n.栗子

　　Mother made my favorite chestnut cake for my birthday.

　　妈妈为了我的生日做了我最爱吃的栗子蛋糕。

　　curl

　　n.—根卷发 vt.使卷曲

　　One colleague of mine has nice, long curls.

　　我的一位同事有一头漂亮的长卷发。

　　The hairdresser curled Kathy's hair and styled it for the wedding.

　　理发师为凯西的婚礼将她的头发弄卷并做造型。

　　enclose

　　vt.封入，附寄

　　I enclosed a photo in my letter to my boyfriend.

　　我在给男友的信中附上我的照片。

　　Please find enclosed a check for $200.

　　请随函查收一张面额200美元的支票。

　　photography

　　n.摄影

　　Bob and I studied photography together in college.

　　宝哥和我念大学时一起学过摄影。

　　haste

　　n.匆忙，急促

　　John left in haste after hanging up the phone.

　　挂上电话后，约翰便匆匆离开了。

　　Haste makes waste.

　　欲速则不达。——谚语

　　hasten

　　vt.催促 vi.急忙，赶快

　　The father hastened his children off to bed.

　　这个父亲催促孩子们上床睡觉。

　　For fear that the reporters didn't fully understand him, the politician hastened to add an explanation.

　　这位政治人物担心记者对他的话不能完全了解，便急忙地又加了一句解释。

　　nonsense

　　n.胡说八道，废话（不可数）

　　Nobody in our class likes Jim because he always talks nonsense.

　　我们班上没有人喜欢吉姆，因为他总是胡说八道。

　　gifted

　　a.有天赋的

　　Jim Carrey is one of the most gifted comedians in Hollywood.

　　金·凯瑞是好莱坞最有天分的喜剧演员之一。

　　Believing that his son is gifted in painting, John has decided to send him to art school.

　　约翰相信他儿子有绘画天赋，已决定送他到艺术学校念书。

　　quake

　　vi.颤抖，摇晃 n.颤抖；地震（是earthquake的简写）

　　Most retailers would quake at the thought of competing with such a corporate giant.

　　多数零售商一想到要跟这么大的企业竞争便胆颤心惊。

　　Japan is hit with small quakes every day.

　　日本每天都有小地震发生。

　　The homeless people on the streets were quaking with cold.

　　街上的流浪汉冷得发抖。

　　brutal

　　a.残酷的；不仁道的

　　Murder is a brutal crime.

　　谋杀是残忍的罪行。

　　The government was accused of brutal treatment of political prisoners.

　　该政府被控告以不仁道的方式对待政治犯。

　　brutality

　　n.残酷

　　We should never forget the brutality of war.

　　我们永远不该忘记战争的残酷。

　　The protesters accused the officer of police brutality.

　　抗议者控告那名警察施暴。