1. sound, voice, noise
sound自然界各種各樣的聲音;
voice人的嗓音;
noise噪音 eg:I hate the loud noise outside.
2. photo, picture, drawing
photo用照相機拍攝的照片;
picture可指相片,圖片,電影片;
drawing畫的畫 eg:Let's go and see a good picture.
3. vocabulary, word
vocabulary詞彙,一個人擁有的單詞量;
word具體的單詞 eg:He has a large vocabulary.
4. population, people
population人口,人數;
people具體的'人 eg:China has a large population.
5. weather, climate
weather一天內具體的天氣狀況;
climate長期的氣候狀況 eg:The climate here is not good for you.
6. road, street, path, way
road具體的公路,馬路;eg:take this road
street街道;eg:in the street
path小路,小徑;
way道路,途徑 eg:show me the way to the museum.
7. course, subject
course課程(可包括多門科目);eg:a summer course
subject科目(具體的學科)
8. custom, habit
custom傳統風俗,習俗,也可指生活習慣,後接to do;
habit生活習慣,習慣成自然,後接of doing. eg:I've got the habit of drinking a lot.
9. cause, reason
cause 指造成某一事實或現象的直接原因,後接of sth./doing sth;
reason用來解釋某種現象或結果的理由,後接for sth./doing sth. eg:the reason for being late
10. exercise, exercises, practice
exercise運動,鍛鍊(不可數);
exercises練習(可數);
practice(反覆做的)練習 eg:Practice makes perfect.
11. class, lesson
作"課"解時,兩者可以替換.指課文用lesson;
指班級或全體學生用class. eg:lesson 6; class 5
12. speech, talk, lecture
speech指在公共場所所做的經過準備的較正式的演說;
talk日常生活中的一般的談話,講話;
lecture學術性的演講,講課 eg:a series of lecture on…