一，scatterbrain Jessie思想不集中的人，健忘的人1 ,expire & overdueExpire 一般与 a license / contract / library card 等连用，是期满的意思Overdue 则是表示过期的意思，如 a bill , payment, library book 等的过期I realized that my library books are overdue.2,remind ofRemind sb. Of sth. 使某人想起什么Remind sb. To do sth.提醒某人做什么事Tell sb. There is sth. He/ she ought to do 提醒某人做什么You should have remind me to return the books.The show reminds me of the happy days we spent together in California.3, can & mayCan 表示一般的能力，如果表示可能性的话，我们得学会活用 mayAs you may remember me, I called you twice last Friday to remind you about the books.I think you may remember me , as I was the only Chinese student in your class back then.那时4， hand in / hand upHand in 上交Hand up 专门用语，如上所述（法律用语）Gee!哎呀 I also forget to hand in the term paper.5，forget to do 忘记做什么（还没做）Forget doing 做了又忘了6，concentrated & concentratingConcentrated高浓度，the apple juice is concentrating. 苹果汁很浓集中的 a concentrated force 集中军力集中精力、注意力则是 concentratingI am concentrating on political science.7,by trade/ by profession这个习惯用法之间的区别，体现了让你们对职业高低之间的成见一般而言，律师 lawyer，建筑师 architect，教师teacher,政治家 politician 等脑力工作者用 by profession.至于技术 性和体力劳动的职业用的是 by trade8,polititionPolitician 指的是与 politics 有关的人，不过偏有贬义，表示说话没有诚意，八面玲珑的滑头政客。我们常用的 you are a real politician.你可真是个政客，来讽刺别人两面讨好如果我们说的是一个真正的政治家，加上明确的形容词比较保险一些Let us hope Jessie will become a distinguished politician,杰出的政治家二，teachers or weirdoes 怪物1，并不是每一个形容词都可以加 very 的一个本身已含有 very 非常，extremely 极其或 100%这一类的词，通常不能与 very 或 extremely 连用。只能用 absolutely 或 really 来修饰 fascinated , fine 等I am absolutely/ really fascinated by his natural charisma.She is absolutely certain that they would offer her the job.Fine= very well convinced= very sureDelighted= very sure freezing= very coldStarving=very hungry2， influential 形容有影响力的& influenceAmong all my teachers, will influenced me the most.Influence sb. On sth.指对某人在某方面产生影响His enthusiasm influenced me on my attitude.3,show & giveShow 演示，指示She showed me the directions to the city hall.指方向She showed me 3 ways to solve the problem.Advice 一般与动词 show 连用，give sb. Some advice是给某人建议的意思4，active /out-goingActive 指的是当前活动的，已被激活的，与其相对应的是 inert 怠惰的形容性格开朗积极的词有 out-going, easy-going, energetic, enthusiastic, fiery 火爆的5,chating & chatChat v. & n.与 talk 类似，n.指的是谈话本身Chatting 是 chat 的动名词形式，强调谈话的过程I need a chat with you.After the class he had a long chat with me.Chatting with him is enlightening.6,ashamed/ embarrassedAshamed 指做了坏事，觉得羞耻She felt ashamed that he had abandoned his wife and children.Embarrassed 难为情的I feel embarrassed when I have to talk to him.Most people feel embarrassed when they have to speak in public.Shy性格特征7，oral & spokenOral 这个词不能乱用，它表示 spoken 的意思时，只能严格的用于教学术语Oral presentation, oral examHis spoken English is very fluent and clear.8,always / keepAlways 一般不能用来表示某一具体的时间里的持续动作，有两个义项一直，始终 at all times, all the timeShe always look at the bright side of your life.每次 every time Why do you always ask the same questions?Keep+ Ving He kept interrupting me when I tried to concentrate on my study.9,end up/ endEnd up 有两个用法被搞得没办法， ，只好去做某事For months , she kept calling to stalk 骚扰 me , so I ended up changing my phone number.落到某种境地收场If you do not stop drinking so heavily, you will end up in hospital.Martin never ends his class early.Every class ended with him singing the national anthem.三，what kind of language do you speak ?(E 时代语言)1，bone& envelopeBone 和 envelope 都是电脑三维动画中的电脑术语Bone 建模后植入骨骼Envelope 连接肌腱Steve: I have to bone my dog tonight.Jessie: you would better hurry that up, I have got my all enveloped.现在，许多有关电脑和新科技的新词，在搞电脑的geek 门的圈子里流行，他们被戏称是 geek language他们这些现代技术狂热分子有许多新谑称，比如，techno freak, computer nerd, technodork, ubergeek 等等那些对现在科技抱怀疑或害怕心理的人，则被叫做technophobe,还有他们的这种心理则是 technophobia2,surf 网上冲浪 beam 转录Cookie 指 http cookie 程序 rip 截取Burn 刻录 crack 破解Burner 刻录机 Beam 本来有传播的义项，在这则是将一些唱片CD,VCD,之类转录到电脑里，转换为 mp3 格式，或其他格式的文件Rip 本意是撕得意思，这却有了截取的意思Rip a chapter from a DVD 从里面截取一个片段-I have burned everything for you.-thanks3,pirate 海盗& 非法盗版Steve is against pirating.史蒂夫反对盗版行为4， reduce、 saveReduce 减少Save 省下I need to reduce my expenses on clothing/I saved money on the newspaper.I saved 20 bucks on buying that dress at a 25% discount.5,job vacancy /job postingThere is a lot of job postings on the internet.Vacancy 指具体公司的空缺，职位， ，例句所要说的是网上有招聘广告，而不是网络本身要招聘，所以不能用 vacancy，要用 job postingI saw your job postings in last Saturdays news paper.Do you still have that vacancy for a full-time secretary?Post 用作动词指张贴广告发布信息Some job vacancies were posted on the notice board.