The central figure in the painting is the artist's daughter. (画像，肖像)

The stone figures in the temple look frightening.

b) figure ...out = ①come to understand by thinking 弄明白，理解

= ② calculate 计算出

I can't figure him out- he is a mystery!

We still haven't figured out how to do it.

7. Have you figured out how much the holiday will cost?

especially adv. 尤其， 主要 +prep/conj.

specially adv. 专门地，特别地（为某个目的）

I don't like bright color, especially red.

This is a very common word, especially in spoken English.

Noise is unpleasant, especially when you are tying to sleep.

I like the country, especially in spring.

These shoes were specially made for you.

I came here specially to see you.

He bought the shirt specially for you.

8.. I'm trying to lose weight because I'm ashamed of my body.

1) lose weight =get thinner

gain/ put on weight

She looks a bit thinner. Is she losing weight?

He's put on weight over the years.

2) ① feel/be ashamed of :feeling shame, guilty or uncomfortable because of sth. 对......感到羞耻

　 cf be proud of

　　He was ashamed of his dirty clothes.

　　　　　　　　　　having failed the exam./ having done so little work.

　　You should be ashamed of yourself for telling lies.

　② feel/ be ashamed to /that

　 I am ashamed to say I haven't been to church foe three years.

　　I'm quite ashamed to have troubled you so many times.

　　I feel ashamed that I haven't written for so long.

9. Since I'm preparing to act in a new TV play, I'm taking weight-loss pills called Fat-less, which are quite popular among young women here.

1) Since you have a three-day holiday, why not go to the countryside to enjoy the quiet life there?

Since/ now that we can't work out the answers, we'd better turn to someone else for help.

2) be popular among/ with

10. work ① 生效，起作用,行得通

The medicine worked and the pain went away.

His mother asked him not to smoke again and again but it didn't work.

Will these methods work?

② 机器运转、运作

The watch doesn't work.

　Do you know how to work that machine?

11. in the last /past two months