A：你在開玩笑吧。

　　B：沒有。說正經的，如果不鍛煉，我很容易變胖的。

　　environment n. 環境

　　例：Children need a happy home environment. 孩子們需要愉快的家庭環境。It is highly important to preserve the environment. 保護自然環境至關重要。搭配： inhabited environment居住環境：We should protect our inhabited environment. 我們應該保護我們的居住環境。拓展：environmental a. 周圍的，環境的

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: I think the biggest environment problem in China is air pollution.

　　B: Yes, I agree. The air here is much more polluted than in my country. Of course, my country is more agricultural and has much less industry.

　　A：我覺得中國最大的環境問題是空氣污染。

　　B：我同意。這里的空氣污染比我的國家嚴重多了。當然，我的國家以農業為主，工業比重較小。

　　experience n. 經驗，經歷，閱歷;v. 經歷，體驗

　　例：She had no experience of life at all. 她毫無生活經驗。He’s a man who has experienced suffering. 他是一個吃過苦的人。搭配：experience of 在……方面有經驗： Have you had any experience of teaching English? 你有過教英語的經歷嗎?拓展：experiment n. 實驗，實踐

　　expert n. ①專家 ②能手，熟練者;a. 內行的

　　例：She is an expert in training animals. 她是馴獸專家。Expert opinions are favorable to the project. 專家一致贊成這項工程。搭配：be expert at/in/on 在……是專家，能手：The cook was an expert at making sauces. 那位廚師是調制味汁的能手。

　　聽力擴展：

　　W: Jack. I heard your message and found someone who is a computer expert for you. Is it Okay with you if he visits tomorrow morning at ten o�餭lock?

　　M: Sure. How about meeting at the cafe around the corner from the book store? I�餷l bring my laptop.

　　女：杰克，我收到你的留言了。我幫你找了位電腦專家。他明天上午10點去拜訪，可以嗎?

　　男：當然可以。明天在書店轉角的咖啡屋見面，好嗎?我把筆記本電腦帶過去。

　　following a. 接著的，下面的;n. 追隨者

　　例：He did it for the following reasons. 他這樣做有以下幾個原因。The Prime Minister has a large following. 首相有一大批支持者。

　　聽力擴展： The morning following the birth of our first child, my husband was mistakenly directed to the room of another new mother on the maternity floor. As he walked into the room, he bent over the napping mother, whose back was turned to him, and gave her a big kiss. The woman was startled to see a stranger. But before she could say anything, my husband smiled and said, “I didn�餿 know having a baby would change you this much!”上午，我們的第一個孩子出生后，我丈夫被帶到產科病房，然而卻弄錯了房間。他走進房間，看到一個女子背對著他，正在小憩。他俯下身，吻了她。該名女子看到陌生人，嚇了一跳。她還沒來得及說話，我丈夫卻笑著說：“我不知道生孩子會讓你變化這么大!”【注】maternity floor 產科病房;startle v. 驚嚇

　　individual a. 個人的，個體的，與眾不同的;n. 個人，個體

　　例：She has her own individual style of doing things. 她有自己獨特的行事風格。Exceptions can not be made for individuals. 對個人不能有例外。拓展：individually ad. 分別地，各個地

　　infer v. 推斷，推論

　　例：I infer that my proposal has been accepted. 我推測我的建議已被接受。People inferred that so able a governor would make a good president. 人們推定，如此能干的州長定會成為一名好總統。搭配：infer from推出，得出：Infer a conclusion from the facts. 根據事實推斷出結論。拓展：inferable a. 能推理的，能推論的;inference n. 推論information n. 信息，咨詢

　　聽力擴展：

　　M: Good afternoon. Hualong Hotel Corporate Reservations. May I help you?

　　W: Good afternoon. This is Stone PR department calling. My name is Debbie.

　　M: It’s nice to hear from you again, Ms. Debbie.

　　W: We have a delegation visiting us from the United States. I�餯 like to book ten standard suites and two deluxe rooms for a week, starting May 10th.

　　M: No problem. Could you tell me your guests�� name now?

　　W: Sorry, I don�餿 have the name list of all our guests. I will inform you of the details after I get the exact names of the delegate.

　　男：下午好，這里是華隆賓館團體預定處。很高興為您效勞。

　　女：下午好，我是斯通公司公關部的黛比。

　　男：黛比小姐，很高興又聽到您的聲音。