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Unit 2 Values Text A A Life Full of Riches (L. 2) confront: vt. (of a problem, difficulty, etc.) face (sb.) threateningly The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable. A major difficulty that confronts international students is how best to judge the quality of a program in a foreign university. 2) (of a person) face and deal with (a problem, difficulty, etc.) 军人必须面对危险和死亡。 (=A soldier has to confront danger and death.) * Astronauts have to confront the unknown. be confronted with: be brought face to face (=The prisoner was confronted with his accusers.) conclusions that can be confronted with experience (L. 3) donation: n. money or goods given for a good cause * The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations. 他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。 (=They made a generous donation to charity.) Collocation: a blood donation make/give a donation promise a donation  献血 捐赠 允诺捐助 (L. 5) confusion: n. a state of uncertainty about what sth. means, etc. The enemy retreated in great confusion. 他们的突然到来打乱了我们的计划。 (=Their unexpected arrival threw our plan into confusion.) Collocation: covered with confusion in confusion throw into confusion  非常慌张 乱七八糟，处于混乱状态 使狼狈，使慌乱 .: 该词的动词为 confuse，confusing 意思是 “令人困惑、迷惑的 ”， confused 意思是 “糊涂的、混杂的 ”。 (L. 5) curiosity: n. a strong desire to know about sth. Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car (=We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.) Collocation: from/out of curiosity in open curiosity Curiosity killed a cat.  在好奇心驱使下 公然出头过问与自己无关的事 好奇伤身。 5. (L. 7) stammer: v. speak with a tendency to repeat rapidly the same sound or syllable * It ’ s cruel to make fun of people who stammer. 他结结巴巴地道了谢。 (=He stammered his thanks.) 6. (L. 10) deny: vt. say that sth. is not true There is no denying the fact that Japan began to invade China as early as the early 1930 ’ s. refuse to admit or accept (=He denied knowing anything about their plans.) 7. (L. 10) fill out: add information such as your name and address in (a form or document) * It