Production 1.necessity [n1`sEs1tI] n. [U] [C] the condition of being needed 需要；必需品 There...

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1. necessitynecessity[] n. [U] [C] the condition of

being needed 需要；必需品 There is no necessity to

carry money. The store takes

credit cards. * There is no necessity to carry money. = It is not necessary to carry money.* credit card 信用卡

necessarynecessary

Water is a necessity of life.

People cannot live without it.

Food, air, and water are

necessary for life.

[] adj. 必要的；必需的

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2. followingfollowing[] adj. that comes after

下列的 You can pay in any of the

following ways: by cash, by

check, or by credit card. 用法

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3. inventorinventor[] n. [C] the first person to think of or make a useful thing

發明家 Gino Tsai of Taiwan is

the inventor of Razor

Scooter.

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inventinvent [] vt. 發明 Alexander Graham Bell

invented the telephone

in 1876. He changed

people’s life greatly. 詞類變化

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4. economyeconomy[] n. [C] a country’s system of producing and using its goods a

nd services 經濟

A weak economy affected all

the businesses in the

country.

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economiceconomic[] adj. 經濟（上）的，財政的 The country is in a bad

economic state. Many

people lose their jobs.

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5. collapsecollapse

[] vi. to fail; to fall down 崩潰；倒塌 Their coffee shop business

collapsed in the first year

because of poor service.

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Hundreds of houses

collapsed in the severe

earthquake. 詞類變化

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6. timestimes[] n. pl. a certain period in hist

ory 年頭；時代

In those difficult times,

people could hardly make

ends meet.

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* make (both) ends meet 使收支平衡

7. supportsupport[] vt. to provide money for (s

omeone) to live on 扶養 The man has a large family

to support, so he works very

hard. 詞類變化

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8. includeinclude[] vt. to put (something) in with something else

將…列入；將…加進 Mother included eggs on her

shopping list. 詞類變化

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9. electricityelectricity[] n. [U] a form of energy that provides heat, and power to w

ork machines, etc. 電

His electricity was cut off be

cause he didn’t pay his bill. 詞類變化

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10. companycompany[] n. [C] a business

公司

He owns a company that

makes sportswear.

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realreal[] adj. actually existing; true

現實的，真實的；真正的

His real name is William

Henry Gates, not Will Gates.

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woodwood[] n. [U] stuff of which trees are

made 木材；木頭 The climbers gathered

some wood to build a

fire to keep warm.

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* build a fire : make a fire 生火

woodenwooden

[] adj. 木製的

The wooden house was

burned down in the big fire.

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buttonbutton

[] n. [C] a small round piece to

hold clothing together 鈕扣

A button on my new shirt

came off. I have to sew it

back on.

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steepsteep[] adj. rising or falling quickly or at a large angle 陡峭的 After climbing up the steep hill, I could hardly catch my breath.

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* catch one’s breath 鬆一口氣* hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸* lose one’s breath 喘不過氣來* waste one’s breath 白費唇舌* save one’s breath 省省力氣

thickthick[] adj. difficult to see through

濃厚的 Thick smoke from the fire go

t into my eyes and I couldn’t

see anything.

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fogfog[] n. [C][U] a thick mist 大霧 London used to be known as the city of fog.

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* used to + 原形動詞 過去習慣* be known as 以…身分為人所知

foggyfoggy

[] adj. 有霧的，多霧的 We have to be more careful.

The foggy weather has made

driving conditions very

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reflectreflect[] vt. to throw back (light)

反射 The sailor couldn’t open his

eyes, because the water refle

cted the bright sunlight.

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sideside[] n. [C] an edge or border

（路的）邊緣 After walking for a long time,

I sat on the side of the road

to take a rest.

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reachreach[] vt. to get to; to arrive at 到達 When you reach the railroad station, just call me. I will pick you up.

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* reach = get to = arriveatin

* pick up He picked up the ash tray and put it on the table.( 拾起 ) I will pick you up at 7:00 tonight.( 接載 ) This car picks up speed with just a touch of the accelerator.( 增加速度 )

centercenter

[] n. [C] the middle 中央

The box is right in the center

of the room. You can’t miss

it.

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centralcentral

[] adj. 中央的，中心的 The old woman is very rich.

She lives in central London.

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21. creativecreative[] adj. able to make new thin

gs; inventive 有創意的

The writer is very creative,

and her books are loved by

children around the world. 詞類變化

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1. MonopolyMonopoly[] n. [U] the name of a fa

mous board game

( 商標 ) 大富翁遊戲

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2. Atlantic CityAtlantic City

n. [U] a city in so

utheast New Jersey

大西洋城

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3. tokentoken

n. [C] a small object to r

epresent a player in a game 棋子

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4. dicedice

n. [C] (pl. ～ ) a small plas

tic block with 1 to 6 dots on eac

h side, used in games of chanc

e 骰子

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5. cat’s-eye cat’s-eye reflectorreflector

n. [C] a shiny ro

ad marker 貓眼反光器，（道路的）反光裝置

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6. windingwinding

adj. turning; twisting

蜿蜒的，彎曲的

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7. YorkshireYorkshire

n. [U] a former county i

n east England 約克郡

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8. main roadmain road

n. [C] a large and imp

ortant road 幹道

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9. streetcar railsstreetcar rails

n. pl. metal line

s set in the road, on which a pu

blic vehicle (driven by electricit

y) runs 電車軌道

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1. out of workout of work

The salesman has been out

of work since the company

closed down.

without a job 失業

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2. make (both) ends meetmake (both) ends meet

The poor family eat instant

noodles in order to make

ends meet.

to have just enough money for one’s needs 使收支平衡，靠微薄的收入維生

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3. grow in one’s mindgrow in one’s mind

After she spoke with several

people, an idea for the plan

began to grow in her mind.

(for one) to have an idea

（念頭）逐漸形成

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4. cut…from…cut…from…

I will cut the picture from the

web page and e-mail it to

you.

to take...away from... 從…將…割／剪下

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5. at that very momentat that very moment

The earthquake struck at

11:47 last night. At that very

moment, I was taking a

shower.

right at that time 就在那個時候

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6. in the middle ofin the middle of

Yesterday a strange phone

call woke me up in the

middle of the night.

in the central part of 在…的中間

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