Ace in the Hole

Keywords and expressions

negative['neɡ?tiv]

形容詞，譯為“拒絕的；懷疑的；不同意的；消極的，非建設(shè)性的

名詞，譯為“否定詞語，否定的觀點；拒絕；否認(rèn)”

例：1. You can’t learn anything with negative attitude.

你用消極的態(tài)度什么也學(xué)不到。

2. The answer to my request was a strong negative.

我的要求受到強(qiáng)硬的拒絕。

cultivate ['k?ltiveit]

及物動詞，譯為“耕作，種植”也可譯為“陶冶思想[感情]；培養(yǎng)(友誼)”

例：1. The farmer is cultivating his land.

農(nóng)民在耕耘土地。

2.  She cultivated her mind by reading many books.

她博覽群書，修身養(yǎng)性。

Chunks in Practice

Read carefully the following sentences and explain the meaning of the

phrases to your friends.

1. If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.

2. If you sprinkle a thing with something such as a liquid or powder, you scatter the liquid or powder over it.

3. If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.

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Write a sentence that imitates the sentence in the above activity.

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