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  revolve v. /r?'v?lv/

  原意：圍繞…旋轉

  The earth revolves around the sun.

  那么哪個天體繞著地球轉呢?對嘍，

  The moon and thousands of other satellites revolve around the earth.

  這個單詞在口語中怎么用呢?比如天忙著工作和學習的我們!到底多忙?

  My whole world revolves around my work!

  I feel like my life revolves around school, I have missed out on exploring the world by being stuck in a classroom or home to study.

  順便一提，劍15的聽力配對題中也出現了該單詞，一起看看原文~

  Only children have had a really bad press- a lot of studies have branded them as loners who think the world revolve around them because they have never had to fight for their parents’ attention.

  問：“The people who think the world revolve around them”這個什么性格呢?

  A: introverted

  B: caring

  C: selfish

  原題答案：C: Selfish. 當然這只是對獨生子的一種刻板印象, 不可取!

  Getaway n. /'get?we?/

  Get away 短語大家都熟悉，是離開，逃離的意思。

  e.g. The robbers got away from the police. 劫匪在警察的眼皮底下逃脫。

  看看下面這句話呢?

  e.g. I'm taking some time off because I really need to get away for a few days. 這里get away 特指外出度假，或者休假。

  那么 getaway 作為名詞就不難理解了，

  It is a place where people go for a short vacation/ It is a short holiday somewhere. 可以說一個假日休閑地或者是一個短假。

  比如：

  Taihu Lake is a popular weekend getaway.

  We have booked a romantic getaway to the seaside.

  Butterfly n. /'b?t?fla?/

  原意：蝴蝶

  1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa(蛹).

  補充短語：

  I have butterflies in my stomach. 表示心理七上八下。

  可以用來描述參加比賽的一些經歷。

  Even after 15 years of performing in front of an audience I still gets butterflies before a show.

  Social butterfly! 交際花!社牛!