單字解析
1. garbage  n. 垃圾
注意:
garbage、rubbish 、trash 皆表垃圾, 且均為不可數名詞, 故表『一件垃圾』, 須與a piece of並用。
例:Mother asked me to take out the garbage after dinner.
(老媽叫我晚餐後把垃圾拿出去。)
2. fashion   n. 流行服飾; 時尚
be in fashion  流行
be out of fashion  不再流行
例:Miniskirts are in fashion again.
(迷你裙又再度流行了。)
Having a beard is out of fashion nowadays.
(現在不流行留鬍子。)
3. cease  vt. 停止
例:As soon as we called off the outing, it ceased to rain.
(我們一取消郊遊,雨就停了。)
4. recently  adv. 最近, 近來
例:The old man had a stroke only recently.
(那個老人就在最近中風過一次。)
*stroke  n. 中風
5. designer  n. 設計師
例:You must have imagination to be a good designer.
(要成為一個好的設計師,你必須要有想像力。)
6. come up with...  想出……
例:Frank came up with the best solution to the problem.
(法蘭克想出了這個問題最好的解決辦法。)
7. creation  n. (時裝款式等的) 新製作 (可數); 創作 (不可數)
例:These clothes are the latest creations from Paris.
(這些衣服是來自巴黎的最新款式。)
The poor economic situation was responsible for the creation of social unrest.
(經濟蕭條導致社會動盪不安。)
*unrest n. (社會上的) 不安, 不穩
8. straight adv. 直接地; 筆直地
例:The drunk couldn't walk straight.
(那個醉漢走路東倒西歪的。)
9. dump   n. 堆 & vt. 傾倒 (垃圾等)
a garbage dump  垃圾場; 垃圾堆
例:The awful smell is coming from the garbage dump.
(這可怕的氣味是來自那垃圾場。)
The woman dumped her garbage on the corner of the street.
(那個婦人把垃圾丟在街角。)
10. so to speak 可以說, 可謂
本片語通常作插入語, 可置於句中或句尾。
例:All men are animals, so to speak.
=All men are, so to speak, animals.
(所有的人可以說都是動物。)
11. sweater   n. 毛衣
12. plastic  a. 塑膠的
13. bottle n. 瓶子
14. weird  a. 怪異的
例:The girl over there gave me a weird look.
(那邊那個女孩用怪異的表情看了我一眼。)
15. protect   vt. 保護, 防禦
protect...from...  保護/防禦……免於……
例:Animals will protect their young from danger.
(動物會保護其子女不受到危險。)
*young   n. (動物、鳥類的) 幼獸; 雛 (集合名詞不可數, 使用時之前置the或所有格their, your, his等)
16. attractive  a. 吸引人的, 迷人的
例:All the men couldn't help looking at that attractive woman.
(所有的男人忍不住盯著那個誘人的女人瞧。)
17. outdoor  a. 戶外的, 室外的
indoor  a. 戶內的, 室內的
outdoors  adv. 戶外地
indoors  adv. 戶內地
例:I prefer outdoor sports.
(我比較喜歡戶外運動項目。)
You'd better stay indoors during the typhoon.
(颱風期間,你最好待在室內。)
18. fishermen   n. 漁夫
*單數形為fisherman 。
19. hunter  n. 獵人
20. mountain climber   n. 登山者
21. range vi. (範圍) 涉及, 擴展
range from A to B (範圍) 從A到B
例:We have shoes ranging from size 10 to size 30.
(從十號鞋到三十號鞋我們都有。)

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