七七 | 1. Fall in Love with English

Hiding behind the loose dusty curtain, a teenager packed up his overcoat into the suitcase. He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors. He had got to do this because he was tired of his parents’ nagging about his English study and did not want to go through it any longer. He couldn’t get along well with English and disliked joining in English classes because he thought his teacher ignored him on purpose. As a result, his score in each exam never added up to over 60.

• teenage：adj. 十幾歲的
• pack：v. 打包；n. 包裹
• pack up：打包
• overcoat：n. 大衣；外套
• case：n. 案件；具體情況；盒
• suitcase：n. 行李箱
• hide：v. 躲藏
• hide - hid -hidden
• seek：v. 尋找
• loose：adj. 松散的
• lose：v. 丟失
• dust：n. 塵土
• dusty：adj. 布滿灰塵的
• curtain：n. 窗簾
• at dusk：在黃昏
• twilight：n. 黃昏
• dawn：n. 破曉
• though：conj. 盡管
• thunder：n. 雷
• lighting：n. 閃電
• be tired of = be fed up with：對(duì)…感到厭煩
• nag：v. 嘮叨
• not any longer：不再
• go through：經(jīng)歷（不好的）
• go over：瀏覽（一個(gè)模糊的印象）
• get along well with：進(jìn)展順利；相處的好
• think：v. 想；認(rèn)為
• think - thought -thought
• ignore：v. 忽視
• on purpose：故意地
• as a result：結(jié)果是
• score：n. 分?jǐn)?shù)；v. 得分
• add：v. 加
• minus：v. 減
• multiply：v. 乘
• divide：v. 除
• add up to：總計(jì)達(dá)到

His partner was concerned about him very much. She understood exactly what he was suffering from, but entirely disagreed with his idea. In order to calm him down and settle his problem, she talked with him face to face and swapped a series of learning tips with him. The items she set down helped him find the highway to studying English well.

• concern：n. 關(guān)心
• be concerned about：有被關(guān)心到
• be worried about：擔(dān)心
• exact：adj. 準(zhǔn)確的
• entire：adj. 完全的
• calm down：平靜下來(lái)
• settle：v. 解決
• =solve
• =deal with / cope with
• setting：n. 設(shè)置
• settle down：定居
• It's all settled.：全部搞定
• settle oneself on the sofa：找到一個(gè)舒適的位置
• a series of：一系列的
• swap sth. with sb.：跟…學(xué)術(shù)探討
• swap：v. 交換
• =exchange
• item：n. 事項(xiàng)
• highway：n. 高速公路；捷徑

The teenager was grateful and got great power from his friend’s words. Now, he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.

• recover：v. 恢復(fù)
• upset：adj. 沮喪的