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UNIT 9 LEARNING(一)
1．As a language learning enthusiast，I’ve come up with(提出，想出) the best apps for
learning English from the thousands of mobile apps out there.
2．The app’s greatest strength is its intensive AI feedback，but ELSA also provides mini-
training sessions to really perfect(熟词生义，此处为动词，意为“使完善，使完美”) your
pronunciation.
3．The AI analyzes your recordings based on(基于；根据) pronunciation，intonation and
fluency and then points out(指出) exactly which parts sound inaccurate(不准确的；前缀in- 通
常表否定意义，由其构成的派生词一般具有否定的意义，如：inseparable 不可分的；
inappropriate 不恰当的)．
4．Lessons are short and consist of(由……组成)written and audio versions of the grammar
featured in the lessons.
5．Then you are able to complete practice exercises to solidify(使变稳固，后缀 -ify通常表示
“使……化，使成为……”的意思。例如：beautify美化；diversify使多样化；gamify使游
戏化) your understanding.
6．Lingodeer takes a gamified(游戏化的，趣味化的) approach to language learning with a
goal-oriented curriculum(目标导向的课程) consisting of structured lessons and regular reviews.
7．Medina’s most recent book，Merci Suárez Plays It Cool，was published in August 2022，
concluding(v.熟词生义，此处意为“结束，完成”) her middle-school trilogy(三部曲)．
8．The ambassador program is mainly sponsored(v.赞助) by the Library of Congress.
9．Clay Smith，director of library initiatives(n.倡议；新方案) for the Library of Congress，
says ambassadors(n.大使) have to be able to speak to others about reading and writing and to
communicate with children in particular.
10．Given that(鉴于，考虑到) the dictionary definition of curiosity is “the desire to know
something”，it may be of little surprise that much research has concerned(vt.涉及) its benefits
for education.
11．When the participants were highly curious about(对……好奇) a fact，they were 30%
more likely to(可能……)recall it.
12．And this seemed to correspond to(符合，与……一致)heightened activity in areas of the
midbrain that release(vt.释放) dopamine(多巴胺)．
13．The 24-year-old female commander Zhou Chengyu has been a heated(adj.热议的，激烈的)
topic on Weibo since the Chinese state media highlighted(v.突出，强调) her as one of the women
involved in(参与) the successful launch of the Chang’e 5 lunar probe on 24 November.
