一、word study
　　spur,confront,reflection,drift
　�、� spur n.1、踢馬刺；2、刺激（物），鼓勵(lì)；鼓舞
　　This book is a spur to the child ’s intellect and imagination. 這本書激發(fā)了那個(gè)孩子的智力和想象力。 vt.1、用踢馬刺催促（馬）；2、激勵(lì)，鞭策
　　He spurred his horse and ran aw ay.
　　他用踢馬刺策馬，跑開了。
　　The thought of the prize spurred me on.
　　要奪獎(jiǎng)的思想激勵(lì)著我前進(jìn)。
　�、� confront vt.1、面對(duì)，遭遇；2、正視；對(duì)抗
　　Escape being impossible, the rabbit turned to confront the dog.
　　逃跑是不可能的，兔子就轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭來(lái)和狗對(duì)抗。 The disease confronted him with death. 疾病使他面臨死亡。
　　The difficulties that confront us cannot be overcome. 我們所面臨的困難無(wú)法克服。 如果用被動(dòng)時(shí)態(tài)，則 confronted 后用 w ith 或 by。
　　We are confronted by many difficulties.
　　我們面臨許多困難。
　　The explorers were confronted with many challenges.
　　探險(xiǎn)者遇到了許多挑戰(zhàn)。
　　③ reflection n.1、反射，反映，映像；2、沉思，考慮 The reflection of light confused us. 反光使我們頭暈眼花。
　　The reflection of the sun w as blinding.
　　反射的太陽(yáng)光令人目眩。
　　This poem is a reflection of my mood at the time I w rote it.
　　這首詩(shī)反映了我執(zhí)筆時(shí)的心情。
　　He was looking at his reflection in the mirror.
　　他看著自己在鏡中的映像。
　　After some reflection the manager granted the request.
　　經(jīng)理稍一思索，便允許了請(qǐng)求。
　�、� drift n.1、漂流；2、傾向，趨勢(shì)
　　The w eather forecast reported an easterly drift of w ind.
　　天氣預(yù)報(bào)報(bào)告風(fēng)向偏東。
　　The general drift of affairs was towards war.
　　總的勢(shì)態(tài)是趨向戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
　　vi.漂流；漂泊
　　We watched the leaves drift down the stream.
　　我們看著樹葉沿小河漂去。
　　Our conversation drifted from one topic to another.
　　我們的話題換了又換。
　　In order to find a job, he drift from California to Toronto. 為找到一份工作，他從加利福尼亞漂泊到多倫多。 vt.使漂流
　　The snow w as drifted in great piles against the house.
　　雪被風(fēng)吹到房子旁邊，積成一堆一堆的。