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13. anniversary [] n. [C]a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date exactly a year or a number of years before 週年紀念日My wife will be mad at me if I forget our wedding anniversary.

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14. rumor [] n. [C]a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about 謠言，傳說There is a rumor going around that the beautiful singer will marry a rich old man.

* a piece of information 一則訊息

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15. landing [] n. [C]an act of moving down onto the ground 降落

One person died after the pilot of a light aircraft was forced to make a crash landing in the field.

詞類變化* make a crash landing 迫降

land [] vi. 著陸，降落

Our plane landed safely at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport.

* Chiang Kai-shek International Airport 桃園中正國際機場

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16. desert [] n. [C]a large sandy piece of land where there is very little rain and not many plants 沙漠

It is easy to getlost in a desert because there’snothing there butsand.

* a piece of land 一塊地* but = except 除了…以外…

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17. degree [] n. [C]a unit of measurement 度

The temperature was 20 degrees Celsius in the morning.

* Celsius 攝氏 Fahrenheit 華氏

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18. suspicious [] adj.not trusting 懷疑的

Her parents have become suspicious of her strange behavior.

詞類變化* be suspicious of 懷疑

suspicion [] n. [U] 懷疑

She treated him with suspicion after she learned about his past.

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19. being [] n. [C]a living thing 生物

Every being on earth depends on the environment.

* on earth = in the world

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20. quarter [] n. [C]a 4th part of a whole 四分之一

It’s a quarter to ten; that’s 9:45.

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21. site [] n. [C]the place where an event happened 現場

The police are reported to have reached the crash site in the mountains.

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22. stuffed [] adj.filled with something 填充的

I hate stuffed toysbecause I am allergicto them.

詞類變化* be allergic to + N 對…過敏

stuff [] vt. 填，塞

Don’t stuff your mouth so full with food.

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23. feature [] vt.to include as a special part 以…為特色，以…為號召

Our age is featured by great technological progress.

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feature [] n. [C] 特色；特徵

Wet weather is a feature of life in Scotland.

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24. invasion [] n. [C][U](the act of) attacking and spreading into so as to take control of (a country, city, etc.) 侵略，侵犯The bad weather stopped Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.

詞類變化*so as to + V = in order to + V = to + V 為了…* take control of 控制

invade [] vt. 侵略，侵犯

Japanese invaded and governed Taiwan for about half a century.

10. magnet[] n. [C] any object, especially a piece of iron, which can draw other iron or steel objects towards it or push them away 磁鐵

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11. alien-based[] adj. in which alien is the main subject 以外星人為主的

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4. look forto try to find 尋找

I’ll look for a present for Alice while I am in town.

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5. play upto emphasize something and try to make people believe that it is important 強調，大肆宣傳

The report plays up the effect of the new medicine, but it may not be true.

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