Lesson 4

exciting
adj. making you feel excited令人兴奋的
We are going to China ? How exciting!
我们要去中国？太让人兴奋了！
The film we saw yesterday is very exciting.
我们昨天看的电影非常令人兴奋。
相关表达
excitement n. 兴奋，兴奋的事
excite vt. 刺激，使兴奋，使激动
boring adj.令人厌烦的
词义辨析
excited, exciting
excited  happy, interested, or hopeful because something good has happened or will happen是过去分词构成的形容词，表示感到兴奋的，可以与人搭配。
exciting是现在分词构成的形容词，表示令人兴奋的，可以修饰人，也可以修饰物
I an getting excited about the seven-day holiday.
7天的假期让我感到非常的兴奋。
记忆点拨
excit- ing（现在分词构成的形容词）
receive
v. to get a letter, message, or telephone call, or something which someone has sent you收到；接待
He received a letter from his insurance company.
他收到了一封来自保险公司的信。
She stood by the door to receive her guests.
她站在门口，接待她的客人
相关表达
reception n. 接待
receipt n.收条，收据；收到
Goods will be delivered on receipt of payment.
款到发货
词义辨析
accept v.  to take something that someone offers you, pr to agree to do something that someone asks you to do同意接受（表示主观动作）receive表示客观的收到的动作。
I have just accepted a job offer from a world famous multinational company
我刚刚接受了以家世界知名的跨国公司的工作。

记忆点拨
re-ceive(拿，拿到)
firm
n. a business or company, especially a small one 商行，公司；adj. not completely hard, but not soft, and not easy to bend into a different shape; strongly fixed in position, and not likely to move牢固的；not likely to change鉴定的
实际应用
印刷公司 a printing firm
坚定的信念a firm belief
相关表达
firmly adv. 坚定地
firmness n..坚定
company n .公司
corporation n .(大型商贸)公司（一般有法人实体）
enterprise n.公司，企业
different
adj. 不同的
His character is different from mine.
他的性格与我的不同。
The new technique has been applied in many different fields.
新的技术已经应用在很多领域里。
相关表达
difference  n.差别
similar  adj.相似的
same  adj.相同的
记忆点拨
dif-fer(拿)-ent(形容词后缀)
centre
n. 中心
The shopping mall is located in the centre lf the city
那家大型购物中心位于城市的中心。
实际应用
购物中心shopping centre
中央政府central government
圆心the centre of a circle
相关表达
central adj. 中心的
centerline n.中心线
centered adj.有圆心的，居中的

abroad
adv. in or to a foreign country在国外
He plans to spend his holiday abroad this year.
他今年计划在国外度假
Going aboard or not is the question haunting in his mind.
出国还是不出国是一直萦绕在他脑中的问题。
实际应用
国外代办处agency abroad
在国内外at home and abroad
海外市场market abroad
相关表达
overseas adj. &adv.在海外，海外的
foreign adj.外国的
domestic adj.国内的
home adv.在家乡，在本国
词义辨析
aboard adv. on or onto a ship, plane, or train在（船、飞机）上
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard.
女士们，先生们，欢迎登机。