automobile n. 汽車

　　例：Now the automobile has become commonplace. 現在汽車已變得很普通。He rode away in an automobile. 他開車走了。

　　聽力擴展： Three major automobile brands of Germany—Mercedes Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen, known by Chinese consumer and liked, are the world�瞗amous automobile brands with a long history, also are those of the foreign brands first entering the Chinese automobile market. Their development courses, and the courses of their form evolvement, have important and directive significance to the Chinese automobile industry at developing strategy and automobile design of the national brands of China under the new historical condition. 德國三大汽車品牌——奔馳、寶馬和大眾，是歷史悠久的世界著名汽車生產廠商，也是最早進入中國汽車市場的國外品牌之一，為中國消費者所熟悉和喜愛。他們的發展歷程和形態演變歷程對尋求新歷史條件下發展戰略的中國汽車工業和中國民族品牌的汽車設計具有重要的借鑒和指導意義。【注】evolvement n. 演變，發展

　　available a. ①可獲得的，可找到的 ②有空的

　　例：I�餷l send you all the periodicals available. 我會把我能找到的期刊都給你寄去。Tickets are available free of charge from the school. 學校有免費票。拓展：availability n. 可用性，有效性，實用性

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: Hello, is it Golden Beach hotel?

　　B: Yes. What can I do for you?

　　A: Do you have any vacancies this Wednesday night?

　　B: Hold the line, please. Let me have a check. Yes, there is a single room available.

　　A: What’s the price?

　　B: 350 RMB a night.

　　A：你好!請問是金色沙灘酒店嗎?

　　B：是的!有什么可以為您效勞的?

　　A：周三晚有空房間嗎?

　　B：請不要掛線，我看一下。還有一個單人間。

　　A：請問價格是多少?

　　B： 350元一天。

　　award v. ①給予，授予 ②判給，裁定

　　例：He was awarded the Military Cross. 他被授予十字勛章。The court awarded damages of 5000 dollars to him. 法庭判給他5000美元作為賠償金。拓展：reward n. 獎，獎金，獎品

　　聽力擴展：

　　A: Why? Why is there such a smart guy?

　　B: What are you murmuring?

　　A: Look. This guy, an 18-year-old Chinese boy, gained The Presidential Early Career Award given by President Obama.

　　B: What? How did he get it?

　　A: He got the highest mark on all his courses in SAT. Is he very smart?

　　B: Yes, very.

　　A: I should show you something more unbelievable. For some faults, he had three exams in one day, but he didn’t care. The three courses were all full marks.

　　A：為什么?為什么有這么聰明的家伙呢?

　　B：你自己在嘀咕什么啊?

　　A：看，這家伙，一個十八歲的中國男孩獲得了由奧巴馬總統授予的美國總統獎。

　　B：什么?他是怎么辦到的?

　　A：他在學術水平測驗考試中得到了全部課程的最高分。他很聰明吧?

　　B：是的，非常聰明。

　　A：我應該給你看看更難以置信的。因為一些錯誤，他在同一天內有三場考試，但是他卻不在乎。這三科他都拿了滿分。