VOA慢速英语:The Rise and Fall of Mark Hurd as H-P Chief

例句：The house has doubled in value since I bought it.
      自从我买下这幢房子以来, 它的价值已增加了一倍。

      The baby doubled its weight in a year.
      那婴儿一年中体重增加了一倍。

2.falsify vt.篡改;伪造

例句：They falsify or deny whatever doesn’t suit their books.
      他们篡改或者否定任何不符合他们意见的东西。

3.earn vt.vi.赚得; 挣钱

例句：He is paid less than he really earns.
      与他真正该赚得的相比, 他的待遇是太少了。

4.harassment n.烦恼;烦扰;骚扰

例句：She often got telephone harassment at night these days.
      这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。

5.settle vt.解决; 决定; 调停

例句：She has decided how she should settle the matter.
      她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。

      And a word from him would settle everything.
      只要他说一句话, 一切问题就解决了。

6.plus prep.(表示包容)外加; 另有

例句：Work out the full weekly rent, plus your rates.
      算出一周的房租外加房地产税。

(表示运算)加, 加上

例句：What's seventeen plus nine?
      17加9等于多少?

7.attendant n.服务人员, 侍者, 随从

例句：She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.
      服务员进来, 打断了她的话。

8.overnight adv.突然, 很快,一夜之间,旋即

例句：Our success is not won overnight.
      我们的成功不是一夜之间得来的。

9.memorable adj.值得纪念的,值得记忆的

例句：one particularly memorable evening last year
      去年一个特别难忘的夜晚

      It was a truly memorable experience.
      这真是一次难忘的经历。