英语初级在线学习

I don’t think so. English is not truly a global language, because it is not the main language spoken by most people worldwide. Even thought many people speak some English worldwide, English has not replaced other languages. They acknowledge that people use English everyday, for many reasons, but this doesn’t mean English is replacing other languages, nor does it make English the main language spoken in the world.

Where the sunken treasure is puzzles explorers.沉没宝藏的下落令探险家们大惑不解。

confuse v.一般用语，使混乱，使糊涂，强调因混淆而使人产生迷乱。

He sent the wrong reports because he confused them with other ones.他发错了报告，因为他把它们同另外一些报告混淆在一起了。

embarrass v.使窘迫，使为难，使困惑，有令人不快、难为情和内心混乱的意味。

Her boyfriend embarrassed her by teasing her about her new hairstyle in front of others.她的男友在别人面前嘲笑她的新发型，使她感到难堪。

perplex v.使杂乱，使疑虑，使不安。

The new tax laws perplex me.新税收法律使我很费解。

blame, condemn, reproach, scold

这一组动词都有"责怪"的意思。

blame v.责怪，把……归咎于。

You can't blame anyone in case you fail the exam.万一你考试不及格，你不能怪罪任何人。

condemn v.谴责，用于比较正式的、严肃的场合。

The wife condemned her husband for drinking too much.妻子因丈夫贪杯而责怪他。

reproach v. (书面语)责备，表示不满。

His teacher reproached him for not doing his homework.老师责备他不做作业。

scold v.责骂，训斥。

blunder, error, mistake

这一组词都表示"错误"。

blunder n. (因为无知、疏忽犯下的)大错，愚蠢的错误。

I think that I committed a blunder in asking her because she seemed very upset by my question.这位女士由于我的问题感到很难过，我感觉到犯了一个大错。

error n.指判断、计算或行为上的错误，也可指智力或道义上的错误。

The accident was the result of human error.这事故是人为的错误造成的。

mistake n.误会，误解；(粗心、遗忘所导致的)错误。

I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.我错拿了你的手提包。

brittle, fragile, frail, crisp, invalid

这一组形容词都有"弱"的意思。

brittle a.易碎的，易损坏的，通常是指坚硬的东西。

The bones of elderly people become brittle and easily broken.老年人的骨头变得脆弱，很容易骨折。

fragile a.常常修饰使用时必须小心才不会破碎的东西，也引申为体弱的，虚弱的。