In addition to their normal names, many of the parts of the vocal tract have fancy names derived from Latin and Greek. The adjectives we use to describe sounds made with each part are usually based on the Latin/Greek name

Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met

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1. frustrate [ frQs5treit ] 1)阻止(某人)做某 事；破坏(to prevent from achieving an objective) 2) 使沮丧(to cause feelings of discouragement ) The weather frustrated our plans. 天气破坏了我们的计划。 two hour's frustrating delay

1. retract [ ri5trAkt ]缩回,收回(to take back or withdraw) A cat can retract its claws. 猫能缩回爪子。 to retract an offer 收回提议

1. toil [ tCil ]苦干, 跋涉, 费力地做 (to do work that requires a lot of effort) [搭配用法] toil over (task, manuscript, corrections) = work hard and continuously at sth 例 toiling over the mountains. 艰难地跋涉于山岭之间

Word List 1. ban [bAn] (banned; banning)禁止, 取缔 (书刊等) (to prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure.) Smoking is banned in school. 在学校禁止吸烟

w•1. defraud [ di5frC:d ]欺骗(to take something from by fraud; swindle; deceit) w•be defrauded of (one's estate) w被骗去(财产)

integrate [ 5inti^reit ]使成整体(to make into a whole or make part of a whole) [搭配用法] integrate(building, river, college) with (setting, canal system, university) ＝make sth. An essential part of sth.; cause sth. To form a whole (with sth)

1. abandon [ E5bAndEn ] 1)放弃, 遗弃(to give up completely)2)n.放任, 狂热 [搭配用法](writer, artist)abandon oneself to (grief, despair)=give way to ◼ He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money