A: What is your favourite type of fruit?

B: I think it must be fresh pineapple .

pineapple?n.?鳳梨，菠蘿

A: Can you pinpoint the exact location of the building?

B: I’ll have to loot at a map.

pinpoint?vt. 1.?準確描述，確定，確認；2. 準確地確定……的位置

n.?針尖，尖端

a. 十分精確的

A: What are you coming as to the fancy dress party?

B: A pirate , and you can be my parrot if you wish.

pirate?n. 1.?非法盜印（或復(fù)制）者，侵犯版權(quán)者；2. 海盜

vt. 1.?以海盜方式搶劫，搶掠；2. 盜用，非法盜?。ɑ驈?fù)制）

A: Do you know how the victim was killed?

B: He was shot with a pistol .

pistol?n.?手槍

A: The engine has stopped working.

B: Oh, the pistons must have seized.

piston?n.?活塞

A: I stayed up too late last night and I am now exhausted.

B: Well, that is one of the major pitfalls of staying up late!

pitfall?n. 1.?隱患，易犯的錯誤；2. 陷阱，圈套

A: What was your favourite thing about your visit to Italy?

B: The pizza , it was fantastic.

pizza?n.?意大利餡餅，比薩餅

A: We are studying about the great plague in history class.

B: Isn’t that also called “The Black Death”?

plague?n. 1.?瘟疫，鼠疫；2. 災(zāi)難，禍患

vt.?使痛苦（或難受），給……造成困難（或麻煩）

A: Emma is as thick as two planks .

B: Don’t be so cruel, I think she is quite intelligent actually.

plank?n. 1.?厚木板（條）；2. 政綱條目，政策要點

A: Was there much damage to your house during the storm?

B: No, just the plaster on the wall was cracked.

plaster?n. 1.?灰漿，灰泥；2. 石膏；3. 橡皮膏，膏藥

vt.?1. 在……上抹灰泥，厚厚地涂抹；2. 粘貼于，張貼于，貼滿

A: Even though we are at a high altitude, I do not feel it.

B: That is because we are on a plateau , it can be deceptive.

plateau?n. 1.?高原；2. （上升厚的）穩(wěn)定時期（或狀態(tài)）

A: This time, please me a plausible excuse for being late.

B: Well Sir, I still don’t think that you will believe me.

plausible?a.?似有道理的，似乎正確的，貌似可信的

A: We are sending out a plea for donations to our charity.

B: Oh, I will respond to that.

plea?n. 1.?懇求，請求

2.?抗辯，答辯，辯護

3.?借口，托辭

A: Mum, please, please can I stay up late tonight.

B: Despite how much you plead , the answer is still “No”.

plead?vi. 1.?懇求，請求

2.?申訴，答辯，辯護

vt. 1.?為……辯護

2.?提出……為理由（或借口）