這是一篇正正經(jīng)經(jīng)修煉前必看的文章。(一些好的詞匯短語的介紹，利于升華寫作內(nèi)容）

jaw-dropping and mind-blowing

gauge

• n.儀器；寬度、厚度；a gauge of sth某事物的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；軌距gaugerailway ;槍管的口徑
• v. 判定，判斷；測量
• Citation is the most convincing standard to gauge the quality of scientific personnel as well as institutions.論文引用是判定科研成果的質(zhì)量最具信服力的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

you reap what you sow.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆

intimidating

• 令人緊張不安的，令人膽怯的
• Some people find interview situations very intimidating.

shave off

• 刮掉；節(jié)省
• As they shave off time for TV and the Internet to make way for schoolwork, parents may want to add extra for that other big contributor to success at school:sleep.在看電視與上網(wǎng)讓位于家庭作業(yè)的同時，家長們可能還想為孩子再添一砝碼-睡眠。

rekindle

• 重新點(diǎn)燃，喚醒

forebode

• 預(yù)示

be labeled as

• 被貼上……標(biāo)簽，被認(rèn)為是

be leveraged by

• 被利用（leverage n.杠桿）

deteriorate

• 惡化

be conducive to

• 有利于

be saddle with

• 一個很形象的詞-負(fù)擔(dān)著

trudge to

• 跋涉

grumb

• 嘮叨，嘟噥

plague

• 很顯然，動詞意義用在作文里就顯得很接地氣!

employ

• 據(jù)說寫學(xué)術(shù)論文的時候，employ作為“使用”義頻率較高。

salient

• 重要的，突出的

gap

gap搭配

gap搭配

impotent

bearing

brimming

brimming tears充滿淚水
brimming with滿含著（brimming adj. 倒?jié)M了的
Why am I always in my eyes brimming tears, because I love the Land so dearly. 為什么我的眼里常含淚水，因?yàn)槲覍@土地愛得深沉。
- Ai Qing’s poem I love the land

cozy and warm舒適和溫暖

something rules

blurred： not very clear

through and through徹頭徹尾地

to bones/to the bone徹骨地、極點(diǎn)的

beauty 優(yōu)點(diǎn)

Part of the beauty of(優(yōu)點(diǎn)) the borehole is that it requires no elaborate apparatus.