status n. ①地位，身份 ②情形，狀況

　　例：He only bought the yacht as a status symbol, for he hates sailing. 他買游艇只是為了顯示身份，其實他根本不喜歡玩游艇。My promotion brings into question the status of certain other members of staff. 提升我后某些職員的地位就成了問題。拓展：state n. 情形，狀況

　　聽力擴展：A man was hit by a cab in the street. He was brought to the hospital. His wife who was standing up by his bed wanted to know his status and said to the doctor, “I think that he is very ill.” “I am afraid that he is dead.” said the doctor. Hearing this, the man moved his head and said, “I’m not dead. I’m still alive.” “Be quiet,” said the wife, “The doctor knows better than you!”一個男人在街上被出租車撞倒送進了醫院。他的妻子站在他的床前對醫生說：“我想他傷得很厲害。”醫生說：“恐怕他已經死了。”聽到醫生的話，這個男人轉動著頭說：“我沒死，我還活著。”妻子說：“安靜，醫生比你懂得多。”

　　survey n. 調查;v. 審視，勘測

　　例：This survey is the work of a real professional. 這份調查是真正內行人做的。We stood on the top of the mountain and surveyed the countryside. 我們站在山頂上，眺望鄉村。拓展：surveyor n. 鑒定人，檢驗員

　　technology n. 技術

　　例：The firm has to overcome its resistance to new technology. 公司必須克服阻力，采用新技術。The results of this research can be applied to new developments in technology. 這項研究成果能應用于新技術的研發。拓展：technique n. 技巧，方法

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: What attracts me most is its powerful functions, such as 3G, a 3.2 megapixel camera, video recording, music player, FM radio with RDS, memory card slot…

　　B: Oh my god! It seems that there’s nothing impossible with the little mobile phone.

　　A: Yeah, I can’t agree more, my man! You never know what is waiting for you.

　　B: It’s the magic of science and technology.

　　A: Wait. You remind me a famous quota from Forrest Gump, “Life is just like a box of chocolate. You never know what’s in it.”

　　A：最吸引我的是它超強的功能，比如3G、320萬像素的攝像頭、錄像、音樂播放器、RDS調頻廣播、儲存卡……

　　B：天呀。看起來這個手機簡直是無所不能。

　　A：是的，完全同意，我的朋友!你永遠想象不出下一個奇跡是什么。

　　B：這就是科技的魅力。

　　A：等等，這讓我想起阿甘曾說過：“生活就像一盒巧克力，你永遠不知道里面到底是什么。”【注】megapixel n. 像素;memory card slot 儲存卡。