例：A new crisis has arisen. 新危機已經出現。He arose at dawn. 他黎明即起。搭配：arise out of/from sth.(由……)引起;(由……)產生：Emotional or mental problems can arise from a physical cause. 身體上的原因可以引起情緒或精神上的問題。

　　assemble v. ①集合， 聚集，收集 ② 裝配， 組合

　　例：A crowd had assembled outside the gates. 人群已聚集在門外。These cars are assembled in Britain. 這些汽車是在英國裝配的。拓展：assembly n. 集會，集合，集合的人們

　　聽力擴展： A husband and wife were watching a TV show one night in which a wife hired a private detective to follow her husband to assemble some evidence and see if he was cheating on her. So, the husband asked the wife if she would ever do that to him. The wife said, “Yes, of course I would! Not so much to find out about the other woman, but to see if I could find out what she saw in you!”一天晚上，一對夫婦正看著電視，劇中的老婆雇用私家偵探跟蹤她的先生搜集證據，看看他是否對她不忠。先生問太太說，她是否也會這樣做?太太說：“是!當然會，但不是為了找出另一個女人是誰，而是為了查看她到底看中你哪一點?”【注】detective n. 偵探

　　assign[�讥憇a�蕁] v. ①分配，交給 ②指派，委派

　　例：They have assigned me a small room. 他們給我分配了一個小房間。The captain assigned two soldiers to guard the gate. 上尉派了兩個士兵守大門。He assigned the students a few books to read. 他給學生指定了幾本必讀書。搭配：assign sth. to sb./ assign sb. sth. 安排，布置：The teacher assigned a different task to each of the students. / The teacher assigned each of the students a different task. 老師給每個學生布置的作業都不同。

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: How do I find out which classes I should take for my major?

　　B:What is your major?

　　A:Biology.

　　B:Go to the Biology Department and ask them to assign someone to advise you.

　　A:And they will tell me what I need to take for my degree?

　　B:Yes, and they will even recommend some helpful courses for your major.

　　A:I see, thanks.

　　A：我怎么才能知道我們專業應該選些什么課?

　　B：你的專業是什么?

　　A：生物。

　　B：你去生物院請他們找人給你指導一下。

　　A：他們會告訴我應該怎么來獲得我的學位?

　　B：是的。他們甚至能給你推薦一些適合你專業的有用的課程。

　　A：我知道了。謝謝。

　　assignment n. ①任務，作業 ②分派，指派

　　例：His assignment was to follow the spy. 他的工作是跟蹤間諜。What is today’s assignment in history? 今天歷史課的作業是什么? 搭配：on assignment執行任務：I was on assignment for a German magazine. 我被派往一家德國雜志社。

　　聽力擴展：

　　W: Why are you alone? Where is your girlfriend?

　　M: She has her own business, and she is my ex-girlfriend.

　　W: What’s happened? I saw you hand in hand yesterday.

　　M: We just broke up. I’d rather talk about something else.

　　W: Oh, I forgot. Professor Lee said that if you didn’t hand up your assignment as soon as possible, you course would fail.

　　M: Shit, why not tell me at first?

　　W: I am sorry. I just wonder why you and your ex-girlfriend didn’t walk together.

　　M: Please, stop talking. Tell me the topic and how to do it.

　　W: I am not sure how to do it, but I think you should ask the professor how to finish you work.

　　M: And he would kill me.

　　女：為什么你自己一個人?你女朋友呢?

　　男： 她有她自己的事情，還有，她是我的前女友。

　　女：怎么了?我昨天還看你們手牽手呢。

　　男：我們剛剛分手，能不能換個別的話題。

　　女：噢，我忘了，李教授說如果你不盡快交作業，你這科要掛了。

　　男：為什么一開始不告訴我?

　　女：對不起。我只是在好奇為什么你和你的前女友沒有在一起走。

　　男：拜托了，不要再說了。告訴我主題和怎么做吧。

　　女：我也不知道怎么做，但是我認為你可以去問教授怎么完成作業。

　　男：然后他就殺了我。(你這不是成心害我嗎?)【注】ex-girlfriend 前女友

　　attempt v. 試圖，嘗試;n. 嘗試，試圖，企圖