16. omit 省略　 You may omit the second paragraph from the article.

15. an official letter　 公函　 　　news from an official source　 官方消息

14. offer to do = make an offer to do 主動提出做…　　　 offer sb sth = offer sth to sb　　 提供　

　　 I offered him ￥100 for his bike. 我出100元買他的車。

13. offend sb　 冒犯　　 be offended with sb　 生…的氣　　 be offended at sth

12. see sb off　　 turn/switch off　　 take off 取消，脫衣，起飛，離開　　 be well off 富有

pay off 還清　　 be off duty 不上班　　 off the point 不在要點

May Day is only a week off.　 五一只有一星期了.

11. in the east of　 be born of 出生于　 be afraid of　　 be made of (材料不可見)　 be full of

of the same opinion/age 　think of 記起(think about 考慮)　 dream of 夢見　 learn of 記牢

be made up of 由…組成　　 in memory of 紀念　　　 in search of 尋找　　 cure sb of

get rid of 除去　 inform sb of 通知　 remember of 記起…　 suspect sb of 懷疑　 rob sb of　　　　 out of stock　 　all of a sudden 突然 　

10. odd　 古怪的　 oddly enough = strangely enough 說也奇怪　　 odds and ends 零碎小東西

9. occur 發(fā)生　 Don't let this occur again. (happen, take place)　

The Olymipcs occur every four years.

　It occurred to sb that ... 人突然想到… It occurred to me that I forgot my pen in the classroom.

8. occupation　 工作　　　 a side occupation 副業(yè)

occupy a lot of room (=take up) 占據(jù), Is this seat occupied ? occupy an important position　

　　 occupy oneself in doing ,　 be occupied in/with = be busy in doing/with　　 忙于干…

7. occasion 場合；時刻　 on this happy occasion .在這個快樂場合下　 on the occasion of