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    Lesson 2
    1.flock n. 羊群，鳥群，畜群，一群人 v.蜂擁，群集，成群而行.聚集
    flock into 涌進(jìn) (swarm into, crowd into)
    例句：The poor in developing countries flock into the cities because their chances of finding some work appear to be greater than in the villages.
    因?yàn)檎业焦ぷ鞯目赡苄运坪醮笥诹粼诖遄永锏?，所以發(fā)展中國家的窮人大量涌人大城市。
    2.half n./adv./adj.[pl.halves] 一半(地/的)
    better than half一多半，多一半
    例句：Better than half the class was absent.
    班上大部分的人都沒到。
    3.make v.做，制造;執(zhí)行;使 n.(生產(chǎn)廠家的)名字，(產(chǎn)品的)牌子
    make a reservation預(yù)訂房間(座位等)(book a room, seat, table, etc.)
    A:You just gave one room to a young lady.
    A:你剛剛把那個房間給了一個年輕女士。
    B:The young lady made a reservation last week.
    B:這位年輕女士上星期就預(yù)訂了房間。
    例句：My secretary said that she had made a reservation for me here.
    我的秘書說她已經(jīng)在這兒給我訂了房間。
    4.race n.(速度上的)比賽
    come in first in the race 比賽得第一名
    Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
    吉爾不僅在比賽中得了第一，而且是她在這個賽季好的成績。
    5.related adj. 有親緣關(guān)系的
    related to 與有關(guān)(having sth. to do with, connected with)
    例句：1.The softening of color defusion of form in Monet's paintings are probably related to the way his vision was blurred by the cataracts in his eyes.
    莫奈繪畫中柔和的色彩及輪廓的消解很有可能與他眼睛受白內(nèi)障影響而視覺模糊有關(guān)。
    2.Some specialists guess that the disease Whose cause is unknown was related to industrialization.
    有些專家猜測這種不明病因的疾病與工業(yè)化有關(guān)。
    6.year n. 年
    for years 好多年.好長時間
    A:I'm new in tovm and I need to find a doctor. Do yDu know anything about Joyce Brown?
    A:我是新來鎮(zhèn)上的，需要找一位醫(yī)生。你了解喬伊斯·布朗嗎?
    B:I've been going to her for years. I don't see how you can do better.
    B:我在她那兒看病都好幾年了。我不知道你會有什么比這更好的選擇。