例：His wife has become a woman of some standing in the community. 他的妻子在社區中頗有地位。The money will go to finance a new community centre. 這些錢將用來資助新社區中心。

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: Would you like to join the Volunteers’League?

　　B: Do you think I’m crazy? I just quit the Student Council. I don’t want to be so busy. I gave up a good chance of getting scholarships for that。

　　A: Joining the Volunteers’League won’t take you much time. It only has activities on the weekends. Come on, you won’t regret about joining this club. It’s different from other student clubs or unions.

　　B: What’s the difference?

　　A: We can do something for the community in Beijing. Isn’t that special? You can also learn a lot in the Volunteers’League. You will have a chance to learn how to communicate, how to arrange an activity and how to cooperate with your group members.

　　B: Oh, it means that I will have a good chance to practice my Chinese. You win. Just tell me how to get enrolled for that club.

　　A：你想參加志愿者聯盟嗎?

　　B：你覺得我瘋了嗎?我剛從學生會退出來，我可不想那么忙了，我已經因為學生會的事兒放棄了獲獎學金的大好機會了。

　　A：加入志愿者聯盟不會占用你太多時間的，只是在周末有活動。來吧，參加這個社團你不會后悔的。同其他的學生社團或協會不一樣。

　　B：有什么不一樣啊?

　　A：我們可以為北京的社區做一些事情。是不是很特別?同時你也可以學到很多東西。你將有機會學習怎樣交流，怎樣組織安排活動，以及怎樣和隊友們合作。

　　B：哦，這就意味著我有機會練習漢語了。你把我說服了，告訴我怎么參加吧。

　　competition n. ①比賽 ②競爭

　　例：Because there is so much unemployment, the competition for jobs is fierce. 由于失業人數過多，職業競爭十分激烈。搭配：in competition with 和……競爭：We are in competition with 4 other companies for the contract. 我們在與其他四家公司競爭這項合同。拓展：compete v. 競爭

　　聽力擴展：Once upon a time, there was a crowd of frogs which were going to have a climbing competition, and the destination of which being the top of an extraordinarily high steel tower. A host of frogs were surrounding the steel tower, watching the competition and cheering for the competitors. At the beginning of the competition, frankly speaking, nearly no audience frogs believed that these little frogs could arrive at the top. They were talking about like this, “It is too difficult to reach the top! They surely can not arrive at the top! They can not be successful, because the tower is too high to climb!” After receiving those messages, frogs began to lose heart from one to another, and only a few passionate frogs were still climbing. However, the audience frogs still kept shouting, “It is too difficult and no one could reach the top!” More and more frogs became tired and quitted from the competition. Nonetheless, there was a frog still climbing higher and higher, which had no sense of giving up. It tried very hard and finally became the only winner who arrived at the top. One frog ran to ask the winner where the strength came from during the whole competition. He then finally found out that this frog was totally a deaf!從前，有一群青蛙，組織了一場攀爬比賽，比賽的終點是一座非常高的鐵塔的塔尖。一大群青蛙圍著鐵塔看比賽，給他們加油。比賽開始了，老實說，群蛙中沒有誰相信這些小小的青蛙會到達塔頂，他們都在議論：“這太難了!他們肯定到不了塔頂!他們絕不可能成功的，塔太高了!”聽到這些，一只又一只的青蛙開始泄氣了，只有情緒高漲的幾只還在往上爬。群蛙繼續喊著：“這太難了!沒有誰能爬上頂的!”越來越多的青蛙累壞了，退出了比賽。但有一只卻越爬越高，一點沒有放棄的意思。最后，它費了很大的勁，終于成為唯一一只到達塔頂的勝利者。一只青蛙跑上前去問勝利者它哪來那么大的力氣跑完全程。結果發現這只青蛙是個聾子!【注】extraordinarily ad. 非常地;frankly speaking 老實說

　　conclude v. ①結束 ②作出決定

　　例：Once the price had been agreed, a deal was quickly concluded. 價格一經商定，交易很快就達成了。From his appearance we may safely conclude that he is a chain smoker. 從他的外表看，我們可以有把握地斷定他煙抽得很兇。搭配：conclude with (使)結束，終止：The performance concluded with Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’. 演出以斯特拉文斯基的《春之祭》結束。拓展：conclusion n. 結論，結束

　　聽力擴展：Smile is the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people. I tell this story in my work because I’d like people to consider that underneath all the layers we construct to protect ourselves, our dignity, our titles, our degrees, our status and our need to be seen in certain ways―underneath all that remains the authentic, essential self. I’m not afraid to call it the soul. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn’t be enemies. We couldn’t have hate or envy or fear. I sadly conclude that all those other layers, which we so carefully construct through our lives, distance and insulate us from truly contacting others.微笑是人與人之間最自然真摯的溝通方式。我在作品中講這個故事，是希望人們能仔細想想以下的事情：人常常為自己建立層層的保護膜，為了維護尊嚴、頭銜、身份、形象等，而必須有所隱藏。我相信在這些掩飾下，每個人都有一個真實、不虛偽的靈魂。如果我們能用心靈去認識彼此，世間不會有結怨成仇的憾事;恨意、妒嫉、恐懼也會不復存在。可惜的是，人們小心翼翼為自己所建造的保護膜，卻阻隔了自己與他人真誠相對的機會。【注】authentic a. 可信的;insulate v. 隔離

　　effective a. 有效的，有影響的

　　例：The president promised swift and effective retribution against the terrorists. 總統答應會迅速有效地懲罰恐怖分子。Advertising is often the most effective method of promotion. 登廣告往往是最有效的推銷方式。拓展：effect n. 影響，結果;effectiveness n. 有效性

　　聽力擴展： Eagle is the world’s longest life expectancy of birds. It lives up to the age of 70. To live such a long life expectancy, at 40 years of age it must make a difficult but important decision. When the Hawks live up to the age of 40, its claws start aging, unable to effectively seize the prey. Its wings have become very heavy because its feathers grow thick and strong and make it very difficult to fly. There are only two options:die, or rebirth through a very painful update process of 150-day long training session.鷹是世界上平均壽命最長的鳥類，它可以活到70歲。為了長壽，40歲時，鷹必須做一個艱難但是重要的決定。鷹活到40歲時，爪子開始老化，再也不能有效地捕食。由于羽毛厚而壯，它們的翅膀變得非常笨重，難于飛翔。眼前只有兩條路：死亡，或者穿越一個痛苦的150天的磨礪，獲得重生。