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6 agony [ `ægənɪ ] n. 極度苦惱；臨死的痛苦
Most of our grandparents had suffered the agonies of World War II.
我們的爺爺奶奶大部分都經歷過第二次世界大戰的痛苦。

agonize [ `ægənaɪz ] v. 苦鬥；掙扎；折磨；感到極度痛苦
Unit

7 woe [ wo ] n. 悲痛；不幸；困難 比較 Unit 8 1-19 owe 歸功於 4
My grandmother went to the temple and told the god all her woes. She prayed for

a better future. 我外婆去廟裡告訴神明她所有的悲痛。她祈求有更好的未來。

8 lament [ lə`mɛnt ] n. 哀悼；痛哭；哀歌 v. 哀悼；痛哭；悲嘆
People mourned when hearing the priest say laments for the dead.
人們聽到牧師為死者致悼詞時感到哀慟。

9 rejoice [ rɪ`dʒɔɪs ] v. 歡樂；慶祝；欣喜
Let’s toast to rejoice over the sales promotion. 讓我們乾杯來慶祝銷售量提高。

jolly [ `dʒɑlɪ ] adj. 快活的 戲弄；開玩笑
v.

10 hail [ hel ] v. 歡呼；打招呼；擁立 n. 歡呼；招呼 片語 hail from 來自於
After the old king died, people hailed his son as the new king.

在老國王死了之後，人們擁立他的兒子為新國王。

n.
11 tart [ tɑrt ] adj. 酸的；刻薄的 水果餡餅
At the coffee shop, Mary ordered a slice of apple tart and her mother ordered the
chocolate cake. 在咖啡店，瑪麗點了一片蘋果餡餅而她媽媽點了巧克力蛋糕。

n.
12 limb [ lɪm ] 主枝；大樹枝；手足
As a child, I used to climb around on the limbs of the big tree in our yard. Today,
those branches are where my children play.

孩提時代，我常在院子裡的大樹樹枝上到處爬。現在，樹枝間穿梭的是我小孩
的身影。