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Unit 1 Bore v.-1. make a hole (in sth.) using a tool 钻孔，挖洞，凿井The workmen bored through the rock. 工人们凿透了岩石。//A tunnel has been bored under the Channel to link England and France. 英吉利海峡下面已经凿了一条将英法两国连结起来的海底隧道。2. talk or act in a way that makes (sb.) lose interest and become tired 使厌烦The speaker was boring everybody - you could see it on their faces. 讲演者令每个人厌烦--你可以从他们的脸上看出这一点。//He bored us all by talking for hours about his new car. 他连续几个小时大谈他的新车，使我们大家都感到厌烦了。 n.-[C] a person or thing that bores 令人厌烦的人或事All he talks about is his stamp collection - hes becoming an awful bore. 他谈的都是他的集邮--他正变得令人讨厌。//Its such a bore to have to write this out all over again. 不得不将这重新写出来，真烦人。 tedious: tiring, because of being too long, slow or dull; boring 冗长的，沉闷的，乏味的The work is tedious. 这个工作真乏味。//We had to sit through several tedious speeches. 我们不得不坐在那里听完那几个冗长而乏味的发言。//a tedious story 冗长乏味的故事//edious work 乏味的工作 formal adj 1 following accepted rules of behaviour; showing or expecting careful, serious behaviour, as eg on official occasions or in distant, not close, relationships 正式的; 正规的; 按规矩的; 有礼貌的; 庄重的; 文雅的: She has a very formal manner. 她举止端庄. * a formal dinner, luncheon, dance, etc 正式的晚餐、 午餐、 舞会等 * formal dress 礼服 * `Request is a more formal way of saying `ask for. 用request一词比用ask for显得郑重. 2 regular or geometric in shape; symmetrical 形状整齐的; 成几何图形的; 匀称的: formal gardens 整齐的花园. 3 of the outward shape or appearance (in contrast to the content or substance) 外形的; 外观的; 形式上的: There is only a formal resemblance between the two systems; they are in fact radically different. 这两种体系只是在表面上有某种相似之处, 其实根本不同. 4 publicly declared and recognized as official 公开宣布的; 正式承认的: a formal denial 公开否认 * a formal declaration of war 正式宣战. 5 [attrib 作定语] (of education) officially given at a school, college, etc （指教育）正规的: The job does not require any formal training. 做这种工作不需要任何正规训练.Rigid a. 1.笔直，僵直 If a thing is rigid , it will not bend. 2.strict严格死板的，苛严的Some students complained about the rigid rules and regulati