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*	gadget	['gædʒɪt]	(n) 小機件; (小巧的)器具; 小玩意
		[英] a small, useful, and cleverly-designed machine or tool
		gadgeteer (n)
	I have many gadgets that can help my DIY projects turn out faster. 我有許多的小器具可以協助我的自組工作快些完工。

*	garment	['gɑrmənt]	(n)(v) 服裝, 衣著, (一件)衣服
		[英] a piece of clothing
	Fashion models wearing the latest summer garments strutted along the catwalk. 穿著最新夏裝的模特兒在走秀台上走秀。

* good [ gʊd ] (adj.) 好
* well [ wɛl ] (adj.) (adv.) 好

I feel good.
我感到(心情上的)愉快。
(good是形容詞；是主詞I的補語)

I'm not feeling well today.
我今天感到(身体上的)不舒服。
(well當作形容詞使用；是主詞I的補語)

I did well on the exams.
我考試考的不錯。
(well當作副詞使用；修飾動詞did)

*	gossip	['gɑsəp]	(n) (v) 閒話, 聊天; 流言蜚語
		[英] information that is passed from one person to another about other people and their private lives, often including unkind or untrue remarks
		gossipy (adj)
	I heard them gossip about you last night. 昨晚我聽到它們在聊你。

* grizzle [ grɪzl ]          (n.) 灰色 (v.) 變成灰色；
   grizzled [ grɪzld ]       (adj.) 灰色的、夾雜白髮的
* grizzly   [ grɪzlɪ ]           (n.) 大灰熊；(adj.) 灰色的
* grisly    [ grɪzlɪ ]            (adj.) 可怕的

Grizzled journalists have long advised that the key to success is to choose the first job on the basis of the teaching power of an editor willing to work with you.
老記者常建議，成功的要訣是在選擇第一個工作時是要看編輯是否有意願和你一起工作的教導能力。

The government is considering removing the grizzly from protection under the Endangered Species Act due to high bear numbers in Yellowstone National Park.
由於黃石公園熊的數量增加，政府正考慮依據瀕臨絕種動植物法取消對灰熊的保護。

He told us a grisly story.
他給我們講了一個很可怕的故事。

* guerilla [ gə ˈrɪlə ] (n.) 游擊隊； (adj.) 游擊隊的
* gorilla [ gə ˈrɪlə ] (n.) 大猩猩

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*	handout	['hændaʊt]	(n) 施捨物, 傳單, 印刷品, 講義
		[英] money or goods that are given to someone, a piece of paper with information, which is given to people who are attending a lesson or meeting
		hand out 發放
	Please donate some handouts to those sufferers. 請捐一些救助品給那些受難者。 We often see people hand out flyers on the street. 我們經常在街上看到人發放傳單。

*	hazard	[ˋhæzɚd]	(n) 危險; 危害物 (v) 冒險作出; 嘗試; 大膽提出
		[英] (n) something that may be dangerous, or cause accidents or problems; (v) to say something that is only a suggestion or guess and that might not be correct
		hazardous (adv) hazardously (adv)
	Many reporters like to hazard a guess before playoffs. 許多記者喜歡在決賽前去猜結果。 He hazarded his life to save a drowning child yesterday. 他昨天冒險救了一位溺水小孩。

* heroine [ ˈhɛroˌɪn ] (n.) 女主角、女英雄
* heroin [ ˈhɛroˌɪn ] (n.) 海洛因毒品

* historic [ hɪs ˈtɔrɪk ] (adj.) 歷史上重要的
* historical [ hɪs ˈtɔrɪkl ] (adj.) 跟歷史有關的

historic scenes     歷史古蹟
historic event      歷史事件

historical novel            歷史小說
historical document     歷史文件

* horde [ ˈhord ] (n.) 群
* hoard [ ˈhord ] (n.) (v.) 囤積、儲存

Hordes of tourists pour in Disneyland’s New California Adventures everyday.
加州狄斯奈樂園每天都有成群的旅客湧入。

Animals that hoard food are more likely to be the ones that survive.
儲存食物的動物較容易生存。

*	horizontal	[͵hɑrəˋzɑnt!]	(adj) (n)水平的, 橫的, 臥式的, 地平線的
		[英] flat and level
		horizon (n)
		horizontally (adv)
	When a horizontal line and a vertical line intersect, they form right angles. 當一條水平線和一條垂直線相交，它們會形成直角。 It's so exciting to see the sun rise above the horizon on the first day of the year. 新年的第一天看見太陽從海平面升起很興奮。

*	housekeeping	[ˋhaʊs͵kipɪŋ]	(n) 家務, 家政
		[英] the work and organization of things that need to be done in a house, hotel etc, for example cooking and buying food
		housekeep (v) housekeeper (n)
	Why bother yourselves with housekeeping when you can afford a maid? 你有能力請女傭，何必自己煩家事呢？

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