這位金發美女回答道：“我是金發美女。我要去芝加哥。我就坐在這兒。”

　　勸說無效后，服務員告訴了駕駛員。駕駛員說：“你說她是個金發美女?讓我來處理吧。我太太就是金發女，我知道怎么跟她們說話。”

　　他跪在金發美女旁低語了幾句，她說道：“哦，抱歉”，然后很快回到了經濟艙的座位。

　　服務員很驚奇，駕駛員到底對她說了什么，她那么乖乖地就回經濟艙了。“我告訴他，頭等艙不飛往芝加哥。”【注】attendant n. 服務員;fuss n. 爭吵

　　ambition n. 抱負，野心

　　analysis n. ①分解，分析 ②梗概，要略

　　例：He provided a detailed analysis of the situation. 他提供了一份詳細的形勢分析報告。搭配：in the final (或 last, ultimate) analysis歸根到底，總之

　　analyze v. ①分析 ②解析

　　例：Let’s analyze the problem and see what went wrong. 先分析問題，查找錯誤原因。拓展：analysis n. 分析，分析結果;analyst n.分析者，化驗員;analytical a. 分析的，解析的

　　ancestor n. ①祖先 ②原型

　　例：His ancestors had come to America from Ireland. 他的祖先從愛爾蘭來到美國。拓展：descendent n. 后裔，子孫

　　anchor n. ①錨 ②主持人;v. ①拋錨，停泊 ②(使)固定

　　例：We anchored off the coast of Spain. 我們在西班牙海岸拋錨停泊。搭配：at anchor (船)拋錨停泊;drop anchor(船)下錨停泊;weigh anchor (船) 起錨

　　聽力擴展：

　　W: Natalie?

　　M: Yes, she is a US talk show hostess. She�餾 really great! Come on! Haven�餿 you ever heard of her?

　　W: Oh, I remember. She is enormously influential in US. She must have a distinguished family background, don�餿 you think so?

　　M: No. On the contrary, her birth place was notorious for its poverty. But she studied hard and worked hard and later she became America�餾 first African�睞merican news anchor.

　　女：你是說納塔利嗎?

　　男：是的。一個美國脫口秀節目主持人，很棒!不是吧，難道你沒聽說過她?

　　女：我想起來了。她在美國很有影響。她的家庭背景肯定很顯赫，對嗎?

　　男：不是的。相反，她的出生地是出了名的窮地方。但是她努力學習和工作，后來成為美國第一個黑人新聞女主持人。

　　angle n. ①角，角度 ②觀點，立場

　　例：Try looking at the affair from a different angle. 試從不同的角度看待這件事。搭配：at an angle 以某一角度，成一定角度;from all angles 從各個方向，從各個角度

　　anniversary n. 周年紀念(日)

　　例：He gave me a necklace as an anniversary gift. 他送我一條項鏈作為周年紀念禮物。

　　聽力擴展： Having been married for a long time, my husband sometimes needs a gentle reminder of a special occasion. On the morning of our 35th anniversary, we were sitting at the breakfast table when I hinted, “Honey, do you realize that we�饁e been sitting in these same two seats for exactly 35 years?” Putting down the newspaper, he looked straight at me and said, “So, you want to switch seats?”結婚多年，我丈夫往往在特別事情上需要委婉的提醒。在我們結婚35周年紀念日的早晨，我們坐在餐桌旁，我暗示道：“親愛的，你意識到我們在這兩個相同的座位上已坐了整整35年了嗎?”他放下報紙，眼睛直直地望著我：“那么，你想交換座位嗎?”【注】reminder n. 提醒;hint v. 暗示;switch v. 改變

　　announce v. 宣布，通知

　　例：Everyone was silent as he announced the winner of the competition. 大家都靜靜地聽著他宣布競賽勝出者。搭配：announce sth. to sb. 宣告，宣布;announce yourself/sb.宣布(某人)到達，通報……的到來拓展：annoucement n. 公告，通告;announcer n. 播音員，節目主持人