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Unit 2 King Lear 一、核心单词用法例析 1. shorten? vt.　　缩短。。。。。。 She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 2. burden? n. vt. 担子、主题(无复数)，负担、麻烦 The burden of grief made her in low spirits all day long.压在心头的悲伤使她整天郁郁寡欢。 3. responsibility? n.? 责任、负责；职责、义务、任务 Who bears full responsibility for the consequence?谁对后果承担全部责任？ 4. allocate? vt.? 配给、分配 The headmaster allocated tasks to each of us.校长给我们每一个人都分配了工作。 5. distribute? vt.? 分发、分配某事物、分散放置 In a co-operative profits are distributed among the work-force.在合作社中，利润是在全体劳动者中进行分配的。 6. contradict? vt. vi. 批驳、相反、与。。。。。。相矛盾 The speaker had got confused, and started