. 他很不合群。拓展：sociable a. 随和的

　　stress n. 压力，重要性;v. ①强调 ②加压力于，使紧张
　　例：Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations. 苏珊被考试压垮了。The weight of snow stressed the roof to the point of collapsing. 积雪压得屋顶快要塌了。搭配：stress on sth. 强调：She plays great stress on punctuality, and regards it as very important. 她强调准时，认为这很重要。拓展：stressful a. 有压力的
　　听力扩展： Thank you for your interest. The position is still available. Have you already sent your resume to us? It is quite urgent for us to fill this position now. And I would like to stress that English is a must because of the international contacts and most likely traveling abroad very soon. If all this is not a problem for you, I recommend you to mention this in your resume.感谢你的关注。这个职位仍然空缺。你给我们公司发简历了吗? 现在我们很需要人来做这个工作。我想强调的是英语很重要。因为我们需要处理国际业务，并且很快要去国外出差。如果语言不是问题，建议你在简历中注明这一点。【注】urgent a. 紧急的，急迫的

　　system n. 系统，制度，方法
　　例：They are devising a road system. 他们在设计道路系统。The present system of education needs to be improved. 目前的教育制度需要改进。搭配：get sth. out of one’s system (非正式)消除疲劳(或烦恼)：Yelling is an ace way of getting stress out of your system. 大声叫喊是消除压力的有效方法。

　　tend v. ①趋向，易于 ②照管，管理
　　例：Prices are tending upwards. 物价趋涨。A shepherd tended the sheep. 牧羊人照顾羊群。搭配：tend to 趋向，朝某方向：The wind is tending to the south. 风势转向南。拓展：tendency n. 倾向，趋势
　　听力扩展：We tend to assume that if we work hard and save money then one day we will end up wealthy. This is wishful thinking. We are more likely to end up with some modest but useful savings. If you want to accumulate serious wealth then there need to be a number of approaches and efforts.我们往往认为，如果我们努力工作，节省资金，最终总会富裕。然而，这只是一厢情愿。结果往往是我们有适度的存储，且物有所用。如果你想积累大笔财富，那么还需要更多的方法和付出更大的努力。【注】accumulate v. 积累;approach n. 方法

　　view n. ①风景 ②看法，意见;v. 认为，考虑
　　例：She expresses the view that he is a fool. 她认为他是个傻瓜。We can view the problem in many ways. 我们可以从多方面来考虑这一问题。搭配：view on 对……的看法：What is your view on her resignation? 你对她的辞职有什么看法?have (keep) sth. in view 对某事有清晰的打算或计划：Keep your career aims constantly in view. 要时刻牢记自己在事业上的目标。
　　听力扩展：It’s not a very expensive apartment. It’s in the right area and it has everything that we are looking for. The rooms are quite large too. I love the balcony. We can sit outside and enjoy the sun in summer. We are on the 11th floor, so there’s a very nice view from the balcony. The neighborhood is nice too. There is a park nearby.这套公寓价格适中，位置好，符合我们的要求。房间很大。我特别喜欢它的露天阳台，可以坐在外边欣赏夏日的太阳。公寓在11层，阳台上的风景很美。周围环境也不错，附近还有个公园。