be bored with 对...感到厌烦 be bored to death 烦得要死

　　The boring speech made every one boring.

　　8. entertain v 使欢乐 款待 entertainment n 娱乐

　　entertaining adj. 愉快的 有趣的

　　He entertained us for hours with his jokes and stories.

　　他即讲故事又说笑话逗我们乐了好长时间。

　　9. wear (wore worn )v 穿戴 留发 精磨 耐用 worn adj 用旧的 疲惫的

　　wear out 用旧 穿破 使疲乏 wear well 经久耐用

　　worn adj. 用旧的 破烂的 疲惫的

　　These shoes are looking rather worn.这些鞋看起来相当的旧。

　　He came back worn and worried.她回来了 既疲惫又焦虑

　　10. fail v 失败 failure n 失败故障

　　fail in doing 在...方面不成功 fail to do 没能做某事

　　Some students failed their teacher. They failed to get doctor's degree.

　　有些学生让老师失望了，他们没能拿到博士学位。

　　Failure is mother of success.失败是成功之母

　　11. optimism n 乐观 乐观主义 optimistic adj 乐观的

　　be optimistic about 对...乐观

　　You should be optimistic about the future. 你应当对未来充满希望。

　　12. overcome 战胜 克服 come over 顺便来访

　　He overcame his injury to win the gold medal.他克服伤痛赢得了金牌。

　　13. pick out 挑出 辨认 pick off 除去 pick up 捡起 学会 加速

　　Pick off all the dead leaves 把枯叶全都摘掉。

　　It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly pick out my friend.

　　电影院那么黑以至于我几乎认不出朋友。

　　14. cut off切断 断绝 cut down 砍到 削减cut in 插嘴 a short cut 抄近路

　　The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. 医生劝他少喝酒。

　　They were cut off for not paying their phone bill.他们未付电话费被停机了。

　　15. convince v 使...信服 convince sb.. of sth./that 从句

No one was able to convince her of her mistake.谁也不能使她意识到自己的过错。