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Book9 Unit1 Breaking records approximate adj. 近似的，大概的(rough) an approximate estimate大概的估计▲ What is the approximate number of students in each class? approximately adv.近似地, 大约 The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately ￡1,000. conventional 传统的，习俗的；依照惯例的，约定俗成的 It is the conventional happy ending.这是传统的大团圆结局。Good morning is a conventional greeting.早安是习用的招呼语。 ▲▲ She was apparently confident but in reality she felt extremely nervous. accept reality 承认现实 face reality 面对现实 bring sb back to reality 使人面对现实 be divorced from reality 脱离现实 adjustment n. 调整，调节；适应 ▲ I’ve made a few adjustments to the design. her adjustment to her new role 她对自己新角色的适应 tough adj. 艰难的，艰苦的，棘手的；严厉的，强硬的；坚强的，顽强的，能出苦耐劳的； have a tough time 日子艰难 make a tough decision 作出艰难决定 be tough on/with 对...严格/采取强硬态度 He was tough on groups that might threaten him.他对那些具有威胁性的团体采取强硬的态度 ▲Are you sure youre physically tough enough for this job? 你确信你有足够的体力胜任这份工作 吗 ? [usually before noun] very great in degree极度的，极大地 We are working under extreme pressure at the moment. people living in extreme poverty ▲ I’m having extreme difficulty in not losing my temper with her. The heat in the desert was extreme. not ordinary or usual; serious or severe异乎寻常的，严重的，严厉的 Children will be removed from their parents only in extreme circumstances. 只有在极端情况下才会让孩子离开父母。 Don’t go doing anything extreme like leaving the country. It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen. 这是我见过的最严重的虐待动物的事例。 extreme weather conditions 极端恶劣的天气状况 fascinate attract or interest sb very much: 迷住；使神魂颠倒 China has always fascinated me. ▲ It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy. The private lives of movie stars never fail to fascinate. The?changing?vivid?colors?of?the?sunset?fascinated?the?eye. fascinated adj. (人)着迷的 be?fascinated?with? 迷上 fascinating adj.(物)吸引人的 They were fascinated to see that it was similar to the one they had at home. 他们极感兴趣地发