1.machinery n.机器,机关,结构
In the distance I could hear the chug of farm machinery.
离老远，我都能听到农机具的突突声。
2.semester n.半学年；一学期
A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.
每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程.
3.humorous adj.富于幽默的，诙谐的
John Lennon found time to publish two books of his humorous prose.
约翰·列侬抽时间出版了两本幽默散文。
humor n.幽默
McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
麦格拉思记得他不同寻常的幽默感和他古怪的一面。
be full of humor
充满幽默感
4.guidance n.指导；领导
The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
导航系统失灵，导弹未能命中目标。
5.comment n.评论，意见；注释
It was just a passing comment, he didn't go on about it.
那只是一笔带过的评论，他没有继续论述。
6.exhausted adj. 耗尽的，用完的
The ship's crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized.
这艘船上的船员现在都已精疲力竭，彻底丧失了信心。
7.mathematics n.数学
The degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.
该学位课程将为数学和统计学打下扎实的基础。
8.prospect n.展望；前景，前程
The prospect of easy profits has attracted the wrong kind of businessman.
轻松捞取利润的可能性吸引了一拨不良商人。
9.emerge v.浮现，形成
emerging market
新兴市场
emergency n.紧急情况，突然事件
They escaped through an emergency exit and called the police.
他们从紧急出口逃脱，并报了警。
10.chief n.领袖，长官，酋长 adj. 主要的，首位的
Mr Robert Washington, chief of our city's police force.
Robert Wahington 是我们市的警察局长。
11.missile n.发射物；导弹
missile strike
导弹袭击
12.fortune n.命运，运气；财产
He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune.
他的雄心太大，结果损失了自己大部分的财产。
13.recommend v.推荐，劝告，介绍
【常考搭配】： recommend for因…而称赞；推荐，荐举…接收（某种鼓励、职位等）
【真题例句】： In some cases, students may need to berecommended by their school or a teacher as part of the qualificationprocess.(2009.12)
在某些情况下，作为审核程序的一部分，学生需要所在的学校和老师的推荐。
【近义词辨析】：recommend,propose,suggest,prescribe
①recommend指向对方提出公开的建议或规劝。
②propose多指较正式地提出建议。
③suggest语气较委婉，指提出不成熟的建议或参见意见。
④prescribe多指医生开处方。
14.recommendation n.推荐，介绍；劝告
On O'Leary's recommendation, they started with tortellini.
在奥利里的推荐下，他们首先点了意大利饺子。

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