This week's featured strips：

SUPERFICIAL      adj 表面的；肤浅的 浅薄的  What i know about the history is too superficial 我对历史的了解十分浅薄 。                                

ANNOYING         ANNOY+ING 使烦恼； 使生气   These flies are annoying me. 这些苍蝇真让人讨厌。We're annoyed at his cavalier treatment of his old friends.他用这种傲慢的态度对待老朋友,我们都感到气愤。

ENTRTAIN         娱乐；使…喜欢  A teacher should entertain as well as teach.    教师不仅要教书，也要 能引起学生兴趣

IGNORANT    ignor[e] + -ant 形容词后缀 adj （常与of, in连用）无知识的；不知道的  ; She is very ignorant about her own country. 她对自己的国家很不了解。  What his plans are I am quite ignorant of. 我一点也不知道他的计划是什么  

EXPIRATION  终止；截止  期满，届满 （亦作： expiry)
What is the expirition  date on your library novel?
你从国书馆借的小说书哪一天到期?   

RECONDITION  en- 使 + able 能…的   使能够
 A bird's wings enable it to fly.  鸟的翅膀使鸟能飞。                       This dictionary enable you to understand English words.  这本词典使你能理解英语词汇。
SURFACE      sur-=super- 在上面 + face 面  ; 表面
The table had a shiny surface, but underneath it was dull and rough. 
这张桌子的表面很光亮，可是它的底下却又乌又粗糙。 

ANCESTOR     祖先 （女性为： ancestrees）
My ancestors came from Italian. 我的祖先是意大利人。

THREATEN     恫吓；威胁     The owner threatened to chuck us out of the pub if we got drunk. 酒店老板威胁说,如果我们喝醉了就把我们赶出酒店去。
He threatened the council member with public exposure.
他威胁说要向公众揭发这个市议员