核心词汇 youth / /?n. 青少年?The youth of today has greater opportunities than ever before.gather / ?/?vt. 搜集，收集 vi.聚集?The teacher went around the class to gather the papers.?final / ?/?n. 决赛 adj. 最终的?The World Cup final will be broadcast live to over 50 countries. ?failure / ?/?n. 失败?Failure is the mother of success.?on purpose?故意地?She seemed to do it on purpose.?effort / ?/?n. 努力?It takes a lot of time and effort to get an exhibition ready. ?考点看台 The star hurdler may never have seen the results of that research.此处may have done表示对过去情况的推测，意为“有可能做过某事”。本句的意思为：这位明星跨栏运动员可能从来都没有看到过那项研究的结果。 ?佳句诵读 Liu missed out on a gold medal. But his generosity and sportsmanship won him even more fans.刘翔错失了一枚金牌，但他的宽容和体育精神为他赢得了更多的支持者。 Victory isn’t defined by wins or losses. It is defined by effort. If you can truthfully say, ‘I did the best I could, I gave everything I had,’ then you’re a winner.胜利不是由输赢，而是由努力与否来定义的。如果你能诚实地说：“我已经尽力了，我付出了所有”，那你就是个胜利者。