(1)accept v.  receive v. ,յ#[Ek'sept] v. She was happy to accept his suggestion.
(2)blow v. ,()#[blEu] v. The wind blows strongly.
(3)bored adj. ᷳ,ĵ dull adj. ,Ȥ#[bO:d] adj. I hated being bored.
(4)brain n. ,ͷ#[breIn] n. He has a clever brain, but he never works hard.
(5)cheerful adj. ,˵ amused adj. ,ĵ cheerless adj. ĵ,#[tS'IEfl] adj. She always has a cheerful smile on her face.
(6)concern n.  interest n. Ȥ,#[ken'sE:n] n. My main concern is that I may fail in the final examination.
(7)din n. ,#[dIn] n. If you won't mind the racket, you'll just love the din.
(8)dull adj. ,Ȥ, bored adj. ĵ,Ȥ#[dVl] adj. Though the air in the country is fresh, life there is dull.
(9)express v.   ʾ expression n. #[Ik'spres] v. I don't know how to express my feelings.
(10)fair adj. ƽ unfair adj. ƽ#[feE(r)] adj. The price was fair, so I decided to take the computer.
(11)feel like v. Ҫ#['fi:l laik] v. I don't feel like it.
(12)generous adj. bounteous adj. , ungenerous adj. ,С#['dZenErEs] adj. He is kind and generous, so all people like him.
(13)good-looking adj. ÿ,Ư nice-looking adj.ÿ,Ư#[gud 'lukIN] adj. She is a good-looking girl.
(14)goodness int. ,ѽmercy n. ʴ badness n. #[gudnIs] int. Thank goodness!' we say.
(15)harbour  n. ,ۿ port n. ۿ#['hA:bE(r)] n. There are some boats in the harbour.
(16)hay n. ɲ#[heI] n. Make hay while the sun shines.
(17)lie down v. #[lai daun] v. You must lie down and rest.
(18)lively adj. õ, energetic adj. ʢ#[laivlI] adj. If you want to keep lively, just come down to our house.
(19)mile n. Ӣ#[maIl] n. I went miles and miles. 
(20)pain n. ʹ ache n. ʹ#[peIn] n. I have a pain in my stomach.
(21)patient adj. ĵ#['peISEnt] adj. The nurse is very patient with the sick children.
(22)proud adj. #[praud] adj. I am proud to be Chinese.
(23)racket n. ¬,#[rQkIt] n. If you won't mind the racket, you'll just love the din.
(24)reject v. ܾ refuse v. ܾ,л accept v. ,Ͽ#[rI'dZekt] v. Which suggestion did David reject. 
(25)ring n. Ȧ, circle n. ԲȦ, ״#[rIN] n. Our dog runs in rings.
(26)similar adj. ,Ƶ be similar to#['sImIlE(r)] adj. The two poems are similar to each other.
(27)slam v. ع,#[slQm] v. There's doors always slamming and things falling down.
(28)speaker n. ˵,ݽ lecturer n. ݽ hearer n. ,#['spi:kE(r)] n. The speaker in the poem is probably a boy.
(29)stone deaf adj. ȫ#[;stEun 'def] adj. The old man is stone deaf so he always slams the door.
(30)successful adj. ɹ#[sEk'sesful] adj. She was quite successful in her studies.
(31)suggestion n.  advice n. ,Ҹ#[sE'dZestSEn] n. What's your suggestion in this problem.
(32)terribly adv. ȵ#['terEblI] adv. It's terribly hot today.
(33)thank goodness v. лл#[TQNk 'gudnIs] v. 'Thank goodness!' we say.
(34)tray n. , plate n. #[treI] n. The waiter carried the dishes on a tray.
(35)typhoon n. ̨#[taI'fu:n] n. A typhoon in l954 was terrible.
(36)uninteresting adj. Ȥζ,ĵ interesting adj. Ȥζ#[Vn'IntrEstIN] adj. The poem 'Some Days' will probably describe some days in our lives as uninteresting.
(37)waiter n. Ա waitress n. ŮԱ#['weItE(r)] n. The waiter came to take their order.
