Day1 cripple
基础篇：meaning: to cause great damage to something 例句：The war has crippled the economy. 战争使经济陷入瘫痪。
进阶篇 ：1) noun. 瘸子 （有冒犯之意） 2）v. 使残疾、成为跛子； 严重破坏组织、体系 （damage badly）; 也可以指心理上的"严重破坏"
Not long ago floods crippled millions of households in Shouguang, Shandong Province.
Stage fright crippled him.
应用篇：
1）翻译：台风山竹严重破坏了香港和广东地区的电力供应和通讯服务。
Typhoon Mangkhut has crippled the electricity supply and communication services in Hongkong and Guangdong.
2) 造句： 场景: 暴风雪对航班的的影响
Snowstorms severely crippled air travel last weekends.
Day 2 count
基础篇：meaning: to be important or valuable
How you learn it counts more than how much you learn.
进阶篇：
1）表示“数数”，e.g. Count the plates on the table.
最近刚学了一个表达， count sb in： to plan to include sb in an activity； 反义： count sb out
2）vi 表示“...重要” (用动词代替形容词 important), ="matter"
Details count. / First impression counts.
What counts is not how rich you are, but how you treat wealth.
高频句式： What counts the most is not X, but Y.
应用篇：
1）翻译：重要的不是发生了什么事，而是你如何应对这件事。
How you respond to it counts/ matters more than what happened.
2) 造句: 场景：时间比金钱重要
Time counts more than money.
Day 3 Shape
基础篇： meaning: to influence the way that a person, idea or situation develops
Phenomenal English is shaping how English learners approach English.
进阶篇：shape 1） 形状 2）v. 影响、塑造、决定= influence/ have an impact on; reshape 可以一起记忆
shape的形状之意生动地表现了作为动词时的塑造之意，表明影响的程度很大。
Like it or not, our families shape our lives and make us what we are.
Over the years the building has shaped The Economist in several ways, some good, some less so.
When I was a kid the Herald Tribune had shaped the values I would take through life as a writer.
应用篇：
翻译：很多人认为我们所讲的语言可以决定我们的思维方式。
Many believe that the language we speak shapes the way we think.
造句： 场景: 童年生活对一个人个性的影响
Many believe that childhood experiences shape our personality as adults.
"By gradually reshaping our cities so that they look more like this neighborhood, with lots of people living together, within walking distances of many of the things they need."
Day 4 Shift
基础篇： to change a situation, discussion, etc by giving special attention to one idea or subject instead of to a previous one
An increasing number of English learners are shifting their focus from input to output.
进阶篇：shift 本意: 一个物体位置发生了变化； 引申为表示观点、态度、聚焦点的变化，很多时候可以替换change”
Attitudes toward homosexuality have shifted in recent years. 最近几年大众对同性恋态度的改变
Many have shifted from owning bicycles to using shared bicycles. 从拥有自己车到使用共享单车观念的变化
I wanted to understand what was happening, and as the old values shifted, so did my concerns as a journalist.
应用篇：
翻译： 这家消费品公司的战略从国内市场转移到了国外市场。
The consumer goods company has shifted its strategy from the domestic market to overseas market.
造句： 场景 研究兴趣的转变
My research interest shifts from literature to art history.
Day 5 favor
基础篇：feel or show approval or preference for
Phenomenal English has been increasingly favored by serious English learners.
进阶篇：vt 1） 赞同 approval = support 2) 偏好 preference= prefer
Déjà vu, an online second-hand book marketplace, has been increasingly favored by book lovers.
很火的二手书交易平台，多抓鱼
Mobile payment has been increasingly favored by beggars.
句型： X has been increasingly favored by Y. (表达某个东西越来越受某个人群的青睐)
表“赞同” Clearly, Trump doesn't favor immigration.
If he carefully weighed two sides of an issue and you only quote his views of one side, making him seem to favor that position, you will mispresent what he told you.
应用篇：
翻译： 很多中国大学生毕业后都会选择留在北上广这样的大城市。
Many graduates in China favor big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
造句： 场景: 拼车越来越受到年轻人的青睐。
Carpooling is increasingly favored by young people.
