Working the land 【重点词汇】1.struggle:vi. n 拼搏； 努力; 斗争; 挣扎I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built.我挣扎了，但他是一个高个子男人，很强壮The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product.这个公司正竭力为它的新产品寻找买主。They had to st uggle against all kinds of adversity.他们不得不同各种困境斗争。Life became a struggle for survival.生活变成了一场争取生存的斗争。...a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.…一个年轻男孩为支撑自己贫穷的家庭所做的努力。2.expand: vt.使变大；伸展China will further expand the scope of its opened-up areas. 中国要进一步扩大开放范围。We must build on our reputation to expand the business. 我们必须以信誉为基础扩大业务We have to expand the size of the image.我们不得不扩大图像的尺寸The popular ceramics industry expanded toward the middle of the 19th century.大众陶瓷业在 19 世纪中叶得到了发展。3.equip vt．装备；配备(朗文 P682)The school will be equipped with 70 brand new computers.这个学校将配备 70 台崭新的计算机。We want our son to have a good education that will equip him for later life我们想让儿子接受良好的教育以便能为其今后生活打下基础。Please equip yourself with a sharp pencil and a rubber for the exam.请准备一支削尖的铅笔和一块橡皮参加考试。Our laboratory is well equipped.我们的实验室装备良好。The sailors were told to equip themselves with everything ( 装 备 好 一 切 东西)they would need for the voyage.4.confuse vt. 使迷惑；使为难；使混乱；混淆(2008 年高考辽宁卷)Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names.外国游客来日本经常会被弄糊涂，因为那里的大多数街道没有名字。I hope my explanation didn’t confuse everybody.我希望我的解释没有把大家都弄糊涂。I confused her with her sister because they were so alike.我把她和她妹妹弄混了，因为她们长得太像了。confused adj....
