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1、Greece/ɡriːs/acountryinsoutheastEuropeontheMediterraneanSea,whichisamemberoftheEU.Population:10,706,290(2007).Capital:Athens.AncientGreekpoliticalideas,philosophy,art,architecture,literature,andsciencehavehadagreatinfluenceonhowpeopleinEuropeliveandthink.Greece,an
2、despeciallythemanyGreekislands,attractlargenumbersoftourists.Andit’sknownforgrapesandoliveroil.E‧gypt/ˈiːdʒɪpt/acountryinnortheastAfrica,nexttotheMediterraneanSeaandtheRedSea.Population:80,335,036(2007).Capital:Cairo.AncientEgyptwasapowerfulandwealthycountry,witha
3、dvancedfarmingmethodsandahighlydevelopedreligion,politicalorganization,andwritingsystem.TheancientEgyptiansbuiltthePyramids,andlargedecoratedgravesunderthegroundforimportantpeople.————————————————————————————————i‧ma‧gi‧na‧tionS3W3/ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən,ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/no
4、un1[uncountableandcountable]theabilitytoformpicturesorideasinyourmind:astorytellerwithanincredibleimaginationItdoesnottakemuchimaginationtounderstandtheirgrief.Withalittleimagination,youcanfindgreatinexpensivegifts.2be(afigmentof)sb’simaginationtobesomethingthatso
5、meoneimagines,notsomethingthatreallyexistsorhappens:Didyouhearthatnoise,orwasitmyimagination?Thesepeopledoexist;they’renotfigmentsofmyimagination.3insb’simaginationonlyexistingorhappeninginsomeone’smind,notinreallife:Fortherefugees,homeexistsonlyintheirimagination
6、.4capture/catchsb’simaginationtomakepeoplefeelveryinterestedandexcited:AmericanfootballreallycapturedtheimaginationoftheBritishpublic.5leavesomethingtosb’simaginationtodeliberatelynotdescribesomethingbecauseyouthinksomeonecanguessorimagineit:Mercifully,thewriterle
7、avesmostofthephysicalhorrorstoourimagination.6leavelittle/nothingtotheimaginationa)ifsomeone’sclothesleavelittleornothingtotheimagination,theclothesareverythinorareworninawaythatshowstheperson’sbody:Herblacksatindressleftnothingtotheimagination.b)ifsomethingsexual
8、orviolentisdescribedinawaythatleavesnothingtotheimagination,itisdescribedintoomuchdetail7useyourimaginationspokenusedtotellsomeonethattheycaneasilyguess
