Points we learn today: 1. ace: (adj.) best, brilliant, fabulous. e.g.: ace player; ace pilot. 2. stand (countable noun) A stand at a sports ground is a large structure where people sit or stand to watch what is happening, 看臺。 3. nowt: a dialect word in northern England for “nothing”. 4. we make things from steel and we make things from cotton: 展現(xiàn)了曼城的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展所依靠的兩大產(chǎn)業(yè)，棉紡織和鋼鐵制造。 5. take the mick/mickey (out of somebody): to make people laugh at do, by copying what they do or say in a ways that seems funny 6. summat: dialect word for “something” 7. make it yourself: 去努力自己完成，達到某個目標 8. make us a brew: brew can refer to either tea or beer in England. 9. league: 聯(lián)賽 英超聯(lián)賽 Premier League 10. Emmeline Pankhurst：埃米琳·潘克赫斯特 She was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. In 1999 Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating "she shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook （shake）society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back".She was widely criticised for her militant tactics （激進的策略）, and historians （歷史學家）disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage （s?fr?d?；選舉權(quán)） in Britain. 11. suffragette 婦女參政論者 12. sisterhood：the bond between women who support the Women's Movement； 姐妹情誼Sisterhood is the affection and loyalty that women feel for other women who they have something in common with. 13. atomic：原子的；原子能的 14. strut /str?t/ with defiance: Someone who struts walks in a proud way, with their head held high and their chest out, as if they are very important 趾高氣揚，昂首挺胸地走. defiance Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone 對權(quán)力，規(guī)則的蔑視，不服從. 15. A co-op is a co-operative 合作社 16. Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet 準男爵，低于男爵, OBE (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer and car designer who, with Charles Rolls and Claude Johnson, founded the Rolls-Royce company. 17 stroll 溜達，閑逛 18. go-getter: If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.積極能干，志在必得的人 Goal setters see future possibilities and the big picture. 有遠大目標的人 19. vibe /va?b/ Vibes are the good or bad atmosphere that you sense with a person or in a place 20. Mancunian: of or relating to Manchester 21 survive and thrive 生存和發(fā)展