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;1. population 对人口提问用what, 不用how many, how much。 　 What’s the population of the city? 这个城市有多少人口？ The population of China _____ larger than that of America. 中国人口比美国人口多。 80% of the population _____ farmers. 百分之80的人是农民。 ;2. distinct adj. 清晰的；明显的；明确的 There is a distinct improvement in your study.你的学习有显著进步。 You should make your writing distinct. 你应把字写清楚。 习惯用语： be distinct from…in…在某方面与……不同 那两个建议截然不同。 Those two suggestions are quite distinct from each other. be different from…in… ; ; 4. means 手段；方法 There is no doubt that television is an important means of communication. 毫无疑问，电视是信息交流的重要工具。 All the means have been tried. Each means has been tried.;by means of = by using用; 依靠; 借助 The water may be carried by means of a plastic pipe. by no means = never; not in the least 决不; 毫不; 全无 By no means can theory be separated from practice. by all means 1) 无论如何；务必; 2) 当然可以 Try by all means to save the dying. — Shall I ask him to come in? — By all means. ;means; way; method区别;5. majority 大多数 n. 1) the majority of the people: most (of) the people 大多数人 2) majority常与a /the 连用; most后接名词或of + n. 3) The majority were/was for the plan. ; 6. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal state of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society. 到1850年加利福尼亚被选为美国的第31个州的时候, 她已经成为一个多元文化的社会。; “by the time + 从句” 作时间状语， 若从句用一般过去时, 主句常用过去完成时; 若从句用一般现在时, 主句就用将来完成时。 By the time he was fourteen years old, he had learnt maths all by himself. By the time he is fourteen years old, he will have learnt maths all by himself. ; 7.make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等 The old worker out of work makes a life by collecting wine bottles. 这位失业的老工人依靠收酒瓶子为生。 despite prep. 尽管；不管 Despite the heavy rain, they were still searching for the lost plane. = in spite of 8. elect vt. 选择???决定做某事；选举某人 She elected to return to her motherland after getting her Doctor Degre