(2)clarification n. 澄清；解释

　　②He is expected to clarify his position on welfare reform today.

　　人们希望他今天阐明自己在福利改革方面的立场。

　　③Please contact us if you require clarification of any of these matters.

　　如果你想弄清这些事情，请与我们联系。

　　[即境活用1]　

　　The report aims ________ how these conclusions were reached.

　　A．clarifying　　　　　　　 　B．to clarify

　　C．having clarified D．to be clarified

　　解释：选B。句意：那份报告旨在阐明这些结论是如何得出的。aim to do sth."目标是做某事"。

　　2. precise adj.准确的，确切的

　　[教材原句]　It is also difficult to be precise about how many Romany people there are, though the Council of Europe has suggested a number of about 9.8 million.

　　而且也很难确切地说出有多少罗姆人，尽管欧洲理事会建议这个数字大约是9 800 000。

　　①Can you give a more precise definition of the word?

　　你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？

　　be precise about 　　　 对......(说得)准确；准确地说出

　　to be (more) precise 确切地说，准确地说

　　precisely adv. 精确地

　　②I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.

　　我可以相当准确地说出这件事发生的时间。

　　③The shelf is about a metre long - 98cm, to be precise.

　　架子长约1米，精确地说，是98cm。

　　[即境活用2]　 用precise的适当形式填空

　　①It was found at the precise spot where she had left it.

　　②He knows precisely what we want.

　　3．refer to ... as把......称为；认为......是

　　[教材原句]　Many people often refer to the Romany as "travellers"．

　　许多人经常把罗姆人称为"旅行者"。

　　①Even as a boy he referred to his father as Steve.

　　即便还是小孩子时，他就叫他父亲史蒂夫。

　　refer to　　　　 谈到，说到；参考，咨询；涉及

refer ... to ... 把......提交给......；让......作决定