New Words:

horrible [ˈhɔːrəbl] adj.可怕的, 令人毛骨悚然的, 令人讨厌的

horrible,强调恐怖的、可怕的。主要强调心理感受,比terrible语气更强烈更加有感情色彩。
terrible,主要用作糟糕的、极坏的、糟透的。强调糟糕的程度。


Sample Sentences:

What horrible weather!
There was a horrible accident here yesterday.
That was not a wise decision, it was a horrible decision.


New Words:

kilometre [ˈkɪləˌmiːtə(r)] n. 千米, 公里
kilometer n.〈美〉千米, 公里
km 简写
kph = kilometres per hour


Sample Sentences:

The fire destroyed some 40,000 square kilometres of forest.
This new plane can reach a speed of 900 kilometres an hour.
On city roads we can only go as fast as 60 kilometres per hour, and on country roads it's 40.


夏日绝句
[宋]李清照

生当作人杰,死亦为鬼雄。
至今思项羽,不肯过江东。

译文
活着就要当人中的俊杰,死了也要做鬼中的英雄。
人们到现在还思念项羽,只因他不肯偷生回江东。

注释
人杰:人中的豪杰。
鬼雄:鬼中的英雄。
江东:项羽当初随叔父项梁起兵的地方。
项羽:秦末时自立为西楚霸王,与刘邦争夺天下,在垓下之战中,兵败自杀。

New Words:

kilogram [ˈkɪləɡræm] n. 千克; 公斤
kilogramme [ˈkɪləʊgræm] [英] 同 kilogram
kilo [ˈkiːloʊ] 同 kilogram
gram [ɡræm] n. 克


Sample Sentences:

The baby weighs 8 kilos.
One kilogram equals 1000 grams.
How much is a kilogram of apples?
A football weighs about 400 grams.


weigh [weɪ] v. 称,称……的重量;重,有……重;

New Words:

cent [sent] n. 分
percent [pərˈsent] n. 百分比,百分之…


Sample Sentences:

I don't have a cent with me.
He had five dollars and thirty cents.
We have to keep track of every cent we spend.

Thirty percent of the farmland has been planted to oil crops.
Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.


New Words:

per [pɜr] prep. 每,每一


Sample Sentences:

The lunch is $3.50 per person.
Rooms cost £50 per person, per night.
These apples cost five yuan per kilogram.
How many words can you type per minute?
We could fly at 480 km per hour, avoiding traffic lights and busy roads.


kilogram n. [ˈkɪləɡræm] n. 千克; 公斤
kilo [ˈkiːloʊ] n.同 kilogram; 千克; 公斤