◆◆◆verify vt. 查证，核实
Eg: You must verify the numbers / statistics.
verify the facts
certify : 证明，保证
confirm: 证实
Eg: My boss can confirm that I was here at that time.
文档 n. 文件； v. 用文件证明
Eg: Please 文档 what you said just now.
I don’t believe you. I only believe in 文档.
substantiate: 证明（某事有根据）

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Lesson59A end 32:39

Lesson59B begin 33:48
L59-04 begin 11’49”

Eg: I can substantiate it.
validate: 使生效，确认，证实
valid: 有效的
Eg: We must validate the law.
When we use a new teaching method, we must validate it at first.
prove: 证明证实是否怎样
Read: verify / certify / confirm / 文档 / validate / prove / substantiate
check
Eg: Please check the figures / statistics.

◆bearing n. 关系，联系
relation / connection
association: 联想

◆like-minded adj. 志趣相投的
Eg: We’d like to make friends with like-minded people.

◆specimen n. 标本
◆constructively adv. 有益的，积极的
◆◆◆contented adj. 心满意足的
pleased / satisfied / delighted
Eg: Robert was not only pleased with my arrival but also delighted with my little gift.
be contented with sth. / sb.

◆boredom n. 烦恼，无聊
monotonous / tedious / tired / tiresome / bored

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Lesson 59 Collecting 收藏
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What in particular does a person gain when he or she becomes a serious collector?

People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. Indeed they can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned. Those who never have to move house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as clutter. They leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years, in the belief that they may one day need just those very things. As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment. Things owned for a long time are full associations with the past, perhaps with relatives who are dead, and so they gradually acquire a value beyond their true worth.
Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste. Among these I would list string and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened, to save buying these two requisites. Collecting small items can easily become a mania. I know someone who always cuts sketches out from newspapers of model clothes that she would like to buy if she had the money. As she is not rich, the chances that she will ever be able to afford such purchases are remote; but she is never sufficiently strong-
minded to be able to stop the practice. It is a harmless bait, but it litters up her desk to such an extent that every time she opens it, loose bits of paper fall out in every direction.

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