重点单词详析：（1）plain【原句回放】A plain is a large area of flat low ground. 平原就是大片的低矮平地。
【点拨】plain n. 平原；草原；adj. 清楚的；明白的；简单的；朴素的；单纯的in plain English 用浅显的英语in plain clothes 衣着朴素；着便衣plain sailing 十分顺利；一帆风顺Have you been to the Great Plains of the US?你曾经去过美国的大平原吗？He made it plain that he did not like me.他很坦白地说他不喜欢我。
She wore a plain brown dress.她穿了一件普通的棕色衣服。
He placed the paper in a plain envelope. 他把论文装进一个空白信封里。
（2）surround【原句回放】A lake is an area of water surrounded by land.一个湖泊就是被一片陆地包围的水域。
【点拨】surround v.围绕；环绕surround sb./sth. with sb./sth.使某人(某物)包围某人(某物)be surrounded by/with sth./sb. 被某物/某人所包围surround oneself with和……在一起;与……为伍West Lake is surrounded by/with willow trees.西湖被柳树环绕。
David loved to surround himself with young people.戴维很喜欢和年轻人在一起。
It took me weeks to get used to my new surroundings.我花了几星期的时间才适应了新环境。
【拓展】surrounding adj.周围的;附近的surroundings n.(pl.) 环境(同environment，着重指自然环境);周围的事物in the surrounding area 在周围地区the surrounding scenery 四周的景色（3）narrow【原句回放】The gorge narrows to 350 feet as the river rushes through the two-mile-high mountain. 江水在两公里高的峰峦间奔流，峡谷的最狭窄处只有350英尺。
【点拨】narrow adj. 狭窄的；窄小的；勉强的；刚刚好的；狭隘的；目光短浅的; v. 使窄小；变窄；缩小narrow down 减少；限制；缩小；变窄narrow...to... 把……局限在……之内There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall.床和墙之间只有一条窄缝。
He lost the race by the narrowest of margin.他因极小的差距在赛跑中落败。
She has a very narrow view of the world.她对世界的认识是非常狭隘的。
We need to narrow the health divide between the rich and the poor.我们需要缩小穷人和富人的健康差距。
【拓展】narrowminded adj. 气量小的；狭隘的narrowish adj. 有些狭窄的narrowly adv. 狭窄地；勉强地；好容易(才)（4）forbid【原句回放】Swimming from the boat is forbidden. 禁止下船游泳。
【点拨】forbid(forbade, forbidden, forbidding) vt. 禁止,阻止;不许;使避免发生，反义词为allow, permit；forbid (one’s) doing sth.禁止(某人)做某事forbid sb. to do sth.禁止某人做某事forbid sb. sth.禁止某人某事Swimming from the boat is forbidden. 禁止下船游泳。
He was forbidden to leave the base as a punishment.作为惩罚,他被禁止离开基地。
The new law forbids smoking in offices.新法律禁止在办公室抽烟。
He was in poor health, so the doctor forbade him to drink wine.他健康状况不好,因此,医生禁止他喝酒。
【拓展】forbid后跟动词时要用动词的-ing形式,而“禁止某人做某事”应用forbid sb. to do sth.,有类似用法的还有：allow, encourage, advise, permit等。
它们既可用于allow/ encourage/ advise/ permit sb. to do sth.,也可用于allow/ encourage/ advise/permit doing sth.。
forbiddance n. 禁止forbidding adj. 可怕的;令人难亲近的forbidden adj.禁止的;严禁的the Forbidden City紫禁城（5）view【原句回放】He always chooses a postcard with a beautiful view ,and sticks on an interesting stamp.他总是选一张有美丽风景的明信片,并贴上一张有趣的邮票。
【点拨】view n .风景；(个人的)看法; v.把……视为; 看；观看take the view that... 持有……观点on a long view 从长远看come into view 看得见in one’s view 依照……的见解in view of 鉴于;考虑到with the view of 有……的目的view...as... 把……看作……In my view, it was a waste of time.我认为这是浪费时间。
Conflict is viewed as an inevitable part of the child-parent relationships.冲突被视为子女与父母之间不可避免的一部分。
【拓展】viewer n. 电视观众；观看者（6）spot【点拨】spot vt. 发现，认出，点缀；n.斑点，污点，地点on the spot 当场，在现场，立即put sb. on the spot (故意)使某人处于难堪地位be spotted with... 满是……的斑点My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my composition.我父亲在我的作文中发现了好几个拼写错误。
I easily spotted him in the crowd because he was very tall.因为他个子非常高，我在人群中很容易就认出了他。
The policeman ran to the spot immediately.警察立即跑到了现场。
This is the very spot where the accident happened.这就是事故发生的地点。
This problem was solved on the spot.问题被当场解决。
（7）meet【原句回放】The shore is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake. 岸指陆地与海或湖接触的地方。
【点拨】meet vt.& vi. 相遇；相识；开会；接触（某物）；vt.满足；迎接；经历（常指不愉快的事）；n. 运动会，体育比赛He’s the kindest and sincerest person I’ve ever met. 他是我所见过的最友善、最真诚的人。
We could meet for a drink after work. 下班后我们可以见面喝上一杯。
Lili and my father met me off the boat... 莉莉和我父亲在码头迎接我。
How can we meet the increasing energy needs?怎样才能满足日益增长的能源需求呢？【拓展】meet往往表示双方从相反或不同的方向相对而行，宾语通常是人或人格化的事物。
meet with有“遭受，经历”的含义，其后多接抽象名词（如accident, difference, difficulty, misfortune, opposition）等。
meet with还有“会见”的意思，可以与meet互换。
We hope today’s offer will meet with your approval too...我们希望今天的提议也能够得到您的首肯。
（8）send【原句回放】And everywhere he goes, he sends himself a postcard.每到一处他都会给自己寄一张明信片。
【点拨】send可用作使役动词，使……处于，使……变成。
The noise will send us mad.这噪音会使我们发疯。
send用作及物动词时，接名词或代词作宾语；也可以接双宾语，间接宾语可以转换为介词to的宾语；也可以接复合宾语。
用作不及物动词时，多接动词不定式作目的状语。
I sent a copy to the minister for transport.我给交通部长发送了一份副本。
I’m trying to send an SMS. 我正在发短信。
All persons arriving without passports are sent back.所有没有护照的人都被遣返。
注意：send指“派去”；send for指“派人去请来”。
Why not send a doctor?为什么不派个医生去？Why not send for a doctor?为什么不派人请个医生来？（9）latest【原句回放】His latest one, from the Malvinas islands, reads Good fishing.他最新的明信片发自马尔维纳斯群岛，上面写着“渔业丰收”字样。