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单词

monastery n 修道院 temple(和尚住的) mosque(伊斯兰教的清真寺)

monk 和尚 nun 修女/尼姑

church 教堂 cathedral 大教堂

St. saint n 圣徒

rashly adv 莽撞的

rash adj Dont make rash promises

reckless adj 鲁莽的 reckless driving

impulsive adj 冲动的 impulse n

enclosure n 围场/圈地

enclose v 包围 be enclosed by... be surrounded by... be besieged by...被军队包围

The garden was completely enclosed by a high wall.

privacy n 清静/隐私/个人自由

protect/respect/invade(侵略)sb's privacy private adj 私人的

短语

connect/link A with/to B join A to B

也可以表示抽象的联系 Theres no evidence to connect him with the murder 类似associate/relate A with B

at an altitude of sth

At 4807 meters,Mont Blanc is the highest peak of the Alps

地点的名字可以用of引出 the Aegean island of Kea /the famous monastery of St. Bernand

lie/stand 可以主动表示位于某个地方

cross the pass on foot/in cars (cross + 宾语 + 方式状语) walk across the pass/drive across the pass

fly across the English Channel 动词+across+宾语

environment-friendly（无害的）

bring...from 从...带来... /introduce...from...

now(that)conj.同时表示时间和原因

Now(that)you are a big boy you must behave better

tunnel n 隧道，地道 the Channel Tunnel

canal n 运河 the Panama canal

No matter + 疑问词 （无论...）只能用于让步状语从句.

Whatever project he works on is always successful==No matter what project he work on , it always successful

attempt/try/seek to do sth

使用某种交通工具的介词短语，by后直接加单数名词，但in后的名词要有人称和数的变化You can go to the airport in my car

keep:confine 把...关起来

quite adv. completely 完全，截然

The other side of the picture is quite the opposite

plunge v 跳到水中/下降到（drop）to/dive to...

increase/rise to... 上升到 rocket/soar to (飞速上升到)

drop by...下降了多少Centigrade/Celsius摄氏度

prefer A to/rather than B 更喜欢a不喜欢b I prefer mutton to beef

prefer to do rather than do I prefer to stand rather than sit down

would rather do than do 宁愿A也不要B

permit/allow sb to do/ give sb permisson to do

wander: to walk aimlessly=roam

regular 常客

a party of tourists/ a search party(小分队)group/bunch/crowd/band

on Christmas day在圣诞节那天 at Christmas在整个圣诞节期间

receive a warm welcome 得到，受到，遭到 receive + n