1) quite 相當；頗
quiet 安靜地
2) affect v 影響, 假裝
effect n 結果, 影響
3) adapt 適應
adopt 採用
adept 內行
4) angel 天使
angle 角度
5) dairy 牛奶廠
diary 日記
6) contend 奮鬥, 鬥爭
content 內容, 滿足的
context 上下文
contest 競爭, 比賽
7) principal 校長, 主要的
principle 原則
8) implicit 含蓄的
explicit 明白的
9) dessert 甜食
desert 沙漠 v 放棄
dissert 寫論文
10) pat 輕拍
tap 輕打
slap 掌擊
rap 敲，打
11) decent 正經的
descent n 向下, 血統
descend v 向下
12) sweet 甜的
sweat 汗水
13) later 後來
latter 後者
latest 最近的
lately adv 最近
14) costume 服裝
custom 習慣
15) extensive 廣泛的
intensive 深刻的
16) aural 耳的
oral 口頭的
17) abroad 國外
aboard 上（船，飛機）
18) altar 祭壇
alter 改變
19) assent 同意
ascent 上升
accent 口音
20) champion 冠軍
champagne 香檳酒
campaign 戰役
21) baron 男爵
barren 不毛之地的
barn 古倉
22) beam 梁，光束
bean 豆
been have 過去式
23) precede 領先
proceed 進行，繼續
24) pray 祈禱
prey 獵物
25) chicken 雞
kitchen 廚房
26) monkey 猴子
donkey 驢
27) chore 家務活
chord 和絃
cord 細繩
28) cite 引用
site 場所
sight 視覺
29) clash （金屬）撞擊聲
crash 碰撞，墜落
crush 壓壞
30) compliment 讚美
complement 附加物
31) confirm 確認
conform 使順從
32) contact 接觸
contract 合同
contrast 對照
33) council 議會
counsel 忠告
consul 領事
34) crow 烏鴉
crown 王冠
clown 小丑
cow 牛
35) dose 一劑藥
doze 打盹
36) drawn draw過去分詞
drown 溺水
37) emigrant 移民到國外
immigrant 從某國來的移民
38) excess n 超過
exceed v超過
excel 擅長
39) hotel 酒店，青年旅社
hostel 旅店
40) latitude 緯度
altitude 高度
gratitude 感激
41) immoral 不道德的
immortal 不朽的
42) lone 孤獨的
alone 單獨的
lonely 寂寞的
43) mortal 不死的
metal 金屬
mental 神經的
medal 勳章
model 模特
meddle 玩弄
44) scare 驚嚇
scarce 缺乏的
45) drought 天旱
draught 通風，拖拉
draughts (英)國際跳棋
47) assure 保證
ensure 使確定
insure 保險
48) except 除外
expect 期望
accept 接受
excerpt 選錄
exempt 免除
49) floor 地板
flour 麵粉
50) incident 事件
accident 意外
51) inspiration 靈感
aspiration 渴望
52) march 三月，前進
match 比賽
53) patent 專利
potent 有力的
potential 潛在的
54) police 警察
policy 政策
politics 政治
55) protest 抗議
protect 保護
56) require 需要
inquire 詢問
enquire 詢問
acquire 獲得
67) revenge 報仇
avenge 為 ... 報仇
68) story 故事
storey 樓層
store 商店
69) strike 打
stick 堅持
strict 嚴格的
70) expand 擴張
expend 花費
extend 伸長，延展
71) commerce 商業
commence 開始
72) through 通過
thorough 徹底的
(al)though 儘管
thought think過去分詞
73) purpose 目的
suppose 假設
propose 建議
74) expect 期望
respect 尊敬
aspect 方面
inspect 視察
suspect 懷疑
75) glide 滑翔
slide 使滑行
slip 滑倒
76) steal 偷
steel 鋼
77) strive 努力
stride 大步走
78) allusion 暗示
illusion 幻覺
delusion 錯覺
elusion 逃避
79) prospect 前景
perspective 透視法
80) stationery 文具
stationary 固定的
81) loose 鬆的
lose 丟失
loss n 損失
lost lose過去式
82) amend 改正，修正
emend 校正
83) amoral
unmoral
immoral 三者同義 - 不道德的
84) capitol 大廈
capital 首都
85) casual 隨便的
causal 表原因的
86) extend 延伸
extent 長度
extant 現存的
87) inability 沒能力
disability 殘疾
88) personnel 人事
personal 個人的
89) statue 塑像
statute 法令
stature 身長
status 地位
90) widow 寡婦
window 窗戶
91) socks 短襪
stockings 長筒襪
92) tax 稅
taxi 的士，出租汽車
93) definite 不定的
infinite 無限的
94) grim 嚴酷的
grime 污點
95) crayon 蠟筆
canyon 山谷
96) recent 最近
resent 生氣
97) phrase 短語
phase 階段
98) mission 使命，任務
emission 散發，發射
mansion 大廈
99) vision 視覺
version 譯本
100) gasp 上氣不接下氣
grasp 抓住
101) delicate 微妙的
dedicate 獻身
101) idle 空閒的
idol 偶像
102) induce 促使，勸誘
deduce 推測
reduce 減少
seduce 誘使
103) lapse 流逝
elapse 消逝
eclipse 日食
104) rude 粗魯的
crude 天然的
105) source 水源
sauce 醬油
saucer 茶托
resource 資源
recourse 求援
106) sled (兒童)雪橇
sledge 雪橇
107) stripe 條紋
strip 條
trip 旅行
108) vocation 職業
vacation 假期
evocation 召集
revocation 撤回
109) ardor 熱情
adore 崇拜
adorn 裝飾
110) area 區域
era 時代
111) resemble 像...
assemble v 集合，裝配
assembly n 集合, 裝配
112) assume 假定
resume 恢復
113) attain 達到
obtain 獲得
abstain 放棄
114) award 授予
reward 獎賞
115) baggage (American) 行李
luggage English) 行李
116) badge 徽章
bandage 繃帶
117) blade 刀刃
bald 禿的
bold 大膽
118) bloom 開花
blossom 開花 (結果實)
bosom 胸口
119) blush 臉紅
flush 發紅 (臉)
120) bride 新娘
bribe 賄賂
121) growl 咆哮
howl 狼叫
122) depress 使沮喪
suppress 鎮壓
oppress 壓迫
123) dime 一角
dim 暗淡的
124) dizzy 眼花繚亂
dazzle 使眼花
125) brown 褐色
brow 眼眉
blow 打擊
126) bullet 子彈
bulletin 公告
127) carton 紙板盒
cartoon 動畫
128) chivalry 騎士精神
cavalry 騎兵隊
129) collar 領子
cellar 地窖
color 顏色
130) vanish 消失
evanish 使消失
131) intrude 入侵
extrude 逐出
detrude 推下
132) contort 扭彎
distort 弄彎
retort 反駁
133) eminent 傑出的
imminent 逼近的
134) decline 下降
recline 放置
incline 傾斜
135) exclaim 呼喊
proclaim 宣佈
acclaim 歡呼
declaim
136) edict 法令
indict 控告
137) perfuse 潑灑
profuse 浪費的
138) reject 拒絕
eject 逐出
inject 注射
deject 使沮喪
139) literacy 識字
literary 文學的
literature 文學
literal 文字的
140) median 中央的，中線的
medium 媒體
141) expel 驅逐
repel 反擊
impel 推動
dispel 驅散
142) rip 撕
ripe 熟的
143) wench 絞車
wrench 扭傷
144) confidant 知己
confident 有信心的
145) dine 吃飯
diner 吃飯人
dinning n 吃飯
dinner 晚飯
146) dreg 渣滓
drag 拖拉
147) faint 失去知覺，昏厥
feint 佯攻
148) imprudence 輕率
impudence 無恥
149) specie 硬幣
species 種類
150) hanger 鉤子
hangar 棚廠
hunger 饑餓
151) suite 一(套，批)
suit一套衣服
Here’s one simple way to keep your children healthy: Ban the bedroom TV.
By some estimates, half of American children have a television in their bedroom; one study of third graders put the number at 70 percent. And a growing body of research shows strong associations between TV in the bedroom and numerous health and educational problems.
Children with bedroom TVs score lower on school tests and are more likely to have sleep problems. Having a television in the bedroom is strongly associated with being overweight and a higher risk for smoking.
One of the most obvious consequences is that the child will simply end up watching far more television — and many parents won’t even know.
In a study of 80 children in Buffalo, ages 4 to 7, the presence of a television in the bedroom increased average viewing time by nearly nine hours a week, to 30 hours from 21. And parents of those children were more likely to underestimate their child’s viewing time.
“If it’s in the bedroom, the parents don’t even really know what the kids are watching,” said Leonard H. Epstein, professor of pediatrics and social and preventive medicine at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. “Oftentimes, parents who have a TV in the kids’ bedrooms have TVs in their bedrooms.”
Moreover, once the set is in the child’s room, it is very likely to stay. “In our experience, it is often hard for parents to remove a television set from a child’s bedroom,” Dr. Epstein said.
Dr. Epstein and his colleagues put monitoring devices on bedroom TVs and all the other sets in the house. In one two-year study, the devices in half the homes were programmed to reduce children’s overall viewing time by half. (Children had to use a code to turn on any TV in the home, and the code stopped working once the allocated TV time for the week had been reached.)
Although all the children in the study gained weight as they grew, relative body mass index dropped among those with mandatory time limits. The researchers found that cutting into TV time did not increase exercise levels. Instead, the children snacked less, lowering their consumption more than 100 calories a day. The study, published Monday in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, did not break down the data by bedroom television viewing.
But in 2002, the journal Pediatrics reported that preschool children with bedroom TVs were more likely to be overweight. In October, the journal Obesity suggested that the risk might be highest for boys. In a study among French adolescents, boys with a bedroom television were more likely than their peers to have a larger waist size and higher body fat and body mass index.
The French study also showed, not surprisingly, that boys and girls with bedroom TVs spent less time reading than others.
Other data suggest that bedroom television affects a child’s schoolwork. In a 2005 study in The Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, researchers looked at the television, computer and video game habits of almost 400 children in six Northern California schools for a year. About 70 percent of the children in the study had their own TV in the bedroom; they scored significantly and consistently lower on math, reading and language-arts tests. Students who said they had computers in their homes scored higher.
Why a bedroom television appears to have such a pronounced impact is unclear. It may be that it’s a distraction during homework time or that it interferes with sleep, resulting in poorer performance at school. It could also suggest less overall parental involvement.
Another October study, published in Pediatrics, showed that kindergartners with bedroom TVs had more sleep problems. Those kids were also less “emotionally reactive,” meaning that they weren’t as moody or as bothered by changes in routine. While that sounds like a good thing, the researchers speculated that having a TV in the bedroom dampened the intensity with which a child responded to stimulation.
Another study of more than 700 middle-school students, ages 12 to 14, found that those with bedroom TVs were twice as likely to start smoking — even after controlling for such risk factors as having a parent or friend who smokes or low parental engagement. Among kids who had a TV in the bedroom 42 percent smoked; among the others, the figure was 16 percent.
“I think it matters quite a lot,” Dr. Epstein said. “There are all kinds of problems that occur when kids have TVs in their bedroom.”
So while many parents try to limit how much television and what type of shows their children watch, that may be less than half the battle. Where a child watches is important too.
By MedHeadlines • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: Children's Health, Diet, Lifestyle, Obesity, Prevention
Teens and adolescents who eat breakfast every day are less likely to become overweight or obese in the near future and they typically lead a more active, healthier lifestyle than their peers who skip breakfast, according to the latest research published by Project EAT. Researchers followed the dietary habits and lifestyles of 2,200 adolescents for five years to identify any possible link between body weight change and breakfast. The study was conducted by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s Project Eating Among Teens (EAT).
In the last twenty years, obesity in children has doubled and tripled for adolescents. Estimates are that as many as 12% to 24% of children and adolescents skip breakfast on a regular basis.
Skipping breakfast and other unhealthy weight-control choices are frequently made in 57% of the female adolescent population and 33% of the males. The number of breakfasts skipped increases at an alarming rate as children grow up.
The Project EAT study, titled “Breakfast Eating and Weight Change in a 5-Year Prospective Analysis of Adolescents: Project EAT,” started five years ago when study participants were adolescents. Now in their teens, those who ate breakfast daily are thinner and have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those that frequently skipped breakfast. BMI is a measurement used to determine risk of obesity.
Many people, including teens, think skipping breakfast is an effective way to limit calories but the opposite is actually true, according to Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, Project EAT’s principal investigator. Skipping breakfast leads to overeating later in the day, especially in the evenings.
Full details of the Project EAT study are to be published in the March issue of the journal, Pediatrics, the official publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
MedHeadlines» Children's Health Diet Lifestyle Obesity Prevention »
adolescent : 青少年
obese : 肥胖的 obesity : 肥胖
dietary : 飲食的
identify :
1. 確認;識別;鑑定,驗明[(+as)]
She identified him as her attacker.
她認出他就是襲擊她的人。
I cannot identify this signature.
我識別不出這是誰的簽字。
2. 視...(與...)為同一事物[(+with)]
Never identify wealth with happiness.
千萬不要把財富和幸福等同起來。
3. 使參與;使合作[(+with)]
The politician refused to identify himself with the Administration's foreign policy.
那位政治家拒不支持政府的外交政策。
4. 發現,確定
conducted :
1. 引導,帶領
He conducted the members of the audience to their seats.
他引觀眾到他們的座位上。
2. 實施;處理;經營,管理
They hired agents to conduct their affairs.
他們雇請代理人來處理他們的事務。
3. 為人,表現[O]
4. 指揮(軍隊,樂隊等)
Mr. Green will conduct the orchestra.
格林先生將指揮這支管弦樂隊。
5. 【物】傳導(熱,電等)
Most metals conduct electricity.
大多數金屬能導電。
couduct their business 處理商務
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