單字解析
1. St. Petersburg n. 聖彼得堡 (地名)
2. Florida n. 佛羅里達 (美國東南端的一州)
3. female n. & a. 女/雌性 (的)
male n. & a. 男/雄性 (的)
例:Males are not allowed in the women's dormitory.
(男性不允許進入女生宿舍。)
*dormitory n. 學生宿舍
I prefer to have a female dog rather than a male dog.
(我比較喜歡養母狗而不喜歡養公狗。)
4. wrestler n. 摔角手
wrestle vi. (與……) 角力/摔角
例:The wrestler is three times my size.
(那個摔角手的塊頭是我的三倍大。)
When I was a kid, I loved to wrestle with my older brother.
(我小時候喜歡和哥哥玩摔角。)
5. beat vt. 擊敗   
= defeat
動詞三態: beat、beat、beaten。
例:I bet you can't win me in tennis. (╳)
→I bet you can't beat me in tennis. (○)
= I bet you can't defeat me in tennis.
(我打賭你無法在網球上打敗我。)
*win vt. 贏得 (不能接人作受詞, 而須用『比賽』、『獎品』作受詞)
6. anger vt. 觸怒, 使生氣 & n. 怒氣, 怒火
angry a. 生氣的
be angry at + 事  對某事生氣
be angry with + 人  生某人的氣
例:It angered Andy's wife to see him get drunk.
(安迪的太太看到他喝醉酒很生氣。)
The boss left the meeting in anger.
(老闆怒氣沖沖地離開會議。)
The mayor was angry at the news report about him.
(市長對報上那則關於他的報導很生氣。)
Dan is angry with his wife for scolding him in front of others.
(丹很氣他太太在別人面前指責他。)
7. ban vt. 下令禁止, 查禁
人 + be banned from + 動名詞  某人被禁止……
barred
prohibited
主動用法為:
ban + 人 + from + 動名詞  禁止某人……
bar
prohibit
例:The player was banned from competing for two years.
(那個選手被禁賽兩年。)
The law prohibits people from taking drugs.
(法律禁止人們吸毒。)
8. think + 形容詞 + thoughts   有……的想法 
laugh a/an + 形容詞 + laugh  笑了一個……的笑
注意:
上述片語為『及物動詞接同系名詞作受詞』的用法, 特別注意無"laugh a/an...laughter"的用法。
例:War movies make Sean think ugly thoughts about the time he was in a war.
(戰爭片使夏恩想到他打仗時所發生的醜陋事情。)
Connie laughed a hearty laugh at Brad's joke.
(布萊德的笑話使康妮開懷大笑。)
9. impure a. 淫猥的; 污穢不潔的
pure a. 純潔的
例:This impure water is not fit for human consumption.
(這種不潔的水不適合人們飲用。)
It is hard to remain pure with so much sex and violence on TV nowadays.
(現今電視上有著這麼多色情和暴力,要保持純潔是很難的。)
10. have the right to + 原形動詞   有權利……  
例:Children have the right to be educated.
(孩子有受教育的權利。)
11. force vt. 強迫, 迫使     
force + 事 + on + 人  強加某事在某人身上
例:We shouldn't force our ideas on others.
(我們不應該強迫別人接受我們的看法。)
12. value n. 價值觀 (恆為複數); 價值 & vt. 珍惜, 重視  
例:Our family live by high moral values.
(我們家本著崇高的道德價值觀做人處世。)
What's the value of this painting?
(這幅畫的價值在哪兒?)
I value my teacher's advice on whether to go abroad to study or not.
(對於我要不要出國唸書這個問題,我很看重老師的建議。)
13. competition n. 競爭, 比賽
compete vi. 競爭, 比賽
competitive a. 競爭 (性) 的
compete with + 人 + for + 事物  與某人競爭某事物
例:Competition encourages improvement.
(競爭使人進步。)
The two teams competed with each other for the championship.
(那兩支隊伍為冠軍而賽。)
Business is so competitive nowadays that we must improve our efficiency.
(現在生意非常競爭,所以我們必須改進我們的效率。)

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