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Unit2 Robots fiction小说 science fiction 科幻小说 detective fiction 侦探小说 I prefer light fiction to all those serious novels. cn. 令人满意的事物 un. 满意/满足 She smiled with great/much satisfaction. The happy news was a satisfaction to us. (much) to one’s satisfaction meet one’s satisfaction express one’s satisfaction at/ with take ones satisfaction in ones daily life?? v. satisfy It’s not easy to satisfy him. adj.satisfied satisfying令人满意的 I am satisfied with the result of the exam. The result of the exam is satisfying. adj.satisfactory 满意的/ 良好的/ 圆满的 It’s a satisfactory excuse for his absence. 5. alarm 【 n. 】（ 1 ） a warning of danger 警报 a fire alarm 火警 I raised the alarm as soon as I saw what’s happening （ 2 ） fear caused by the expectation of danger恐慌 I hope you won’t take alarm at the news. 【 v. 】（ 1 ） giving a warning警告 The notice board alarm people not to swim in the river. （ 2 ） feel feared or cause anxiety 恐慌 The news that H5N1 has spread alarmed the nation. 6.Sympathy　同情，怜悯 feel/have sympathy for sb. 同情某人 in sympathy with同情，赞同，支持 You have my sympathy. We are all in sympathy with your proposals. have no / some …sympathy with sb /sth express sympathy for sb out of sympathy for … Play on sb.’ sympathy 7.favour cn.帮助;好事;恩惠un.赞同,支持;偏袒,喜爱,好感 Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school? (do a favour for sb.) Can I ask a favour of you?(ask sb. A favour) I’m going as a favor to Ann, not because I want to. 我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。 I’m all in favour of equal pay for equal work. 我完全支持同工同酬。 He did all he could do to win her favour. 他尽其所能来博得她的好感。 He obtained his position more by favour than by ability. 他因得宠而获此地位，并非因为有什么本事。 The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment. 目前汇率对我们有利。 8.Pile a pile of / piles of = lots