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Vocabulary: accelerate: go faster; make sth. happen faster 加速；加快 e.g. This Ferrari Mondial can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds. 法拉利 蒙迪尔型汽车能在6.3秒内从时速0英里加速到60英里。 e.g. to accelerate the rate of economic growth 加快经济发展速度 acceleration n. e.g. the acceleration in the rate of economic growth 经济的加速发展 e.g. acceleration due to gravity 重力加速度 accelerator: n. 油门；加速器 compassion: n. a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them 同情；怜悯 e.g. to feel compassion 感到同情 to show compassion 表示同情 compassionate: adj. feeling or showing sympathy for people who are suffering 有同情心的； 表示怜悯的 e.g. a compassionate smile a caring, compassionate man conquer: v. to take land by attacking people or by fighting a war 攻取；占领 e.g. The Normans conquered England in 1066. 2） to defeat an enemy 击败 e.g. The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes. 祖鲁人打败了所有邻近的部落。 3） To gain control over sth. difficult, using a lot of efforts 克服；制服 e.g. ~ fear 克服恐惧 ~ inflation 克服通货膨胀 4） ~ one’s hearts: make someone love you 博得某人的欢心 amaze: v. to make sb. very surprised e.g. Dave ~s his friends by suddenly getting married. e.g. Their loyalty never ceased to ~ me. amazed: a. extremely surprised e.g. We were amazed at her rapid recovery. e.g. I’m amazed that you’ve never heard of them. amazing: a. extremely good, esp. in a surprising and unexpected way 好得惊人的；精彩的 e.g. an ~ performance 精彩的表演 e.g. an ~ bargain 令人惊喜的便宜货 amazement: n. e.g. To my amazement, she came up to me and shook my hand. synonyms magnificent: adj. extremely impressive because of being very big, beautiful, etc. 宏伟的；壮丽的 e.g. The view from the summit was magnificent. 从山顶望去，景色十分壮观。 intrigue: v. to make sb very interested and want to know more about sth 激起…的兴趣；引发…的好奇心 e.g. I was ~d by his request. 他的请求引起了我的兴趣。 e.g. You’ve r