08年6.29第39期托福英语学习：托福词汇39

　　Lesson 39 The Collaboration 协作

　　Words:

　　cohere vi. 粘着，附着；连贯，紧凑；（为了共同的利益或主义等）团结一致

　　coherence n. 一致

　　coherent adj. 粘在一起的；连贯的，有条理的

　　cohesion n. 附着力，凝聚力

　　cohesive adj. 粘在一起的

　　coll n. （一）卷；线圈；vt. 盘绕，卷

　　coin n. 铸币；vt. 创造（一个新的词或短语）

　　coinage n. 造币，货币制度；创造新的词语（或用法等）

　　coincide vi. （事情等）同事发生；相符合，相巧合

　　coincidence n. 一致；同时发生或同时存在（尤指偶然）的事

　　coincident adj. 一致的，巧合的

　　collaborate vi. （文艺、科学等方面）协作，合作

　　collaboration n. 合作

　　collapse n. 倒塌，崩溃

　　collateral n. 抵押品，担保物；adj. 间接的

　　colleague n. 同事，同僚

　　collective adj. 集体的，共同的

　　collide vi. 碰撞；冲突；

　　collision n. 碰撞；冲突；抵触

　　colloquial adj. 口语的，通俗的

　　colloquialism n. 俗话，白话，口语

　　There’s nothing more powerful than collaboration between colleagues. How does that coinage go? “Two heads are better than one.” I wonder who coined that phrase. A collective effort can render even the most confusing problem coherent. Coherence is the key to understanding and resolving dilemmas.

　　By coincidence, my best friend and I ended up working at the same advertising firm. We’ve had a cohesive relationship ever since we accidentally collided into each other on bicycles in college. Fortunately, nobody was hurt from the collision and we quickly became friends. Since then, we have cohered through thick and thin. Remember the market collapse of 1967? When he needed a loan to recover from his losses, I helped him. When I needed collateral to secure a home loan, he helped me. When a snake coiled is 4-year-old son and sent him to the hospital, we were there with him all right. The cohesion benefits both sides and makes each side twice as strong as before.

　　That’s why I’m so glad that my colleague and I are collaborating on this special project. There’s nothing coincident about how we ended up in the same group. However, it is a coincidence that the starting dates of our present collaboration coincides with the time we first met last year.

　　So what is the purpose of our collaboration? Our purpose is to come up with an advertising slogan that’s catchy and that uses colloquial English. By using a colloquialism, we hope we can turn the slogan into a household phrase.