典型例句：Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardship and adventure.
译文：登山很吸引人，特别是对年轻人来说，因为它伴随着艰难险阻。
巧记：hard(艰难的)+ship(名词后缀)=hardship
hardware n.五金器具，(电脑的)硬件，(电子仪、器的)部件
典型例句：It is too early to say whether IBM's competitors will be able to adapt their products to the new hardware at an affordable cost.
译文：认为IBM的竞争者会在价格许可的范围内让自己的产品来适应这个新的电脑硬件，还为时过早。
巧记：hard(硬)+ware(器皿)= hardware
想一想:software
Key:n.软件
harm n.伤害，损害 v.损害
历年真题：Identity theft is a minor offense and its harm has been somewhat overestimated.(2007年6月快速阅读)
译文：身份盗窃是很轻微的犯罪，所以它的危害被夸大了。
名师导学：该词属于常考词汇，相关短语为do harm to sb./sth.(对……有害)，如The drought did a lot of harm to the crops.(干旱给庄稼带来许多危害)。
想一想：①harmful ②harmfully ③harmfulness
key:①a.有害的 ②ad.有害地，伤害地 ③n.伤害，有害
harmony n.调和，协调，和谐
历年真题：The native Canadians lived in harmony with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.
译文：本土的加拿大人能与自然和谐相处，因为他们尊敬自然是他们生命的提供者。
名师导学：该词属于常考词汇，在阅读中出现频率较高，相关短语为be in harmony with(与……协调一致);live in harmony和睦相处。
harness n.(全套)马具，系在身上的绳子，甲胄 v.治理，利用
典型例句：Some scientists are working hard at how tide can be harnessed to produce electricity.
译文：有些科学家正在努力研究怎样利用潮汐发电。
