下面的名詞加“v-ing”表示一個概念，相當于一個名詞短語。

1. He died of lead-poisoning. 他死于鉛中毒。

2. food poisoning. 食物中毒。

3. His father was a composer of some ability, and the author of a well-known book on

violin-playing.

他爸爸是一位有才華的作曲家，寫了一本關(guān)于小提琴演奏的書，這本書很出名。

4. video playing. 視頻播放。

5. English learning. 英語學(xué)習(xí)。

6. a fire warning system. 火警系統(tǒng)。

7. Godfrey was unexpectedly awed by the Weaver’s direct truth-speaking.

戈弗雷出乎意料地敬畏韋弗直接說出實情。

8. Dad was always telling me about the dying art of letter-writing.

爸爸經(jīng)常給我講寫信這門正在消失的藝術(shù)。

9. price-cutting. 減價。

10. grass-cutting, fence-building, tree-felling. 割草、建籬笆墻、砍樹。

11. a system of price fixing. 定價機制。

12. Childbearing and family relationships do dual duty: They bring us joy, and they

also push us to grow and develop.

養(yǎng)育兒女和家庭關(guān)系具有雙重意義：不僅給我們帶來歡樂，也促使我們成長和發(fā)展。

詞 匯 積 累

1. digression n 題外話,離題,偏離

a. a digression, a kind of excursus in main outline. 主要提綱里的一些題外話。

b. These are very skillful digressions that will foreshadow something that’s going to

come up later in the same sermon.

這是一些很有技巧的題外話，將為本次布道后面要說的內(nèi)容埋下伏筆。

c. a foreshadowing . 伏筆。

d. I would like a little digression about the images themselves.

轉(zhuǎn)移一下話題，談?wù)勥@些圖像本身。

2.?dilemma?n 困境；進退兩難

a. put somebody in a dilemma. 使某人陷入困境。

b. moral dilemma. 道德兩難困境

3.?dimension?n 維度; 方面

a. vertical dimension/ vertical ordinate/ longitudinal coordinates. 縱坐標。

b. horizontal dimension/ horizontal coordinate . 橫坐標。

c. global dimension. [數(shù)] 整體維數(shù)。

4.?dip?n 下降

double dip. 二次探底。

5.?direction?n 方向

a. Could you help me with the direction? 你能告訴我方向么？

b. four directions. 四方

c. Now we look at this from the other direction. 現(xiàn)在我們換個方向看。

d. move in the right direction. 朝著正確的方向前進。

e. point in that direction. 指向那個方向。

f. the direction of the company. 公司的發(fā)展方向。

g. This is an important step in the right direction. 這是正確方向上的正確一步