U2n. 董事会(on the board)；木板；甲板；膳食vt. 上（飞机、车、船等）；用板盖上(on board)；给提供膳宿vi. 寄宿My father and I only board here.Exercise: The old couple plans to _______some students from the university.adv. 令人信服地；可相信地；想得到地Eg. Conceivably, this might work-but what an outrageous gamble it would be.可以想象，这种做法可能会行得通，但它将是极大的赌博.The master claimed he had a book that contained everything one could conceivably know about god.大师声称，他有一本包罗人们所能想象到的关于上帝的书。

adj. 已故的n. 死者；[法]被继承人vi. 死亡（decease的过去式）Be deceased 已故They are counting for the deceased and missing.他们正在统计死亡和失踪人数。

adj. 行政的；经营的；执行的，经营管理的n. 经理；执行委员会；执行者；经理主管人员•可执行的；可实行的•遗嘱执行人的•n. 执行，实行；完成；死刑executive officer 行政主任，执行官president of the United States is the executive head of the government.美国总统是政府的行政首脑。

Exercise: All of our supplies are supposed to ensure prompt ________of orders.n. 阵容；一组人；电视节目时间表Lineup star 主打星Starting lineup 首发阵容Eg. This lineup helped turn around the club’s economic fortunes.这个阵容帮助扭转了俱乐部的经济状况。

adj. 讣告的；死亡的n. 讣告Obituary notice 讣告Eg. The phone rang in the obituary department of the local newspaper.地方报社负责刊登死亡讣告的部门的电话响了。

Martin was very shocked to see his best friend’s obituary in the newspaper.马丁在报纸上看到好友的讣告，感到非常震惊。

vt. 幸存；生还；幸免于；比...活得长vi. 幸存；活下来vt. 使成寡妇n. 寡妇；孀妇n.专心工作的人；醉心于工作的人；为免遭辞退而工作过分卖力的人。

adj.醉心于工作的Eg. At the time, I was somewhat of a workaholic, clocking in sixty–hour weeks.那时候的我，有点像一个工作狂，一周至少工作60个小时。

of因……死，死于；另可表示因内在感情而造成的死亡。

原文：It said that he died of coronary thrombosis.Compare: die of /die fromdie of 表示因内在感情造成的死亡或直接原因导致死亡die from表示间接原因造成的死亡，如环境污染或事故。

eg. We could die of grief.我们会因悲伤而死。

Up to half of all smokers will die from a tobacco-related disease.所有吸烟者中多达半数以上将死于一种与烟草有关的疾病。

one’s day off(A day when you are not required to work )原文：Sunday morning—on his day off—was fifty-one years old and a vice president. eg. If you cannot reach him, he is probably on his day off.如果你找不到他的话，他可能正在休假。

at 抓取；抓住不放原文：He was the one who tried to grab at his father.Grab at a straw 捞救命稻草Make a grab at sth 猛地去抓某物Grab power at every opportunity 维权是夺eg. He’d hated Faber for years and would grab at the opportunity to discredit him.他对费伯积怨多年，会抓住一切机会败坏他的名声，使他信誉扫地。

It is a really good chance and you should grab at it when it comes.这确实是一个不错的机会，你应该在机会来临的时候抓住它。

somebody in the eye 直视某人原文：The widow didn’t look him in the eye.eg. It is more polite to look someone in the eye when you are talking to her.当你与别人交谈的时候，看着对方的眼睛将会让人觉得你更有礼帽。

out 清理；澄清；改正原文：She should need him to straighten out the finances.eg. We must straighten out our accounts and see how much we owe each other.had no outside “extracurricular interests,”unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way.Unless是从属连词，引导条件状语从句，含有否定意义，相当于if条件状语从句的否定形式，unless=if not，unless引导的条件状语从句和if条件状语从句，与其他时间状语从句一样，用一般现在时代替将来时。

eg. Unless you take more care, you’ll have an accident.如果不多加小心的话，你会出事故的。

thought it was okay, though, because he didn’t smoke.区分though和although的用法比较正式。

语气强；though较常用。

可随意换用。

Though he was tired, he went on working.=Although he was tired, he went on working., although 引导的从句不能与but, however连用，但可与yet, still连用。

有时指假设情况，从句用虚拟语气，although不可以这样用。

He will never do such a thing though he (should) be forced to.即使强迫他，他也绝不会干这样的事。

引导的从句可用倒装语序，although不可以。

Young though she is, yet she is fit for the job.=Young as she is, she fit for the job.尽管她很年轻，可她还是胜任这份工作的。

real _____ __ __(precise), Miss Evans does not allow any slightest mistakes in her student’s composition.precisionistresigned for the reason that she couldn’t stand the __________ (compete) and unfriendliness in the office.competitiveness________ (marry) problems started soon after they adopted the child.maritalmovie is rated PG, so children under 15 who want to see it had better be ____________ (company) by their parents.accompaniedn. （西）午睡；午休vi. 午睡；午休Eg. While living here I’ve come to realize that siesta is essential to life, especially during the summer.当我住在这里的时候，我开始意识到午睡时极其重要的，特别是在炎炎夏日。

n. 闲暇；空闲；安逸adj. 空闲的；有闲的；业余的Eg. Allow yourself to have leisure time.允许自己有闲暇时间。

adj. 无社会组织的；松散的；非正式组成的Eg. Foreign students often flounder in such unstructured academic environment.留学生经常在这种松散的学术环境中张皇失措。

n. 沉思；注视；意图Eg. We lost the time for contemplation , for observing and listening.我们失去了沉思，观察和聆听的时间。