自考英语（二）60讲 Lesson 47

本讲为2006年下半年新的教学内容，请对照教材、练习册和语法书听录音！       It takes me 5 yuan to buy this watch.   The watch costs me 5 yuan.     Unit 9 Text A   重点词语   classify  v.   1. 把…分类，把…分等级；2. 把…列为  Biologists classify animals and plants into groups.   liability  n.   1. 责任，义务；2. (pl)债务，负债；3. 不利条件，妨碍的人或物  Your employers liability does not cover accidents that you have on your way to work.   alter  v.   改变，改动  The waiter apologized and altered the figure on the bill.    lengthen  v.   使延长；变长，延伸  The queue outside the shop was lengthening1.    revision  n.   修订，修改   He was forced to make several revisions to his speech.    难句分析   1.       of the really ancient societies, with over 13 per cent above 65, all are in Northwestern Europe.

1 lengthening   

（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的现在分词 )； 加长

参考例句：

• The evening shadows were lengthening. 残阳下的影子越拉越长。
• The shadows are lengthening for me. 我的影子越来越长了。 来自演讲部分