例：The unemployment rate is rising in that country. 那個國家的失業(yè)率正在攀升。The car was going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. 汽車以每小時六十英里的速度行駛。搭配：at this rate 照這種情形：At this rate, I won’t have a job to go back to. 這樣的話，我就沒有工作可干了。at any rate 無論如何：At any rate, they must finish the homework in two days. 無論如何，他們必須在兩天之內(nèi)完成家庭作業(yè)。

　　reason n. 原因，道理;v. 推理

　　例：I reasoned that since she had not answered my letter she must be angry with me. 我想她沒有給我回信，一定是在生我的氣。for some reason 不知什么原因，不知何故：For some reason he likes you. 不知為什么他喜歡你。by reason of 因?yàn)椋篠he was excused by reason of her age. 她因年事已高而得到寬恕。拓展：reasonable a. 講理的，合情合理的

　　replace v. ①把……放回(原處) ②取代，以……代替

　　例：She replaced the receiver. 她將聽筒放了回去。Electric lights have replaced candles. 電燈已經(jīng)取代了蠟燭。搭配：replace with/by 用……代替：They replaced trams by buses. 他們用公共汽車代替了電車。拓展：replaceable a. 可代替的

　　聽力擴(kuò)展：

　　A: I feel terrible, but I’ve just broken your vase. Can I make this up to you?

　　B: No need to do that.

　　A:I don’t know what to say. I’d like to replace it.

　　B: No. It’s out of the question.

　　A：對不起，我把花瓶打碎了。我賠你好嗎?

　　B：沒必要。

　　A：我不知道該說什么好，我會給你換一個。

　　B：不用，沒事的。

　　result v. 導(dǎo)致，產(chǎn)生;n. 結(jié)果，戰(zhàn)績

　　例：His failure resulted largely from his laziness. 他的失敗主要是懶惰所致。They worked without result. 他們徒勞無功。搭配：result in 導(dǎo)致，結(jié)果：The accident resulted in the death of two passengers. 這起事故導(dǎo)致兩名乘客喪生。result from 起因于： His illness resulted from bad food. 他的病是由于吃了變質(zhì)的食物所致。

　　聽力擴(kuò)展：

　　Mother: Why were you kept after school today, Johnny?

　　Johnny: Teacher told us to write an essay of “the result on laziness”, and I turned in a blank sheet paper.

　　媽媽：約翰尼，你今天放學(xué)以后為什么被留下了?

　　約翰尼：老師叫我們寫一篇題為《懶惰的結(jié)果》的作文，我交了一張白卷。

　　role n. ①角色 ②任務(wù)

　　例：She played the leading role in the school play. 她在學(xué)校戲劇演出中擔(dān)任主角。He denied any role in the robbery. 他否認(rèn)曾參與這起搶劫案。搭配：play an important role 發(fā)揮重要作用：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school. 辦好一所學(xué)校，校長起重要作用。

　　聽力擴(kuò)展： Learning English is just like driving a car. All you have to do is to practice and don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Because the more mistakes you make, the quicker you can learn English well. Just take your time. I’m always glad to help and don’t forget that language is not about those words or grammar rules. Cultural background plays a vital role as well.學(xué)英語就像開車一樣。你需要做的就是練習(xí)，別怕犯錯誤。犯的錯誤越多，就越能快速學(xué)好英語。 別著急，我會幫你的。別忘了語言不僅僅是單詞加語法，文化背景也很重要。【注】 vital a. 重要的

　　social a. ①社會的 ②社交的，聯(lián)誼的

　　例：Opinions on various social problems differ from person to person. 人們對社會問題的看法不盡相同。George stayed out of the social life of the school. 喬治置身于該校社交生活之外。搭配：a social person合群的人：He isn’t a very social person. 他很不合群。拓展：sociable a. 隨和的

　　stress n. 壓力，重要性;v. ①強(qiáng)調(diào) ②加壓力于，使緊張

　　例：Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations. 蘇珊被考試壓垮了。The weight of snow stressed the roof to the point of collapsing. 積雪壓得屋頂快要塌了。搭配：stress on sth. 強(qiáng)調(diào)：She plays great stress on punctuality, and regards it as very important. 她強(qiáng)調(diào)準(zhǔn)時，認(rèn)為這很重要。拓展：stressful a. 有壓力的

　　聽力擴(kuò)展： Thank you for your interest. The position is still available. Have you already sent your resume to us? It is quite urgent for us to fill this position now. And I would like to stress that English is a must because of the international contacts and most likely traveling abroad very soon. If all this is not a problem for you, I recommend you to mention this in your resume.感謝你的關(guān)注。這個職位仍然空缺。你給我們公司發(fā)簡歷了嗎? 現(xiàn)在我們很需要人來做這個工作。我想強(qiáng)調(diào)的是英語很重要。因?yàn)槲覀冃枰�處理國際業(yè)務(wù)，并且很快要去國外出差。如果語言不是問題，建議你在簡歷中注明這一點(diǎn)。【注】urgent a. 緊急的，急迫的