• gain: 1. 得到;获得,赢得(战争、诉讼等) Our army gained the battle. 我们的军队赢得了那场战役。 2增加,增添 I gained five pounds in a week. 我一个星期体重增加了五磅。 risk: n. 1. 危险,风险 (+of) He saved my life at the risk of losing his own. 他冒着生命危险救了我的性命。 vt. 1. 冒...的风险 +v-ing They risked losing their jobs. 他们冒着失去工作的风险。 turn …into: 转变, （使）成为 Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person. 她的痛苦经历使她变成了一个更坚强的人。
situation: n. 1. 处境,境遇; 形式 , ; He is in a difficult situation. 他处境困难。 The economic situation is now different. 现在经济形势不同了。 2. (建筑物等的)位置;地点;环境 The house has a beautiful situation on a hill. 房子坐落在小山上,环境优美。 • sheet: n. 1. 床单 My mother changes the sheets every week. 我妈妈每周换床单。 2. (纸等的)一张,薄板,薄片[(+of)] She wrote her name and address on a sheet of paper. 她把名字和地址写在一张纸上。 • asking for: 要求，请求 She asked me for a drink. 他要我给他一杯饮料。 •
“I want others to know that it’s OK to make mistakes,” she said, “that nothing can be gained without risk. Lot’s of people think other people do not make mistakes. It’s not true. Everyone makes mistakes. But you can turn those mistakes into a big step toward your success.”
At Sunday’s graduation, Su-Kyeong Kim will speak to the 385members of her class. This might seem like a dream to a girl like her. Kim hardly spoke a word of English when she first arrived in the USA four years ago. But now, her dream has become a reality.
Kim first saw the need for the book when she began helping Korean students at her school after they had just arrived in the country. She knew they were having the same troubles that she had experienced.
• experience: n. 1. 经验,体验[U][(+of/in)] She had no experience of life at all. 她毫无生活经验。 2. 经历,阅历[C] Please tell us about your experiences in Africa. 请跟我们谈谈你在非洲的经历。 V.1. 经历;体验 The city experienced over 2,000 such incidents last year. 去年这座城市发生过二千次以上这类事件。 2. 感受;遭受 He experienced a pang of sadness. 他感到一阵悲痛。 adj. experienced:有经验的;老练的;熟练的[(+in/at)] He is very experienced in/at repairing cars. 他修车很有经验。
• reality: n. 1. 现实;真实的事物 He is out of touch with reality. 他脱离现实。 2. 真实，实在 In reality, he helped them; he was not trying to make life difficult for them at all. 实际上，他帮助了他们；他根本就不想要他们生活艰辛。
within: prep. 1. 在...范围内;不超过 They finished the house within half a year. 他们在半年内盖好了这幢房屋。 2. 在...里面,在...内部 He kept within doors all day yesterday. 他昨儿整天呆在屋里。 • manage: 1. 管理;经营;处理 He manages a hotel for his father. 他替他父亲经营一家旅馆。 2. 设法做到;勉力完成[+to-v] How did you manage to get their approval? 你怎么得到他们的同意的? • awards vt. 1. 授予,给予[(+to)][O1] Phil was awarded the top prize. 菲尔获得头奖。 2. 判给[(+to)][O1] The judge awarded him $1000 as damages. 法官判给他损害赔偿金一千元。 n. 1. 奖,奖品;奖状，奖金 The novel earned him a literary award. 这部长篇小说为他赢得文学奖。 I worked very hard as an English teacher, and won many teaching awards. 作为一个英语教师，我工作非常努力，获得了许多项years old when she first arrived. Within four years, though, she has managed to become so fluent in English that she doesn’t even have a foreign accent! she has won many awards, and has even written a book about her experiences in learning English.
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In the book, Kim writes about her “terrible” situations: a taxi driver left her and her mother in a dark parking lot at midnight because they had not been able to give the driver the right address in English; she gave the wrong pronunciation of the word “sheet” in asking for a piece of paper, and her teacher thought that she had said a rude word; she heard a girl say “Do you mind if I sit with you?” and she answered “Yes!” loudly.
• embarrass: vt. 使窘;使不好意思,使局促不安(+with/by) Arthur seemed embarrassed by the question. 亚瑟似乎被这个问题弄得有些窘迫。 adj. embarrassed: 窘的,尴尬的 • interview: n. 1. 接见,会见 He asked for an interview with the president. 他要求与校长会晤。 2. (记者的)采访,访谈;访谈录; 面谈,面试 Don't be late for your interview, or you won't get the job. 面试不要迟到,否则你就得不到工作了。 vt. 1. 接见,会见;访问,采访 We are now going to interview the Minister of Education. 我们现在就去采访教育部长。 2. 对...进行面谈,面试 She has interviewed most of the applicants for the job. 她已和大部分申请这份工作的人面谈过。 interviewee被采访人 ,被调査者 interviewer采访人,调査员 • everyone是一个词，只用来指人，等于 everybody，在它后面不能跟介词of； every one是两个词， 既可用来指人，也可用来指物，等于each one， Not everyone（everybody）in the USA is rich.在美国并不是人人都富裕。 Every one of the children likes this game. 每个孩子都喜欢这个游戏。 • success: 成功;成就;胜利 successful:成功的;结果圆满的;胜利的 succeed:成功,办妥;获得成效
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“you think you are the only person feeling embarrassed when making mistakes,” she said when we interviewed her, “but everyone does it.” she calls her book Looking for Trouble. It means that the road to success in learning a second language can be difficult.