You are wise not to go with them this time.

Don't you think it wiser to do as he says?

clever：（因头脑反应快、心灵手巧而）聪明的、伶俐的

e.g. a clever child,

It was clever of her to follow his advice.

He is clever at making model paper planes.

5、wood / wooden

wood：(u.)木材、木料、木头

e.g. The table is made of wood.

Please put some more wood on the fire.

wood可以和其它词构成一些合成词：wood carving：木雕； woodwork：木工活；

woodworm：钻木虫； woodcutter：伐木工人； woodshed：小木棚

wooden：（常作定语用），解释为：木制的、木造的；呆板的、不灵活的

e.g. a wooden chair, a wooden bridge

That small box is not plastic but wooden.

Facing so many strangers, her movement was a bit wooden.

There is a wooden look on his face.

类似的组词有：gold / golden； wool / woolen

6、major / main / chief

major：主要的，指比其它东西更加重要或有更大的重要性。

e.g. Xi'an is one of the major cities in China.

Can you see that major building over there? That's our laboratory building.

main：主要的、重要的，指事物中最重要、最明显的部分。

e.g. Her main reason for coming to the theatre was to see the show.

This is the main street in the town.

chief：通常指身份、地位、职权方面处于第一位的人或物。

e.g. She is chief engineer of the company.

Did you meet the chief of the tribe?

II. 重点词语和句型

1、civilization：(u.)（一国、一时期的）文明、文化、文明世界

e.g. the progress of civilization

Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.

The invaders from the mainland brought civilization to these tribes.

World civilization may be destroyed if there is another world war.

(c.)不同类型的文明

e.g. Please compare the differences of ancient civilizations between China and Greece.

These paintings represent different civilizations of different countries.

civilize：vt. (使野蛮人等）开化、文明；给予教育、使......有礼貌

e.g. The problem is how we can civilize these tribes.

It took more than three years to civilize these children from that mountain village.

Many children are civilized after they go to school.

civilized：文明的、有礼貌的、开化的

e.g. in a civilized manner：用有礼貌的方式； civilized way of life：文明的生活方式