Lesson 26

1. Lesson 26

2. Section one • rugby: 橄榄球 • amateur: someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job • rambling: big and old (building) with an irregular shape • affiliate: form a close connection with the larger organization or becomes a member of it • cater for: provide all the things that people need or want • expenditure: the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something

3. reservoir: a lake that is used for storing water before it is supplied to people navigation: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place cricket:板球 gymnastics: physical exercises that develop one’s strength, co-ordination, and ease of movement gymnasium: athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training amenity: things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort

4. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship: an annual competition of lawn tennis which is held in Wimbledon in southwest London. It is organized by the All-England Club and the Lawn Tennis Association.

5. Tennis Association: the prototype and father of all league Association Football competition

6. Scottish League: the Scottish Association Football League

7. Section two • substance: a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties • fossil: the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock • synthetic: made from chemicals or artificial substances rather than from natural ones • strategic: relating to the most important, general aspects of something such as a military operation or political policy, especially when these are decided in advance • cultivate: prepare land and grow crops on it • fragment: a small piece or part of sth

8. hectare: a measurement of an area of land which is equal to 10,000 square metres, or 2.471 acres 公顷 smallholder: a person owning or renting a smallholding tackle: deal with a difficult problem or task in a very determined or efficient way enlighten: give someone more knowledge and greater understanding about something projection: an estimate of a future amount labour-intensive：requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital

9. tap: hit with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows latex: a substance obtained from some kinds of trees, which is used to make products like rubber and glue （从树木中抽取的）乳液，胶乳 mind-blowing: intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations compatible: (systems, ideas, and beliefs) work well together or can exist together successfully livestock: animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm jungle: a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together

10. candidate: someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job multicultural: multi- + cultural yield: the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals capture: begin to be interested or excited by sth migration: move from one place to another, especially in order to find work or to live somewhere for a short time

11. Section three • apprehension: a feeling of fear that something bad may happen • perseverance: the quality of continuing with something even though it is difficult