Ace in the Hole

Keywords and expressions

negative['neɡ?tiv]

形容词，译为“拒绝的；怀疑的；不同意的；消极的，非建设性的

名词，译为“否定词语，否定的观点；拒绝；否认”

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

你用消极的态度什么也学不到。

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

我的要求受到强硬的拒绝。

cultivate ['k?ltiveit]

及物动词，译为“耕作，种植”也可译为“陶冶思想[感情]；培养(友谊)”

例：1. The farmer is cultivating his land.

农民在耕耘土地。

2.  She cultivated her mind by reading many books.

她博览群书，修身养性。

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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