【解释】

hire是日常用语，指按工作量或时间雇用人或租借东西，有"花钱使用某物"和"把某物使用权出让给别人以收取费用"之意；多指临时租用某物。如：hire a boat，a car，a camera，a bicycle，an evening dress，a hall for a meeting等，指人时，有"雇用"、"受雇"两种含义。

employ较正式，多指商店或公司长期雇用人手；受雇人员较广，甚至包括社会地位较高

的职业人员，有"聘请"之义；也可以解释为"忙于，从事"常用于be employed in sth. / doing sth. 短语中。 注：要弄清 employ 几个名词的用法：employee (雇工，雇员)，employer (户主，东家)，employment (就业，雇用)。

rent一般指租借房屋、地产(租借出去)；也有"花钱使用某物"和"把某物使用权出让给别人以收取费用"之意；多指用于长时间的场合。如：rent a house，a flat，a TV等。rent还可作名词，意为"租金；租费"。 【练习】用hire，employ，rent填空。

1). Our house has been ________ by a newly-married couple.

2). It' s important to ________ proper words in writing poem.

3). They _________ ________ in writing when I came.

4). They ________ out boats by the hour.

5). We ________ a driver to take us on a tour of the city.

Keys: 1). rented 2). employ 3). were employed 4). hire 5). hired Ⅱ.词性变化 （旨在提供语法填空所需材料）

1. elect vt.选举，推举；选择vi. 进行选举，作出选择 election n.选举，推举，当选 elective adj.可任意选择的n.选修科目 2. immigrate vi. 移入 immigration n. 移民入境 immigrant n.移民，侨民 3. race n.赛跑；竞争；人种

v. 参赛 racial adj. 人种的，种族的 racism n. 种族歧视，种族偏见；种族主义 4. apparent adj. 显然的，明白的，表面上的 apparently adv. 显然，表面上地 5. punishment n. 罚，刑罚 punish vt. 惩罚，处罚 【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。

1). In America, presidential ________ (elect) are held every four years.

2). They deserve to ________ (punish) for putting passengers at risk.

3). She had to tidy the classroom as ________ (punish) for being late.

4). She was the daughter of Chinese ________ (immigrate) to America.

5). There was a sudden increase ________ (immigrate) in from Eastern Europe.

6). He is a victim of ________ (race) discrimination.

7). She turned to face him, her anger ________ (apparent) gone.

8). Their motives, as will soon become _______ (apparently), are completely selfish.

Keys: 1). elections 2). be punished 3). punishment 4). immigrants

5). immigration 6). racial 7). apparently 8). apparent Ⅲ.重点词汇（旨在提供词汇综合运用所需材料）

1） majority n. 大多数；大半 major adj.&n. 较大的，主要的；主修，专攻

(反义词minority少数；少数民族)

[典例]

1). A / The majority of doctors agree that smoking is extremely harmful to health.

大多数医生认为吸烟对健康极为有害。

2). The majority was/were in favour of the proposal. 多数人赞成这个建议。

[重点用法]

be in the/a majority 构成大部分/大多数 a majority over sb 超过对方的票数

[练习] 按要求填空或翻译。

1). English speakers form the ________ (大多数) of the population.

2). Among the members of the committee those who favour the proposed changes are _______ (介词) the majority.