# \#Barron1100Words **URL:** https://eijil.com/tag/barron1100words/5.md [Latest](https://eijil.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://eijil.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://eijil.com/tags.md) --- ## [Week 2 day 1: to the point](https://eijil.com/t/week-2-day-1-to-the-point/388)
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Calvin Coolidge, our thirtieth president, was named “Silent Cal” by reporters because of his laconic speech. One Sunday, after Mr. Coolidge had listened to an interminable sermon, a throng of newsmen gathered around hi… --- ## [Week 1 day 1: reading wisely](https://eijil.com/t/week-1-day-1-reading-wisely/382)
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本书的电子版下载，排版有些问题，但是不伤大雅，注意，有两个版本，尽管都是第七版的：几本英语词汇书 - #9 by Tristan 第七版在线测试：Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know The youngster who reads voraciously, though indiscriminately, does not necessarily gain in wisdom over the … --- ## [Week 1 day 2: solving the servant problem](https://eijil.com/t/week-1-day-2-solving-the-servant-problem/383)
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目前电子书找到的有两个版本，都是第七版，但是之间有些许的不同，今天的文章两个版本之间选词有些许的不同。视频里阅读的是第二个。两个版本电子书我都上传了：几本英语词汇书 - #9 by Tristan The worlds of science fiction abound with wonders. Yet modern technology progresses so rapidly that what is today’s wil… --- ## [Week 2 day 2: If I HAD THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL](https://eijil.com/t/week-2-day-2-if-i-had-the-wings-of-an-angel/406)
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Casting a furtive glance over his shoulder, the felon slipped out the main prison gate to be swallowed up in the British fog. A plethora of escapes from supposedly secure prisons embarrassed the hapless wardens. To com… --- ## [Week 2 day 3: DR. JEKYLL OR MR. HYDE?](https://eijil.com/t/week-2-day-3-dr-jekyll-or-mr-hyde/407)
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Under the pretext of being a surgeon he gained entry to the hospital. When interviewed by the director, he had to fabricate a tale of his medical experience, but he was so adroit at lying that he got away with it. It w… --- ## [Week 2 day 4: YOU’VE GOT TO BE A FOOTBALL EXPERT](https://eijil.com/t/week-2-day-4-you-ve-got-to-be-a-football-expert/408)
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As an avid football fan, I try to see every game the Jets play. Whenever I can cajole my father into accompanying me, I try to do so. He has only a rudimentary knowledge of the game, and since I am steeped in it, I enj… --- ## [Week 3 day 1: THE PEP TALK](https://eijil.com/t/week-3-day-1-the-pep-talk/415)
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“If there’s one thing I loathe,” the coach said, “it’s a quitter.” He had good reason to reprimand us at half-time, because the scoreboard revealed that we were losing, 45–20. Our lackluster performance indicated to hi… --- ## [Week 1 day 4: how not to get your way](https://eijil.com/t/week-1-day-4-how-not-to-get-your-way/386)
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It is difficult to change someone’s opinion by badgering him. The child who begs his mother to “get off his back” when she implores him for some assistance with the household drudgery, may very well plead interminably … --- ## [Week 1 day 3：it’s a man’s world](https://eijil.com/t/week-1-day-3-it-s-a-man-s-world/384)
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How paradoxical that the world’s greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within women’s realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete with masculine names: Brilla…