【 outstanding 】 (a.) 傑出的,顯

【earthquake】n.地震 a sudden,

【sharpen 】 (v.) 使銳利,加強

【disorder 】 (v.)混亂，失調

【 repair】n. 修復work done

【virgin 】 (n.) 處女

【interference 】 (n.)妨礙，干擾，阻礙

【picturesque 】 (a.) 如畫的

【strain 】 (v.) 拉緊,扭傷 (n.

【camisole 】女士背心

【 essence 】 (n.)本質，要素

【writer 】 (n.) 作家

【Mother bought me a new bicycle this morning. 】媽媽今天早上買給我一輛新腳踏車

【Everyone except John passed the exam. 】除了 John 每個人都通過這

【 Where do you want to meet? 】你想在哪兒見面?

【I think you have the wrong number．】我想你打錯號碼了。

【miso shiru】味噌湯

【He pushed open the library door. 】他推開了圖書館的門。

【A woman who frequented a small antique shop rarely purchase anything, but always found fault with the merchandise and prices. The manager and her salesclerk took the woman`s grumpy complaints in stride, but one day she went too far. “Why is it I never manage to get what I ask for in your shop?“ demanded the woman.
A smile on her face, the clerk calmly replied, “Perhaps it`s because we`re too polite.“】

一名婦女經常光顧一家小古董店，但幾乎從不買什麼東西，卻總是對商品和價格吹毛求疵。對於那婦女的粗暴抱怨，經理和她的銷售員總是應付了事，但是有一天她做得太過分了。“為什麼你們店裡總是不能得到我想要的東西？”那名婦女指責說。
職員臉上帶著微笑，沉著地回答道：“也許是因為我們太有禮貌了。”