15-Saturday

生词巩固

方框内的单词均为本单元生词，请将其与下面的释义一一对应。

honour　　save　　dispute　　peer　　mediate　　post

（　　）1．to keep or not spend money，etc．so that you can use it later

（　　）2．a person who is of the same age or rank

（　　）3．to put up a public notice about something on a wall，bulletin board，computer system，etc.

（　　）4．to try to settle a disagreement between two or more people or groups

（　　）5．to argue about something or to suggest that something is not true

（　　）6．to show great respect for somebody or something

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幽默故事

My husband maintains machinery at a factory．Whenever my little girl asks me what her daddy does at work，I always say，“He fixes the big machines there.”One time after receiving my usual answer，she said angrily，“Well，who keeps breaking them？”

参考译文

我丈夫在厂里负责维护机器。每当小女儿问我她爸爸做什么工作时，我总是说：“他在那儿修机器。”有一次，听了我的例行回答后，女儿气愤地说：“那么，是谁在那儿老搞破坏？”

参考答案

Saturday 1．save　2．peer　3．post　4．mediate　5．dispute　6．honour