Leon 3 Please send me a card New Words and Expreions 1.send: 寄，送给，传
send goods by plane 用飞机运送货物
send a meage by radio 通过无线电发送消息
sent troops into the Middle East 派遣部队去中东
sent her children to college 送她的孩子们上大学
Radio Beijing sends the news all over the world.北京广播电台向全世界播送新闻。 2.spoil: 损坏；使无用；破坏
spoiled the party 破坏了聚会
The rain has spoilt my painting.雨水毁了我的画。
Mankind is warned to stop spoiling the environment.人类受到警告不能再污染环境。
Our holidays were spoilt by bad weather.我们假日的乐趣被恶劣天气所破坏。
The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday.孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。
The never-ending quarrel among the visitors certainly spoiled their appetite for the banquet.客人们无休止的争吵当然破坏了宴会的胃口。
(2)（对小孩）宠坏，惯坏
They spoil their children.他们宠坏了他们的孩子们。
The child was spoilt by his grandfather.这个孩子被他的爷爷给惯坏了。 3.friendly: 友好的；朋友般的
friendly advice 友好的建议
a friendly warning 忠告
He is friendly to us all.他对我们大家都很友好。
A friendly dog came to meet us.一条友好的狗出来迎接我们。
He spoke in a friendly way.他说话的态度很亲切。
He\'s a friendly sort of fellow.他是和善的人。
A friendly argument on any disputes is beneficial to the further understanding of the mutual views.对任何争端进行友好的辩论有助于进一步了解相互的观点。 经典用法: a friendly warning 忠告
be on friendly terms with (=have friendly relations with) 跟...友好 4.lend: / borrow: lend 指把东西借给别人，而borrow指向别人借东西 While he was eating, I asked him to lend me ￡2.在他进餐的时候，我要求他借给我两英镑钱。
Lend me your ears.请听我说呀。
Can you lend me some money? 你能借我点钱吗？
He has never borrowed money from me.他从未向我借过钱。
You can borrow this dictionary from the library.你可以从图书馆借到这本字典。 Tea is a borrowed word from Chinese.“茶”这个词是来自汉语的外来语。
I borrowed your good idea.我借用了你的想法。
经典用法：lend a helping hand: To be of aistance 有助于
lend itself to 适合于/ The music doesn\'t lend itself to dancing.这音乐不适宜于跳舞。
borrow trouble:To take an unneceary action that will probably engender adverse effects自找麻烦，杞人忧天, 庸人自扰 5.decision: 选择；抉择；决定 Have they reached a decision yet? 他们是否已有所决定？
She could not make a decision about the drees.她对（买不买）这衣服下不了决心。
The judge will give his decision tomorrow.法官将于明天做出判决。
Who made the decision to go fishing? 是谁决定去钓鱼的？ 经典用法：come to a decision 作出决定 arrive at a decision 作出决定 reach a decision作出决定
make a decision 决定下来, 作出决定; 下决心
词性变化：decide: vt.决定, 决心 (2) 使下决心 (3) 对...起了决定作用 (4) 解决, 裁决, 判决
Nothing has been decided.什么也没有决定下来。 He decided to go himself.他决定亲自去。
She has decided that she will be a doctor.她已决定将来当个医生。 The judge decided the case.法官判决了这个案件。
区别用法：decide 指“经过询问、研讨和考虑之后, 在几种可能的选择之中作出决定”, 如: She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
determine指“决心作某一件事而不动摇”, 如: We have determined to get the work done ahead of schedule.我们已经决定要提前完成这项工作。
resolve指“打定主意做某事或不做某事”, 如: I resolve to study English.我决定学英语。 6.whole: adj.整个的; 全部的
a whole cake 整个蛋糕
They told me the whole story.他们给我讲了整个的故事。
the whole truth 全部真相
whole brothers 同胞兄弟（同父母的）
Whole cities were destroyed by the earthquake.许多城市整个被地震毁了。
I hope you will come back whole.我希望你平安归来。 n.整体；全部
He put the whole of his money into the bank.他把所有的钱都存进了银行。
Nature is a whole.自然界是一个统一体。
经典用法: on the whole 总的来说；从总体上看
The weather this month has been good on the whole. 这个月的天气基本上是好的。 a whole day 一整天
three whole years 整整三年 the whole world 全世界
区别用法：whole与all：① whole 当作“全体的, 整个的, 所有的, 全部的”解时, 只用于单数名词之前, 如 the whole house 整个楼房, 不能说 his whole free time (他的全部业余时间), 应说 all his free time
② whole 不能修饰专有名词, 如“整个中国, 全中国”不能说 the whole China 应说 all China 或the whole of China。 7.visit: 去…游览；参观；访问
visit friends 拜访朋友
visit a museum 参观博物馆
visited London 游览伦敦
visit the sick 慰问病人
We visited our friends in town.我们去看望了城里的朋友。 经典用法: pay a visit 访问（某人）； 参观（某地）/ She paid us a visit.她拜访了我们。
visit with 访问; 看望；[美]找...聊天[闲谈] / Stay and visit with me for a while.留下来和我聊一会儿。
8.think: (1) 想；思考；思考
Have you thought about what job you are going to do? 你考虑过准备做什么工作了吗？
I\'m thinking what to do next.我在考虑下步怎么办。
You should think before doing that.做那件事之前你应该考虑一下。 (2) 以为；觉得；认为；相信
Do you think it will rain? 你认为天会下雨吗? I don\'t think his decision is wise in reality.实际上, 我觉得他的决定并不明智。 (3) 企图，意料
I didn\'t think to find you here.我没想到在这里遇到你。
He thinks to escape punishment.他企图逃脱惩罚。
习惯用法：；think of 考虑；思考；想起, 记得；想出(主意), 提出(建议) We are thinking of going to France.我们考虑到法国去。
I can\'t think of his name at the moment.我一时想不起他的名字。
Can you think of a good place for the holidays? 你能想出度假的好地方吗? I even thought of resigning.我甚至想辞职。
think out 想出；想通；想透；仔细考虑 (= think over)
Think out your answer before you start writing.要想好答案再动笔。
Can you think out a good idea? 你能想出一个好主意吗? not think much of 看轻 / I don\'t think much of him.不重视他。 9.spend: 花钱；付款 (2) 花时间；度过
How much money do you spend each week? 你每星期花多少钱？
I spent an hour reading.我花了一小时读书。
Come and spend the weekend with us.来和我们一起度周末吧。
We spent many hours in a pleasant conversation.我们畅谈了好几个小时。
How do you spend your spare time? 你业余时间怎么打发？
Now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve themselves at school or college.现在城市里越来越多的成年人利用业余时间到学校或大学去深造。 区别用法：pay … for sth.It takes sb.some time to do sth.
