1.exciting  adj. 令人兴奋的

excited  adj. （感到）兴奋的

excite  v. 令……兴奋（人作主语）

eg. The news excited us. （过去式）这个消息令我们兴奋。

eg. I have never been to Australia. 我从未去过澳大利亚。

   It must be an exciting trip. 那一定是一次令人兴奋的旅行。

eg. He is finding this trip very exciting. ( very exciting 宾补)

他发现旅途非常令人兴奋

eg. We are excited at the news. 我们对这个消息感到兴奋。

eg. The excited girl is looking forward to her exciting first date with her “Mr. Right”.

   这个兴奋的女孩渴望着与她“白马王子”令人兴奋的第一次约会。

eg. The excited children were expecting Christmas presents.

那些兴奋的孩子正期待着圣诞礼物。

类似的词：

surprising  令人惊奇的      surprised  感到惊奇的

interesting  令人感兴趣的   interested  感到感兴趣的

shocking  令人震惊的       shocked  感到震惊的

statisfying  令人满意的      statisfied  感到满意的

disappointing  令人失望的   disappointed  感到失望的

moving  令人感动的        moved  感到感动的

touching  令人感动的       touched  感到感动的

embarrassing  令人尴尬的   embarrassed  感到尴尬的

2. receive  v. 收到

receive sth from sb  收到某人某物

reveive a letter 收到一封信

receive a present 收到一件礼物

receive a phone call  接到一个电话

receive good education  受到良好的教育

eg. You will receive a warm welcome, whenever you come to my home.

无论你何时来我家，都会受到热烈欢迎。

eg. He has just received his fortnight’s pay. 他刚刚收到两星期的工资。

receive 收到  accept  接受

take 拿走    bring  带来

eg. I received an invitation to the party, but I didn’t accept it.

我收到他的晚会邀请，但我没有接受。

eg. I received an apology from him, but I didn’t accept it.

   他向我道歉，但是我不接受。

eg. I have just received a letter from my brother. 我刚刚收到我弟弟的信。

receive a letter from  收到……的信

=hear from sb

eg. Someone has taken my pen. 有人拿走了我的钢笔。

eg. The waiter brought me a glass of beer. 服务员为我拿来一杯啤酒。

receiver 收到…的人；电话听筒

eg. He put down the receiver angrily. 他生气地挂断电话。

   He rang off angrily. 他生气地挂断电话。

3. firm

1) n. （尤作口语）公司

eg. He is working for a big firm. 他在一家大公司工作。

The firm of Johnson & Johnson 强生公司

company （更口语化）公司

corporation  公司，法人。团体

enterprise  事业单位，企业，单位，公司，商行

group  集团公司

2) adj. 牢固的，稳固的，坚实的

eg. The leg of that chair is not very firm. 那把椅子腿不牢固。

eg. Prices are still firm. 物价仍旧很稳定。

as firm as rock 坚如磐石

a firm foundation  坚实的基础

3) adj. 坚定的，坚决的

eg. His reply to the request was a firm “No!” 他坚决地拒绝这个要求。

4. different  adj. 不同的（反义词：same）

(Br) A is different from B.  A与B不同

(Br) A is different to B.    A与B不同

eg. The word “ receive” is different from “accept”.

“receive”这个词与”accept”是不同的。

eg. Everyone is different from others. 每个人都与别人不一样。

(Am) A is different from B.

(Am) A is different than B.

eg. You look different than before. 你看起来跟以前不一样。

difference  n. 区别，差别

tell the difference between A and B 辨认A与B的区别

eg. We can easily tell the difference between the twins.

   我们能很容易地辨认这对双胞胎的差别。

important  importance

patient     patience

distant     distance

5. centre (U.S. -ter)

shopping center 购物中心

shopping mall   大型购物商城

training center  培训中心

service centre   服务中心

eg. That girl likes to be the center of attention.

那个女孩喜欢成为大家瞩目的中心。

eg. Beijing is the center of politics, economics and culture of China.

   北京是中国政治，经济和文化的中心。

left, right and center. → here and there. 前后左右，处处

eg. I’ve been looking for you left,right and center, where have you been?

   我到处找你，你上哪里去了？

6. abroad  adv. 在国外 (in or to another country overseas)

be abroad  在国外

go abroad  出国

live abroad 在国外居住

traval abroad  出国旅行

eg. A great number of outstanding young Chinese want to study abroad.

   许多杰出的年轻中国人想出国留学。

eg. He will go abroad next month. 他下个月出国。